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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
American sycamore 23
Platanus occidentalis
Ashe juniper 24
Juniperus ashei
Carolina buckthorn 25
Frangula caroliniana
Cedar Elm 26
Ulmus crassifolia
Buttonbush 27
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Dewberry 28
Rubus trivialis
Elbowbush 18
Forestiera pubescens
Poverty Weed 29
Baccharis neglecta
Prairie flameleaf sumac 30
Rhus lanceolata
Gum bumelia 31
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Mexican buckeye 32
Ungnadia speciosa
Old Man’s Beard 33
Clematis drummondii
pecan 34
Carya illinoinensis
Texas prickly pear 35
Opuntia lindheimeri
red mulberry 36
Morus rubra
Rusty Blackhaw 37
Viburnum rufidulum
sugar hackberry 38
Celtis laevigata
tall goldenrod 39
Solidago altissima
Little Walnut 40
Juglans microcarpa
Texas Kidneywood 24
Eysenhardtia texana
Twisted-Leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
Wright's skullcap 41
Scutellaria wrightii
Texas feathershank 42
Schoenocaulon texanum
possumhaw 43
Ilex decidua
antelope horns 44
Asclepias asperula
Engelmann Daisy 45
Engelmannia peristenia
netleaf hackberry 46
Celtis reticulata
American elm 47
Ulmus americana
green ash 48
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Texas ash 40
Fraxinus albicans
Willow Aster 49
Symphyotrichum praealtum praealtum
Zexmenia 30
Wedelia hispida
blackfoot daisy 50
Melampodium leucanthum
Zizotes milkweed 44
Asclepias oenotheroides
white milkwort 51
Polygala alba
Texas madrone 42
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas red oak 52
Quercus texana
sweet mountain grape 40
Vitis monticola
frostweed 53
Verbesina virginica
Texas Thistle 54
Cirsium texanum
saw greenbrier 38
Smilax bona-nox
Lindheimer's Paintbrush 55
Castilleja lindheimeri
green comet milkweed 56
Asclepias viridiflora
Barbara's-buttons 57
Marshallia caespitosa
Buckley's Yucca 30
Yucca constricta
silverleaf nightshade 58
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Dakota mock vervain 59
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Texas live oak 60
Quercus fusiformis
Damianita 61
Chrysactinia mexicana
Frogfruit 62
Phyla nodiflora
Texas Skeleton Plant 1
Lygodesmia texana
Indian blanket 63
Gaillardia pulchella
black maidenhair fern 64
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Drummond's rain lily 65
Zephyranthes drummondii
Maltese star-thistle 66
Centaurea melitensis
Musk thistle 67
Carduus nutans
Wavyleaf thistle 68
Cirsium undulatum
Whitebrush 38
Aloysia gratissima
Mountain Pink 69
Zeltnera beyrichii
Texas Bull Nettle 70
Cnidoscolus texanus
Maximilian sunflower 71
Helianthus maximiliani
buffalo-bur 72
Solanum rostratum
Cocklebur 73
Xanthium
Drummond's ruellia 3
Ruellia drummondiana
American germander 74
Teucrium canadense
american lotus 75
Nelumbo lutea
Western Ironweed 76
Vernonia baldwinii
Brazilian Vervain 77
Verbena brasiliensis
standing cypress 78
Ipomopsis rubra
Woolly Ironweed 20
Vernonia lindheimeri
Illinois bundleflower 74
Desmanthus illinoensis
hairy ruellia 14
Ruellia humilis

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