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Native plants of Maverick County

55 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Maverick County by USDA PLANTS. 27 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

Maverick County, Texas

PLANTS records only 27 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species
55 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
27 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 55 native species)
Percent of the 55 native species in each growth type
Tree 5% (3)
Shrub 5% (3)
Wildflower (forb) 53% (29)
Grass or grass-like 31% (17)
Vine 5% (3)

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 27

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

Garden-ready native plants of Maverick County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Medium Zone 3b
cane bluestem Bothriochloa barbinodis Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 7b
climbing hempvine Mikania scandens Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
creosote bush Larrea tridentata Shrub 10 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
curly-mesquite Hilaria belangeri Grass or grass-like 10 in Sun Low Zone 8b
delta arrowhead Sagittaria platyphylla Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun High Zone 6a
false indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa Shrub 15 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
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
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
green sprangletop Leptochloa dubia Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
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
Indian blanket Gaillardia pulchella Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
lemonscent Pectis angustifolia Wildflower (forb) 8 in Sun Low Zone 5a
littleleaf sumac Rhus microphylla Tree 10 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
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
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
sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
tanglehead Heteropogon contortus Grass or grass-like 8 in Sun Low Zone 8a
tobosagrass Pleuraphis mutica Grass or grass-like 2.3 ft Sun Low Zone 7b
upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera Wildflower (forb) 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
vine mesquite Panicum obtusum Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
whitethorn acacia Vachellia constricta Tree 9 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
wild tantan Desmanthus virgatus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 9a

Other native species recorded here 28

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
  • bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
  • carelessweed Amaranthus palmeri
  • coastal sandbur Cenchrus spinifex
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • fiveangled dodder Cuscuta pentagona
  • flatspine stickseed Lappula occidentalis
  • great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • green carpetweed Mollugo verticillata
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • kiss me quick Portulaca pilosa
  • lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • Madagascar dropseed Sporobolus pyramidatus
  • manyflower marshpennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
  • prostrate sandmat Chamaesyce prostrata
  • ribseed sandmat Chamaesyce glyptosperma
  • scarlet beeblossom Oenothera suffrutescens
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
  • southern annual saltmarsh aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum
  • thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
  • toothed spurge Euphorbia dentata
  • tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • wedgeleaf Phyla cuneifolia
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
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.

  • annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia

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, Maverick County and Texas
MeasureMaverick CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 55 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 27 61 656
Tree 3 — 164
Shrub 3 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 29 — 877
Grass or grass-like 17 — 431
Vine 3 — 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
Maverick County (county FIPS 48323), Texas. 55 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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