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Native plants of Clay County

105 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Clay County by USDA PLANTS. 36 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 1 more species is listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Clay County, Texas

Native species
105 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
36 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 105 native species)
Percent of the 105 native species in each growth type
Tree 11% (12)
Shrub 2% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 67% (70)
Grass or grass-like 16% (17)
Vine 4% (4)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (67%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (16%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zone 8a (2023 map).

The native plant list

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 36

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Clay County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Medium Zone 3b
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 12b
Chickasaw plum Prunus angustifolia Tree 12 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
common threesquare Schoenoplectus pungens Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun High Zone 3b
crested pricklypoppy Argemone polyanthemos Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
cursed buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 12b
dotted blazing star Liatris punctata Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
false indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa Shrub 15 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
frost grape Vitis vulpina Vine 83 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea Wildflower (forb) 8.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Tree 50 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans Grass or grass-like 6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
inland rush Juncus interior Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
little barley Hordeum pusillum Grass or grass-like 1.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3b
pecan Carya illinoinensis Tree 120 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Wildflower (forb) 3.9 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
plains lovegrass Eragrostis intermedia Grass or grass-like 2.7 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
purple poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
red mulberry Morus rubra Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
smooth sumac Rhus glabra Tree 12 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
switchgrass Panicum virgatum Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
turkey tangle fogfruit Phyla nodiflora Wildflower (forb) 2 in Sun–part shade Low Zone 5b
Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
western wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
woolly plantain Plantago patagonica Wildflower (forb) 6 in Sun Low Zone 12b

Other native species recorded here 69

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

  • American star-thistle Centaurea americana
  • American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
  • annual buckwheat Eriogonum annuum
  • annual marsh elder Iva annua
  • annual phlox Phlox drummondii
  • aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
  • azure blue sage Salvia azurea
  • bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata
  • bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
  • blackseed plantain Plantago rugelii
  • camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
  • Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
  • Carolina larkspur Delphinium carolinianum
  • curlycup gumweed Grindelia squarrosa
  • curvepod fumewort Corydalis curvisiliqua
  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
  • downy ragged goldenrod Solidago petiolaris
  • dwarf hackberry Celtis pumila
  • false boneset Brickellia eupatorioides
  • green antelopehorn Asclepias viridis
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • heartwing sorrel Rumex hastatulus
  • Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • Hopi tea greenthread Thelesperma megapotamicum
  • lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
  • largeflower tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora
  • lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • Maximilian sunflower Helianthus maximiliani
  • narrowleaf four o'clock Mirabilis linearis
  • narrowleaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
  • nodding muhly Muhlenbergia bushii
  • Nuttall's prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttallii
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • Pennsylvania pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica
  • pinkladies Oenothera speciosa
  • plains snakecotton Froelichia floridana
  • poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
  • prairie groundsel Packera plattensis
  • prairie spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis
  • prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
  • Red River scaleseed Spermolepis inermis
  • rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • silverscale saltbush Atriplex argentea
  • sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
  • slender yellow woodsorrel Oxalis dillenii
  • slickseed fuzzybean Strophostyles leiosperma
  • slimflower scurfpea Psoralidium tenuiflorum
  • small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • sorrelvine Cissus trifoliata
  • spinystar Escobaria vivipara
  • spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
  • spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
  • Texas bluegrass Poa arachnifera
  • Texas croton Croton texensis
  • Texas toadflax Nuttallanthus texanus
  • tumble windmill grass Chloris verticillata
  • warty caltrop Kallstroemia parviflora
  • wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
  • western horsenettle Solanum dimidiatum
  • white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • white prairie aster Symphyotrichum falcatum
  • Wright's plantain Plantago wrightiana
Also listed as native and introduced here 1

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

Compared with Texas

The typical county is the median of the 254 Texas counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Clay County and Texas
MeasureClay CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 105 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 36 61 656
Tree 12 — 164
Shrub 2 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 70 — 877
Grass or grass-like 17 — 431
Vine 4 — 83
Fern 0 — 38

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Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Clay County (county FIPS 48077), Texas. 105 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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