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Native plants of Schleicher County

69 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Schleicher County by USDA PLANTS. 24 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

Schleicher County, Texas

PLANTS records only 24 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species: 69 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 24 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 69 native species): Percent of the 69 native species in each growth type

Tree 7% (5)
Shrub 4% (3)
Wildflower (forb) 65% (45)
Grass or grass-like 14% (10)
Vine 6% (4)
Fern 3% (2)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (65%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (14%).

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 8a (2023 map).

The native plant list

Garden-ready natives 24

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

Garden-ready native plants of Schleicher County, Texas
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis	Tree	15 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 4a
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
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria	Wildflower (forb)	3 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 12b
graybark grape Vitis cinerea	Vine	50 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 6b
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
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 3b
littleleaf leadtree Leucaena retusa	Tree	25 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 8b
littleleaf sumac Rhus microphylla	Tree	10 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 6a
Missouri gourd Cucurbita foetidissima	Vine	1 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 5a
mule-fat Baccharis salicifolia	Shrub	10 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 7a
panicledleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium paniculatum	Wildflower (forb)	3 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 6a
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea	Grass or grass-like	1.4 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 4a
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox	Vine	4 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	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
squirreltail Elymus elymoides	Grass or grass-like	1.5 ft	Sun	Low	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
woolly locoweed Astragalus mollissimus	Wildflower (forb)	2 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 4b

Other native species recorded here 45

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 lipfern Cheilanthes alabamensis
American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
annual buckwheat Eriogonum annuum
bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
Carolina coralbead Cocculus carolinus
Carolina larkspur Delphinium carolinianum
Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
Engelmann's daisy Engelmannia peristenia
eyebane Chamaesyce nutans
false boneset Brickellia eupatorioides
flatspine stickseed Lappula occidentalis
fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica
hairy waterclover Marsilea vestita
hyssopleaf sandmat Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
lemon beebalm Monarda citriodora
matted sandmat Chamaesyce serpens
neckweed Veronica peregrina
prairie broomweed Amphiachyris dracunculoides
prairie groundsel Packera plattensis
prairie spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis
prostrate sandmat Chamaesyce prostrata
redseed plantain Plantago rhodosperma
rough barnyardgrass Echinochloa muricata
scarlet beeblossom Oenothera suffrutescens
shaggy dwarf morning-glory Evolvulus nuttallianus
silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
slimflower scurfpea Psoralidium tenuiflorum
snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
stemless evening primrose Oenothera triloba
toothed spurge Euphorbia dentata
tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
Virginia plantain Plantago virginica
warty caltrop Kallstroemia parviflora
warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
wedgeleaf Phyla cuneifolia
western horsenettle Solanum dimidiatum
white four o'clock Mirabilis albida
white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides

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.

Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana

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, Schleicher County and Texas
Measure	Schleicher County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	69	145	1,683
Garden-ready natives	24	61	656
Tree	5	—	164
Shrub	3	—	90
Wildflower (forb)	45	—	877
Grass or grass-like	10	—	431
Vine	4	—	83
Fern	2	—	38

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Schleicher County.

Kimble County, TX 65 garden-ready
Menard County, TX 48 garden-ready
Tom Green County, TX 67 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: Schleicher County (county FIPS 48413), Texas. 69 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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