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Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

Whitewater Springs is a 1600 acre community northwest of Austin in Burnet County, Texas. Our community has hills and valleys, Cow Creek and wet weather streams, a spring-fed lake of approximately 14 acres, and 300 acres of common area that is a natural habitat for the numerous native species we ...more ↓

Native Fragrant Mimosa 1
Mimosa borealis
Scarlet leatherflower 2
Clematis texensis
Escarpment Black Cherry 3
Prunus serotina eximia
Roughleaf Dogwood 4
Cornus drummondii
Lindheimer’s Muhly 5
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri
American beautyberry 6
Callicarpa americana
Bald cypress 7
Taxodium distichum
Virginia creeper 8
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
Chinaberry 9
Melia azedarach
honey mesquite 10
Prosopis glandulosa
poison ivy 11
Toxicodendron radicans
inland sea oats 12
Chasmanthium latifolium
Carolina snailseed 13
Cocculus carolinus
Texas Persimmon 14
Diospyros texana
switchgrass 15
Panicum virgatum
Mexican Plum 16
Prunus mexicana
Eve's Necklace 17
Sophora affinis
mustang grape 18
Vitis mustangensis
Pearl Milkweed 19
Matelea reticulata
Devil's Shoestring 20
Nolina lindheimeriana
Tickletongue/ Toothache tree 21
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
Agarita 22
Berberis trifoliolata
Golden-cheeked Warbler 1
Setophaga chrysoparia
Black-capped Vireo 23
Vireo atricapilla
Great Blue Heron 24
Ardea herodias
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Regulus calendula
Yellow-shafted Flicker 26
Colaptes auratus luteus
Vermilion Flycatcher 27
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Scott's Oriole 28
Icterus parisorum
Lesser Goldfinch 1
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 29
Spinus tristis
Eastern Phoebe 30
Sayornis phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 31
Myiarchus cinerascens
Bewick's Wren 1
Thryomanes bewickii
Cedar Waxwing 32
Bombycilla cedrorum
Eastern Bluebird 33
Sialia sialis
Red-tailed Hawk 34
Buteo jamaicensis
Monarch 35
Danaus plexippus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 36
Tyrannus forficatus
Killdeer 37
Charadrius vociferus
Belted Kingfisher 38
Megaceryle alcyon
Northern Mockingbird 39
Mimus polyglottos
Northern Cardinal 40
Cardinalis cardinalis
Painted Bunting 41
Passerina ciris
Northern Bobwhite 42
Colinus virginianus
Red-winged Blackbird 43
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Poorwill 44
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Black-and-white Warbler 45
Mniotilta varia
Black Vulture 46
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 47
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Spotted Towhee 48
Pipilo maculatus
Black-crested Titmouse 23
Baeolophus atricristatus
Hermit Thrush 49
Catharus guttatus
Chimney Swift 1
Chaetura pelagica
Barn Swallow 50
Hirundo rustica
Chipping Sparrow 1
Spizella passerina
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 51
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Eastern Screech-Owl 52
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 53
Bubo virginianus
American Robin 54
Turdus migratorius
Greater Roadrunner 55
Geococcyx californianus
Dark-eyed Junco 56
Junco hyemalis
Rufous Hummingbird 34
Selasphorus rufus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 57
Archilochus colubris
Black-chinned Hummingbird 23
Archilochus alexandri
American Kestrel 58
Falco sparverius
Blue Grosbeak 59
Passerina caerulea
American sycamore 60
Platanus occidentalis
Ashe juniper 61
Juniperus ashei
Carolina buckthorn 62
Frangula caroliniana
Cedar Elm 63
Ulmus crassifolia
Buttonbush 64
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Dewberry 65
Rubus trivialis
Elbowbush 18
Forestiera pubescens
Poverty Weed 66
Baccharis neglecta
Prairie flameleaf sumac 67
Rhus lanceolata
Gum bumelia 68
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Mexican buckeye 69
Ungnadia speciosa
Old Man’s Beard 70
Clematis drummondii
pecan 71
Carya illinoinensis
Texas prickly pear 72
Opuntia lindheimeri
red mulberry 73
Morus rubra
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 74
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Rusty Blackhaw 75
Viburnum rufidulum
sugar hackberry 76
Celtis laevigata
tall goldenrod 77
Solidago altissima
Little Walnut 78
Juglans microcarpa
Texas Kidneywood 61
Eysenhardtia texana
Twisted-Leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
Harvester Ants 79
Pogonomyrmex
Wright's skullcap 80
Scutellaria wrightii
Texas feathershank 81
Schoenocaulon texanum
possumhaw 82
Ilex decidua
antelope horns 83
Asclepias asperula
Engelmann Daisy 84
Engelmannia peristenia
netleaf hackberry 85
Celtis reticulata
American elm 86
Ulmus americana
green ash 87
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

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