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Native plants of Lynn County

22 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Lynn County by USDA PLANTS. 11 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

Lynn County, Texas

PLANTS records only 11 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species
22 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
11 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 22 native species)
Percent of the 22 native species in each growth type
Tree 5% (1)
Shrub 9% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 41% (9)
Grass or grass-like 41% (9)
Fern 5% (1)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (41%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (41%).

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 7b to 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 11

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

Garden-ready native plants of Lynn County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoides Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
desert willow Chilopsis linearis Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5a
fourwing saltbush Atriplex canescens Shrub 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
knotgrass Paspalum distichum Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun High Zone 6a
sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
salt heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum Wildflower (forb) 1.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
saltgrass Distichlis spicata Grass or grass-like 1.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
tobosagrass Pleuraphis mutica Grass or grass-like 2.3 ft Sun Low Zone 7b
vine mesquite Panicum obtusum Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 11

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.

  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • fetid marigold Dyssodia papposa
  • Geyer's sandmat Chamaesyce geyeri
  • hairy waterclover Marsilea vestita
  • James' cryptantha Cryptantha cinerea
  • Madagascar dropseed Sporobolus pyramidatus
  • pineland threeseed mercury Acalypha ostryifolia
  • pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • spinystar Escobaria vivipara
  • tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
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, Lynn County and Texas
MeasureLynn CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 22 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 11 61 656
Tree 1 — 164
Shrub 2 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 9 — 877
Grass or grass-like 9 — 431
Vine 0 — 83
Fern 1 — 38

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Counties that share a ZIP code with Lynn County.

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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
Lynn County (county FIPS 48305), Texas. 22 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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