Archives: Native Plants

Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa)

A hairy alumroot clump in bloom, its wiry flower stalks rising well above the mounded foliage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor (CC BY-SA 4.0) Heuchera villosa,

Galax (Galax urceolata)

A galax plant in flower, showing its rounded, leathery evergreen leaves and upright flower spike. Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, via Wikimedia

Desert Sunflower (Geraea canescens)

A desert sunflower in bloom in a gravel wash, Death Valley National Park, California. Photo: Dcrjsr, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Geraea canescens, commonly

Dwarf Fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii)

Dwarf Fothergilla in full spring bloom, its honey-scented bottlebrush flowers opening before the leaves. Photo: Schurdl, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Fothergilla gardenii, commonly called

California Coffeeberry (Frangula californica)

A wild California Coffeeberry shrub with ripening fruit above the Kings Canyon backcountry. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Frangula californica (formerly

Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)

Black Ash trees leafing out in a wet lowland forest, the habitat where this species is most at home. Photo: Gilles Ayotte, Wikimedia Commons (CC

Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

Wild Cucumber scrambles rapidly over streamside shrubs, smothering them in a lacy curtain of white flowers by midsummer. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC

Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana)

A mature Texas Persimmon shows its characteristic multi-trunked, rounded form on dry limestone ground. Photo: smallcurio from Austin, TX / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Texas Ebony (Ebenopsis ebano)

A mature Texas Ebony shows its dense, rounded, evergreen crown on a short, sturdy trunk. Photo: sonnia hill / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Ebenopsis

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