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Native plants of Kaufman County

165 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Kaufman County by USDA PLANTS. 63 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 3 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Kaufman County, Texas

Native species
165 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
63 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 165 native species)
Percent of the 165 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (12)
Shrub 1% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 56% (92)
Grass or grass-like 30% (50)
Vine 4% (6)
Fern 2% (3)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (56%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (30%).

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 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 63

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

Garden-ready native plants of Kaufman County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American lotus Nelumbo lutea Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun High Zone 3b
American water-willow Justicia americana Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
blunt spikerush Eleocharis obtusa Grass or grass-like 1.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 11a
broomsedge bluestem Andropogon virginicus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
burningbush Euonymus atropurpureus Tree 10 ft Shade-tolerant Low —
Bush's sedge Carex bushii Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
Carolina buckthorn Frangula caroliniana Tree 20 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 4b
clasping coneflower Dracopis amplexicaulis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun High Zone 10b
coast cockspur grass Echinochloa walteri Grass or grass-like 6.5 ft Sun High Zone 10b
common blue violet Viola sororia Wildflower (forb) 4 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
common maidenhair Adiantum capillus-veneris Fern 1.7 ft Shade-tolerant High 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
coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Shrub 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
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
dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Tree 9 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun High Zone 5a
eastern narrowleaf sedge Carex amphibola Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 3a
fringeleaf wild petunia Ruellia humilis Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4a
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
great coneflower Rudbeckia maxima Wildflower (forb) 9.8 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Indian woodoats Chasmanthium latifolium Grass or grass-like 4.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
inland rush Juncus interior Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
marsh flatsedge Cyperus pseudovegetus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun High Zone 8a
nodding lady's tresses Spiranthes cernua Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Sun High Zone 3b
Osage-orange Maclura pomifera Tree 35 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
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
prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun Low Zone 3a
purple poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purplestem aster Symphyotrichum puniceum Wildflower (forb) 8.1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
purpletop tridens Tridens flavus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
ravenfoot sedge Carex crus-corvi Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
rufous bulrush Scirpus pendulus Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
sand lovegrass Eragrostis trichodes Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
strawcolored flatsedge Cyperus strigosus Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
swamp smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides Wildflower (forb) — Sun Medium Zone 10b
tapertip flatsedge Cyperus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
thinfruit sedge Carex flaccosperma Grass or grass-like 1 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 6b
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vine 1 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
waterthread pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun High Zone 3b
wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa Wildflower (forb) 4.9 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
winged elm Ulmus alata Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a

Other native species recorded here 102

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.

  • Alabama supplejack Berchemia scandens
  • American buckwheat vine Brunnichia ovata
  • Baldwin's flatsedge Cyperus croceus
  • Baldwin's ironweed Vernonia baldwinii
  • beaked cornsalad Valerianella radiata
  • beaked panicgrass Panicum anceps
  • bigpod sesbania Sesbania herbacea
  • bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis
  • branched foldwing Dicliptera brachiata
  • button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
  • camphor pluchea Pluchea camphorata
  • camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
  • carelessweed Amaranthus palmeri
  • Carolina anemone Anemone caroliniana
  • Carolina coralbead Cocculus carolinus
  • Carolina mosquitofern Azolla caroliniana
  • Carolina sedge Carex caroliniana
  • Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
  • Cherokee sedge Carex cherokeensis
  • clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
  • common dittany Cunila origanoides
  • compassplant Silphium laciniatum
  • creeping lovegrass Neeragrostis reptans
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • Davis' sedge Carex davisii
  • downy phlox Phlox pilosa
  • eastern fox sedge Carex triangularis
  • elmleaf goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia
  • field pansy Viola bicolor
  • fire on the mountain Euphorbia cyathophora
  • gaping grass Steinchisma hians
  • globe flatsedge Cyperus echinatus
  • gravelweed Verbesina helianthoides
  • Great Plains flatsedge Cyperus lupulinus
  • green antelopehorn Asclepias viridis
  • groundplum milkvetch Astragalus crassicarpus
  • hairy pinweed Lechea mucronata
  • hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil Desmodium ciliare
  • hairy sunflower Helianthus hirsutus
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • heartleaf four o'clock Mirabilis nyctaginea
  • heartleaf nettle Urtica chamaedryoides
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • inflated narrow-leaf sedge Carex grisea
  • keeled bulrush Isolepis carinata
  • largebracted plantain Plantago aristata
  • Leavenworth's sedge Carex leavenworthii
  • lemon beebalm Monarda citriodora
  • lesser duckweed Lemna aequinoctialis
  • light poppymallow Callirhoe alcaeoides
  • limestone adderstongue Ophioglossum engelmannii
  • littlehead nutrush Scleria oligantha
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
  • mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
  • Mead's sedge Carex meadii
  • Mexican plum Prunus mexicana
  • Missouri foxtail cactus Escobaria missouriensis
  • neckweed Veronica peregrina
  • northern slender lady's tresses Spiranthes lacera
  • pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
  • pink thoroughwort Fleischmannia incarnata
  • pinkladies Oenothera speciosa
  • poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
  • poverty oatgrass Danthonia spicata
  • prairie broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides
  • procession flower Polygala incarnata
  • redseed plantain Plantago rhodosperma
  • reflexed sedge Carex retroflexa
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • shortpod draba Draba brachycarpa
  • shortstalk chickweed Cerastium brachypodum
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • silvery everlasting Gamochaeta argyrinea
  • slender snakecotton Froelichia gracilis
  • slimpod rush Juncus diffusissimus
  • small skullcap Scutellaria parvula
  • small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
  • smallflower fumewort Corydalis micrantha
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • southern dewberry Rubus trivialis
  • spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
  • spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
  • stiff yellow flax Linum medium
  • stout rush Juncus nodatus
  • sunbright Phemeranthus parviflorus
  • tall lespedeza Lespedeza stuevei
  • Texas star Sabatia campestris
  • Texas vervain Verbena halei
  • tiny bluet Houstonia pusilla
  • trailing lespedeza Lespedeza procumbens
  • trailing pearlwort Sagina decumbens
  • violet lespedeza Lespedeza violacea
  • Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
  • Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica
  • Virginia winged rockcress Sibara virginica
  • wedgeleaf draba Draba cuneifolia
  • western rough goldenrod Solidago radula
  • whorled milkwort Polygala verticillata
  • winged lythrum Lythrum alatum
Also listed as native and introduced here 3

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.

  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploides
  • Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides

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, Kaufman County and Texas
MeasureKaufman CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 165 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 63 61 656
Tree 12 — 164
Shrub 2 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 92 — 877
Grass or grass-like 50 — 431
Vine 6 — 83
Fern 3 — 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
Kaufman County (county FIPS 48257), Texas. 165 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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