Simpson Prairie Plant List

Version 1.0, 2006-05-07

Created on 2006-05-07 by Laura Sanchez, Sirpa Harms, Kirsti Harms, Scott Lenharth, Coby Dinges, Lisa Spangler, Jason Spangler, Phylis Dolich, Billye Adams, Charlotte von Rosenberg, and Mike Williams, with feedback from Dr. Robert Harms.

Non-native? Common Name Scientific Name Link Link 5/6/2006 Notes
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii WFC X
Purple Three-awn Aristida purpurea WFC X
X King Ranch Bluestem Bothriochloa ischaemum PLANTS X
Silver Bluestem Bothriochloa saccharoides WFC X
Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula  WFC X
Texas Grama Bouteloua rigidiseta WFC X
X Japanese Brome Bromus arvensis PLANTS X
Buffalo Grass Buchloe dactyloides WFC X
Littletooth Sedge Carex microdonta WFC X
Cedar Sedge Carex planostachys WFC X
Scribner's Panicum Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes WFC X
Texas Cupgrass Eriochloa sericea WFC X
Hairy Tridens Erioneuron pilosum WFC X
Little Barley Hordeum pusillum WFC X
Seep Muhly Muhlenbergia reverchonii WFC X
Texas Wintergrass Nassella leucotricha WFC X
Witchgrass Panicum capillare WFC X
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum WFC Added near pond by Mike
Carolina Canarygrass Phalaris caroliniana WFC X
Texas Blue Grass Poa arachnifera WFC Added near pond by Mike
Tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus PLANTS X
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium WFC X
Reverchon's Bristlegrass Setaria reverchonii WFC X
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans WFC X
X Johnsongrass Sorghum halepense PLANTS X
Tall Dropseed Sporobolus sp. (compositus var. drummondii?) PLANTS X
White Tridens Tridens albescens WFC X
Eastern Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides WFC Added near pond by Mike
Cacti
Pineapple Cactus Coryphantha sp. (sulcata?) WFC X
Plains Prickly Pear Opuntia sp. (macrorhiza?) WFC X
Forbs
Prairie Agalinis Agalinis heterophylla WFC X
Broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides PLANTS X
Wind-Flower Anemone berlandieri WFC X
Silverbush Argythamnia sp. (humilis? mercurialina?) PLANTS X
White Sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana PLANTS X
Antelope Horns Asclepias asperula PLANTS X
Wand Milkweed Asclepias viridiflora WFC X
Green Milkweed Asclepias viridis PLANTS X
Prairie Bishop’s-Weed Bifora americana WFC X
Prairie Kuhnia Brickellia eupatorioides var. texana PLANTS X
Annual Winecup Callirhoe leiocarpa WFC PLANTS X
Standing Winecup Callirhoe pedata  PLANTS X
Berlandier's Sundrops Calylophus berlandieri PLANTS X
Perennial Paintbrush Castilleja purpurea PLANTS X
Basket-Flower Centaurea americana WFC PLANTS X
X Malta Star Thistle Centaurea melitensis PLANTS X
Hairyfruit Chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri WFC X
Prairie Spurge Chamaesyce missurica WFC X
Plumed Thistle Cirsium undulatum WFC PLANTS X
Texas Thistle Cirsium texanum WFC PLANTS X
Texas Bindweed Convolvulus equitans WFC PLANTS X
Doveweed Croton sp. (texensis?) PLANTS X
White Prairie Clover Dalea multiflora WFC X
Rattlesnake-Weed Daucus pusillus  WFC X
Ponyfoot Dichondra sp. (carolinensis?) WFC X
Snake Herb Dyschoriste linearis WFC PLANTS X
Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus WFC PLANTS X
Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum annuum PLANTS X
Stork's Bill Erodium texanum WFC PLANTS X
Snow on the Prairie Euphorbia bicolor  PLANTS X
Warty Spurge Euphorbia sp. (romeriana? spatulatea?) WFC X
Rabbit Tobacco Evax prolifera WFC PLANTS X
Silky Evolvulus Evolvulus nuttallianus WFC X
Southwest Bedstraw Galium virgatum WFC X
Gaura (Limestone?) Gaura sp. (calcicola?) PLANTS X
Prairie verbena Glandularia bipinnatifida PLANTS X
Gumweed Grindelia sp. (lanceolata?) PLANTS X
Mock Pennyroyal Hedeoma drummondii WFC X
Reverchon's False Pennyroyal Hedeoma reverchonii var. reverchonii WFC X
Annual Sunflower Helianthus annuus WFC X
Babyslippers Hybanthus verticillatus  WFC X
Woolly Plainsman Hymenopappus scabiosaeus PLANTS X
Ratany Krameria lanceolata WFC PLANTS X
Hairy Peppergrass Lepidium austrinum PLANTS X
Blazing Star Liatris mucronata PLANTS X
Texas Star Lindheimera texana PLANTS X  
Fringed Puccoon Lithospermum incisum WFC X
Texas Bluebonnet Lupinus texensis WFC PLANTS X
Skeleton Plant Lygodesmia texana WFC PLANTS X
Loosestrife (California?) Lythrum sp. (californicum?) WFC PLANTS X
Barbara's Buttons Marshallia caespitosa WFC PLANTS X
Purple Milkweed Vine Matelea biflora PLANTS X
Sensitive Briar Mimosa roemeriana  PLANTS X
Horsemint Monarda citriodora PLANTS X
Prairie Celestial Nemastylis geminiflora WFC X
Drummond's Wood-sorrel Oxalis drummondii  WFC X
Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta WFC X
Butterweed Packera tampicana PLANTS X
Scurf pea? Pediomelum sp. PLANTS X
Beardtongue  Penstemon cobaea PLANTS X
Texas Frogfruit Phyla nodiflora WFC X
Yellow Ground Cherry Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens PLANTS X
Heller's Plantain Plantago helleri  WFC PLANTS X
Prairie Parsley Polytaenia nuttallii PLANTS X
Texas Dandelion Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus PLANTS X
Pitcher Sage Salvia azurea PLANTS X
Texas Sage Salvia texana PLANTS X
Drummond's Skullcap Scutellaria drummondii PLANTS X
Two-leaf Senna Senna roemeriana PLANTS X
White Rosin-weed Silphium albiflorum WFC PLANTS X
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium sp. (chilense?) WFC PLANTS X
Western Horse-Nettle Solanum dimidiatum WFC X
X Sowthistle Sonchus sp. (oleraceus?) PLANTS X
Bluets Stenaria nigricans PLANTS X
Queen's Delight Stillingia texana PLANTS X
Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides PLANTS X
Four-Nerve daisy Tetraneuris scaposa WFC X
Noseburn Tragia ramosa PLANTS X
Gray Vervain Verbena canescens WFC X
Texas Vervain Verbena halei WFC X
Western Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii PLANTS X
Prairie Brazoria Warnockia scutellarioides PLANTS X
Twistlead Yucca Yucca sp. (pallida? rupicola?) PLANTS X
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines
Prairie False Willow Baccharis texana WFC PLANTS X
Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis WFC PLANTS X
Ashe Juniper Juniperus ashei WFC PLANTS X
Bois D’Arc Maclura pomifera WFC PLANTS X
Honey Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa WFC PLANTS X
Gum Bumelia Sideroxylon lanuginosum WFC PLANTS X
Mustang Grape Vitis mustangensis WFC PLANTS X
Toothache Tree Zanthoxylum hirsutum WFC PLANTS X