Texas

Native Plants of Texas

Texas covers more ecological ground than any other state in the lower 48, and its native flora shows it: Longleaf Pine and American Beautyberry in the East Texas Piney Woods, Little Bluestem and Sideoats Grama across the Blackland Prairie, Ashe Juniper and Bigtooth Maple on the Edwards Plateau, Texas Ebony and the native Sabal Palm down in the Rio Grande Valley, and Lechuguilla, Ocotillo and Creosote Bush out in the Trans-Pecos. Every plant below is a documented Texas native rather than a drought-tolerant import: Bluebonnet and Indian Blanket for spring color, Cenizo and Agarita for evergreen structure, Pecan and Bald Cypress for bottomland shade, and Texas Prickly Pear for ground nothing else will hold. Match one to your own ecoregion and it will take the heat, the drought and the caliche without coddling.