Native plants for Edwards County, Texas

431 native plants recorded in Edwards County, Texas

The USDA plant database has 571 plants recorded growing wild in Edwards County. 431 of them are native to the lower 48, and 47 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 200 wildflowers and herbs, 60 grasses and sedges, 51 shrubs, 55 low woody plants, 44 trees, 21 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 55 of them (13%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Little hogweed (Portulaca oleracea), Toothed spurge (Euphorbia dentata) and 2 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Edwards County

Sun all day in Edwards County: 55 rated natives

21 grasses and sedges, 15 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
8. Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Edwards County: 48 rated natives

18 grasses and sedges, 13 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
5. Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. 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

Under trees in Edwards County: 36 rated natives

15 grasses and sedges, 9 trees, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
6. Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth
8. Littleleaf leadtree (Leucaena retusa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Edwards County: 33 rated natives

13 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 8 trees, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth
8. Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Edwards County: 42 rated natives

17 grasses and sedges, 11 trees, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 5 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
7. Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
8. Littleleaf leadtree (Leucaena retusa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Never watered in Edwards County: 38 rated natives

13 grasses and sedges, 11 trees, 6 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
3. Roving sailor (Maurandella antirrhiniflora) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
5. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Littleleaf leadtree (Leucaena retusa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
8. Mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Edwards County: 14 rated natives

8 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
4. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Common maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Fragrant flatsedge (Cyperus odoratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Natives Edwards County has that most of Texas does not

55 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:

• Utah bladderfern (Cystopteris utahensis): 2 counties
• Edwards Plateau beardgrass (Bothriochloa edwardsiana): 3 counties
• Texas cupflower (Hunzikeria texana): 3 counties
• Coastal plain willow (Salix caroliniana): 4 counties
• Whitefoot lipfern (Cheilanthes leucopoda): 4 counties
• Gregg's hawthorn (Crataegus greggiana): 5 counties
• Redflower false yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora): 5 counties
• Broadpod nicker (Pomaria brachycarpa): 5 counties
• Black bogrush (Schoenus nigricans): 5 counties
• Wislizenus' senna (Senna wislizeni): 5 counties

Where to start in Edwards County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Edwards County gives you the most rated choice (55 plants), and American water-willow (Justicia americana) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 14 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 376 unrated natives too.