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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 ↓

Western Umbrella-sedge ¹
Fuirena simplex

little bluestem ²
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ³
Sorghastrum nutans

Eastern Gamagrass ⁴
Tripsacum dactyloides

switchgrass ⁵
Panicum virgatum

big bluestem ⁶
Andropogon gerardii

Bushy Bluestem ⁷
Andropogon glomeratus

splitbeard bluestem ⁸
Andropogon ternarius

Texas bluegrass
Poa arachnifera

Canada wild rye ⁹
Elymus canadensis

Texas winter grass ¹⁰
Nassella leucotricha

Bermuda grass ¹¹
Cynodon dactylon

Johnson grass ¹²
Sorghum halepense

Muhly Grass ¹³
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Seep Muhly ⁴
Muhlenbergia reverchonii

sprangletop ¹⁴
Leptochloa fusca

Dallis grass ¹⁵
Paspalum dilatatum

windmill grass ⁴
Chloris verticillata

rice cutgrass ¹⁶
Leersia oryzoides

sideoats grama ⁹
Bouteloua curtipendula

Buffalo Grass ⁴
Bouteloua dactyloides

Texas Grama ¹⁷
Bouteloua rigidiseta

Silver bluestem ¹⁸
Bothriochloa laguroides

King Ranch Bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum songarica

Texas cup grass ⁴
Eriochloa sericea

Hairy Erioneuron ⁴
Erioneuron pilosum

White Tridens ⁴
Tridens albescens

giant reed ¹⁹
Arundo donax

inland sea oats ²⁰
Chasmanthium latifolium

Crested Coralroot Orchid ²¹
Hexalectris spicata

Hexalectris spicata arizonica ²²

Spring Coralroot ²³
Corallorhiza wisteriana

nodding ladies' tresses ²⁴
Spiranthes cernua

Slender Ladies' Tresses ²⁵
Spiranthes lacera

Great Plains Ladies' Tresses ²⁶
Spiranthes magnicamporum

red yucca ²⁷
Hesperaloe parviflora

Aloe Yucca ²⁸
Yucca aloifolia

Arkansas Yucca ²⁹
Yucca arkansana

common yucca ³⁰
Yucca filamentosa

Spanish dagger ³¹
Yucca gloriosa

Glen Rose Yucca ¹³
Yucca necopina

Pale Yucca ⁴
Yucca pallida

Twisted-Leaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola

Atlantic camas ³²
Camassia scilloides

common star-of-Bethlehem ³³
Ornithogalum umbellatum

Funnel-Flower ³⁴
Androstephium coeruleum

wild asparagus ³⁵
Asparagus officinalis

Prairie Pleatleaf ³⁶
Nemastylis geminiflora

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass ¹³
Sisyrinchium pruinosum

evening rainlily ³⁷
Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Wild Garlic ³⁸
Allium canadense

Allium canadense fraseri

Drummond's Onion ³⁹
Allium drummondii

crowpoison ⁴⁰
Nothoscordum bivalve

Nuttall's Deathcamas ⁴¹
Toxicoscordion nuttallii

saw greenbrier ⁴²
Smilax bona-nox

bristly greenbrier ³⁸
Smilax tamnoides

Hydrilla ⁴³
Hydrilla verticillata

Longleaf Pondweed ²³
Potamogeton nodosus

False dayflower ⁴⁴
Tinantia anomala

western spiderwort ⁴⁵
Tradescantia occidentalis

bluejacket ⁴⁶
Tradescantia ohiensis

climbing dayflower ⁴⁷
Commelina diffusa

common water hyacinth ⁴⁸
Eichhornia crassipes

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

Western Umbrella-sedge 1 Fuirena simplex

little bluestem 2 Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass 3 Sorghastrum nutans

Eastern Gamagrass 4 Tripsacum dactyloides

switchgrass 5 Panicum virgatum

big bluestem 6 Andropogon gerardii

Bushy Bluestem 7 Andropogon glomeratus

splitbeard bluestem 8 Andropogon ternarius

Texas bluegrass Poa arachnifera

Canada wild rye 9 Elymus canadensis

Texas winter grass 10 Nassella leucotricha

Bermuda grass 11 Cynodon dactylon

Johnson grass 12 Sorghum halepense

Muhly Grass 13 Muhlenbergia capillaris

Seep Muhly 4 Muhlenbergia reverchonii

sprangletop 14 Leptochloa fusca

Dallis grass 15 Paspalum dilatatum

windmill grass 4 Chloris verticillata

rice cutgrass 16 Leersia oryzoides

sideoats grama 9 Bouteloua curtipendula

Buffalo Grass 4 Bouteloua dactyloides

Texas Grama 17 Bouteloua rigidiseta

Silver bluestem 18 Bothriochloa laguroides

King Ranch Bluestem Bothriochloa ischaemum songarica

Texas cup grass 4 Eriochloa sericea

Hairy Erioneuron 4 Erioneuron pilosum

White Tridens 4 Tridens albescens

giant reed 19 Arundo donax

inland sea oats 20 Chasmanthium latifolium

Crested Coralroot Orchid 21 Hexalectris spicata

Hexalectris spicata arizonica 22

Spring Coralroot 23 Corallorhiza wisteriana

nodding ladies' tresses 24 Spiranthes cernua

Slender Ladies' Tresses 25 Spiranthes lacera

Great Plains Ladies' Tresses 26 Spiranthes magnicamporum

red yucca 27 Hesperaloe parviflora

Aloe Yucca 28 Yucca aloifolia

Arkansas Yucca 29 Yucca arkansana

common yucca 30 Yucca filamentosa

Spanish dagger 31 Yucca gloriosa

Glen Rose Yucca 13 Yucca necopina

Pale Yucca 4 Yucca pallida

Twisted-Leaf Yucca Yucca rupicola

Atlantic camas 32 Camassia scilloides

common star-of-Bethlehem 33 Ornithogalum umbellatum

Funnel-Flower 34 Androstephium coeruleum

wild asparagus 35 Asparagus officinalis

Prairie Pleatleaf 36 Nemastylis geminiflora

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass 13 Sisyrinchium pruinosum

evening rainlily 37 Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Wild Garlic 38 Allium canadense