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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 ↓

Texas ash 1
Fraxinus albicans
Willow Aster 2
Symphyotrichum praealtum praealtum
House Finch 3
Haemorhous mexicanus
Carolina Chickadee 4
Poecile carolinensis
Zexmenia 5
Wedelia hispida
blackfoot daisy 6
Melampodium leucanthum
Zizotes milkweed 7
Asclepias oenotheroides
white milkwort 8
Polygala alba
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 9
Papilio cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 10
Papilio polyxenes
Two-tailed Swallowtail 11
Papilio multicaudata
Queen 12
Danaus gilippus
Red Admiral 13
Vanessa atalanta
Gulf Fritillary 14
Agraulis vanillae
Texas madrone 15
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas red oak 16
Quercus texana
sweet mountain grape 1
Vitis monticola
frostweed 17
Verbesina virginica
Texas Thistle 18
Cirsium texanum
saw greenbrier 19
Smilax bona-nox
Lindheimer's Paintbrush 20
Castilleja lindheimeri
green comet milkweed 21
Asclepias viridiflora
Barbara's-buttons 22
Marshallia caespitosa
Buckley's Yucca 5
Yucca constricta
silverleaf nightshade 23
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Dakota mock vervain 24
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Texas live oak 25
Quercus fusiformis
Damianita 26
Chrysactinia mexicana
Frogfruit 27
Phyla nodiflora
Texas Skeleton Plant 28
Lygodesmia texana
Indian blanket 14
Gaillardia pulchella
Texas Cave Swallow 29
Petrochelidon fulva pallida
black maidenhair fern 30
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 31
Crotalus atrox
Eastern Collared Lizard 32
Crotaphytus collaris
Texas Spiny Lizard 33
Sceloporus olivaceus
Green Anole 19
Anolis carolinensis
Redstripe Ribbon Snake 28
Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus
Diamondback Watersnake 34
Nerodia rhombifer
Western Coachwhip 35
Masticophis flagellum testaceus
Texas Coralsnake 36
Micrurus tener
Broad-banded Copperhead 37
Agkistrodon laticinctus
Northern Cottonmouth 38
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Wild Boar 39
Sus scrofa
Centipedes 40
Chilopoda
Fire Ants 41
Solenopsis
Drummond's rain lily 42
Zephyranthes drummondii
Maltese star-thistle 43
Centaurea melitensis
Musk thistle 44
Carduus nutans
Wavyleaf thistle 45
Cirsium undulatum
Whitebrush 19
Aloysia gratissima
Mountain Pink 46
Zeltnera beyrichii
Texas Bull Nettle 47
Cnidoscolus texanus
Maximilian sunflower 48
Helianthus maximiliani
buffalo-bur 49
Solanum rostratum
Cocklebur 50
Xanthium
Orchard Oriole 4
Icterus spurius
Harvester Ants 51
Pogonomyrmex
Great Egret 52
Ardea alba
Drummond's ruellia 53
Ruellia drummondiana
Gray Fox 54
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Coyote 55
Canis latrans
Mountain Lion 56
Puma concolor
Bobcat 57
Lynx rufus
White-tailed Deer 58
Odocoileus virginianus
Fox Squirrel 59
Sciurus niger
Eastern Cottontail 60
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 61
Lepus californicus
Striped Skunk 62
Mephitis mephitis
Ringtail 63
Bassariscus astutus
Common Raccoon 64
Procyon lotor
Nine-banded Armadillo 65
Dasypus novemcinctus
North American Porcupine 66
Erethizon dorsatum
Virginia Opossum 67
Didelphis virginiana
Hispid Cotton Rat 68
Sigmodon hispidus
American Beaver 69
Castor canadensis
Polyphemus Moth 70
Antheraea polyphemus
North American Luna Moth 71
Actias luna
Black Witch 24
Ascalapha odorata
Salt Marsh Moth 72
Estigmene acrea
Virginia Creeper Sphinx 73
Darapsa myron
White-lined Sphinx 74
Hyles lineata
Western Ratsnake 75
Pantherophis obsoletus
Little Brown Bat 76
Myotis velifer incautus
Surf Scoter 77
Melanitta perspicillata
Queen 12
Danaus gilippus
Variegated Fritillary 78
Euptoieta claudia
Phaon Crescent 28
Phyciodes phaon
Question Mark 79
Polygonia interrogationis
Lyside Sulphur 28
Kricogonia lyside
Danube Clouded Yellow 80
Colias myrmidone
Cloudless Sulphur 81
Phoebis sennae
American Snout 82
Libytheana carinenta
Common Buckeye 83
Junonia coenia
Pipevine Swallowtail 83
Battus philenor
Red-spotted Purple 84
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 85
Papilio glaucus
Eastern Black Swallowtail 86
Papilio polyxenes asterius
Goatweed Leafwing 87
Anaea andria
Common Wood-Nymph 88
Cercyonis pegala

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