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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 ↓

American persimmon ¹
Diospyros virginiana

roughleaf dogwood ²
Cornus drummondii

Stick-Leaf ³
Mentzelia oligosperma

clasping milkweed ⁴
Asclepias amplexicaulis

antelope horns ⁵
Asclepias asperula

Antelopehorns ⁶
Asclepias asperula capricornu

tropical milkweed ⁷
Asclepias curassavica

slim milkweed
Asclepias linearis

Zizotes milkweed ⁸
Asclepias oenotheroides

slimleaf milkweed ⁹
Asclepias stenophylla

butterfly milkweed ¹⁰
Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed ¹¹
Asclepias verticillata

green comet milkweed ⁸
Asclepias viridiflora

green antelopehorns ¹²
Asclepias viridis

Star Milkvine ¹³
Matelea biflora

Fringed Bluestar
Amsonia ciliata

Texas Slimpod ¹⁴
Amsonia ciliata texana

buttonbush ¹⁵
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Field madder ¹⁶
Sherardia arvensis

catchweed bedstraw ¹⁷
Galium aparine

Southwestern bedstraw
Galium virgatum

Diamond-flowers ¹⁸
Stenaria nigricans

rough buttonweed ¹⁹
Diodia teres

buttonweed ²⁰
Diodia virginiana

catchfly prairie gentian ²¹
Eustoma exaltatum

Mountain Pink ²²
Zeltnera beyrichii

lace hedgehog cactus ²³
Echinocereus reichenbachii

Echinocereus reichenbachii caespitosus ²⁴

Missouri Foxtail Cactus ²⁵
Escobaria missouriensis

viviparous foxtail cactus ²⁶
Escobaria vivipara

Grooved nipple cactus ²⁷
Coryphantha sulcata

Tigertongue ²⁸
Opuntia ellisiana

Texas prickly-pear ²⁹
Opuntia engelmannii

Texas prickly pear ³⁰
Opuntia engelmannii lindheimeri

cow's tongue pricklypear ³¹
Opuntia engelmannii linguiformis

Mission Prickly-pear ³²
Opuntia ficus-indica

eastern prickly pear ³³
Opuntia humifusa

Opuntia lindheimeri ³⁴

twist spine prickly pear ³⁵
Opuntia macrorhiza

bunny ears ³⁶
Opuntia microdasys

brown-spined prickly-pear ³⁷
Opuntia phaeacantha

tree cholla ³⁸
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla ³⁹
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Longleaf Buckwheat ⁴⁰
Eriogonum longifolium

curled dock
Rumex crispus

Whitlow-wort ⁴¹
Paronychia virginica

sleepy catchfly ⁴²
Silene antirrhina

American pokeweed ¹⁷
Phytolacca americana

Juda's Bush
Iresine rhizomatosa

rougeplant ⁴³
Rivina humilis

Virginia spring beauty ⁴⁴
Claytonia virginica

Texas Thistle ⁴⁵
Cirsium texanum

wavyleaf thistle ²⁵
Cirsium undulatum

American basketflower ²³
Centaurea americana

Safflower ⁴⁶
Carthamus tinctorius

Crete weed ⁴⁷
Hedypnois cretica

common dandelion ⁴⁸
Taraxacum officinale

red-seeded dandelion ⁴⁹
Taraxacum erythrospermum

Small-flower Hawk's-beard ⁵⁰
Crepis pulchra

prickly sowthistle ⁵¹
Sonchus asper

woodland lettuce
Lactuca floridana

prickly lettuce ⁵²
Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant ⁵³
Lygodesmia texana

Carolina desert-chicory ⁵⁴
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus ²⁴

Texas Dandelion
Pyrrhopappus multicaulis

false dandelion
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

yellow salsify ⁵⁵
Tragopogon dubius

Western Ironweed ⁵⁶
Vernonia baldwinii

summer gayfeather ²⁴
Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star ⁵⁷
Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather ²⁴
Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather ²⁵
Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather ⁵⁸
Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset ⁵⁹
Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset ⁶⁰
Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine ⁶¹
Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco ⁶²
Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax ⁶³
Diaperia verna

common yarrow ⁶⁴
Achillea millefolium

field wormwood ²⁵
Artemisia campestris

silver wormwood ²⁵
Artemisia ludoviciana

Mexican sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana mexicana

prairie broomweed ⁵⁸
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

late goldenrod ⁶⁵
Solidago altissima

horseweed ⁶⁶
Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane ⁶⁷
Erigeron philadelphicus

Poverty Weed ⁶⁸
Baccharis neglecta

Lonestar gumweed ⁶⁹
Grindelia adenodonta

Narrowleaf Gumweed ⁷⁰
Grindelia lanceolata

curlycup gumweed ²⁵
Grindelia squarrosa

Yard Aster ⁷¹
Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Drummond's aster ⁷²
Symphyotrichum drummondii

Texas aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii texanum

white heath aster ⁷³
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Camphorweed ⁷⁴
Heterotheca subaxillaris

prairie Indian plantain ⁶⁰
Arnoglossum plantagineum

Great Plains Ragwort ⁷⁵
Packera tampicana

devil's beggarticks ⁷⁶
Bidens frondosa

Greenthread ⁷⁷
Thelesperma filifolium

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

American persimmon 1 Diospyros virginiana

roughleaf dogwood 2 Cornus drummondii

Stick-Leaf 3 Mentzelia oligosperma

clasping milkweed 4 Asclepias amplexicaulis

antelope horns 5 Asclepias asperula

Antelopehorns 6 Asclepias asperula capricornu

tropical milkweed 7 Asclepias curassavica

slim milkweed Asclepias linearis

Zizotes milkweed 8 Asclepias oenotheroides

slimleaf milkweed 9 Asclepias stenophylla

butterfly milkweed 10 Asclepias tuberosa

whorled milkweed 11 Asclepias verticillata

green comet milkweed 8 Asclepias viridiflora

green antelopehorns 12 Asclepias viridis

Star Milkvine 13 Matelea biflora

Fringed Bluestar Amsonia ciliata

Texas Slimpod 14 Amsonia ciliata texana

buttonbush 15 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Field madder 16 Sherardia arvensis

catchweed bedstraw 17 Galium aparine

Southwestern bedstraw Galium virgatum

Diamond-flowers 18 Stenaria nigricans

rough buttonweed 19 Diodia teres

buttonweed 20 Diodia virginiana

catchfly prairie gentian 21 Eustoma exaltatum

Mountain Pink 22 Zeltnera beyrichii

lace hedgehog cactus 23 Echinocereus reichenbachii

Echinocereus reichenbachii caespitosus 24

Missouri Foxtail Cactus 25 Escobaria missouriensis

viviparous foxtail cactus 26 Escobaria vivipara

Grooved nipple cactus 27 Coryphantha sulcata

Tigertongue 28 Opuntia ellisiana

Texas prickly-pear 29 Opuntia engelmannii

Texas prickly pear 30 Opuntia engelmannii lindheimeri

cow's tongue pricklypear 31 Opuntia engelmannii linguiformis

Mission Prickly-pear 32 Opuntia ficus-indica

eastern prickly pear 33 Opuntia humifusa

Opuntia lindheimeri 34

twist spine prickly pear 35 Opuntia macrorhiza

bunny ears 36 Opuntia microdasys

brown-spined prickly-pear 37 Opuntia phaeacantha

tree cholla 38 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla 39 Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Longleaf Buckwheat 40 Eriogonum longifolium

curled dock Rumex crispus

Whitlow-wort 41 Paronychia virginica

sleepy catchfly 42 Silene antirrhina

American pokeweed 17 Phytolacca americana

Juda's Bush Iresine rhizomatosa

rougeplant 43 Rivina humilis

Virginia spring beauty 44 Claytonia virginica

Texas Thistle 45 Cirsium texanum

wavyleaf thistle 25 Cirsium undulatum

American basketflower 23 Centaurea americana

Safflower 46 Carthamus tinctorius

Crete weed 47 Hedypnois cretica

common dandelion 48 Taraxacum officinale

red-seeded dandelion 49 Taraxacum erythrospermum

Small-flower Hawk's-beard 50 Crepis pulchra

prickly sowthistle 51 Sonchus asper

woodland lettuce Lactuca floridana

prickly lettuce 52 Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant 53 Lygodesmia texana

Carolina desert-chicory 54 Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus 24

Texas Dandelion Pyrrhopappus multicaulis

false dandelion Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus

yellow salsify 55 Tragopogon dubius

Western Ironweed 56 Vernonia baldwinii

summer gayfeather 24 Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star 57 Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather 24 Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather 25 Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather 58 Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset 59 Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset 60 Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine 61 Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco 62 Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax 63 Diaperia verna