Native plants for Sabine County, Texas

404 native plants recorded in Sabine County, Texas

The USDA plant database has 505 plants recorded growing wild in Sabine County. 404 of them are native to the lower 48, and 27 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 228 wildflowers and herbs, 95 grasses and sedges, 15 shrubs, 14 low woody plants, 41 trees, 11 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 109 of them (27%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) is also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Sabine County

Sun all day in Sabine County: 109 rated natives

38 grasses and sedges, 31 trees, 29 wildflowers and herbs, 9 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Atlantic camas (Camassia scilloides) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Sabine County: 64 rated natives

27 grasses and sedges, 18 trees, 17 wildflowers and herbs, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
5. Spring spiderlily (Hymenocallis liriosme) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
6. Hairy lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Sabine County: 37 rated natives

18 grasses and sedges, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 8 trees, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Spring spiderlily (Hymenocallis liriosme) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Hairy lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Sabine County: 78 rated natives

30 grasses and sedges, 23 wildflowers and herbs, 17 trees, 6 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Atlantic camas (Camassia scilloides) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Sabine County: 70 rated natives

27 trees, 22 grasses and sedges, 14 wildflowers and herbs, 7 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Hairy lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
5. Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Elliott's blueberry (Vaccinium elliottii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Sabine County: 40 rated natives

13 trees, 13 grasses and sedges, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
5. Hairy lespedeza (Lespedeza hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Sabine County: 55 rated natives

28 grasses and sedges, 13 wildflowers and herbs, 9 trees, 5 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Spring spiderlily (Hymenocallis liriosme) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
7. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Bristlystalked sedge (Carex leptalea) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Sabine County has that most of Texas does not

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

• Cedarglade St. Johnswort (Hypericum frondosum): only here
• Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata): 2 counties
• Brome-like sedge (Carex bromoides): 2 counties
• Kral's sedge (Carex kraliana): 3 counties
• Rosy sedge (Carex rosea): 3 counties
• Engelmann's hawthorn (Crataegus engelmannii): 3 counties
• Yellow troutlily (Erythronium rostratum): 3 counties
• Golden gladecress (Leavenworthia aurea): 3 counties
• Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica): 3 counties
• Smooth cliffbrake (Pellaea glabella): 3 counties

Where to start in Sabine County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Sabine County gives you the most rated choice (109 plants), and Atlantic camas (Camassia scilloides) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 37 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 295 unrated natives too.