Nature of Val Verde County, Texas

A guide to some of the most common nature in Val Verde County and nearby places.

oak mistletoe 1
Phoradendron leucarpum
spatterdock 2
Nuphar advena
Carolina Fanwort 3
Cabomba caroliniana
black willow 4
Salix nigra
nodding green violet 5
Pombalia verticillata
Rock Flax 6
Linum rupestre
Leatherstem 7
Jatropha dioica
Reticulate-seeded Spurge 8
Euphorbia spathulata
Roemer's spurge 9
Euphorbia roemeriana
Blackfoot sandmat 10
Euphorbia angusta
ashy sandmat 11
Euphorbia cinerascens
Hoary Sandmat 10
Euphorbia lata
prostrate sandmat 11
Euphorbia prostrata
Matted Sandmat 12
Euphorbia serpens
painted leaf 13
Euphorbia cyathophora
David's spurge 14
Euphorbia davidii
candelilla 15
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Grassleaf Spurge 16
Euphorbia graminea
grassland croton
Croton dioicus
Bush croton 17
Croton fruticulosus
Torrey's Croton
Croton incanus
Round Copperleaf 18
Acalypha monostachya
Southwest Bernardia 13
Bernardia myricifolia
desert tragia 20
Tragia ramosa
Smartweed Leafflower 5
Phyllanthus polygonoides
shrubby tiquilia 10
Tiquilia canescens
Blue Curls 22
Phacelia congesta
Pasture Heliotrope 23
Euploca tenella
alkali heliotrope 24
Heliotropium curassavicum
purple mat 11
Nama hispida
hairy puccoon 25
Lithospermum caroliniense
Rough Stoneseed
Lithospermum matamorense
Flatspine Stickseed 26
Lappula occidentalis
white ratany 6
Krameria bicolor
Texas lignum-vitae 10
Guaiacum angustifolium
creosote bush 30
Larrea tridentata
Drummond's woodsorrel 23
Oxalis drummondii
peonyleaf woodsorrel
Oxalis dichondrifolia
rocketsalad 32
Eruca vesicaria
Wedge Leaf Whitlow-grass 33
Draba cuneifolia
Southern pepperweed 34
Lepidium austrinum
slimleaf plains-mustard 35
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
London rocket 36
Sisymbrium irio
crown of thorns 37
Koeberlinia spinosa
Slimlobe Globeberry 38
Ibervillea tenuisecta
buffalo gourd 39
Cucurbita foetidissima
Broadleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Eurasian water-milfoil 30
Myriophyllum spicatum
Virginia creeper 40
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
sweet mountain grape 41
Vitis monticola
sorrelvine 42
Cissus trifoliata
whitetop sedge 43
Rhynchospora colorata
Southwestern Bristlegrass 44
Setaria scheelei
switchgrass 45
Panicum virgatum
buffelgrass 46
Pennisetum ciliare
buffelgrass 47
Cenchrus ciliaris
little bluestem 48
Schizachyrium scoparium
Eastern Gamagrass 5
Tripsacum dactyloides
Kleberg's bluestem 49
Dichanthium annulatum
Bushy Bluestem 50
Andropogon glomeratus
yellow bluestem 12
Bothriochloa ischaemum
tanglehead 51
Heteropogon contortus
Vasey Grass 52
Paspalum urvillei
rabbitfoot grass 53
Polypogon monspeliensis
Rescue Brome 54
Bromus catharticus
Arizona cottontop 55
Digitaria californica
Texas winter grass 57
Nassella leucotricha
giant reed 58
Arundo donax
purple three-awn 59
Aristida purpurea
Pink Pappusgrass 60
Pappophorum bicolor
green sprangletop 61
Leptochloa dubia
sideoats grama 62
Bouteloua curtipendula
buffalo grass 5
Bouteloua dactyloides
Texas grama 63
Bouteloua rigidiseta
Red Grama
Bouteloua trifida
Hairy Erioneuron 12
Erioneuron pilosum
Buckley's Yucca 23
Yucca constricta
San Angelo Yucca
Yucca reverchonii
Torrey's Yucca 10
Yucca torreyi
American century plant 64
Agave americana
Lechugilla 65
Agave lechugilla
lechuguilla 61
Agave lechuguilla
sotols 35
Dasylirion
Texas sotol 27
Dasylirion texanum
Wheeler sotol 35
Dasylirion wheeleri
Beargrass 66
Nolina texana
crowpoison 1
Nothoscordum bivalve
Drummond's Onion 67
Allium drummondii
Naples garlic 68
Allium neapolitanum
Brazos rain-lily 69
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
saw greenbrier 70
Smilax bona-nox

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