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Native plants of Stephens County

41 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Stephens County by USDA PLANTS. 21 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

Stephens County, Texas

PLANTS records only 21 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species
41 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives
21 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 41 native species)
Percent of the 41 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (3)
Shrub 2% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 59% (24)
Grass or grass-like 32% (13)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (59%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (32%).

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

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 21

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

Garden-ready native plants of Stephens County, Texas
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American water-willow Justicia americana Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
Arizona cottontop Digitaria californica Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Atlantic camas Camassia scilloides Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
California bulrush Schoenoplectus californicus Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun High Zone 9a
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
fourwing saltbush Atriplex canescens Shrub 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea Wildflower (forb) 8.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
inland rush Juncus interior Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
knotgrass Paspalum distichum Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun High Zone 6a
little barley Hordeum pusillum Grass or grass-like 1.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium 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
tapertip flatsedge Cyperus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
Torrey's rush Juncus torreyi Grass or grass-like 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
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 plantain Plantago patagonica Wildflower (forb) 6 in Sun Low Zone 12b

Other native species recorded here 20

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
  • chickenthief Mentzelia oligosperma
  • Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
  • Dakota mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida
  • Drummond's false pennyroyal Hedeoma drummondii
  • groundplum milkvetch Astragalus crassicarpus
  • lacy tansyaster Machaeranthera pinnatifida
  • mealy goosefoot Chenopodium incanum
  • narrowleaf pinweed Lechea tenuifolia
  • pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
  • pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
  • prairie tea Croton monanthogynus
  • ram's horn Proboscidea louisianica
  • standing-cypress Ipomopsis rubra
  • stemless evening primrose Oenothera triloba
  • Texas star Sabatia campestris
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
  • white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
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, Stephens County and Texas
MeasureStephens CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 41 145 1,683
Garden-ready natives 21 61 656
Tree 3 — 164
Shrub 1 — 90
Wildflower (forb) 24 — 877
Grass or grass-like 13 — 431
Vine 0 — 83
Fern 0 — 38

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Counties that share a ZIP code with Stephens 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
Stephens County (county FIPS 48429), Texas. 41 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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