Texas guayacan in bloom at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County. Photo: sonnia hill, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Guaiacum angustifolium, commonly called Texas
Silver bluestem’s namesake silvery seed heads catching the light, photographed in Austin, Texas. Photo: smallcurio, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Bothriochloa laguroides, commonly called Silver
Seep muhly’s dense, rounded clumping habit, shown here in a botanical garden planting. Photo: Daderot, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Muhlenbergia reverchonii, known as Seep Muhly, is
A dense, multi-stemmed redberry juniper growing on a rocky slope in the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas. Photo: James St. John, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
An old man’s beard flower near Patagonia Lake, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Photo: Alan Schmierer, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Clematis drummondii, commonly called Old Man’s Beard,
A pressed specimen of Bigelow oak collected on a rocky limestone slope near Austin, Texas, in 1872, showing the shallow, rounded leaf lobes typical of
A Texas mulberry branch in the Organ Mountains of New Mexico, loaded with ripening berries. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Morus microphylla, the Texas Mulberry, is
The glossy, holly-like, spine-toothed compound leaves that identify Texas barberry at a glance. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Berberis swaseyi, the Texas Barberry, is
A mature orange zexmenia mound in full bloom, its wiry stems covered in small daisy-like flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Wedelia acapulcensis var.
Gum bumelia foliage, showing the glossy upper leaf surface typical of this tough, widespread native tree. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Sideroxylon lanuginosum, commonly
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