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Native plants of Falls County

78 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Falls County by USDA PLANTS. 26 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Falls County, Texas

PLANTS records only 26 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species: 78 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 26 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 78 native species): Percent of the 78 native species in each growth type

Tree 6% (5)
Shrub 1% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 56% (44)
Grass or grass-like 27% (21)
Vine 5% (4)
Fern 4% (3)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (56%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (27%).

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 8b to 9a (2023 map).

The native plant list

Garden-ready natives 26

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

Garden-ready native plants of Falls County, Texas
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
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
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima	Wildflower (forb)	5 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 4b
climbing hempvine Mikania scandens	Vine	1 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 3b
cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli	Tree	30 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 4a
common persimmon Diospyros virginiana	Tree	55 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 5a
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 3b
coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum	Wildflower (forb)	—	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 3b
cylinder jointtail grass Coelorachis cylindrica	Grass or grass-like	3.2 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 5a
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides	Tree	190 ft	Sun	High	Zone 3a
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides	Grass or grass-like	5 ft	Sun	High	Zone 5a
eastern woodland sedge Carex blanda	Grass or grass-like	2 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 4b
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum	Tree	28 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 6a
grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus	Grass or grass-like	2 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 5a
green arrow arum Peltandra virginica	Wildflower (forb)	2.3 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 5a
hop sedge Carex lupulina	Grass or grass-like	4.3 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 3b
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans	Grass or grass-like	6 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 3b
New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus	Shrub	3 ft	Shade-tolerant	Low	Zone 4b
partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata	Wildflower (forb)	2.4 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 7a
plains lovegrass Eragrostis intermedia	Grass or grass-like	2.7 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 5a
possumhaw Ilex decidua	Tree	33 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 5b
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus	Wildflower (forb)	3 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 4b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea	Grass or grass-like	1.4 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 4a
sweetscent Pluchea odorata	Wildflower (forb)	4.9 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 6a
tapertip flatsedge Cyperus acuminatus	Grass or grass-like	1.3 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 3b
valley redstem Ammannia coccinea	Wildflower (forb)	1.6 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 3b

Other native species recorded here 52

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.

arrowhead rattlebox Crotalaria sagittalis
Baldwin's ironweed Vernonia baldwinii
camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
Carolina canarygrass Phalaris caroliniana
coastal sandbur Cenchrus spinifex
ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
false boneset Brickellia eupatorioides
fescue sedge Carex festucacea
Florida mudmidget Wolffiella gladiata
hairy bedstraw Galium pilosum
hairy sunflower Helianthus hirsutus
hairyseed paspalum Paspalum pubiflorum
Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
herbwilliam Ptilimnium capillaceum
hogwort Croton capitatus
kiss me quick Portulaca pilosa
leathery rush Juncus coriaceus
lemon beebalm Monarda citriodora
Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
narrowleaf pinweed Lechea tenuifolia
Nuttall's prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttallii
pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
plains snakecotton Froelichia floridana
poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
procession flower Polygala incarnata
queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
racemed milkwort Polygala polygama
redwhisker clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra
rose mock vervain Glandularia canadensis
sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
silky prairie clover Dalea villosa
slickseed fuzzybean Strophostyles leiosperma
small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
sneezeweed Helenium amarum
sorrelvine Cissus trifoliata
spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
standing-cypress Ipomopsis rubra
tall lespedeza Lespedeza stuevei
Texas bergia Bergia texana
tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
upright burhead Echinodorus berteroi
velvetweed Oenothera curtiflora
Virginia winged rockcress Sibara virginica
wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
western horsenettle Solanum dimidiatum
white four o'clock Mirabilis albida
whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
winged pigweed Cycloloma atriplicifolium
woolly lipfern Cheilanthes tomentosa

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, Falls County and Texas
Measure	Falls County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	78	145	1,683
Garden-ready natives	26	61	656
Tree	5	—	164
Shrub	1	—	90
Wildflower (forb)	44	—	877
Grass or grass-like	21	—	431
Vine	4	—	83
Fern	3	—	38

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Falls County.

Bell County, TX 135 garden-ready
Limestone County, TX 44 garden-ready
McLennan County, TX 187 garden-ready
Milam County, TX 100 garden-ready
Robertson County, TX 242 garden-ready

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: Falls County (county FIPS 48145), Texas. 78 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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