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Native plants of DeWitt County

133 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in DeWitt County by USDA PLANTS. 50 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

DeWitt County, Texas

Native species
133 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
50 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 133 native species)
Percent of the 133 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (9)
Shrub 2% (3)
Wildflower (forb) 53% (71)
Grass or grass-like 31% (41)
Vine 7% (9)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (53%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (31%).

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 9a (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 50

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

Garden-ready native plants of DeWitt County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
bald cypress Taxodium distichum Tree 130 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5b
beaked spikerush Eleocharis rostellata Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun High Zone 4b
blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
bushy seaside tansy Borrichia frutescens Shrub 2.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 9a
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 12b
clasping coneflower Dracopis amplexicaulis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun High Zone 10b
cucumberleaf sunflower Helianthus debilis Wildflower (forb) 6 in Sun Medium Zone 9b
curly-mesquite Hilaria belangeri Grass or grass-like 10 in Sun Low Zone 8b
cylinder jointtail grass Coelorachis cylindrica Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5a
dotted blazing star Liatris punctata Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides Tree 190 ft Sun High Zone 3a
eastern narrowleaf sedge Carex amphibola Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
false daisy Eclipta prostrata Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 10b
false indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa Shrub 15 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
fringeleaf wild petunia Ruellia humilis Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4a
golden crownbeard Verbesina encelioides Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Tree 50 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Tree 70 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
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
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
Missouri gourd Cucurbita foetidissima Vine 1 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata Wildflower (forb) 2.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
possumhaw Ilex decidua Tree 33 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
red buckeye Aesculus pavia Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
sand lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
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
sweetscent Pluchea odorata Wildflower (forb) 4.9 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
switchgrass Panicum virgatum Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
tapertip flatsedge Cyperus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
trumpet creeper Campsis radicans Vine 2 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera Wildflower (forb) 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
whiteroot rush Juncus brachycarpus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
wild tantan Desmanthus virgatus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 9a
winter bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
yaupon Ilex vomitoria Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 8a

Other native species recorded here 83

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
  • angularfruit milkvine Matelea gonocarpos
  • annual fimbry Fimbristylis annua
  • annual marsh elder Iva annua
  • bigseed alfalfa dodder Cuscuta indecora
  • blue mudplantain Heteranthera limosa
  • bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis
  • branched foldwing Dicliptera brachiata
  • bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides
  • Canada spikesedge Eleocharis geniculata
  • Canadian blacksnakeroot Sanicula canadensis
  • Carolina desert-chicory Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
  • Carolina fimbry Fimbristylis caroliniana
  • chairmaker's bulrush Schoenoplectus americanus
  • clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • curlytop knotweed Polygonum lapathifolium
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • eastern fox sedge Carex triangularis
  • Engelmann's daisy Engelmannia peristenia
  • fewleaf sunflower Helianthus occidentalis
  • gaping grass Steinchisma hians
  • globe beaksedge Rhynchospora recognita
  • great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • green comet milkweed Asclepias viridiflora
  • Guadeloupe cucumber Melothria pendula
  • hairy fimbry Fimbristylis puberula
  • hairy pinweed Lechea mucronata
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • lanceleaf blanketflower Gaillardia aestivalis
  • lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
  • meadow garlic Allium canadense
  • mucronate sprangletop Leptochloa panicea
  • Muhlenberg's sedge Carex muehlenbergii
  • narrowleaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
  • narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • pasture heliotrope Heliotropium tenellum
  • pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
  • plains snakecotton Froelichia floridana
  • potato dwarfdandelion Krigia dandelion
  • prairie cupgrass Eriochloa contracta
  • prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
  • prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
  • purple spikerush Eleocharis atropurpurea
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • red lovegrass Eragrostis secundiflora
  • roundseed panicgrass Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • sessileleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium sessilifolium
  • sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
  • slender snakecotton Froelichia gracilis
  • slimspike threeawn Aristida longespica
  • small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • snowball sand verbena Abronia fragrans
  • soft goldenaster Chrysopsis pilosa
  • southern annual saltmarsh aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum
  • spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
  • spurred butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum
  • tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
  • Texas croton Croton texensis
  • toothed spurge Euphorbia dentata
  • tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
  • tumble windmill grass Chloris verticillata
  • Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
  • Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • wedgeleaf draba Draba cuneifolia
  • western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
  • white crownbeard Verbesina virginica
  • white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
  • whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata
  • willowleaf aster Symphyotrichum praealtum
  • witchgrass Panicum capillare
  • yankeeweed Eupatorium compositifolium

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, DeWitt County and Texas
MeasureDeWitt CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 133 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 50 61 656
Tree 9 — 164
Shrub 3 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 71 — 877
Grass or grass-like 41 — 431
Vine 9 — 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
DeWitt County (county FIPS 48123), Texas. 133 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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