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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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 64 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 395 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

big bluestem ¹
Andropogon gerardii

Bushy Bluestem ²
Andropogon glomeratus

splitbeard bluestem ³
Andropogon ternarius

Texas bluegrass
Poa arachnifera

Canada wild rye ⁴
Elymus canadensis

Texas winter grass ⁵
Nassella leucotricha

Bermuda grass ⁶
Cynodon dactylon

Johnson grass ⁷
Sorghum halepense

Muhly Grass ⁸
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Seep Muhly ⁹
Muhlenbergia reverchonii

sprangletop ¹⁰
Leptochloa fusca

Dallis grass ¹¹
Paspalum dilatatum

windmill grass ⁹
Chloris verticillata

rice cutgrass ¹²
Leersia oryzoides

sideoats grama ⁴
Bouteloua curtipendula

Buffalo Grass ⁹
Bouteloua dactyloides

Texas Grama ¹³
Bouteloua rigidiseta

Silver bluestem ¹⁴
Bothriochloa laguroides

King Ranch Bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum songarica

Texas cup grass ⁹
Eriochloa sericea

Hairy Erioneuron ⁹
Erioneuron pilosum

White Tridens ⁹
Tridens albescens

giant reed ¹⁵
Arundo donax

inland sea oats ¹⁶
Chasmanthium latifolium

Crested Coralroot Orchid ¹⁷
Hexalectris spicata

Hexalectris spicata arizonica ¹⁸

Spring Coralroot ¹⁹
Corallorhiza wisteriana

nodding ladies' tresses ²⁰
Spiranthes cernua

Slender Ladies' Tresses ²¹
Spiranthes lacera

Great Plains Ladies' Tresses ²²
Spiranthes magnicamporum

red yucca ²³
Hesperaloe parviflora

Aloe Yucca ²⁴
Yucca aloifolia

Arkansas Yucca ²⁵
Yucca arkansana

common yucca ²⁶
Yucca filamentosa

Spanish dagger ²⁷
Yucca gloriosa

Glen Rose Yucca ⁸
Yucca necopina

Pale Yucca ⁹
Yucca pallida

Twisted-Leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola

Atlantic camas ²⁸
Camassia scilloides

common star-of-Bethlehem ²⁹
Ornithogalum umbellatum

Funnel-Flower ³⁰
Androstephium coeruleum

wild asparagus ³¹
Asparagus officinalis

Prairie Pleatleaf ³²
Nemastylis geminiflora

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass ⁸
Sisyrinchium pruinosum

evening rainlily ³³
Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Wild Garlic ³⁴
Allium canadense

Allium canadense fraseri

Drummond's Onion ³⁵
Allium drummondii

crowpoison ³⁶
Nothoscordum bivalve

Nuttall's Deathcamas ³⁷
Toxicoscordion nuttallii

saw greenbrier ³⁸
Smilax bona-nox

bristly greenbrier ³⁴
Smilax tamnoides

Hydrilla ³⁹
Hydrilla verticillata

Longleaf Pondweed ¹⁹
Potamogeton nodosus

False dayflower ⁴⁰
Tinantia anomala

western spiderwort ⁴¹
Tradescantia occidentalis

bluejacket ⁴²
Tradescantia ohiensis

climbing dayflower ⁴³
Commelina diffusa

common water hyacinth ⁴⁴
Eichhornia crassipes

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

big bluestem 1 Andropogon gerardii

Bushy Bluestem 2 Andropogon glomeratus

splitbeard bluestem 3 Andropogon ternarius

Texas bluegrass Poa arachnifera

Canada wild rye 4 Elymus canadensis

Texas winter grass 5 Nassella leucotricha

Bermuda grass 6 Cynodon dactylon

Johnson grass 7 Sorghum halepense

Muhly Grass 8 Muhlenbergia capillaris

Seep Muhly 9 Muhlenbergia reverchonii

sprangletop 10 Leptochloa fusca

Dallis grass 11 Paspalum dilatatum

windmill grass 9 Chloris verticillata

rice cutgrass 12 Leersia oryzoides

sideoats grama 4 Bouteloua curtipendula

Buffalo Grass 9 Bouteloua dactyloides

Texas Grama 13 Bouteloua rigidiseta

Silver bluestem 14 Bothriochloa laguroides

King Ranch Bluestem Bothriochloa ischaemum songarica

Texas cup grass 9 Eriochloa sericea

Hairy Erioneuron 9 Erioneuron pilosum

White Tridens 9 Tridens albescens

giant reed 15 Arundo donax

inland sea oats 16 Chasmanthium latifolium

Crested Coralroot Orchid 17 Hexalectris spicata

Hexalectris spicata arizonica 18

Spring Coralroot 19 Corallorhiza wisteriana

nodding ladies' tresses 20 Spiranthes cernua

Slender Ladies' Tresses 21 Spiranthes lacera

Great Plains Ladies' Tresses 22 Spiranthes magnicamporum

red yucca 23 Hesperaloe parviflora

Aloe Yucca 24 Yucca aloifolia

Arkansas Yucca 25 Yucca arkansana

common yucca 26 Yucca filamentosa

Spanish dagger 27 Yucca gloriosa

Glen Rose Yucca 8 Yucca necopina

Pale Yucca 9 Yucca pallida

Twisted-Leaf Yucca Yucca rupicola

Atlantic camas 28 Camassia scilloides

common star-of-Bethlehem 29 Ornithogalum umbellatum

Funnel-Flower 30 Androstephium coeruleum

wild asparagus 31 Asparagus officinalis

Prairie Pleatleaf 32 Nemastylis geminiflora

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass 8 Sisyrinchium pruinosum

evening rainlily 33 Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Wild Garlic 34 Allium canadense