Native plants for Reagan County, Texas
165 native plants recorded in Reagan County, Texas
The USDA plant database has 206 plants recorded growing wild in Reagan County. 165 of them are native to the lower 48, and 12 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 79 wildflowers and herbs, 26 grasses and sedges, 14 shrubs, 38 low woody plants, 3 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 24 of them (15%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. A plant missing here has not been recorded yet, which is not proof it would fail.
What fits each kind of spot in Reagan County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 24 | 0 | 141 |
| Half shade | 23 | 1 | 141 |
| Under trees | 21 | 3 | 141 |
| Heavy clay | 16 | 8 | 141 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 17 | 7 | 141 |
| Never watered | 16 | 8 | 141 |
| Stays soggy | 9 | 15 | 141 |
Sun all day in Reagan County: 24 rated natives
11 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 vines. 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 - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Spreading alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Tanseyleaf tansyaster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth
Half shade in Reagan County: 23 rated natives
10 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 low woody plants, 1 vines. 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 shade tolerance - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - 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 - Spreading alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate 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 - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Tanseyleaf tansyaster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Reagan County: 21 rated natives
9 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 3 low woody plants, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. 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 - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Spreading alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Featherplume (Dalea formosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Tanseyleaf tansyaster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth - Black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Reagan County: 16 rated natives
8 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. 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 - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
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 - Spreading alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Dwarf spikerush (Eleocharis parvula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.2 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 - Scratchgrass (Muhlenbergia asperifolia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Reagan County: 17 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. 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 - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid 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 - Dwarf spikerush (Eleocharis parvula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.2 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
Never watered in Reagan County: 16 rated natives
5 shrubs, 5 grasses and sedges, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. 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 - Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - 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 - Purple poppymallow (Callirhoe involucrata) wildflowers and herbs
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 · 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 - Tanseyleaf tansyaster (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth
Stays soggy in Reagan County: 9 rated natives
7 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants. 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 - Spreading alkaliweed (Cressa truxillensis) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Dwarf spikerush (Eleocharis parvula) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Knotgrass (Paspalum distichum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 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 - Scratchgrass (Muhlenbergia asperifolia) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.1 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil - Softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Reagan County has that most of Texas does not
6 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
- Waterfall's milkvetch (Astragalus waterfallii): 7 counties
- Irion County buckwheat (Eriogonum nealleyi): 7 counties
- Rigid Indian paintbrush (Castilleja rigida): 10 counties
- Dwarf crownbeard (Verbesina nana): 13 counties
Where to start in Reagan County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Reagan County gives you the most rated choice (24 plants), and Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 9 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 141 unrated natives too.