Lick Creek Park, College Station, TX

This is a guide of the flora and fauna of Lick Creek Park in College Station, TX as compiled by the Texas Master Naturalist Brazos Valley Chapter. The park is 515.5 acres and has several distinct ecological regions including bottomland forest, sedge meadow, and Post-oak savannah.

Legumes ¹
Fabaceae

honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos

Eastern Redbud ²
Cercis canadensis

Rattlebush ³
Sesbania drummondii

sugarberry ⁴
Celtis laevigata

Opuntia lindheimeri ⁵

Sunflower Family ⁶
Asteraceae

western ragweed ⁷
Ambrosia psilostachya

Frostweed
Verbesina virginica

Climbing hempvine ⁸
Mikania scandens

Hercules' club ⁹
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Box Elder ¹⁰
Acer negundo

blackjack oak ¹¹
Quercus marilandica

willow oak ¹²
Quercus phellos

post oak ¹¹
Quercus stellata

Pecan ¹³
Carya illinoinensis

American Beautyberry ¹⁴
Callicarpa americana

Eastern Cottonwood ¹⁵
Populus deltoides

chinese tallowtree ¹⁶
Triadica sebifera

Yaupon holly ¹⁷
Ilex vomitoria

American Sycamore ¹⁸
Platanus occidentalis

SPILAC ¹⁹
Spiranthes lacera

Dayflowers ²⁰
Commelina

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Lick Creek Park, College Station, TX

Legumes 1 Fabaceae

honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos

Eastern Redbud 2 Cercis canadensis

Rattlebush 3 Sesbania drummondii

sugarberry 4 Celtis laevigata

Opuntia lindheimeri 5

Sunflower Family 6 Asteraceae

western ragweed 7 Ambrosia psilostachya

Frostweed Verbesina virginica

Climbing hempvine 8 Mikania scandens

Hercules' club 9 Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Box Elder 10 Acer negundo

blackjack oak 11 Quercus marilandica

willow oak 12 Quercus phellos

post oak 11 Quercus stellata

Pecan 13 Carya illinoinensis

American Beautyberry 14 Callicarpa americana

Eastern Cottonwood 15 Populus deltoides

chinese tallowtree 16 Triadica sebifera

Yaupon holly 17 Ilex vomitoria

American Sycamore 18 Platanus occidentalis

SPILAC 19 Spiranthes lacera

Dayflowers 20 Commelina