Native plants for Jones County, Texas
148 native plants recorded in Jones County, Texas
The USDA plant database has 193 plants recorded growing wild in Jones County. 148 of them are native to the lower 48, and 9 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 80 wildflowers and herbs, 24 grasses and sedges, 8 shrubs, 30 low woody plants, 4 trees, 2 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 14 of them (9%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Vente conmigo (Croton glandulosus) is also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Jones County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 14 | 0 | 134 |
| Half shade | 14 | 0 | 134 |
| Under trees | 10 | 4 | 134 |
| Heavy clay | 10 | 4 | 134 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 12 | 2 | 134 |
| Never watered | 11 | 3 | 134 |
| Stays soggy | 4 | 10 | 134 |
Sun all day in Jones County: 14 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 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 - Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Half shade in Jones County: 14 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 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 - Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: slight
Under trees in Jones County: 10 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · perennial
Heavy clay in Jones County: 10 rated natives
5 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 shrubs, 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 - Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Jones County: 12 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 2 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
Never watered in Jones County: 11 rated natives
5 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 2 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Curly-mesquite (Hilaria belangeri) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.8 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 - Sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance · toxicity: slight - 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 - Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
Stays soggy in Jones County: 4 rated natives
2 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 trees. The first 4, 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 - Vine mesquite (Panicum obtusum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Goodding's willow (Salix gooddingii) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · 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 Jones County has that most of Texas does not
4 natives here are on file in no more than 13 of Texas's 254 counties. A few of them:
- Prairie beeblossom (Oenothera triangulata): 10 counties
- Goodding's willow (Salix gooddingii): 12 counties
- Sandhill goosefoot (Chenopodium cycloides): 12 counties
- Desert biscuitroot (Lomatium foeniculaceum): 13 counties
Where to start in Jones County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Jones County gives you the most rated choice (14 plants), and Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 4 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 134 unrated natives too.