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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 ↓

Engelmann Daisy ¹
Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star ²
Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower ³
Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower ⁴
Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder ⁵
Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed ⁶
Iva annua

White rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum

compass plant ⁷
Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower ⁸
Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower ⁹
Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur ¹⁰
Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan ¹¹
Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed ¹²
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed ¹³
Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed ¹⁴
Ambrosia trifida

false daisy ¹⁵
Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower ¹⁶
Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy ¹⁷
Verbesina encelioides

frostweed ¹⁸
Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew ¹⁹
Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy ²⁰
Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel ²¹
Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane ²²
Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket ²³
Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed ²⁴
Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons ²⁵
Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy
Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy ²⁶
Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox ²⁷
Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman
Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

woolly white ²⁸
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

clasping Venus's looking glass ²⁹
Triodanis perfoliata

common stork's-bill ³⁰
Erodium cicutarium

Texas stork's bill ³¹
Erodium texanum

Carolina crane's-bill ³²
Geranium carolinianum

Cut-leaved crane's-bill ³³
Geranium dissectum

herb Robert ³⁴
Geranium robertianum

Texas Geranium
Geranium texanum

poison ivy ³⁵
Toxicodendron radicans

fragrant sumac ³⁶
Rhus aromatica

smooth sumac ³⁷
Rhus glabra

Chinese pistache ³⁸
Pistacia chinensis

Hercules' club ³⁹
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Chinaberry ⁴⁰
Melia azedarach

Tree of heaven ⁴¹
Ailanthus altissima

Mexican buckeye ⁴²
Ungnadia speciosa

boxelder maple ⁴³
Acer negundo

Western soapberry ⁴⁴
Sapindus saponaria

Balloon Vine ⁴⁵
Cardiospermum halicacabum

Berlandier's suncups ²⁶
Calylophus berlandieri

Hartweg's sundrops ⁴⁶
Calylophus hartwegii

False Gaura ⁴⁷
Stenosiphon linifolius

lizard-tail ⁴⁸
Oenothera curtiflora

bigfruit evening primrose ⁴⁹
Oenothera macrocarpa

Pinkladies ⁵⁰
Oenothera speciosa

roadside gaura ³¹
Oenothera suffulta

Peruvian primrose-willow ⁵¹
Ludwigia peruviana

wavyleaf beeblossom ⁵²
Gaura sinuata

Scarlet Toothcup ⁵³
Ammannia coccinea

white oak ⁵⁴
Quercus alba

bur oak ⁵⁵
Quercus macrocarpa

blackjack oak ⁵⁶
Quercus marilandica

chinkapin oak ⁵⁷
Quercus muehlenbergii

Mexican White Oak ²⁴
Quercus polymorpha

post oak ⁵⁸
Quercus stellata

Texas live oak ⁵⁹
Quercus fusiformis

southern live oak ⁶⁰
Quercus virginiana

Buckley's oak ⁶¹
Quercus buckleyi

southern red oak ⁵⁶
Quercus falcata

water oak ⁶²
Quercus nigra

Shumard's oak ⁶³
Quercus shumardii

Texas red oak ⁶⁴
Quercus texana

wax myrtle ⁶⁵
Morella cerifera

river birch ⁶⁶
Betula nigra

Little Walnut ⁶⁷
Juglans microcarpa

eastern black walnut ⁶⁸
Juglans nigra

pecan ⁶⁹
Carya illinoinensis

moth mullein ⁷⁰
Verbascum blattaria

branched broomrape ⁷¹
Orobanche ramosa

Texas Paintbrush ³³
Castilleja indivisa

Purple paintbrush ²⁶
Castilleja purpurea

earleaf false foxglove ⁷²
Agalinis auriculata

osage false foxglove ³¹
Agalinis densiflora

white ash ⁷³
Fraxinus americana

green ash ⁷⁴
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Texas Ash ⁷⁵
Fraxinus texensis

Stretchberry ⁷⁶
Forestiera pubescens

Japanese privet ⁷⁷
Ligustrum japonicum

glossy privet ⁷⁸
Ligustrum lucidum

Quihoui privet ⁷⁹
Ligustrum quihoui

Chinese privet ⁸⁰
Ligustrum sinense

American trumpet vine ⁸¹
Campsis radicans

cross vine ⁸²
Bignonia capreolata

Lilac chaste tree ⁸³
Vitex agnus-castus

Prairie brazoria ⁵⁷
Warnockia scutellarioides

giant blue sage ⁸⁴
Salvia azurea

Mealy Sage ⁸⁵
Salvia farinacea

Texas Sage ⁸⁶
Salvia texana

lemon beebalm ⁸⁷
Monarda citriodora

Drummond's skullcap ³¹
Scutellaria drummondii

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

Engelmann Daisy 1 Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star 2 Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower 3 Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower 4 Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder 5 Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed 6 Iva annua

White rosinweed Silphium albiflorum

compass plant 7 Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower 8 Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower 9 Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur 10 Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan 11 Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed 12 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed 13 Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed 14 Ambrosia trifida

false daisy 15 Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower 16 Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy 17 Verbesina encelioides

frostweed 18 Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew 19 Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy 20 Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel 21 Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane 22 Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket 23 Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed 24 Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons 25 Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy 26 Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox 27 Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

woolly white 28 Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

clasping Venus's looking glass 29 Triodanis perfoliata

common stork's-bill 30 Erodium cicutarium

Texas stork's bill 31 Erodium texanum

Carolina crane's-bill 32 Geranium carolinianum

Cut-leaved crane's-bill 33 Geranium dissectum

herb Robert 34 Geranium robertianum

Texas Geranium Geranium texanum

poison ivy 35 Toxicodendron radicans

fragrant sumac 36 Rhus aromatica

smooth sumac 37 Rhus glabra

Chinese pistache 38 Pistacia chinensis

Hercules' club 39 Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Chinaberry 40 Melia azedarach

Tree of heaven 41 Ailanthus altissima

Mexican buckeye 42 Ungnadia speciosa

boxelder maple 43 Acer negundo

Western soapberry 44 Sapindus saponaria

Balloon Vine 45 Cardiospermum halicacabum

Berlandier's suncups 26 Calylophus berlandieri

Hartweg's sundrops 46 Calylophus hartwegii

False Gaura 47 Stenosiphon linifolius

lizard-tail 48 Oenothera curtiflora

bigfruit evening primrose 49 Oenothera macrocarpa

Pinkladies 50 Oenothera speciosa

roadside gaura 31 Oenothera suffulta

Peruvian primrose-willow 51 Ludwigia peruviana

wavyleaf beeblossom 52 Gaura sinuata

Scarlet Toothcup 53 Ammannia coccinea

white oak 54 Quercus alba

bur oak 55 Quercus macrocarpa

blackjack oak 56 Quercus marilandica

chinkapin oak 57 Quercus muehlenbergii

Mexican White Oak 24 Quercus polymorpha

post oak 58 Quercus stellata

Texas live oak 59 Quercus fusiformis

southern live oak 60 Quercus virginiana

Buckley's oak 61 Quercus buckleyi

southern red oak 56 Quercus falcata

water oak 62 Quercus nigra

Shumard's oak 63 Quercus shumardii

Texas red oak 64 Quercus texana

wax myrtle 65 Morella cerifera

river birch 66 Betula nigra

Little Walnut 67 Juglans microcarpa

eastern black walnut 68 Juglans nigra

pecan 69 Carya illinoinensis

moth mullein 70 Verbascum blattaria

branched broomrape 71 Orobanche ramosa