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Native plants of Coleman County

92 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Coleman County by USDA PLANTS. 32 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

Coleman County, Texas

Native species
92 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
32 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 92 native species)
Percent of the 92 native species in each growth type
Tree 12% (11)
Shrub 4% (4)
Wildflower (forb) 61% (56)
Grass or grass-like 17% (16)
Vine 4% (4)
Fern 1% (1)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (61%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (17%).

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 zones 8a to 8b (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 32

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

Garden-ready native plants of Coleman County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American elm Ulmus americana Tree 120 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
Atlantic camas Camassia scilloides Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
California bulrush Schoenoplectus californicus Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun High Zone 9a
cedar elm Ulmus crassifolia Tree 90 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
dotted blazing star Liatris punctata Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
fourwing saltbush Atriplex canescens Shrub 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 11b
giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea Wildflower (forb) 8.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
green hawthorn Crataegus viridis Tree 30 ft Sun High Zone 5a
hairy grama Bouteloua hirsuta Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Low Zone 3b
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
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
skunkbush sumac Rhus trilobata Shrub 4 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 2a
southern waternymph Najas guadalupensis Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
Torrey's rush Juncus torreyi Grass or grass-like 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera Wildflower (forb) 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
valley redstem Ammannia coccinea Wildflower (forb) 1.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
vine mesquite Panicum obtusum Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
whiteroot rush Juncus brachycarpus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 60

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
  • annual buckwheat Eriogonum annuum
  • aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
  • azure blue sage Salvia azurea
  • bighead pygmycudweed Evax prolifera
  • buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum
  • carelessweed Amaranthus palmeri
  • Carolina coralbead Cocculus carolinus
  • Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • curlytop knotweed Polygonum lapathifolium
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
  • downy ragged goldenrod Solidago petiolaris
  • Emory's sedge Carex emoryi
  • Engelmann's daisy Engelmannia peristenia
  • eyebane Chamaesyce nutans
  • feather fingergrass Chloris virgata
  • fiveangled dodder Cuscuta pentagona
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • Hopi tea greenthread Thelesperma megapotamicum
  • lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
  • lemon beebalm Monarda citriodora
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • matted sandmat Chamaesyce serpens
  • mucronate sprangletop Leptochloa panicea
  • narrowleaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
  • narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
  • Nuttall's prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttallii
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • pale dock Rumex altissimus
  • pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
  • prairie broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides
  • prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
  • prostrate sandmat Chamaesyce prostrata
  • purple cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea
  • ram's horn Proboscidea louisianica
  • ribseed sandmat Chamaesyce glyptosperma
  • sand bittercress Cardamine parviflora
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • scarlet beeblossom Oenothera suffrutescens
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • southern annual saltmarsh aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum
  • southern cattail Typha domingensis
  • spinystar Escobaria vivipara
  • standing-cypress Ipomopsis rubra
  • stretchberry Forestiera pubescens
  • Texas vervain Verbena halei
  • tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
  • upright burhead Echinodorus berteroi
  • wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
  • western horsenettle Solanum dimidiatum
  • western rough goldenrod Solidago radula
  • white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • willowleaf aster Symphyotrichum praealtum
  • witchgrass Panicum capillare
  • woolly tidestromia Tidestromia lanuginosa
  • 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, Coleman County and Texas
MeasureColeman CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 92 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 32 61 656
Tree 11 — 164
Shrub 4 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 56 — 877
Grass or grass-like 16 — 431
Vine 4 — 83
Fern 1 — 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
Coleman County (county FIPS 48083), Texas. 92 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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