Central Texas Riparian Restoration Species
Species native to Central Texas that are particularly well-suited for riparian area restoration projects.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Acer negundo | Box Elder Box Elder Maple Ash-leaved Maple Ashleaf Maple Red River Maple Fresno De Guajuco | |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye Scarlet Buckeye Firecracker Plant | |
Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry Spiny Hackberry Shiny Hackberry Granjeno Huasteco | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill Grass Hooded Windmillgrass | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
Desmanthus virgatus | Prostrate Bundleflower Wild Tantan Slender Mimosa | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress Baldcypress Common Bald Cypress Southern Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress Southern Cypress Swamp Cypress Red Cypress White Cypress Yellow Cypress Gulf Cypress Tidewater Red Cypress | |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
Trichloris pluriflora | Multi-flowered False-rhodesgrass Multiflower False Rhodes Grass Showy Chloris | |
Ulmus americana | American Elm White Elm Soft Elm Water Elm Common Elm | |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm Fall Elm Basket Elm Scrub Elm Lime Elm Texas Elm Southern Rock Elm Olmo | |
Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache Texas Huisache Sweet Acacia Perfume Acacia Mealy Acacia Mealy Wattle Cassie | |
Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye | |
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida | Zexmenia Orange Zexmenia Hairy Wedelia Wedelia Texas Creeping-oxeye | |
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