Native plants for Glasscock County, Texas
58 native plants recorded in Glasscock County, Texas
USDA has only 78 plant records of any kind for Glasscock County, against 4,671 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 58 below as a floor.
By type: 22 wildflowers and herbs, 13 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 16 low woody plants, 1 trees, 1 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 7 of them (12%), and only those can be matched to a spot below.
What fits each kind of spot in Glasscock County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| Half shade | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| Under trees | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| Heavy clay | 2 | 5 | 51 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| Never watered | 7 | 0 | 51 |
| Stays soggy | 0 | 7 | 51 |
Sun all day in Glasscock County: 7 rated natives
4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Half shade in Glasscock County: 7 rated natives
4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Glasscock County: 7 rated natives
4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Glasscock County: 2 rated natives
2 grasses and sedges. The first 2, 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Glasscock County: 7 rated natives
4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Never watered in Glasscock County: 7 rated natives
4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - 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 - Tobosagrass (Pleuraphis mutica) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Stays soggy: nothing rated yet
None of the 7 rated natives in Glasscock County is rated for wet / rain garden. 51 plants have no rating either way.
Natives Glasscock County has that most of Texas does not
3 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Broadvein sedge (Carex lativena): 5 counties
- Jones' selenia (Selenia jonesii): 5 counties
- Mudbabies (Echinodorus tenellus): 8 counties
Where to start in Glasscock County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Glasscock County gives you the most rated choice (7 plants), and Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) is the easiest start on that list. Heavy clay is the hard one here: 2 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 51 unrated natives too.