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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 ↓

Heller's Plantain ¹
Plantago helleri

cobaea beardtongue ²
Penstemon cobaea

Obi-Wan-conobea
Leucospora multifida

white prickly poppy ³
Argemone albiflora

Wild Blue Larkspur ⁴
Delphinium carolinianum

Prairie Larkspur ⁵
Delphinium carolinianum virescens

leatherflower ⁶
Clematis pitcheri

Tenpetal Anemone ⁷
Anemone berlandieri

Heavenly bamboo ⁸
Nandina domestica

Carolina snailseed ⁹
Cocculus carolinus

cutleaf groundcherry ¹⁰
Physalis angulata

smallflower groundcherry ¹¹
Physalis cinerascens

Carolina horse-nettle ¹²
Solanum carolinense

western horsenettle ¹³
Solanum dimidiatum

silverleaf nightshade ¹⁴
Solanum elaeagnifolium

eastern black nightshade ⁴
Solanum ptychanthum

buffalo bur ¹⁵
Solanum rostratum

Tievine ⁵
Ipomoea cordatotriloba

White Morning-glory ¹⁶
Ipomoea lacunosa

field bindweed ¹⁷
Convolvulus arvensis

Texas bindweed ¹⁸
Convolvulus equitans

Carolina ponysfoot ¹⁹
Dichondra carolinensis

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory ⁴
Evolvulus nuttallianus

western white honeysuckle ¹⁸
Lonicera albiflora

Winter honeysuckle ²⁰
Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese honeysuckle ²¹
Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle ²²
Lonicera maackii

coral honeysuckle ²³
Lonicera sempervirens

Sweet scabious ²⁴
Sixalix atropurpurea

Bitter cornsalad ⁴
Valerianella amarella

beaked cornsalad ²⁵
Valerianella radiata

Rusty Blackhaw ²⁶
Viburnum rufidulum

Leavenworth's eryngo ²⁷
Eryngium leavenworthii

prairie bishop ⁴
Bifora americana

common hedge parsley ¹⁸
Torilis arvensis

Tainturier's chervil ⁴
Chaerophyllum tainturieri

wild carrot ²⁸
Daucus carota

Texas Prairie Parsley ⁶
Polytaenia texana

bigroot springparsley ⁴
Cymopterus macrorhizus

spreading sida ²⁹
Sida abutifolia

winecup mallow ³⁰
Callirhoe involucrata

Palmleaf winecup ³¹
Callirhoe pedata

oak mistletoe ¹⁹
Phoradendron leucarpum

eastern cottonwood ³²
Populus deltoides

black willow ³³
Salix nigra

American Field Pansy ³⁴
Viola bicolor

common blue violet ³⁵
Viola sororia

Carolina violet ¹¹
Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax
Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax ⁵
Linum pratense

Yellow Flax ³⁶
Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower ³⁷
Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower ³⁸
Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower ³⁹
Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge ⁴⁰
Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat ⁶
Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge ⁴¹
Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat ⁴²
Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia ¹⁸
Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie ⁴³
Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea ⁴⁴
Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf ⁴⁵
Acalypha ostryifolia

Low Wild Mercury ⁶
Ditaxis humilis

Tall Wild Mercury ⁴
Ditaxis mercurialina

Texas Stillingia ⁴⁶
Stillingia texana

desert tragia
Tragia ramosa

Chinese Tallow ⁴⁷
Triadica sebifera

Smartweed Leafflower ⁴
Phyllanthus polygonoides

Pasture Heliotrope ²
Euploca tenella

corn gromwell ⁴⁸
Buglossoides arvensis

fringed puccoon ⁴⁹
Lithospermum incisum

largeseed forget-me-not ⁵⁰
Myosotis macrosperma

woolly Dutchman's pipe ⁵¹
Aristolochia tomentosa

American sycamore ⁵²
Platanus occidentalis

prairie bur ⁵³
Krameria lanceolata

slender yellow woodsorrel ⁵⁴
Oxalis dillenii

Chinese holly ⁵⁵
Ilex cornuta

possumhaw ⁵⁶
Ilex decidua

American holly ⁵⁷
Ilex opaca

Yaupon Holly ⁴⁶
Ilex vomitoria

shepherd's-purse ⁵⁸
Capsella bursa-pastoris

Shortpod Mustard ⁵⁹
Hirschfeldia incana

Engelmann's Bladderpod ⁶
Physaria engelmannii

Cloth-of-gold
Physaria gracilis

annual bastard cabbage ⁶⁰
Rapistrum rugosum

redwhisker clammyweed ⁶¹
Polanisia dodecandra

buffalo gourd ⁶²
Cucurbita foetidissima

Virginia creeper ⁶³
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

summer grape ⁶⁴
Vitis aestivalis

graybark grape ⁶⁵
Vitis cinerea

mustang grape ⁶⁶
Vitis mustangensis

riverbank grape ⁶⁷
Vitis riparia

muscadine ⁶⁸
Vitis rotundifolia

frost grape ⁴⁸
Vitis vulpina

heart leaf peppervine ⁶⁹
Ampelopsis cordata

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

Heller's Plantain 1 Plantago helleri

cobaea beardtongue 2 Penstemon cobaea

Obi-Wan-conobea Leucospora multifida

white prickly poppy 3 Argemone albiflora

Wild Blue Larkspur 4 Delphinium carolinianum

Prairie Larkspur 5 Delphinium carolinianum virescens

leatherflower 6 Clematis pitcheri

Tenpetal Anemone 7 Anemone berlandieri

Heavenly bamboo 8 Nandina domestica

Carolina snailseed 9 Cocculus carolinus

cutleaf groundcherry 10 Physalis angulata

smallflower groundcherry 11 Physalis cinerascens

Carolina horse-nettle 12 Solanum carolinense

western horsenettle 13 Solanum dimidiatum

silverleaf nightshade 14 Solanum elaeagnifolium

eastern black nightshade 4 Solanum ptychanthum

buffalo bur 15 Solanum rostratum

Tievine 5 Ipomoea cordatotriloba

White Morning-glory 16 Ipomoea lacunosa

field bindweed 17 Convolvulus arvensis

Texas bindweed 18 Convolvulus equitans

Carolina ponysfoot 19 Dichondra carolinensis

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory 4 Evolvulus nuttallianus

western white honeysuckle 18 Lonicera albiflora

Winter honeysuckle 20 Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese honeysuckle 21 Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle 22 Lonicera maackii

coral honeysuckle 23 Lonicera sempervirens

Sweet scabious 24 Sixalix atropurpurea

Bitter cornsalad 4 Valerianella amarella

beaked cornsalad 25 Valerianella radiata

Rusty Blackhaw 26 Viburnum rufidulum

Leavenworth's eryngo 27 Eryngium leavenworthii

prairie bishop 4 Bifora americana

common hedge parsley 18 Torilis arvensis

Tainturier's chervil 4 Chaerophyllum tainturieri

wild carrot 28 Daucus carota

Texas Prairie Parsley 6 Polytaenia texana

bigroot springparsley 4 Cymopterus macrorhizus

spreading sida 29 Sida abutifolia

winecup mallow 30 Callirhoe involucrata

Palmleaf winecup 31 Callirhoe pedata

oak mistletoe 19 Phoradendron leucarpum

eastern cottonwood 32 Populus deltoides

black willow 33 Salix nigra

American Field Pansy 34 Viola bicolor

common blue violet 35 Viola sororia

Carolina violet 11 Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax 5 Linum pratense

Yellow Flax 36 Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower 37 Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower 38 Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower 39 Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge 40 Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat 6 Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge 41 Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat 42 Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia 18 Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie 43 Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea 44 Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf 45 Acalypha ostryifolia

Low Wild Mercury 6 Ditaxis humilis

Tall Wild Mercury 4 Ditaxis mercurialina

Texas Stillingia 46 Stillingia texana

desert tragia Tragia ramosa

Chinese Tallow 47 Triadica sebifera

Smartweed Leafflower 4 Phyllanthus polygonoides

Pasture Heliotrope 2 Euploca tenella

corn gromwell 48 Buglossoides arvensis

fringed puccoon 49 Lithospermum incisum

largeseed forget-me-not 50 Myosotis macrosperma

woolly Dutchman's pipe 51 Aristolochia tomentosa

American sycamore 52 Platanus occidentalis

prairie bur 53 Krameria lanceolata

slender yellow woodsorrel 54 Oxalis dillenii

Chinese holly 55 Ilex cornuta

possumhaw 56 Ilex decidua

American holly 57 Ilex opaca