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Plants of Aransas NWR Complex
Birds
| Mammals | Amphibians
& Reptiles | Fish | Dragonflies
| Butterflies
Wildflowers | Drift Seeds | Plants | Bivalves/Gastropods
Wildflowers | Drift Seeds | Plants | Bivalves/Gastropods
| ACANTHACEAE | ||
| Dyschoriste linearis | Narrowleaf dyschoriste | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet ruellia | |
| AIZOACEAE | ||
| Sesuvium portulacastrum | Sea purslane | |
| AMARANTHACEAE | ||
| Amaranthus rudis | Tall amaranth | |
| Gomphrena globosa | Globe amaranth | |
| APIACEAE | ||
| Eryngium hookeri | Hooker eryngo | |
| Hydrocotyle bonariensis | Coast pennywort | |
| Limnosciadium pumilus | Dogshade | |
| AQUIFOLIACEAE | ||
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon | |
| ASCLEPIADACEAE | ||
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Savannah milkweed | |
| ASTERACEAE | ||
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Western ragweed | |
| Amphiachyris dracunculoides | Broomweed | |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Eastern groundsel | |
| Borrichia frutescens | Sea ox-eye daisy | |
| Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny aster | |
| Cirsium horridulum | Bull thistle | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas thistle | |
| Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betony-leaf mistflower | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Coreopis basalis | Goldenmane coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis | |
| Croptilon divaricatum | Scratch daisy | |
| Erigeron procumbens | Corpus Christi fleabane | |
| Eupatorium compositifolium | Yankeeweed | |
| Eupatorium serotinum | Late-flowering boneset | |
| Evax verna | Cottonrose | |
| Flaveria brownii | Yellowstems | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian blanket | |
| Gamochaeta pensilvanica | Cudweed | |
| Helenium amarum | Bitterweed | |
| Helianthus annuus | Common sunflower | |
| Helianthus argophyllus | Silverleaf sunflower | |
| Helianthus debilis | Coast sunflower | |
| Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed | |
| Iva angustifolia | Narrow-leaf sumpweed | |
| Iva annua | Seacoast sumpweed | |
| Iva frutescens | Marsh elder | |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida | Texas camphor daisy | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas palafoxia | |
| Pluchea purpurascens | Purple pluchea | |
| Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus | Texas dandelion | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Upright prairie coneflower | |
| Ratibida peduncularis | Gulf Coast Mexican hat | |
| Senecio imparipinnatus | Butterweed | |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seacoast goldenrod | |
| Sonchus asper | Prickly sowthistle | |
| Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen daisy | |
| Verbesina microptera | Frostweed | |
| Verbesina virginica | White crownbeard | |
| Xanthium strumarium | Cocklebur | |
| BASELLACEAE | ||
| Anredera leptostachys | Medeira vine | |
| BORAGINACEAE | ||
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Seaside heliotrope | |
| Heliotropium racemosum | Texas heliotrope | |
| BRASSICACEAE | ||
| Lepidium virginicum | Peppergrass | |
| CHENOPODIACEAE | ||
| Salicornia virginica | Glasswort | |
| Suaeda linearis | Annual seepweed | |
| COMMELINACEAE | ||
| Commelina erecta | Erect dayflower | |
| Tradescantia subacaulis | Stemless spiderwort | |
| CONVOLVULACEAE | ||
| Convolvulus equitans | Gray bindweed | |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silky evolvulus | |
| Ipomoea pes-caprae | Goat-foot morning glory | |
| CYPERACEAE | ||
| Bolboschoenus robustus | Salt-marsh bullrush | |
| Cyperus acuminatus | Taperleaf flatsedge | |
| Cyperus articulatus | Jointed flatsedge | |
| Cyperus croceus | Baldwin's flatsedge | |
| Cyperus digitatus | Finger flatsedge | |
| Cyperus echinatus | Globe flatsedge | |
| Cyperus elegans | Sticky flatsedge | |
| Cyperus esculentus | Chufa flatsedge | |
| Cyperus pseudothyrsiflorus | One-flower flatsedge | |
| Cyperus retrorsus | Globe umbrella sedge | |
| Eleocharis albida | White spike-rush | |
| Fimbristylis caroliniana | Ditch fimbry | |
| Fimbristylis castanea | Dunes fimbry | |
| Fimbristylis puberula | Fimbry | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | White-topped umbrella grass | |
| Schoenoplectus americanus | American bullrush | |
| EBENACEAE | ||
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon | |
| EUPHORBIACEAE | ||
| Argythamnia humilis | Wild mercury | |
| Croton capitatus | Wooly croton | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie tea | |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow-on-the-prairie | |
| Euphorbia cordifolia | Heart-leaf euphorbia | |
| Phyllanthus pudens | Birdseed leaf-flower | |
| Tragia betonicifolia | Betonyleaf noseburn | |
| FABACEAE | ||
| Acacia angustissima | Fern acacia | |
| Acacia farnesiana | Huisache | |
| Amorpha fruiticosa | Indigo bush | |
| Astragalus leptocarpus | Slimpod locoweed | |
| Cassia occidentalis | Coffee senna | |
| Centrosema virginianum | Butterfly pea | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge pea | |
| Dalea emarginata | Wedge-leaf prairie clover | |
| Dalea multiflora | Round head prairie clover | |
| Dalea nana | Dwarf dalea | |
| Desmanthus virgatus | Bundleflower | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean | |
| Galactia canescens | Hoary milkpea | |
| Galactia longifolia | Longleaf milkpea | |
| Glottidium vesicaria | Bladderpod | |
| Indigofera miniata | Scarlet pea | |
| Indigofera suffruiticosa | Bush indigo | |
| Melilotus indicus | Yellow sour clover | |
| Mimosa latidens | Sensitive briar | |
| Mimosa nuttallii | Catclaw sensitive briar | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff | |
| Neptunia lutea | Yellowpuff | |
| Neptunia pubescens | Tropical puff | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Rhynchosia americana | Snoutbean | |
| Rhynchosia senna | Texas snoutbean | |
| Senna occidentalis | Coffee senna | |
| Sesbania drummondii | Rattlepod | |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Slick weed wildbean | |
| Vicia ludoviciana | Louisiana deer vetch | |
| GENTIANACEAE | ||
| Eustoma exaltatum | Bluebell | |
| Sabatia campestris | Prairie gentian | |
| GERANIACEAE | ||
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina geranium | |
| HYDROPHYLLACEAE | ||
| Phacelia congesta | Bluecurls | |
| IRIDACEAE | ||
| Herbertia lahue | Wild iris | |
| Sisyrinchium biforme | Wiry blue-eyed grass | |
| Sisyrinchium langloisii | Dotted blue-eyed grass | |
| JUNCACEAE | ||
| Juncus bufonius | Toad rush | |
| Juncus marginatus | Grass-leaf rush | |
| Juncus megacephalus | Cherry-coke rush | |
| Juncus sp. | Rush | |
| KRAMERIACEAE | ||
| Krameria lanceolata | Prairiebur | |
| LAMIACEAE | ||
| Lamium amplexicaule | Henbit | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted horsemint | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond skullcap | |
| Scutellaria muriculata | Skullcap | |
| Teucrium cubense | Coast germander | |
| Teucrium canadense | American germander | |
| LILIACEAE | ||
| Nothoscordum bivalve | False garlic | |
| LINACEAE | ||
| Linum rigidum | Stiff-stem flax | |
| LYTHRACEAE | ||
| Lythrum californicum | California loosestrife | |
| MALVACEAE | ||
| Abutilon fruticosum | Indian mallow | |
| Callirhoë involucrata | Winecup | |
| Sida abutifolia | Spreading sida | |
| Sida ciliaris | Bracted sida | |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly sida | |
| Sphaeralcea lindheimeri | Wooly globemallow | |
| OLEACEAE | ||
| Forestiera angustifolia | Tanglewood | |
| ONAGRACEAE | ||
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow evening primrose | |
| Oenothera drummondii | Beach evening primrose | |
| Oenothera grandis | Fluttermill | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose | |
| OXALIDACEAE | ||
| Oxalis dillenii | Yellow wood sorrel | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Purple wood sorrel | |
| PAPAVERACEAE | ||
| Argemone albiflora | White prickly poppy | |
| PHYTOLACCACEAE | ||
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry | |
| PLANTAGINACEAE | ||
| Plantago helleri | Heller’s plantain | |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redweed plantain | |
| PLUMBAGINACEAE | ||
| Limonium carolinianum | Sea lavender | |
| POACEAE | ||
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge bluestem | |
| Aristida longespica | Plains triple-awn | |
| Aristida oligantha | Prairie threeawn | |
| Bothriochloa ischaemum | King Ranch bluestem | |
| Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver bluestem | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas grama | |
| Bromus catharticus | Rescuegrass | |
| Buchloë dactyloides | Buffalograss | |
| Cenchrus echinatus | Southern sandbur | |
| Cenchrus spinifex | Coastal sandbur | |
| Chloris ciliata | Fringed windmillgrass | |
| Chloris cucullata | Hooded windmill grass | |
| Chloris subdolichostachya | Shortspike windmillgrass | |
| Cynodon dactylon | Coastal Bermuda grass | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | Durban crowfoot grass | |
| Dichanthium annualatum | Klegberg bluestem | |
| Dichanthium aristatum | Angleton bluestem | |
| Dichanthium sericeum | Silky bluestem | |
| Dichanthium sp. | Rosettegrass | |
| Digitaria arenicola | Sand witchgrass | |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Southern crabgrass | |
| Digitaria ischaemum | Smooth crabgrass | |
| Distichlis spicata | Common saltgrass | |
| Eleusine indica | Goosegrass | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wildrye | |
| Eragrostis barrelieri | Mediterranean lovegrass | |
| Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy lovegrass | |
| Eragrostis lugens | Mourning lovegrass | |
| Eragrostis secundiflora | Red lovegrass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass | |
| Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha | Cupgrass | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas cupgrass | |
| Eustachys petraea | Stiff-leaf chloris | |
| Hordeum pusillum | Little barley | |
| Leptochloa mucronata | Red sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa nealleyi | Nealley sprangletop | |
| Limnodea arkansana | Ozark grass | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly | |
| Nassella leucotricha | Texas wintergrass | |
| Panicum amarum | Beach panic | |
| Panicum bergii | Hackel panic | |
| Panicum hallii | Halls panic | |
| Panicum oligosanthes | Heller panicum | |
| Paspalum lividum | Longtom | |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune paspalum | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed paspalum | |
| Paspalum setaceum | Thin paspalum | |
| Pennisetum ciliare | Buffelgrass | |
| Phalaris canariensis | Canary grass | |
| Phragmites australis | Common reed | |
| Polypogon monspeliense | Rabbitfoot | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Setaria leucopila | Plains bristle grass | |
| Setaria parviflora | Knot bristle grass | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Yellow Indiangrass | |
| Spartina alterniflora | Smooth cordgrass | |
| Spartina spartinae | Gulf cordgrass | |
| Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie wedgescale | |
| Sporobolus compositus | Meadow dropseed | |
| Sporobolus indicus | Smutgrass | |
| Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled dropseed | |
| Sporobolus tharpii | Padre Island dropseed | |
| Sporobolus virginicus | Seashore dropseed | |
| Tridens albescens | White tridens | |
| Tridens congestus | Pink tridens | |
| Uniola paniculata | Seaoats | |
| Urochloa fasciculata | Browntop panicum | |
| Vulpia octoflora | Six-weeks fescue | |
| POLEMONIACEAE | ||
| Gilia incisa | Split-leaf gilia | |
| Phlox drummondii | Drummond phlox | |
| POLYGALACEAE | ||
| Polygala alba | White milkwort | |
| POLYGONACEAE | ||
| Eriogonum multiflorum | Wild buckwheat | |
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Smartweed | |
| Ploygonum ramosissium | Knotweed | |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Dock | |
| PORTULACACEAE | ||
| Portulaca pilosa | Shaggy portulaca | |
| PRIMULACEAE | ||
| Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet pimpernel | |
| RHAMNACEAE | ||
| Condalia hookeri | Brasil | |
| ROSACEAE | ||
| Rosa bracteata | Macartney rose | |
| Rubus riograndis | Southern dewberry | |
| RUBIACEAE | ||
| Diodia virginiana | Virginia buttonweed | |
| Galium obtusum | Bluntleaf bedstraw | |
| Hedyotis nigricans | Prairie bluet | |
| RUTACEAE | ||
| Zanthoxylum fagara | Colima | |
| SCROPHULARIACEAE | ||
| Agalinis fasciculata | Beach gerardia | |
| Agalinis heterophylla | Prairie gerardia | |
| Maurandya antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon vine | |
| Nuttallanthus texanus | Toadflax | |
| SOLANACEAE | ||
| Lycium carolinianum | Carolina wolfberry | |
| Physalis pubescens | Downy ground-cherry | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silver-leaf nightshade | |
| Solanum triquetrum | Tomatillo | |
| STERCULIACEAE | ||
| Melochia pyrimidata | Anglepod melochia | |
| TAMARIACACEAE | ||
| Tamarix gallica | Saltcedar | |
| ULMACEAE | ||
| Celtis pallida | Granjeno | |
| VERBENACEAE | ||
| Lantana urticoides | Common lantana | |
| Phyla cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf frogfruit | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit | |
| Verbena halei | Texas vervain | |
Source: Each specimen was updated using Vascular Plants of Texas, 1997 by Stanley D. Jones, Joseph K. Wipff and Paul M. Montgomery.
Revision March 20, 2006
