NLCP Plant Lists

Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP) Plant Lists

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Growth Form

Height

Spread

Sun

Leaf Retention

Wildlife Interest

Seasonal Interest

Water Use

Soil Type

Wildlife Benefit

Lazy Daisy

Aphanostephus skirrhobasis

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

.5 –

1 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Flowers

White, Purple

Very Low, Low

Sand, Loam, Caliche, Well Drained, Dry

Butterflies, Bees

Wild Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

2 ft

Part Shade, Shade

Semi Evergreen

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen, Seeds

Red, Yellow

Low, Medium

Calcareous, Limestone, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths

Hinckley’s Golden Columbine

Aquilegia hinckleyana

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

3 ft

Part Shade, Shade

Semi Evergreen

Nectar, Larval Host

Yellow

Medium

Rich, Well Drained, Moist

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Texas Madrone

Arbutus xalapensis

Tree

20 –

30 ft

20 –

30 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Evergreen

Fruit, Forage, Nectar

White

Medium, High

Sand, Rocky, Limestone, Caliche, Well Drained, Moist

Browsers, Birds, Small Mammals, Nectar Insects

White Prickly Poppy

Argemone albiflora

Herbaceous

3 –

6 ft

.5 –

1 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen

White

Low, Medium

Caliche, Clay, Dry, Gravelly, Limestone, Loam, Sand

Bees, Beetles, Nectar Insects

Purple Threeawn

Aristida purpurea

Grass & Sedge

1 –

2 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Semi Evergreen

Seeds, Nectar, Larval Host, Nesting Material

Purple

Low

Sand, Rocky, Dry

Butterflies, Birds

Cory’s Dutchman’s-pipe

Aristolochia coryi

Vine

.5 –

2 ft

.5 –

1 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Brown, Green, Purple, Yellow

Low, Medium

Gravelly, Limestone, Loam, Sand

Bees, Birds, Butterflies

Virginia Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia serpentaria

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

.25 –

.5 ft

Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Larval Host

Yellow, Purple

Medium

Sand, Loam, Clay, Calcareous, Rich, Well Drained, Moist

Butterflies

Woolly Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia tomentosa

Vine

20 –

30 ft

5 –

10 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Flowers, Larval Host

Green, Purple, Yellow

Medium

Loam, Moist, Sand

Butterflies, Caterpillars

Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum plantagineum

Herbaceous

1 –

5 ft

1.5 –

3 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Nectar, Larval Host, Flowers

White

Medium, High

Loam, Rich, Moist

Beetles, Butterflies, Nectar Insects, Moths, Bees

Sand Sagebrush

Artemisia filifolia

Shrub

3 –

6 ft

3 –

6 ft

Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Pollen, Seeds

Brown, Yellow

Low

Dry, Sand

Bees, Birds

White Sage

Artemisia ludoviciana

Shrub

1.5 –

3 ft

0.5 –

1 ft

Sun

Semi Evergreen

Forage, Nesting Material, Seeds

Red, Yellow

Very Low, Low

Calcareous, Dry, Sand

Bees, Birds, Browsers, Small Mammals

Antelope Horn Milkweed

Asclepias asperula

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar

Green, White

Medium

Caliche, Dry, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Butterflies

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Herbaceous, Wetland

2 –

5 ft

2 –

5 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Pink, Purple

High

Clay, Moist, Mud, Rich

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Slim Milkweed

Asclepias linearis

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

1 –

1 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Forage, Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Green, White

Low

Dry, Sand

Bees, Butterflies, Caterpillars

Zizotes Milkweed

Asclepias oenotheroides

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Green

Low

Dry, Gravelly, Limestone, Rocky, Sand

Bees, Butterflies

Aquatic Milkweed

Asclepias perennis

Herbaceous, Wetland

1.5 –

2 ft

0.5 –

1 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Larval Host

White, Pink

Medium

Sand, Loam, Rich, Moist, Mud

Butterflies, Bees

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Herbaceous

1.5 –

3 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Larval Host

Pink, Green, Purple

Medium

Sand, Loam, Clay, Gravelly, Well Drained, Moist, Dry

Caterpillars, Butterflies, Bees

Texas Milkweed

Asclepias texana

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Nectar

White

Low

Dry, Gravelly, Loam, Sand

Bees, Butterflies

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Orange

Low

Clay, Dry, Limestone, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticilata

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Larval Host

White, Green

Low

Sand, Clay, Rocky, Dry

Butterflies, Bees

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Green, White

Low

Clay, Dry, Rocky, Sand

Bees, Butterflies

Green Milkweed

Asclepias viridis

Herbaceous

1.5 –

2 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Green, Purple, White, Yellow

Low

Dry, Limestone

Bees, Butterflies, Moths

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Tree

10 –

40 ft

10 –

40 ft

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Deciduous

Fruit, Fall Color, Larval Host

Red, Purple

Medium

Sand, Loam, Clay, Rich, Moist

Butterflies, Birds, Small Mammals

Four-wing Saltbush

Atriplex canescens

Shrub

3 –

8 ft

2 –

4 ft

Part Shade

Evergreen

Forage, Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen, Seeds

Yellow

Medium

Calcareous, Caliche, Dry, Gravelly, Limestone, Loam, Saline, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Birds, Browsers, Butterflies, Nectar Insects, Small Mammals

Poverty Weed

Baccharis neglecta

Shrub

6 –

8 ft

4 –

8 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Nectar, Pollen

Pink, White

Low

Dry, Loam, Sand

Butterflies, Moths, Nectar Insects

Blue Waterhyssop

Bacopa caroliniana

Wetland

1 –

3 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Seeds, Nectar, Larval Host

Blue

High

Sand, Loam, Clay, Moist

Butterflies, Birds, Moths

Water Hyssop

Bacopa monnieri

Wetland

0.5 –

1 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Blue, Pink, White

High

Moist, Mud, Sand

Butterflies

Desert Marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Herbaceous

1 –

2 ft

.5 –

1 ft

Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Nectar, Pollen

Yellow

Low

Caliche, Clay, Dry, Gravelly, Loam, Rocky, Sand

Bees, Butterflies, Nectar Insects

Wild Blue Indigo

Baptisia australis

Shrub

1 –

5 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Blue

Medium

Gravelly, Limestone, Moist, Rocky, Well Drained

Bees, Butterflies

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis var. minor

Shrub

1 –

2 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen

Blue

Very Low, Low, Medium

Clay, Dry, Loam, Moist, Sand

Bees, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Hummingbirds

Yellow Wild Indigo

Baptisia sphaerocarpa

Herbaceous

3 –

4 ft

3 –

4 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen

Yellow

Low, Medium

Clay, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Butterflies, Bees

Anacacho Orchid Tree

Bauhinia lunarioides

Tree

6 –

12 ft

6 –

12 ft

Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Seeds

White

Low

Dry, Limestone, Loam, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Nectar Insects

Texas Barberry

Berberis swaseyi

Shrub

3 –

6 ft

4 –

6 ft

Sun

Evergreen

Fruit

Yellow

Low

Calcareous, Rocky

Birds, Small Mammals

Agarita

Berberis trifoliolata

Shrub

3 –

6 ft

3 –

6 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Evergreen

Berry, Nectar, Nesting Material

Yellow

Very Low, Low

Caliche, Clay, Dry, Limestone, Loam, Well Drained

Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Nectar Insects, Small Mammals

Rattan Vine

Berchemia scandens

Vine

20 –

60 ft

6 –

12 ft

Part Shade, Shade

Deciduous

Fall Color, Fruit, Nectar, Pollen

Green

Medium

Clay, Dry, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Small Mammals

Greeneyes

Berlandiera betonicifolia

Herbaceous

1 –

4 ft

0.5 –

1 ft

Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen

Yellow

Low

Calcareous, Dry, Rocky, Sand, Well Drained

Bees, Butterflies

Chocolate Daisy

Berlandiera lyrata

Herbaceous

2 –

4 ft

.25 –

.5 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Forage, Nectar

Yellow

Low

Calcareous, Caliche, Dry, Limestone, Loam, Rocky, Sand, Well Drained

Browsers, Hummingbirds

Soft Green Eyes

Berlandiera pumila

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

0.5 –

2 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Seeds, Nectar, Pollen, Flowers

Yellow

Low

Sand, Well Drained, Dry

Butterflies, Birds, Small Mammals, Bees

Mouse’s Eye

Bernardia myricifolia

Shrub

3 –

8 ft

3 –

8 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Nectar, Pollen, Larval Host

Yellow

Very Low, Low

Sand, Loam, Clay, Rocky

Butterflies, Bees

River Birch

Betula nigra

Tree

30 –

50 ft

20 –

30 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Fall Color, Forage, Seeds

Brown, Green

Medium

Clay, Loam, Moist, Poor Drainage, Sand, Silt

Birds, Browsers, Small Mammals

Bearded Beggarticks

Bidens aristosa

Herbaceous

2 –

5 ft

1 –

2 ft

Part Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen, Seeds

Yellow

High

Clay, Loam, Moist, Rich, Sand

Bees, Birds, Butterflies

Smooth Beggarticks

Bidens laevis

Herbaceous

1 –

3 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Seeds, Nectar, Pollen

Yellow

High

Clay, Moist, Rich, Sand, Well Drained

Butterflies, Birds, Nectar Insects, Bees

Bearded Beggarticks

Bidens polylepis

Herbaceous

2 –

5 ft

1 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Seeds, Nectar, Pollen, Larval Host, Flowers

Yellow

High

Moist, Rich, Well Drained

Butterflies, Birds, Bees

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata

Vine

60 –

70 ft

2 –

3 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Semi Evergreen

Forage, Nectar, Pollen

Red, Yellow

Low, Medium

Clay, Dry, Limestone, Loam, Moist, Sand, Well Drained

Browsers, Butterflies, Deer, Hummingbirds

Smallspike False Nettle

Boehmeria cylindrica

Herbaceous

4 –

5 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Deciduous

Larval Host

Green, Brown

Medium

Limestone, Loam, Moist, Rich, Sand, Well Drained

Caterpillars, Butterflies

Doll’s Daisy

Boltonia diffusa

Herbaceous

.5 –

1 ft

.25 –

1 ft

Sun, Part Shade

Deciduous

Nectar, Pollen, Flowers

White, Yellow, Purple

Medium, High

Clay, Loam, Moist, Well Drained

Butterflies, Nectar Insects, Bees

Sea Ox-eye Daisy

Borrichia frutescens

Herbaceous

2 –

4 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Semi Evergreen

Seeds, Nectar, Flowers

Orange, Yellow

Low, Medium

Clay, Loam, Saline, Sand

Butterflies, Birds, Small Mammals, Nectar Insects, Moths, Bees

Cane Bluestem

Bothriochloa barbinodis

Grass & Sedge

2 –

4 ft

1 –

2 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Seeds, Forage

Yellow

Medium

Clay, Dry, Loam, Sand

Browsers, Birds, Small Mammals

Silver Bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Grass & Sedge

2 –

3 ft

0.5 –

1 ft

Sun

Deciduous

Fall Color, Forage, Larval Host, Nectar, Pollen, Seeds

White

Low

Limestone, Loam, Sand, Well Drained

Birds, Browsers, Butterflies

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Salado, the location of our Fall 2025 Symposium, lies at the intersection of two ecoregions: the Edwards Plateau (Limestone Cut Plain) and Blackland Prairie (Northern Blackland Prairie).

The Edwards Plateau area is also called the Hill Country; however, this general term covers a much larger area extending farther north. Spring-fed creeks are found throughout the region; deep limestone canyons, rivers, and lakes (reservoirs) are common. Ashe juniper is perhaps the most common woody species found throughout the region. Additional woody species include various species of oak, with live oak (Quercus fusiformis) being the most common. Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) border waterways. This area is well known for its spring wildflower displays, though they may be viewed in spring, late summer, and fall, as well. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, average annual rainfall in the Edwards Plateau ranges from 15 to 34 inches.

The Blackland Prairie extends from the Red River south to San Antonio, bordered on the west by the Edwards Plateau and the Cross Timbers, and on the east by the Post Oak Savannah. Annual rainfall averages 30 to 40 inches, with higher averages to the east. This region is dominated by prairie species. The most common grass species include little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) in the uplands and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in the riparian areas and drainages. Common herbaceous flowering plants include salvias, penstemons, and silphiums. This area has suffered greatly from overgrazing and agricultural use. Few intact areas remain, though many of the plants can be found along county roadsides throughout the region.

Our fall Symposium host chapter, the Tonkawa Chapter, includes both of these ecoregions.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason

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Spread

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Wildlife Interest

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Wildlife Benefit

About the Native Plant Society of Texas

Membership

News

Events

2024 Fall Symposium

2026 Spring Symposium

CHapter Information

Chapters

Native Plant Information

Native Plant Database

Top Plant Searches

Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP)

Monarch Conservation

Additional Programs

Publications

Invasive Plants

Speakers Bureau

Landscaping

Reading and Reference

NLCP Plant Lists

Level 1 List

Level 2 List

Level 3 List

Birds List

Name

Growth Form

Height

Spread

Sun

Leaf Retention

Wildlife Interest

Seasonal Interest

Water Use

Soil Type

Wildlife Benefit

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