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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
Virginia creeper 7
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
Chinaberry 8
Melia azedarach
honey mesquite 9
Prosopis glandulosa
poison ivy 10
Toxicodendron radicans
inland sea oats 11
Chasmanthium latifolium
Carolina snailseed 12
Cocculus carolinus
Texas Persimmon 13
Diospyros texana
switchgrass 14
Panicum virgatum
Mexican Plum 15
Prunus mexicana
Eve's Necklace 16
Sophora affinis
mustang grape 17
Vitis mustangensis
Pearl Milkweed 18
Matelea reticulata
Devil's Shoestring 19
Nolina lindheimeriana
Tickletongue/ Toothache tree 20
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
Agarita 21
Berberis trifoliolata
American sycamore 22
Platanus occidentalis
Carolina buckthorn 23
Frangula caroliniana
Cedar Elm 24
Ulmus crassifolia
Buttonbush 25
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Dewberry 26
Rubus trivialis
Elbowbush 17
Forestiera pubescens
Poverty Weed 27
Baccharis neglecta
Prairie flameleaf sumac 28
Rhus lanceolata
Gum bumelia 29
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Mexican buckeye 30
Ungnadia speciosa
Old Man’s Beard 31
Clematis drummondii
pecan 32
Carya illinoinensis
Texas prickly pear 33
Opuntia lindheimeri
red mulberry 34
Morus rubra
Rusty Blackhaw 35
Viburnum rufidulum
sugar hackberry 36
Celtis laevigata
tall goldenrod 37
Solidago altissima
Little Walnut 38
Juglans microcarpa
Texas Kidneywood 39
Eysenhardtia texana
Twisted-Leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
Wright's skullcap 40
Scutellaria wrightii
Texas feathershank 41
Schoenocaulon texanum
possumhaw 42
Ilex decidua
antelope horns 43
Asclepias asperula
Engelmann Daisy 44
Engelmannia peristenia
netleaf hackberry 45
Celtis reticulata
American elm 46
Ulmus americana
green ash 47
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Texas ash 38
Fraxinus albicans
Willow Aster 48
Symphyotrichum praealtum praealtum
Zexmenia 28
Wedelia hispida
blackfoot daisy 49
Melampodium leucanthum
Zizotes milkweed 43
Asclepias oenotheroides
white milkwort 50
Polygala alba
Texas madrone 41
Arbutus xalapensis
Texas red oak 51
Quercus texana
sweet mountain grape 38
Vitis monticola
frostweed 52
Verbesina virginica
Texas Thistle 53
Cirsium texanum
saw greenbrier 36
Smilax bona-nox
Lindheimer's Paintbrush 54
Castilleja lindheimeri
green comet milkweed 55
Asclepias viridiflora
Barbara's-buttons 56
Marshallia caespitosa
Buckley's Yucca 28
Yucca constricta
silverleaf nightshade 57
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Dakota mock vervain 58
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Texas live oak 59
Quercus fusiformis
Damianita 60
Chrysactinia mexicana
Frogfruit 61
Phyla nodiflora
Texas Skeleton Plant 1
Lygodesmia texana
Indian blanket 62
Gaillardia pulchella
Drummond's rain lily 63
Zephyranthes drummondii
Maltese star-thistle 64
Centaurea melitensis
Musk thistle 65
Carduus nutans
Wavyleaf thistle 66
Cirsium undulatum
Whitebrush 36
Aloysia gratissima
Mountain Pink 67
Zeltnera beyrichii
Texas Bull Nettle 68
Cnidoscolus texanus
Maximilian sunflower 69
Helianthus maximiliani
buffalo-bur 70
Solanum rostratum
Cocklebur 71
Xanthium
Drummond's ruellia 3
Ruellia drummondiana
American germander 72
Teucrium canadense
american lotus 73
Nelumbo lutea
Western Ironweed 74
Vernonia baldwinii
Brazilian Vervain 75
Verbena brasiliensis
standing cypress 76
Ipomopsis rubra
Woolly Ironweed 19
Vernonia lindheimeri
Illinois bundleflower 72
Desmanthus illinoensis
hairy ruellia 13
Ruellia humilis

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