Native plants for Atascosa County, Texas
252 native plants recorded in Atascosa County, Texas
The USDA plant database has 315 plants recorded growing wild in Atascosa County. 252 of them are native to the lower 48, and 12 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 136 wildflowers and herbs, 53 grasses and sedges, 13 shrubs, 27 low woody plants, 14 trees, 9 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 22 of them (9%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Common pepperweed (Lepidium densiflorum), Spreading amaranth (Amaranthus crassipes) and 6 more are also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Atascosa County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 22 | 0 | 230 |
| Half shade | 20 | 2 | 230 |
| Under trees | 17 | 5 | 230 |
| Heavy clay | 13 | 9 | 230 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 19 | 3 | 230 |
| Never watered | 14 | 8 | 230 |
| Stays soggy | 10 | 12 | 230 |
Sun all day in Atascosa County: 22 rated natives
11 grasses and sedges, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 2 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus debilis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial - Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Grassleaf rush (Juncus marginatus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Atascosa County: 20 rated natives
11 grasses and sedges, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 2 trees, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus debilis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · high shade tolerance - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Atascosa County: 17 rated natives
9 grasses and sedges, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 2 trees, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus debilis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial - Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth
Heavy clay in Atascosa County: 13 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth - Shortbristle horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Atascosa County: 19 rated natives
11 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 2 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus debilis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Grassleaf rush (Juncus marginatus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Atascosa County: 14 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cucumberleaf sunflower (Helianthus debilis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Sand lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.4 ft mature · rapid growth · toxicity: slight
Stays soggy in Atascosa County: 10 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Marsh flatsedge (Cyperus pseudovegetus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Shortbristle horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Grassleaf rush (Juncus marginatus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Manyspike flatsedge (Cyperus polystachyos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth
Natives Atascosa County has that most of Texas does not
21 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Pigweed (Amaranthus ×texensis): 4 counties
- Coppery false fanpetals (Billieturnera helleri): 8 counties
- Bristle nailwort (Paronychia setacea): 8 counties
- Parks' jointweed (Polygonella parksii): 8 counties
- Plainsdaisy (Dichaetophora campestris): 9 counties
- Dwarf nicker (Hoffmannseggia drummondii): 9 counties
- Spiral ditchgrass (Ruppia cirrhosa): 9 counties
- Carrizo Sands woollywhite (Hymenopappus carrizoanus): 10 counties
- Great leadtree (Leucaena pulverulenta): 10 counties
- Awnless leastdaisy (Chaetopappa imberbis): 11 counties
Where to start in Atascosa County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Atascosa County gives you the most rated choice (22 plants), and Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 10 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 230 unrated natives too.