Texas Snakewood forms a dense, twiggy thicket of zig-zagging branches. Photo: DouglasGoldman, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Colubrina texensis, commonly known as Texas Snakewood, Texas
Lotebush forms a dense, spiny thicket with pale, zig-zagging branches. Photo: Douglas Goldman, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ziziphus obtusifolia, known across the Southwest as
Brasil’s stiff, thorn-tipped branches and small leathery leaves. Photo: sonnia hill, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Condalia hookeri, known in South Texas as Brasil, Bluewood
Sandpaper Oak foliage with wasp galls, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Photo: Annika Lindqvist / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Quercus pungens, commonly known as
Populus deltoides subsp. wislizeni, commonly known as the Rio Grande Cottonwood, is a massive, fast-growing riparian tree and the signature native species of the Rio
Quercus mohriana, commonly known as Mohr Oak (also called shin oak or scrub oak in parts of its range), is a tough, drought-hardy evergreen shrub
Western ironweed flowering in shortgrass prairie near Badlands National Park. Photo: NPS Staff, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Vernonia baldwinii, commonly called Western Ironweed or
A clump of Texas sedge showing its fine, arching, fountain-like foliage, a popular lawn alternative for shade. Photo: Daderot, Zilker Botanical Garden, via Wikimedia Commons
Texas palafoxia in bloom, showing its clustered pink disc flowers and succulent-looking lance-shaped leaves. Photo: johnyochum, via iNaturalist/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Palafoxia texana, commonly
A heartleaf hibiscus flower at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, its crimson petals and golden-tipped stamens drawing in hummingbirds and butterflies. Photo: sonnia hill, via
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