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Trees, grasses and wildflowers

Mexican marigold 1
Tagetes lemmonii
Mexican Marigold 2
Tagetes lucida
Pinkladies 3
Oenothera speciosa
Blue Waterleaf 4
Hydrolea ovata
American basketflower 5
Centaurea americana
Blue Mistflower 6
Conoclinium coelestinum
partridge pea 7
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Tropical sage 8
Salvia coccinea
Tickseed 9
Coreopsis
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 10
Coreopsis lanceolata
Tall Boneset
Eupatorium altissimum
Dogfennel 11
Eupatorium capillifolium
Indian Blanket 12
Gaillardia pulchella
Powder Puff 13
Mimosa strigillosa
Turk's Cap 14
Malvaviscus arboreus
Common Lantana 15
Lantana camara
Texas Lantana 16
Lantana horrida
Missouri Ironweed 17
Vernonia missurica
Slender Vervain 18
Verbena rigida
Brazilian Vervain 18
Verbena brasiliensis
American germander 19
Teucrium canadense
coastal germander
Teucrium cubense
autumn sage 20
Salvia greggii
Mealy Sage 21
Salvia farinacea
Swamp Smartweed 22
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Spotted Horse Mint 23
Monarda punctata
Halberd-leaf Rosemallow 24
Hibiscus laevis
Swamp Rose Mallow 25
Hibiscus moscheutos
Lance-leaved Fogfruit 19
Phyla lanceolata
Southern Sneezeweed 19
Helenium flexuosum
common sunflower 26
Helianthus annuus
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus augustifolius
Texas creeping-oxeye 27
Wedelia hispida
tall blazing star 28
Liatris aspera
prairie blazing star 29
Liatris pycnostachya
Passionflowers 30
Passiflora

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