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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 ↓

eastern cottonwood ¹
Populus deltoides

black willow ²
Salix nigra

American Field Pansy ³
Viola bicolor

common blue violet ⁴
Viola sororia

Carolina violet ⁵
Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax
Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax ⁶
Linum pratense

Yellow Flax ⁷
Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower ⁸
Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower ⁹
Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower ¹⁰
Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge ¹¹
Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat ¹²
Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge ¹³
Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat ¹⁴
Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia ¹⁵
Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie ¹⁶
Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea ¹⁷
Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf ¹⁸
Acalypha ostryifolia

Low Wild Mercury ¹²
Ditaxis humilis

Tall Wild Mercury ¹⁹
Ditaxis mercurialina

Texas Stillingia ²⁰
Stillingia texana

desert tragia
Tragia ramosa

Chinese Tallow ²¹
Triadica sebifera

Smartweed Leafflower ¹⁹
Phyllanthus polygonoides

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

eastern cottonwood 1 Populus deltoides

black willow 2 Salix nigra

American Field Pansy 3 Viola bicolor

common blue violet 4 Viola sororia

Carolina violet 5 Viola villosa

Berlandier's yellow flax Linum berlandieri

Meadow Flax 6 Linum pratense

Yellow Flax 7 Linum rigidum

Bluecrown passionflower 8 Passiflora caerulea

purple passionflower 9 Passiflora incarnata

yellow passionflower 10 Passiflora lutea

Reticulate-seeded Spurge 11 Euphorbia spathulata

Prairie Sandmat 12 Euphorbia missurica

nodding spurge 13 Euphorbia nutans

prostrate sandmat 14 Euphorbia prostrata

green poinsettia 15 Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-prairie 16 Euphorbia bicolor

Prairie Tea 17 Croton monanthogynus

hornbeam copperleaf 18 Acalypha ostryifolia

Low Wild Mercury 12 Ditaxis humilis

Tall Wild Mercury 19 Ditaxis mercurialina

Texas Stillingia 20 Stillingia texana

desert tragia Tragia ramosa

Chinese Tallow 21 Triadica sebifera

Smartweed Leafflower 19 Phyllanthus polygonoides