Native plants · Texas

Native plants of Stonewall County

34 plant species are recorded as native to Texas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Stonewall County by USDA PLANTS. 14 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Stonewall County, Texas

PLANTS records only 14 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Texas list is a useful second check.

Native species: 34 Typical Texas county: 145 (median of 254 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 14 Typical Texas county: 61
Share by type (all 34 native species): Percent of the 34 native species in each growth type

Shrub 6% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 44% (15)
Grass or grass-like 47% (16)
Fern 3% (1)

Grasses and grass-like plants make up the largest share of the native list (47%), followed by wildflowers (44%).

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 14

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

Garden-ready native plants of Stonewall County, Texas
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
alkali sacaton Sporobolus airoides	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 3b
buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides	Grass or grass-like	6 in	Sun	Medium	Zone 3b
Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 3a
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 3b
featherplume Dalea formosa	Shrub	3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 6a
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
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium	Grass or grass-like	3 ft	Sun	Low	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
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
tobosagrass Pleuraphis mutica	Grass or grass-like	2.3 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 7b
white prairie clover Dalea candida	Wildflower (forb)	2 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 3b

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.

annual phlox Phlox drummondii
coastal sandbur Cenchrus spinifex
Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
Geyer's sandmat Chamaesyce geyeri
Hopi tea greenthread Thelesperma megapotamicum
narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
prairie sunflower Helianthus petiolaris
purple cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea
queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
ribseed sandmat Chamaesyce glyptosperma
rough dropseed Sporobolus clandestinus
Schweinitz's flatsedge Cyperus schweinitzii
showy evening primrose Oenothera grandis
slender snakecotton Froelichia gracilis
snowball sand verbena Abronia fragrans
spinystar Escobaria vivipara
spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
Texas croton Croton texensis
tumblegrass Schedonnardus paniculatus
witchgrass Panicum capillare

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, Stonewall County and Texas
Measure	Stonewall County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	34	145	1,683
Garden-ready natives	14	61	656
Tree	0	—	164
Shrub	2	—	90
Wildflower (forb)	15	—	877
Grass or grass-like	16	—	431
Vine	0	—	83
Fern	1	—	38

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Stonewall County.

Fisher County, TX 12 garden-ready
Haskell County, TX 10 garden-ready
Jones County, TX 17 garden-ready
Kent County, TX 12 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: Stonewall County (county FIPS 48433), Texas. 34 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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