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Native plants of Pecos County

179 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Pecos County by USDA PLANTS. 82 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 2 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Pecos County, Texas

Native species
179 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
82 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 179 native species)
Percent of the 179 native species in each growth type
Tree 8% (14)
Shrub 9% (17)
Wildflower (forb) 55% (99)
Grass or grass-like 22% (39)
Vine 3% (6)
Fern 2% (4)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (55%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (22%).

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 8a to 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 82

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

Garden-ready native plants of Pecos County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoides Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
American tarwort Flourensia cernua Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa Shrub 6 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
Arizona cottontop Digitaria californica Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
banana yucca Yucca baccata Shrub 4 ft Sun Low Zone 7a
bastardsage Eriogonum wrightii Shrub 2 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 6a
big sacaton Sporobolus wrightii Grass or grass-like 5.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
black grama Bouteloua eriopoda Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
blue grama Bouteloua gracilis Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
broom snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Shrub 1.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun Medium Zone 3b
bush muhly Muhlenbergia porteri Grass or grass-like 2.8 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8b
bushy seaside tansy Borrichia frutescens Shrub 2.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 9a
Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 12b
cane bluestem Bothriochloa barbinodis Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 7b
catclaw acacia Senegalia greggii Tree 20 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
cliff fendlerbush Fendlera rupicola Shrub 6 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Colorado four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 5b
common threesquare Schoenoplectus pungens Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun High Zone 3b
coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum Wildflower (forb) — Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
cosmopolitan bulrush Bolboschoenus maritimus Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
creeping muhly Muhlenbergia repens Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun Low Zone 9a
creosote bush Larrea tridentata Shrub 10 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
desert ceanothus Ceanothus greggii Shrub 7 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
desert willow Chilopsis linearis Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5a
dotted blazing star Liatris punctata Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
downy paintedcup Castilleja sessiliflora Wildflower (forb) 1.3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
featherplume Dalea formosa Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
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 crownbeard Verbesina encelioides Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
green prairie coneflower Ratibida tagetes Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
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
Indianhemp Apocynum cannabinum Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
knotgrass Paspalum distichum Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun High Zone 6a
leafy pondweed Potamogeton foliosus Wildflower (forb) — Sun High 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
little walnut Juglans microcarpa Tree 20 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
littleleaf leadtree Leucaena retusa Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
littleleaf sumac Rhus microphylla Tree 10 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
longleaf jointfir Ephedra trifurca Shrub 15 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
lyreleaf greeneyes Berlandiera lyrata Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
Malabar sprangletop Leptochloa fusca Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 3a
mescal bean Sophora secundiflora Tree 15 ft Sun Medium Zone 8a
Mexican orange Choisya dumosa Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 9a
Mexican pinyon Pinus cembroides Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
Missouri gourd Cucurbita foetidissima Vine 1 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
Nuttall's povertyweed Monolepis nuttalliana Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun Medium Zone 12a
ocotillo Fouquieria splendens Shrub 10 ft Sun Low Zone 7a
oneseed juniper Juniperus monosperma Tree 40 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
prairie cordgrass Spartina pectinata Grass or grass-like 8 ft Sun High Zone 3b
purple poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
rough menodora Menodora scabra Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Low Zone 9a
roving sailor Maurandella antirrhiniflora Vine 10 in Sun Medium Zone 6b
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
sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
scratchgrass Muhlenbergia asperifolia Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
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
soaptree yucca Yucca elata Tree 20 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
spreading alkaliweed Cressa truxillensis Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun Medium Zone 6a
squirreltail Elymus elymoides Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun Low Zone 3a
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
sweetscent Pluchea odorata Wildflower (forb) 4.9 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
tanglehead Heteropogon contortus Grass or grass-like 8 in Sun Low Zone 8a
tanseyleaf tansyaster Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
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
woolly locoweed Astragalus mollissimus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
woolly plantain Plantago patagonica Wildflower (forb) 6 in Sun Low Zone 12b
yellow trumpetbush Tecoma stans Tree 20 ft Sun Low Zone 9a
yerba mansa Anemopsis californica Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Sun High Zone 9b

Other native species recorded here 97

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 bluehearts Buchnera americana
  • American star-thistle Centaurea americana
  • American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
  • azure blue sage Salvia azurea
  • bigseed alfalfa dodder Cuscuta indecora
  • buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum
  • carelessweed Amaranthus palmeri
  • Carolina canarygrass Phalaris caroliniana
  • Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
  • catchfly prairie gentian Eustoma exaltatum
  • chickenthief Mentzelia oligosperma
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • curvepod fumewort Corydalis curvisiliqua
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • desert goosefoot Chenopodium pratericola
  • diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
  • Drummond's false pennyroyal Hedeoma drummondii
  • Engelmann's daisy Engelmannia peristenia
  • eyebane Chamaesyce nutans
  • false boneset Brickellia eupatorioides
  • false buffalograss Munroa squarrosa
  • feather fingergrass Chloris virgata
  • fetid marigold Dyssodia papposa
  • fiveangled dodder Cuscuta pentagona
  • flatspine stickseed Lappula occidentalis
  • foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum
  • foxtail prairie clover Dalea leporina
  • Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii
  • great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • hairy waterclover Marsilea vestita
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • herb of grace Bacopa monnieri
  • Hopi tea greenthread Thelesperma megapotamicum
  • ivyleaf groundcherry Physalis hederifolia
  • James' cryptantha Cryptantha cinerea
  • kiss me quick Portulaca pilosa
  • lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
  • lanceleaf sage Salvia reflexa
  • lemon beebalm Monarda citriodora
  • lesser wirelettuce Stephanomeria minor
  • Louisiana vetch Vicia ludoviciana
  • matted sandmat Chamaesyce serpens
  • mealy goosefoot Chenopodium incanum
  • narrowleaf four o'clock Mirabilis linearis
  • narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
  • neckweed Veronica peregrina
  • Pennsylvania pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica
  • pinkladies Oenothera speciosa
  • pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
  • Powell's amaranth Amaranthus powellii
  • prairie sunflower Helianthus petiolaris
  • prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
  • purple cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea
  • Red River scaleseed Spermolepis inermis
  • redseed plantain Plantago rhodosperma
  • ribseed sandmat Chamaesyce glyptosperma
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • scarlet beeblossom Oenothera suffrutescens
  • shaggy dwarf morning-glory Evolvulus nuttallianus
  • silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
  • silverscale saltbush Atriplex argentea
  • sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
  • sixweeks threeawn Aristida adscensionis
  • sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
  • slender lipfern Cheilanthes feei
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • sorrelvine Cissus trifoliata
  • southern annual saltmarsh aster Symphyotrichum divaricatum
  • Spanish gold Grindelia papposa
  • spinystar Escobaria vivipara
  • spiral ditchgrass Ruppia cirrhosa
  • spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
  • spreading fleabane Erigeron divergens
  • stemless evening primrose Oenothera triloba
  • sunbright Phemeranthus parviflorus
  • Texas vervain Verbena halei
  • threeflower melicgrass Melica nitens
  • toothed spurge Euphorbia dentata
  • trailing fleabane Erigeron flagellaris
  • tumble windmill grass Chloris verticillata
  • tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
  • twistspine pricklypear Opuntia macrorhiza
  • velvetweed Oenothera curtiflora
  • verrucose seapurslane Sesuvium verrucosum
  • Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
  • warty caltrop Kallstroemia parviflora
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
  • wedgeleaf draba Draba cuneifolia
  • western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
  • white four o'clock Mirabilis albida
  • white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
  • woolly lipfern Cheilanthes tomentosa
Also listed as native and introduced here 2

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, Pecos County and Texas
MeasurePecos CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 179 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 82 61 656
Tree 14 — 164
Shrub 17 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 99 — 877
Grass or grass-like 39 — 431
Vine 6 — 83
Fern 4 — 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
Pecos County (county FIPS 48371), Texas. 179 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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