Native plants for Bee County, Texas
244 native plants recorded in Bee County, Texas
The USDA plant database has 309 plants recorded growing wild in Bee County. 244 of them are native to the lower 48, and 18 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 122 wildflowers and herbs, 58 grasses and sedges, 19 shrubs, 26 low woody plants, 13 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 22 of them (9%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Toothed spurge (Euphorbia dentata) and Silver beardgrass (Bothriochloa laguroides) are also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Bee County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 22 | 0 | 222 |
| Half shade | 21 | 1 | 222 |
| Under trees | 14 | 8 | 222 |
| Heavy clay | 18 | 4 | 222 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 15 | 7 | 222 |
| Never watered | 14 | 8 | 222 |
| Stays soggy | 11 | 11 | 222 |
Sun all day in Bee County: 22 rated natives
13 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Half shade in Bee County: 21 rated natives
13 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid 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 - Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Bee County: 14 rated natives
8 grasses and sedges, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants, 1 trees, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Bee County: 18 rated natives
9 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Whiteroot rush (Juncus brachycarpus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Bee County: 15 rated natives
10 grasses and sedges, 2 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Whiteroot rush (Juncus brachycarpus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Brownseed paspalum (Paspalum plicatulum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Bee County: 14 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 trees, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Green sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 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
Stays soggy in Bee County: 11 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 trees, 1 shrubs. 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 - Carolina desert-thorn (Lycium carolinianum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil - Tapertip flatsedge (Cyperus acuminatus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Whiteroot rush (Juncus brachycarpus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Little barley (Hordeum pusillum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · rapid growth
Natives Bee County has that most of Texas does not
16 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Caliche sandmat (Chamaesyce velleriflora): only here
- Pallid flatsedge (Cyperus pallidicolor): 3 counties
- Rio Grande mock vervain (Glandularia polyantha): 5 counties
- Plains gumweed (Grindelia oolepis): 5 counties
- Border pricklypear (Opuntia atrispina): 5 counties
- Swallen's lovegrass (Eragrostis swallenii): 6 counties
- Greenman's bluet (Houstonia parviflora): 6 counties
- Turner's four-nerve daisy (Tetraneuris turneri): 6 counties
- Shining milkwort (Polygala nitida): 7 counties
- Dwarf nicker (Hoffmannseggia drummondii): 9 counties
Where to start in Bee County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Bee County gives you the most rated choice (22 plants), and Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 11 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 222 unrated natives too.