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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 ↓

Tigertongue ¹
Opuntia ellisiana

Texas prickly-pear ²
Opuntia engelmannii

Texas prickly pear ³
Opuntia engelmannii lindheimeri

cow's tongue pricklypear ⁴
Opuntia engelmannii linguiformis

Mission Prickly-pear ⁵
Opuntia ficus-indica

eastern prickly pear ⁶
Opuntia humifusa

Opuntia lindheimeri ⁷

twist spine prickly pear ⁸
Opuntia macrorhiza

bunny ears ⁹
Opuntia microdasys

brown-spined prickly-pear ¹⁰
Opuntia phaeacantha

tree cholla ¹¹
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla ¹²
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

Tigertongue 1 Opuntia ellisiana

Texas prickly-pear 2 Opuntia engelmannii

Texas prickly pear 3 Opuntia engelmannii lindheimeri

cow's tongue pricklypear 4 Opuntia engelmannii linguiformis

Mission Prickly-pear 5 Opuntia ficus-indica

eastern prickly pear 6 Opuntia humifusa

Opuntia lindheimeri 7

twist spine prickly pear 8 Opuntia macrorhiza

bunny ears 9 Opuntia microdasys

brown-spined prickly-pear 10 Opuntia phaeacantha

tree cholla 11 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla 12 Cylindropuntia leptocaulis