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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 ↓

summer gayfeather ¹
Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star ²
Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather ¹
Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather ³
Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather ⁴
Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset ⁵
Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset ⁶
Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine ⁷
Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco ⁸
Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax ⁹
Diaperia verna

common yarrow ¹⁰
Achillea millefolium

field wormwood ³
Artemisia campestris

silver wormwood ³
Artemisia ludoviciana

Mexican sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana mexicana

prairie broomweed ⁴
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

late goldenrod ¹¹
Solidago altissima

horseweed ¹²
Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane ¹³
Erigeron philadelphicus

Poverty Weed ¹⁴
Baccharis neglecta

Lonestar gumweed ¹⁵
Grindelia adenodonta

Narrowleaf Gumweed ¹⁶
Grindelia lanceolata

curlycup gumweed ³
Grindelia squarrosa

Yard Aster ¹⁷
Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Drummond's aster ¹⁸
Symphyotrichum drummondii

Texas aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii texanum

white heath aster ¹⁹
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Camphorweed ²⁰
Heterotheca subaxillaris

prairie Indian plantain ⁶
Arnoglossum plantagineum

Great Plains Ragwort ²¹
Packera tampicana

devil's beggarticks ²²
Bidens frondosa

Greenthread ²³
Thelesperma filifolium

Engelmann Daisy ²⁴
Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star ²⁵
Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower ²⁶
Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower ²⁷
Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder ²⁸
Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed ²⁹
Iva annua

White rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum

compass plant ³⁰
Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower ³¹
Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower ³²
Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur ³³
Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan ³⁴
Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed ³⁵
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed ³⁶
Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed ³⁷
Ambrosia trifida

false daisy ³⁸
Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower ³⁹
Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy ⁴⁰
Verbesina encelioides

frostweed ⁴¹
Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew ⁴²
Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy ⁴³
Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel ⁴⁴
Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane ⁴⁵
Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket ⁴⁶
Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed ⁴⁷
Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons ⁴⁸
Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy
Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy ⁴⁹
Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox ⁵⁰
Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman
Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

woolly white ⁵¹
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

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Benbrook Lake Plant Guide

summer gayfeather 1 Liatris aestivalis

rough blazing star 2 Liatris aspera

elegant gayfeather 1 Liatris elegans

dotted gayfeather 3 Liatris punctata

narrow-leaf gayfeather 4 Liatris punctata mucronata

late boneset 5 Eupatorium serotinum

false boneset 6 Brickellia eupatorioides

climbing hempvine 7 Mikania scandens

Flathead Rabbit Tobacco 8 Diaperia prolifera

Many Stem Evax 9 Diaperia verna

common yarrow 10 Achillea millefolium

field wormwood 3 Artemisia campestris

silver wormwood 3 Artemisia ludoviciana

Mexican sagewort Artemisia ludoviciana mexicana

prairie broomweed 4 Amphiachyris dracunculoides

late goldenrod 11 Solidago altissima

horseweed 12 Erigeron canadensis

Philadelphia fleabane 13 Erigeron philadelphicus

Poverty Weed 14 Baccharis neglecta

Lonestar gumweed 15 Grindelia adenodonta

Narrowleaf Gumweed 16 Grindelia lanceolata

curlycup gumweed 3 Grindelia squarrosa

Yard Aster 17 Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Drummond's aster 18 Symphyotrichum drummondii

Texas aster Symphyotrichum drummondii texanum

white heath aster 19 Symphyotrichum ericoides

Camphorweed 20 Heterotheca subaxillaris

prairie Indian plantain 6 Arnoglossum plantagineum

Great Plains Ragwort 21 Packera tampicana

devil's beggarticks 22 Bidens frondosa

Greenthread 23 Thelesperma filifolium

Engelmann Daisy 24 Engelmannia peristenia

Texas yellow star 25 Lindheimera texana

narrow-leaved purple coneflower 26 Echinacea angustifolia

Topeka purple coneflower 27 Echinacea atrorubens

Narrowleaf Marsh-elder 28 Iva angustifolia

Sumpweed 29 Iva annua

White rosinweed Silphium albiflorum

compass plant 30 Silphium laciniatum

common sunflower 31 Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower 32 Helianthus maximiliani

rough cocklebur 33 Xanthium strumarium

black-eyed Susan 34 Rudbeckia hirta

common ragweed 35 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

western ragweed 36 Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed 37 Ambrosia trifida

false daisy 38 Eclipta prostrata

upright prairie coneflower 39 Ratibida columnifera

cowpen daisy 40 Verbesina encelioides

frostweed 41 Verbesina virginica

Santa Maria feverfew 42 Parthenium hysterophorus

straggler daisy 43 Calyptocarpus vialis

False dogfennel 44 Dysodiopsis tagetoides

marsh fleabane 45 Pluchea odorata

Indian blanket 46 Gaillardia pulchella

Pretty Sneezeweed 47 Helenium elegans

Barbara's-buttons 48 Marshallia caespitosa

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy Tetraneuris linearifolia

stemmy four-nerve daisy 49 Tetraneuris scaposa

Small Palafox 50 Palafoxia callosa

Old Plainsman Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

woolly white 51 Hymenopappus scabiosaeus