Native plants for Baylor County, Texas
37 native plants recorded in Baylor County, Texas
USDA has only 52 plant records of any kind for Baylor County, against 4,671 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 37 below as a floor.
By type: 28 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 5 of them (14%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Silver beardgrass (Bothriochloa laguroides) is also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Baylor County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Half shade | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Under trees | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Heavy clay | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| Never watered | 2 | 3 | 32 |
| Stays soggy | 2 | 3 | 32 |
Sun all day in Baylor County: 5 rated natives
3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 5, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 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 - Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth - Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth - Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Half shade in Baylor County: 5 rated natives
3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 5, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 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 - Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · high shade tolerance - Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth · high shade tolerance - Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Under trees in Baylor County: 5 rated natives
3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 5, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 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 - Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth - Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth - Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Heavy clay in Baylor County: 3 rated natives
2 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 3, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth - Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth
Sandy, drains fast in Baylor County: 4 rated natives
3 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 4, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 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 - Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth - Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth
Never watered in Baylor County: 2 rated natives
2 grasses and sedges. The first 2, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate 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
Stays soggy in Baylor County: 2 rated natives
1 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 2, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth · takes saturated soil - Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Baylor County has that most of Texas does not
1 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis): 10 counties
Where to start in Baylor County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Baylor County gives you the most rated choice (5 plants), and Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 2 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 32 unrated natives too.