Indiangrass Preserve Plant List
Updated Dec 2006
By NPAT
Based on list for another site by Dr. Robert and Sirpa Harms
X = non-native aka introduced aka bad
Non-native?
	Family	Genus and Species	Common Name	Code	Notes
	Acanthaceae
		Dyschoriste linearis	snakeherb		Rare in the lower dropseed field, also planted.
		Ruellia nudiflora	wild petunia, violet ruellia		Common in the lower areas, in draws and under trees.
	Amaryllidaceae
		Cooperia pedunculata	rain lily, prairie lily
		Cooperia drummondii	rain lily
	Anacardiaceae
		Rhus aromatica	fragrant sumac		Occasional on the hillsides, solitary.
		Rhus lanceolata	prairie sumac, flameleaf sumac		Rare on the hillsides.
		Toxicodendron radicans	poison ivy, hiedra		In lower areas and in developing mottes.
	Apiaceae
		Bifora americana	prairie bishop		Common in the grasslands and degraded open areas.
		Polytaenia texana	prairie parsley		Rare in the open areas.
		Torilis arvensis	hedge parsley		Around the old home site and in winter-sun tree areas.
		Torilis nodosa	knotted hedge parsley		Around the old home site and in winter-sun tree areas.
	Aquifoliaceae
		Ilex decidua	possumhaw		Common, appearing in thickets with hackberries and bumelia, suckering to form mottes.
		Ilex vomitoria	yaupon		Common, but far less common than possomhaw.
	Asclepiadaceae
		Asclepias asperula	Antelope Horns	ASAS	Occasional.
		Asclepias viridiflora	wand milkweed		Occasional on hillside in open areas.
		Asclepias viridis	green milkweed		Frequent in lower meadows.
		Matelea biflora	purple milkweedvine, star milkvine		Rare, planted.
	Asteraceae
		Ambrosia psilostachya	Western ragweed, perennial ragweed
		Amphiachyris dracunculoides	common broomweed		Common fall-bloomer in degraded open areas.
		Arnoglossum plantagineum	Indian plantain		Rare, planted in mesic area.
		Baccharis neglecta	poverty weed, Roosevelt weed		Common.
		Baccharis texana	prairie baccharis		Rare, some planted and some natural.
		Brickellia eupatorioides var. texana	false boneset		Very rare.
		Centaurea americana	basketflower		Uncommon, mostly planted in near-mesic areas.
		Cirsium texanum	Texas thistle		Occasional throughout.
		Echinacea angustifolia	purple coneflower		Introduced by Rene', also planted (from Travis and Burnet counties)
		Engelmannia peristenia	Engelmann's daisy
		Erigeron philadelphicus	Philadelphia fleabane
		Eupatorium serotinum	white boneset, lateflowering thoroughwort
		Gaillardia pulchella	Indian blanket, firewheel
		Helianthus annuus	common sunflower
		Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower		Common on hillside and lower area.
		Heterotheca latifolia	camphor weed
		Hymenopappus scabiosaeus	old plainsman, Carolina woollywhite
		Iva angustifolia	sumpweed, narrowleaf marshelder
		Iva annua	sumpweed
		Liatris mucronata	gayfeather, cusp gayfeather
		Lindheimera texana	Texas star, Texas yellowstar
		Marshallia caespitosa	puffballs, Barbara's buttons
		Pluchea odorata	Marsh fleabane		Rare, along lake in small open areas.
		Pyrrhopappus multicaulis	Texas dandelion
		Ratibida columnaris	Mexican hat
		Senecio imparipinnatus	butterweed
		Silphium laciniatum	compass plant		Rare, planted.
		Silphium radula	roughstem rosinweed	SIRA2	Rare, planted.
		Solidago canadensis	goldenrod
		Solidago nemoralis	goldenrod		Rare, planted.
X		Sonchus spp.	Sow thistle
		Symphyotrichum ericoides	heath aster
		Thelesperma filifolium	plains greenthread
		Thelesperma simplicifolium	slender greenthread, Navajo Tea
		Verbesina virginica	frostweed, white crownbeard		Suprisingly uncommon, occasional in some mottes.
		Vernonia baldwinii	western ironweed		Scattered on hillside.
		Viguiera dentata	golden-eye, toothleaf goldeneye
		Wedelia hispida	orange zexmenia
	Berberidaceae
		Berberis trifoliata	agarita		Occasional on hillside in mottes.
X		Nandina domestica	nandina, sacred bamboo		Rare, appearing in lower mottes.
	Brassicaceae
		Lepidium virginicum	peppergrass, Virginia pepperweed
	Bromeliaceae
		Tillandsia recurvata	ballmoss, small		Common in hackberry areas.
	Cactaceae
		Opuntia lindheimeri	Texas prickly-pear
		Opuntia macrorhiza	pricklypear, twistspine		Occasional in grasslands.
	Caprifoliaceae
X		Lonicera japonica	Japanese honeysuckle		In lower field and heavy in several areas of preserve.
	Convolvulaceae
		Convolvulus equitans	Texas bindweed
	Cupressaceae
		Juniperus ashei	Ashe juniper		Rare, on hillside.
		Jumiperus virginiana	Eastern red cedar		Extremely common; the dominant juniper.
	Cyperaceae
		Carex planostachys	cedar sedge
		Carex spp	sedge		Common in lower mesic area only.
		Carex microdonta	littletooth sedge		Rare, in grasses in meadows.
		Eleocharis spp.	spikerush		In wet areas and near lake.
		Scirpus spp.	rush		Common, consistently rings lake.
	Euphorbiaceae
		Argythamnia humilis	low silverbush	ARHUH	Common.
		Croton monanthogynus	prairie tea croton
		Euphorbia bicolor	snow-on-the-prairie
		Euphorbia dentata	toothed spurge
		Euphorbia spathulata	warty spurge
		Phyllanthus polygonoides	smartweed leafflower
X		Sapium sebiferum	Chinese tallow		Increasing, on all shores of lake.
		Tragia ramosa	small noseburn, False nettles
		Tragia brevispica	climbing noseburn
	Fabaceae
		Acacia angustissima	prairie acacia		Occasional throughout in open areas.
		Dalea aurea	golden dalea
		Dalea compacta	compact prairie clover		Occasional on hillsides.
		Dalea enneandra	nine-anther chalk prairie clover		Occasional in KR and native grass areas.
		Dalea frutescens	black dalea		Planted, very rare.
		Dalea multiflora	round-headed prairie clover		Occasional on hillside.
		Desmanthus velutinus	velvet bundleflower
		Desmodium paniculatum	tickseed		Planted in mesic area.
		Lupinus texensis	bluebonnet		Rare, in disturbed areas of grasses.
		Parkinsonia aculeata	retama		Near entrance only.
		Prosopis glandulosa	honey mesquite		Common, with bumelia forming the core of most mottes.
		Vicia ludoviciana	deer pea vetch, Louisiana vetch
	Fagaceae
		Quercus fusiformis	plateau live oak		Rare, only around old home site.
	Gentianaceae
		Eustoma grandiflorum	bluebell		Occasional in front meadow and lower meadow.
	Iridaceae
		Sisyrinchium sp.	blue-eyed grass	SISYR
	Lamiaceae
		Mentha x piperita	peppermint		Near old corral.
		Monarda citriodora	purple horsemint, lemon beebalm
		Salvia azurea	blue sage		Rare, seen once on hillside, also planted in lower meadows.
		Salvia farinacea	mealy sage		Rare.
		Salvia texana	Texas sage		Rare, on hillside.
		Scutellaria drummondii	Drummond's skullcap		Rare, annual and sometimes not appearing.
		Scutellaria wrightii	short leaf skullcap		Rare, in front meadow and planted on hillside.
	Liliaceae
		Allium canadense var. canadense	meadow garlic, Canada onion		Very common in mesic area.
		Allium drummondii	Drummond's onion
		Nothoscordum bivalve	crowpoison
	Linaceae
		Linum rigidum var Berlandieri	yellow flax		Common in all open areas.
		Linum rupestre	rock flax		Planted.
	Malvaceae
		Sida filicaulis	spreading sida		Rare, in open areas.
	Meliaceae
X		Melia azedarach	Chinaberry, pride-of-India, canelon, paraiso		Rare, but increasing.
	Menispermaceae
		Cocculus carolinus	Carolina snailseed, coralberry, reberried moonseed
	Moraceae
		Maclura pomifera	bois d'arc		Rare, two specimens in lower meadows near lake.
	Oleaceae
		Forestiera pubescens	elbowbush, stretchberry		Common.
X		Fraxinum berlandierana	Mexican ash		Escaped at old home site.
		Fraxinus pennsylvanica	green ash		Rare, along lake.
X		Ligustrum japonicum	ligustrum		Rare, appearing in developing mottes.
	Onagraceae
		Calylophus berlandieri var. pinifolius	calylophus
		Gaura suffalata	Pink gaura
		Oenothera speciosa	pink evening primrose
	Oxalidaceae
		Oxalis dillenii	Dillen's oxalis, yellow wood sorrel		Rare.
	Platanaceae
		Platanus occidentalis	American sycamore		Along lake and creek.
	Poaceae
		Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem		In lower meadow, scattered clones.
		Andropogon glomeratus	bushy bluestem		Common in lower meadows.
		Aristida oligantha	oldfield threeawn
		Aristida purpurea	purple threeawn
X		Arundo donax	giantreed		North side of preserve by road.
X		Avena sativa	oats		Along road area only.
X		Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica	KR bluestem, yellow bluestem		Common, holds much of preserve open areas, pipeline ROW.
		Bothriochloa saccharoides var. torreyana	silver bluestem		Common.
		Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama		Rare.
		Bouteloua rigidiseta	Texas grama		Rare.
		Buchloe dactyloides	buffalo grass		Ocassional in open areas.
X		Cynodon dactylon	Bermudagrass
		Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum	scribner's panicum
		Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye
		Limnodea arkansana	Ozark grass
X		Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum	Italian rye		Along entrance and road area only.
		Nassella leucotricha	Texas wintergrass		Common, dominant in hackberry woodlands.
X		Panicum coloratum	Kleingrass
		Panicum virgatum	Switchgrass	PAVI2	Rare, one specimen in lower meadow.
		Poa arachnifera	Texas bluegrass		Planted, rare.
		Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem		Common on hillside.
		Setaria parviflora	knotstem bristlegrass
		Sorghastrum nutans	indian grass		Very common, dominant native grass with wintergrass.
X		Sorghum halepense	Johnsongrass		Ocassional in open areas.
		Sporobolus clandestinus	rough dropseed		Common in lower meadows, dominant in one meadow.
		Sporobolus vaginiflorus	poverty dropseed		Common.
		Tridens flavus	purpletop, redtop		Rare, planted.
		Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass		Abundant in lower meadow #1 only.
	Polemoniaceae
		Ipomopsis rubra	standing-cypress	IPRU2	Common on hillsides.
	Ranunculaceae
		Anemone heterophylla	anenome, windflower
		Clematis drummondii	Drummond's clematis, old man's beard
		Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum	Carolina larkspur
	Rhamnaceae
		Ceanothus heraceous	NJ tea		Planted on hillside, rare.
	Rosaceae
X		Photinia serrulata	Chinese photinia		Single specimen in mesic area.
		Prunus rivularis	Creek plum		Several thickets in preserve.
		Prunus minutiflora	Texas almond		Rare, planted on hillside.
		Rubus trivialis	southern dewberry		Common, especially in lower draws.
	Rubiaceae
		Cephalanthus occidentalis	common buttonbush		Common on lake edge.
		Galium aparine	common bedstraw, stickywilly
		Galium virgatum	southwest bedstraw
		Hedyotis nigricans	bluets, babys breath
	Rutaceae
		Zanthoxylum hirsutum	prickly ash		Rare on hillsides.
	Salicaceae
		Salix nigra	black willow		Along lake edge and creek.
	Sapindaceae
		Cardiospermum haliacacabum	balloonvine
		Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii	Western soapberry
	Sapotaceae
		Bumelia lanuginosa var. texana	gum bumelia, ironwood, coma		Common.
	Scrophulariaceae
		Agalinis heterophylla	prairie agalinis
		Castilleja indivisa	Indian paintbrush	CAIN13	Rare on hillside.
		Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri	Lindheimer's paintbrush		Rare on hillside.
		Penstemon cobaea	foxglove, cobaea beardtongue		Ocassional on hillside and road meadow.
	Smilacaceae
		Smilax bona-nox	saw greenbrier
	Solanaceae
		Solanum dimidiatum	western horse-nettle, potato weed
	Taxodiaceae
		Taxodium distichum	baldcypress		Planted along lake, rare.
	Typhaceae
		Typha domingensis	southern cattail		Common in shallow water of lake.
	Ulmaceae
		Celtis laevigata	sugar hackberry		Very common, dominant native tree.
		Ulmus crassifolia	cedar elm		Very common.
	Urticaceae
		Parietaria obtusa	pellitory, cucumber plant		Common in winter.
	Verbenaceae
		Glandularia bipinnatifida	prairie  verbena
		Lantana horrida	Texas  Lantana		Occasional on hillside.
		Phyla nodiflora	frogfruit, turkey tangle, common fiddlewood		Occasional in lower meadows.
		Verbena halei	Texas vervain
	Vitaceae
		Vitis mustangensis	mustang grape
		Vitis berlandieri	winter grape, roundleaf gr., Spanish gr.
		Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia creeper