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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

These are common native plants as well as landscape and invasive plants which are commonly found in the wild at Benbrook Lake, Tarrant County, Texas (including the cities of Fort Worth and Benbrook). Park areas included are Pecan Valley, Dutch Branch, Holiday , Longhorn, Bear Creek, Mustang ...more ↓

rough horsetail ¹
Equisetum hyemale

smooth horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

limestone adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii

rattlesnake fern ³
Botrypus virginianus

royal fern ⁴
Osmunda regalis

water clover ⁵
Marsilea vestita

eastern mosquito fern ⁶
Azolla caroliniana

Mexican mosquito fern ⁷
Azolla microphylla

Giant Salvinia ⁸
Salvinia molesta

purple-stem cliffbrake ⁹
Pellaea atropurpurea

ebony spleenwort ¹⁰
Asplenium platyneuron

blunt woodsia ¹¹
Woodsia obtusa

Ashe juniper ¹²
Juniperus ashei

redberry juniper
Juniperus pinchotii

eastern redcedar ¹³
Juniperus virginiana

baldcypress ¹⁴
Taxodium distichum

loblolly pine ¹⁵
Pinus taeda

honey locust ¹⁶
Gleditsia triacanthos

Two-leaved Senna ¹⁷
Senna roemeriana

partridge pea ¹⁸
Chamaecrista fasciculata

Illinois bundleflower ¹⁹
Desmanthus illinoensis

Fourvalve Mimosa ²⁰
Mimosa quadrivalvis

honey mesquite ²¹
Prosopis glandulosa

Persian silk tree ²²
Albizia julibrissin

trailing fuzzy-bean ²³
Strophostyles helvola

rabbitfoot clover ²⁴
Trifolium arvense

hop trefoil ²⁵
Trifolium campestre

Lesser hop trefoil ²⁶
Trifolium dubium

crimson clover ²⁷
Trifolium incarnatum

white clover ²⁸
Trifolium repens

Reversed clover ²⁹
Trifolium resupinatum

arrowleaf clover ³⁰
Trifolium vesiculosum

little bur-clover ³¹
Medicago minima

bur clover ³²
Medicago polymorpha

white sweetclover ³³
Melilotus albus

small melilot ³⁴
Melilotus indicus

yellow sweetclover ³³
Melilotus officinalis

Texas Bluebonnet ³⁵
Lupinus texensis

panicled ticktrefoil ³⁶
Desmodium paniculatum

Tiny Pea
Lathyrus pusillus

Common Vetch ³⁷
Vicia sativa

Ground-plum ²
Astragalus crassicarpus

Texas milkvetch
Astragalus reflexus

false indigo ³⁸
Amorpha fruticosa

Golden Prairie Clover ³⁹
Dalea aurea

Compact Prairie Clover ⁴⁰
Dalea compacta

Hall's Dalea ⁴¹
Dalea hallii

purple prairie clover ⁴²
Dalea purpurea

Slender Prairie Clover ⁴¹
Dalea tenuis

largebract Indian breadroot ⁴³
Pediomelum cuspidatum

Narrowleaf Indian breadroot ⁴⁴
Pediomelum linearifolium

Reverchon's scurf-pea ⁴¹
Pediomelum reverchonii

bigpod sesbania ⁴⁵
Sesbania herbacea

Bladder Pod ⁴⁶
Glottidium vesicarium

eastern redbud ⁴⁷
Cercis canadensis

Texas redbud ⁴⁸
Cercis canadensis texensis

white milkwort ⁴⁹
Polygala alba

Chinese Photinia ⁵⁰
Photinia serratifolia

Red Tip Photinia ⁵¹
Photinia × fraseri

Indian Hawthorn ⁵²
Rhaphiolepis indica

Chickasaw plum ⁵³
Prunus angustifolia

Carolina laurelcherry ⁵⁴
Prunus caroliniana

Cherry laurel ⁵⁵
Prunus laurocerasus

Mexican Plum ⁵⁶
Prunus mexicana

Peach ⁵⁷
Prunus persica

Creek plum ⁵⁸
Prunus rivularis

Rubus oklahomus

southern dewberry ¹⁹
Rubus trivialis

Bridal-wreath ⁵⁹
Spiraea prunifolia

Black Hawthorn ⁶⁰
Crataegus douglasii

Reverchon's hawthorn ⁴³
Crataegus reverchonii

green hawthorn ⁶¹
Crataegus viridis

Crataegus viridis glabriuscula ⁴³

Indian strawberry ⁶²
Potentilla indica

sulphur cinquefoil ⁶³
Potentilla recta

White prairie rose ⁶⁴
Rosa foliolosa

multiflora rose ⁶⁵
Rosa multiflora

Taiwan Firethorn ⁶⁶
Pyracantha koidzumii

white avens ⁶⁷
Geum canadense

Geum canadense texanum ⁴³

Callery pear ⁶⁸
Pyrus calleryana

Common Pear ⁶⁹
Pyrus communis

Loquat ⁷⁰
Eriobotrya japonica

Prairie Burnet ⁷¹
Poteridium annuum

New Jersey tea ⁷²
Ceanothus americanus

inland ceanothus ⁷³
Ceanothus herbaceus

white mulberry ⁷⁴
Morus alba

red mulberry ⁷⁵
Morus rubra

Osage-orange ⁷⁶
Maclura pomifera

Pennsylvania pellitory ⁷⁷
Parietaria pensylvanica

American elm ⁷⁸
Ulmus americana

Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia

Chinese elm ⁷⁹
Ulmus parvifolia

sugarberry ⁴³
Celtis laevigata

scarlet pimpernel ⁸⁰
Anagallis arvensis

seaside brookweed ⁷²
Samolus parviflorus

Gum bumelia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

standing cypress ⁶²
Ipomopsis rubra

prairie phlox ⁸¹
Phlox pilosa

Texas Persimmon ³⁶
Diospyros texana

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

rough horsetail 1 Equisetum hyemale

smooth horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

limestone adder's-tongue Ophioglossum engelmannii

rattlesnake fern 3 Botrypus virginianus

royal fern 4 Osmunda regalis

water clover 5 Marsilea vestita

eastern mosquito fern 6 Azolla caroliniana

Mexican mosquito fern 7 Azolla microphylla

Giant Salvinia 8 Salvinia molesta

purple-stem cliffbrake 9 Pellaea atropurpurea

ebony spleenwort 10 Asplenium platyneuron

blunt woodsia 11 Woodsia obtusa

Ashe juniper 12 Juniperus ashei

redberry juniper Juniperus pinchotii

eastern redcedar 13 Juniperus virginiana

baldcypress 14 Taxodium distichum

loblolly pine 15 Pinus taeda

honey locust 16 Gleditsia triacanthos

Two-leaved Senna 17 Senna roemeriana

partridge pea 18 Chamaecrista fasciculata

Illinois bundleflower 19 Desmanthus illinoensis

Fourvalve Mimosa 20 Mimosa quadrivalvis

honey mesquite 21 Prosopis glandulosa

Persian silk tree 22 Albizia julibrissin

trailing fuzzy-bean 23 Strophostyles helvola

rabbitfoot clover 24 Trifolium arvense

hop trefoil 25 Trifolium campestre

Lesser hop trefoil 26 Trifolium dubium

crimson clover 27 Trifolium incarnatum

white clover 28 Trifolium repens

Reversed clover 29 Trifolium resupinatum

arrowleaf clover 30 Trifolium vesiculosum

little bur-clover 31 Medicago minima

bur clover 32 Medicago polymorpha

white sweetclover 33 Melilotus albus

small melilot 34 Melilotus indicus

yellow sweetclover 33 Melilotus officinalis

Texas Bluebonnet 35 Lupinus texensis

panicled ticktrefoil 36 Desmodium paniculatum

Tiny Pea Lathyrus pusillus

Common Vetch 37 Vicia sativa

Ground-plum 2 Astragalus crassicarpus

Texas milkvetch Astragalus reflexus

false indigo 38 Amorpha fruticosa

Golden Prairie Clover 39 Dalea aurea

Compact Prairie Clover 40 Dalea compacta

Hall's Dalea 41 Dalea hallii

purple prairie clover 42 Dalea purpurea

Slender Prairie Clover 41 Dalea tenuis

largebract Indian breadroot 43 Pediomelum cuspidatum

Narrowleaf Indian breadroot 44 Pediomelum linearifolium

Reverchon's scurf-pea 41 Pediomelum reverchonii

bigpod sesbania 45 Sesbania herbacea

Bladder Pod 46 Glottidium vesicarium

eastern redbud 47 Cercis canadensis

Texas redbud 48 Cercis canadensis texensis

white milkwort 49 Polygala alba

Chinese Photinia 50 Photinia serratifolia

Red Tip Photinia 51 Photinia × fraseri

Indian Hawthorn 52 Rhaphiolepis indica

Chickasaw plum 53 Prunus angustifolia

Carolina laurelcherry 54 Prunus caroliniana

Cherry laurel 55 Prunus laurocerasus

Mexican Plum 56 Prunus mexicana

Peach 57 Prunus persica

Creek plum 58 Prunus rivularis