Remarkable RiparianA field guide to riparian plants within the Nueces River Basin of Texas. A publication of the Nueces River Authority. This user-friendly guide introduces the most commonly observed riparian vegetation in the Edward's Plateau and Rio Grande Plains. However, most of the plants presented herein occur in riparian areas all across Texas, including the Cross Timbers, Trans-Pecos and Rolling Plains. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow, Texas Indian Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf, Three-seeded Mercury | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern Maidenhair Fern, Common Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Venus Hair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman Ragweed, Western Ragweed, Perennial Ragweed, Common Ragweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Ambrosia trifida var. texana | Texan Great Ragweed, Giant Ragweed | Annual | Subshrub | ||
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem, Brushy Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Anemia mexicana | Mexican Fern, Mexican Flowering Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | ||
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn, Purple 3-awn, Purple Three-awn, Red Threeawn | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace, Water Hyssop, Coastal Water-hyssop | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike False Nettle, Bog Hemp | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem, Silver Beardgrass, Silver Beard Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar Brickellbush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Brickellia dentata | Leafy Brickellbush | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb, Straggler Daisy, Hierba Del Caballo, Lawnflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Western Hackberry, Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Palo Blanco, Acibuche | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Cenchrus spinifex | Grass Bur, Coastal Sandbur, Field Sandspur, Southern Sandbur, Spiny Burrgrass | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat, Prostrate Spurge, Creeping Spurge | Annual | Herb | ||
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Willow-leaved Catalpa, Willowleaf Catalpa, Bow Willow, Flor De Mimbre, Mimbre | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill Grass, Hooded Windmillgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock, Water-hemlock, Beaver Poison | Biennial | Herb | Wet | |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard, Drummond's Clematis, Texas Virgin's Bower, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower, Purple Clematis, Leatherflower, Bluebill, Bellflower Clematis, Pitcher's Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed, Carolina Coralbead, Carolina Moonseed, Red Berried Moonseed, Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie Bundle Flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer Panicgrass, Lindheimer's Rosettegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, Black Persimmon, Chapote, Chapote Prieto | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast Spikerush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush, Spike Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush, Leap Frog Spike Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Canuela | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Horsetail, Horsetail | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset, Lateflowering Thoroughwort, Late Boneset, Late-flowering Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge, Toothed-leaf Poinsettia | Annual | Herb | ||
Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian, Bluebell Gentian, Western Blue Gentian, Blue Marsh Lily, Small Bluebell, Catchfly Gentian, Seaside Gentian | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash, Mountain Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Fraxinus greggii | Gregg's Ash, Gregg Ash, Littleleaf Ash, Dogleg Ash, Escobilla, Barreta China | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Fuirena simplex | Western Umbrella-sedge, Umbrellagrass, Western Umbrella Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Galium virgatum | Southwestern Bedstraw, Southwest Bedstraw | Annual | Herb | ||
Garrya ovata | Eggleaf Silktassel, Mexican Silktassel, Eggleaf Garrya, Zumaque, Cuauchichic, Cuauchichi, Guachichi | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hedeoma acinoides | Slender False Pennyroyal, Annual Pennyroyal, Slender Hedeoma | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helenium microcephalum | Smallhead Sneezeweed | Annual | Herb | ||
Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower, Annual Sunflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower, Max Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope, White Heliotrope | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Heteranthera limosa | Blue Mudplantain, Blue Mud Plantain | Annual | Herb | ||
Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed, Camphor Weed | Annual | Herb | ||
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides | Floating Marshpennywort, Floating Marsh-Pennywort, Floating Marsh Pennywort, Floating Pennyroyal | Perennial | Herb | ||
Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort, Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort, Marsh Pennywort, Water Pennywort, Money Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata | Whorled Marshpennywort, Water-pennywort, Pennywort, Money-plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Indigofera lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory, Blue Morning Glory | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Dry |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem, Leather Stem, Rubber Plant | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut, Texas Walnut, Texas Black Walnut, River Walnut, Nogalito, Nogalillo, Namboca | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Juncus acuminatus | Tapertip Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Juncus interior | Inland Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Juncus marginatus | Grassleaf Rush, Grass Leaf Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper, Ashe's Juniper, Mountain Cedar, Rock Cedar, Post Cedar, Texas Cedar, Brake Cedar, Mexican Juniper, Blueberry Juniper, Ozark White Cedar, Sabino, Enebro | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow, Water-willow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena, Mexican Marjoram, Veinyleaf Lantana | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Sage, Silverleaf | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow, Narrow-leaf Water Primrose, Seedbox, Mexican Primrose Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow, Water-primrose, Creeping Water-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant, Texas Skeleton Weed, Skeleton-plant, Purple Dandelion, Flowering Straw | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine, Netted Milkvine, Green Milkweed Vine, Net Vein Milkvine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine , Roving Sailor, Climbing Snapdragon, Little Snapdragon Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Mecardonia procumbens | Baby Jump-up | Annual | Herb | ||
Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine, Climbing Hempweed | Perennial | Vine | Shade | Wet |
Mitreola petiolata | Lax Hornpod | Annual | Herb | ||
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly, Lindheimer Muhly, Big Muhly, Blue Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Twoleaf Watermilfoil | Perennial | Herb | ||
Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple, Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox, Small Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Panicum hallii | Hall's Panicgrass, Hall's Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | Perennial | Herb | ||
Physostegia correllii | Correll's False Dragonhead | Perennial | Herb | ||
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pluchea camphorata | Camphor Pluchea, Camphor Weed | Annual | Herb | ||
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | Perennial | Herb | ||
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | Perennial | Herb | ||
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite, Glandular Mesquite, Algarroba | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak, Buckley Oak, Texas Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak, Plateau Live Oak, Hill Country Live Oak, Texas Live Oak, Scrub Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Encino Molino, Tesmoli | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lambrisco, Lentrisco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge, White-topped Sedge, Starrush Whitetop, Star Sedge, Star Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Rhynchospora nivea | Showy Whitetop | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia, Common Wild Petunia, Violet Wild Petunia, Wild Petunia, Hierba De La Calentura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Salix nigra | Black Willow, Gulf Black Willow, Swamp Willow, Sauz | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage, Mealy Sage, Mealycup Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree | Perennial | Tree | ||
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush, California Club-rush, Giant Bulrush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia, Gregg's Acacia, Gregg Catclaw Acacia, Gregg's Catclaw Acacia, Gregg Catclaw, Gregg's Catclaw, Texas Catclaw Acacia, Texas Catclaw, Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia, Longflower Catclaw Acacia, Long-flowered Catclaw, Longflower Catclaw, Catclaw Acacia, Catclaw, Devil's Claw, Uña De Gato | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna, Velvet Leaf Senna, Velvetleaf Senna, Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant, Puppy-dog Ears | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna, Two Leaved Senna | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass, Knotroot Bristlegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed, Entire-leaf Rosinweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar, Saw Greenbriar, Catbriar, Bullbriar, Stretchberry Vine | Perennial | Vine | Shade | Moist, Dry |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade, Silver-leaf Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Trompillo, Tomato Weed, Bull Nettle | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace, Eve's Necklacepod, Texas Sophora, Pink Sophora, Necklace Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Styrax platanifolius ssp. stellatus | Sycamoreleaf Snowbell, Hairy Sycamore-leaf Snow-bell | Perennial | Shrub | ||
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 | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander, Canada Germander, Canadian Germander, Germander, Hairy Germander, Wood Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena, Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf, Dogweed, Dyssodia | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | |
Tillandsia recurvata | Small Ball Moss, Ball Moss | Perennial | Herb | ||
Toxicodendron radicans | Eastern Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Tridens muticus | Slim Tridens | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Typha domingensis | Southern Cattail | Perennial | Herb | ||
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye, Monilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Utricularia gibba | Humped Bladderwort, Bladderwort, Conespur Bladderpod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Vachellia rigidula | Blackbrush Acacia, Blackbrush, Chaparro Prieto, Gavia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Verbena canescens | Gray Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed, White Crownbeard, Iceplant, Iceweed, Virginia Crownbeard, Indian Tobacco, Richweed, Squawweed | Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye, Sunflower Goldeneye, Toothleaf Goldeneye, Chimalacate, Golden-eye | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Vitis monticola | Sweet Mountain Grape, Champin Grape | Perennial | Vine | Sun | |
Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Xanthium strumarium | Rough Cocklebur | Annual | Herb |