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Crockett County Interpretive Trail Ozona Chamber of Commerce Additional information about the Interpretive Trail and the Rain Ozona Chamber of Harvest Exhibit can be found inside Commerce & Visitor the Visitor Center. Center Thank You for visiting our site, and PLEASE invite your friends and Crockett County family to stop by as well. Interpretive Trail About the Trail Welcome to the Crockett County The purpose of this project is to educate local and Interpretive Trail! regional residents, and visitors across the country about the importance of water conservation, and This is an interpretation of plant the use of native plants. material in its native habitat within a 100 mile radius of Ozona. The trail includes a Plants are part of our heritage and the trail system Rain Harvest Exhibit with signage on the encourages the protection, preservation and Hang Your Hat in History process of collecting water for landscaping, respect of their contribution to our every day livestock watering or home use. There is lives. They provide food, fiber, shelter, and are Ozona Chamber of Commerce & also a wildlife viewing area and a watering used for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. hole for birds and butterflies. Visitor Center Plants play a key environmental role for Tel: 325-392-3737 or www.Ozona.com pollination, feeding livestock, and oxygen. Phone:325-392-3737 505 15th Street Fax: 325-392-3485 P.O. Box 1135 E-mail: [email protected] Ozona, TX 76943 Web Site: Ozona.com Alphabetical listing of all plants in the trail (Common Name/Scientific Name) Prairie Acacia Golden Dalea Hog Potato, Indian Rush-pea Honey Mesquite Acacia angustissima Dalea aurea Hoffmannseggia glauca Prosopis glandulosa Guajillo Black Dalea Indigofera Wafer Ash Acacia berlandieri Dalea frutescens Indigofera lindheimeriana Ptelea trifoliata Whitethorn acacia Gregg's Dalea Creosote bush Vasey Oak Acacia constricta Dalea greggii Larrea tridentata Quercus vaseyana Catclaw, Gregg Acacia Sotol, Desert Spoon Goldenball leadtree Three Leaf Sumac Acacia greggii Dasylirion wheeleri Leucaena retusa Rhus trilobata Sand Sage Texas Persimmon Cenzio, Purple Sage Evergreen Sumac Artemisia filifolia Diospyros texana Leucophyllum frutescens Rhus virens Fourwing Saltbush Horse crippler Gayfeather Buffalo Currant Atriplex canescens Echinocactus texensis hopffers Liatris spp. Ribes aureum Anacacho orchid tree Strawberry pitaya White Honeysuckle Mejorana Blue Shrub Sage Bauhinia lunarioides Echinocereus enneacanthus Lonicera albiflora Salvia ballotiflora Chocolate Flower Lace Cactus Agarito, Algerita Mealy Blue Sage Berlandiera lyrata Echinocereus reichenbachii Mahonia trifoliolata Salvia farinacea Verbena Mormon Tea Blackfoot Daisy Autumn Sage Bipinnitifida glandalaria Ephedra viridis Melampodium leucanthum Salvia greggii Fairy Duster Candelilla Showy menodora Velvet Leaf Senna Calliandra eriophylla Euphorbia antisyphilitica Menodora longiflora Senna lindheimeriana Winecup Texas Kidneywood Fragrant mimosa Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal bean Callirhoe involucrata Eysenhardtia texana Mimosa borealis Sophora secundiflora Sundrops Apache Plume Lindheimer's muhly Copper Mallow Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri Fallugia paradoxa Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Sphaeralcea angustifolia Granjeno, desert hackberry Cliff Fendlerbush Devil's Shoestring Mexican Buckeye Celtis ehrenbergiana Fendlera rupicola Nolina lindheimeriana Ungnadia speciosa Texas Redbud "Ozona" Texas Barrel Cactus Sacahuista, beargrass Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Cercis canadensis var. texensis "Ozona" Ferocactus hamatacanthus Nolina microcarpa Viguiera stenoloba Mountain Mahogany Narrow-leaf forestiera Scarlet muskflower, Devil's bouquet Zexmenia Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus Forestiera angustifolia Nyctaginia capitata Wedelia texana Desert Willow Ocotillo Pink evening primrose Banana yucca Chilopsis linearis Fouquieria splendens Oenothera speciosa Yucca baccata Damianita Gregg's Ash Cholla Buckley's yucca Chrysactinia mexicana Fraxinus greggii Optuntia imbricata Yucca constricta Gregg's Blue Mistflower Red yucca Prickly Pear Thompson's Yucca Conoclinium greggii Hesperaloe parviflora Opuntia spp. Yucca thompsoniana Turner's Hawthorn Prairie phlox Lotebush Crataegus turnerorum Phlox pilosa Ziziphus obtusifolia Acacia angustissima—Prairie Acacia: Round Acacia greggii—Catclaw, Gregg acacia: One of Bauhinia lunarioides—Anacacho orchid tree: Calliandra eriophylla—Fairy Duster: Spring creamy flowers resemble shaving brushes. Seeds the most despised southwestern shrubs. As Native only to a few canyons in west central flowers form delicate, pink balls, giving a fluffy are rich in protein. Readily eaten by livestock indicated by the common names (including the Texas and northeast Mexico. Fruit is a pink appearance. Belongs to a group of tropical and decreases in abundance with heavy grazing. Spanish, una degato), the sharp, stout, hooked flattened pod. The nectar attracts butterflies woody plants that includes acacias and mimosas. spines, like a cat’s claws, tear clothing and flesh. and bees. Berlandiera lyrata—Chocolate Flower: Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri—Sundrops: Acacia berlandieri—Guajillo: a spreading shrub, Artemisia filifolia—Sand sage: A semi-evergreen Chocolate flower is a velvety-leaved, 1-2 ft. This perennial member of the evening primrose growing 3–15 feet tall. The flower is a source of shrub with feathery, silver-blue foliage. The whole perennial. Flowers droop in the heat of day. family requires lots of sunshine. Yellow flowers heavy, light-colored honey, rated by many as the plant is sweetly pungent. Good for erosion Chocolate odor may be detected when the bloom in April and May. best in the state. The seed pods are 3–5 inches control. A hayfever plant. long and 1 inch or more wide. rays are plucked from the flower head. Acacia constricta—Whitethorn acacia: A 9-15 Atriplex canescens—Fourwing Saltbush: A 3 ft. Bipinnitifida glandalaria—Verbena: Spanish Celtis ehrenbergiana—Granjeno, desert hack- ft., multi-trunked tree with small, yellow-orange semi-evergreen shrub, which can reach 8 ft. name, Moradilla, comes from morado berry: This deciduous plant rarely reaches 10 ft. balls of fragrant flowers. Finely segmented, Extremely variable shrub: compact and (“purple”) and means “little purple one.” in height. Shiny red, orange and yellow fruit pinnate leaves fall off during dry seasons. -2 4 in. rounded; sprawling and low; open-branched Forms brilliant displays of pink or light purple, ripens in fall but persists long after leaf-fall. beans ripen to bright red. and treelike. covering acres of ground. Cercis canadensis var. texensis “Ozona”— Chrysactinia mexicana—Damianita: A 1-2 ft., Dalea aurea—Golden Dalea: A member of the Dasylirion wheeleri—Sotol, Desert Spoon: Texas redbud “Ozona”: Propagated from a bushy, low-growing, aromatic, evergreen pea family, this species grows well in rock May be used to make food and liquor or woven redbud in Ozona. Drought and limestone soil shrub. Technically a shrub; used like a flower. gardens and dry soils. It is especially beneficial into mats, baskets and thatching. Used in dried tolerant. Showy, attractive source of honey, Very drought-tolerant. to native bees. Looks best in mid-summer. floral arrangements. used in treatment of dysentery. Conoclinium greggii—Gregg’s Blue Mistflower: Dalea frutescens—Black dalea: Thornless Diospyros texana—Texas Persimmon: Shrub Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus— A perennial up to 2 ft. tall with palmate leaves. shrub up to 3 ft. tall; stems gray to light brown, or small tree with very hard wood, usually Mountain Mahogany: Often under 3.3 ft. in Small, purplish-blue flowers cluster together to twigs are thin, reddish brown. Small, purple multi-trunked. Male and female flowers on height because of browsing, it can reach 20 form puffy, 2 in., cushion-like flower heads. flowers in dense heads or spikes at the ends of separate plants, appearing in March and April. feet. The species is considered to be long lived. branches, from July to October. Fruit is an in- Fruit fleshy, round, up to -1 in. diameter. conspicuous capsule. Chilopsis linearis—Desert Willow: A 15-40 ft., small tree or large shrub. Rapid growth, Crataegus turnerorum—Turner’s Hawthorn: Echinocereus enneacanthus—Strawberry Pitaya: Dalea greggii—Gregg’s dalea: A 4-9 in., trailing drought tolerance, and ease of maintenance. White blooms. Develops like a tree into a round New stems grow as side branches, later turning sub-shrub, spreading 2-4 ft. A good ground cover Sought-after plant within its range. Does best -shaped shrub. Not an evergreen. Turns a upward, giving them a long, curling appearance. for rocky slopes and exposed sites. Tolerates dry with just enough water to keep it blooming purple-pink color during the summer. Can Bright green with a wrinkled appearance, looking conditions well. and healthily green. reach up to 20 ft. Valuable to bees. withered in dry periods. Echinocereus reichenbachii—Lace Cactus: Eysenhardtia texana—Texas Kidneywood: An Ferocactus hamatacanthus—Texas Barrel Fraxinus greggii—Gregg’s Ash: Evergreen, grows Starts out as a sphere and gradually evolves its unarmed, much-branched shrub. This tree was Cactus: Also known as giant fishhook cactus. to 15 ft. and 10 ft. width. Has a small winged seed cylindrical form., rarely taller than 8 in. May once used in remedies for kidney and bladder The flowers are fragrant, though one should be and inconspicuous flowers with smooth gray bark. form one stem or branch into a dozen or more. ailments. steady on one’s feet when smelling them. Drought tolerant. Echinocactus texensis hopffers—Horse
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