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 ↓

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Native Fragrant Mimosa ¹
Mimosa borealis

Scarlet leatherflower ²
Clematis texensis

Escarpment Black Cherry ³
Prunus serotina eximia

Roughleaf Dogwood ⁴
Cornus drummondii

American beautyberry ⁵
Callicarpa americana

Virginia creeper ⁶
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata

Chinaberry ⁷
Melia azedarach

honey mesquite ⁸
Prosopis glandulosa

poison ivy ⁹
Toxicodendron radicans

Carolina snailseed ¹⁰
Cocculus carolinus

Texas Persimmon ¹¹
Diospyros texana

Mexican Plum ¹²
Prunus mexicana

Eve's Necklace ¹³
Sophora affinis

mustang grape ¹⁴
Vitis mustangensis

Pearl Milkweed ¹⁵
Matelea reticulata

Tickletongue/ Toothache tree ¹⁶
Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Agarita ¹⁷
Berberis trifoliolata

American sycamore ¹⁸
Platanus occidentalis

Carolina buckthorn ¹⁹
Frangula caroliniana

Cedar Elm ²⁰
Ulmus crassifolia

Buttonbush ²¹
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Dewberry ²²
Rubus trivialis

Elbowbush ¹⁴
Forestiera pubescens

Poverty Weed ²³
Baccharis neglecta

Prairie flameleaf sumac ²⁴
Rhus lanceolata

Gum bumelia ²⁵
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Mexican buckeye ²⁶
Ungnadia speciosa

Old Man’s Beard ²⁷
Clematis drummondii

pecan ²⁸
Carya illinoinensis

Texas prickly pear ²⁹
Opuntia lindheimeri

red mulberry ³⁰
Morus rubra

Rusty Blackhaw ³¹
Viburnum rufidulum

sugar hackberry ³²
Celtis laevigata

tall goldenrod ³³
Solidago altissima

Little Walnut ³⁴
Juglans microcarpa

Texas Kidneywood ³⁵
Eysenhardtia texana

Wright's skullcap ³⁶
Scutellaria wrightii

possumhaw ³⁷
Ilex decidua

antelope horns ³⁸
Asclepias asperula

Engelmann Daisy ³⁹
Engelmannia peristenia

netleaf hackberry ⁴⁰
Celtis reticulata

American elm ⁴¹
Ulmus americana

green ash ⁴²
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Texas ash ³⁴
Fraxinus albicans

Willow Aster ⁴³
Symphyotrichum praealtum praealtum

Zexmenia ²⁴
Wedelia hispida

blackfoot daisy ⁴⁴
Melampodium leucanthum

Zizotes milkweed ³⁸
Asclepias oenotheroides

white milkwort ⁴⁵
Polygala alba

Texas madrone ⁴⁶
Arbutus xalapensis

Texas red oak ⁴⁷
Quercus texana

sweet mountain grape ³⁴
Vitis monticola

frostweed ⁴⁸
Verbesina virginica

Texas Thistle ⁴⁹
Cirsium texanum

Lindheimer's Paintbrush ⁵⁰
Castilleja lindheimeri

green comet milkweed ⁵¹
Asclepias viridiflora

Barbara's-buttons ⁵²
Marshallia caespitosa

silverleaf nightshade ⁵³
Solanum elaeagnifolium

Dakota mock vervain ⁵⁴
Glandularia bipinnatifida

Texas live oak ⁵⁵
Quercus fusiformis

Damianita ⁵⁶
Chrysactinia mexicana

Frogfruit ⁵⁷
Phyla nodiflora

Texas Skeleton Plant ¹
Lygodesmia texana

Indian blanket ⁵⁸
Gaillardia pulchella

Maltese star-thistle ⁵⁹
Centaurea melitensis

Musk thistle ⁶⁰
Carduus nutans

Wavyleaf thistle ⁶¹
Cirsium undulatum

Whitebrush ³²
Aloysia gratissima

Mountain Pink ⁶²
Zeltnera beyrichii

Texas Bull Nettle ⁶³
Cnidoscolus texanus

Maximilian sunflower ⁶⁴
Helianthus maximiliani

buffalo-bur ⁶⁵
Solanum rostratum

Cocklebur ⁶⁶
Xanthium

Drummond's ruellia ³
Ruellia drummondiana

American germander ⁶⁷
Teucrium canadense

american lotus ⁶⁸
Nelumbo lutea

Western Ironweed ⁶⁹
Vernonia baldwinii

Brazilian Vervain ⁷⁰
Verbena brasiliensis

standing cypress ⁷¹
Ipomopsis rubra

Woolly Ironweed ⁷²
Vernonia lindheimeri

Illinois bundleflower ⁶⁷
Desmanthus illinoensis

hairy ruellia ¹¹
Ruellia humilis

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Whitewater Springs Texas Plants and Wildlife

Native Fragrant Mimosa 1 Mimosa borealis

Scarlet leatherflower 2 Clematis texensis

Escarpment Black Cherry 3 Prunus serotina eximia

Roughleaf Dogwood 4 Cornus drummondii

American beautyberry 5 Callicarpa americana

Virginia creeper 6 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata

Chinaberry 7 Melia azedarach

honey mesquite 8 Prosopis glandulosa

poison ivy 9 Toxicodendron radicans

Carolina snailseed 10 Cocculus carolinus

Texas Persimmon 11 Diospyros texana

Mexican Plum 12 Prunus mexicana

Eve's Necklace 13 Sophora affinis

mustang grape 14 Vitis mustangensis

Pearl Milkweed 15 Matelea reticulata

Tickletongue/ Toothache tree 16 Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Agarita 17 Berberis trifoliolata

American sycamore 18 Platanus occidentalis

Carolina buckthorn 19 Frangula caroliniana

Cedar Elm 20 Ulmus crassifolia

Buttonbush 21 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Dewberry 22 Rubus trivialis

Elbowbush 14 Forestiera pubescens

Poverty Weed 23 Baccharis neglecta

Prairie flameleaf sumac 24 Rhus lanceolata

Gum bumelia 25 Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Mexican buckeye 26 Ungnadia speciosa

Old Man’s Beard 27 Clematis drummondii

pecan 28 Carya illinoinensis

Texas prickly pear 29 Opuntia lindheimeri

red mulberry 30 Morus rubra

Rusty Blackhaw 31 Viburnum rufidulum

sugar hackberry 32 Celtis laevigata

tall goldenrod 33 Solidago altissima

Little Walnut 34 Juglans microcarpa

Texas Kidneywood 35 Eysenhardtia texana

Wright's skullcap 36 Scutellaria wrightii

possumhaw 37 Ilex decidua

antelope horns 38 Asclepias asperula

Engelmann Daisy 39 Engelmannia peristenia

netleaf hackberry 40 Celtis reticulata

American elm 41 Ulmus americana

green ash 42 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Texas ash 34 Fraxinus albicans

Willow Aster 43 Symphyotrichum praealtum praealtum

Zexmenia 24 Wedelia hispida

blackfoot daisy 44 Melampodium leucanthum

Zizotes milkweed 38 Asclepias oenotheroides

white milkwort 45 Polygala alba

Texas madrone 46 Arbutus xalapensis

Texas red oak 47 Quercus texana

sweet mountain grape 34 Vitis monticola

frostweed 48 Verbesina virginica

Texas Thistle 49 Cirsium texanum

Lindheimer's Paintbrush 50 Castilleja lindheimeri

green comet milkweed 51 Asclepias viridiflora

Barbara's-buttons 52 Marshallia caespitosa

silverleaf nightshade 53 Solanum elaeagnifolium

Dakota mock vervain 54 Glandularia bipinnatifida

Texas live oak 55 Quercus fusiformis

Damianita 56 Chrysactinia mexicana

Frogfruit 57 Phyla nodiflora

Texas Skeleton Plant 1 Lygodesmia texana

Indian blanket 58 Gaillardia pulchella

Maltese star-thistle 59 Centaurea melitensis

Musk thistle 60 Carduus nutans

Wavyleaf thistle 61 Cirsium undulatum

Whitebrush 32 Aloysia gratissima

Mountain Pink 62 Zeltnera beyrichii

Texas Bull Nettle 63 Cnidoscolus texanus

Maximilian sunflower 64 Helianthus maximiliani

buffalo-bur 65 Solanum rostratum

Cocklebur 66 Xanthium

Drummond's ruellia 3 Ruellia drummondiana

American germander 67 Teucrium canadense

american lotus 68 Nelumbo lutea

Western Ironweed 69 Vernonia baldwinii

Brazilian Vervain 70 Verbena brasiliensis