Additional information about the Interpretive Trail and the Rain Ozona Chamber of Harvest Exhibit can be found inside Commerce & Visitor the Visitor Center.

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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 the use of native . 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 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 Acacia constricta Dalea greggii Larrea tridentata Quercus vaseyana Catclaw, Gregg Acacia Sotol, Desert Spoon Goldenball leadtree Three Sumac Acacia greggii Dasylirion wheeleri Leucaena retusa Rhus trilobata Sand Sage 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 Sage lunarioides Echinocereus enneacanthus Lonicera albiflora Salvia ballotiflora Chocolate Lace Cactus Agarito, Algerita Mealy Blue Sage Berlandiera lyrata Echinocereus reichenbachii 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 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 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 resemble shaving brushes. Seeds the most despised southwestern . 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. 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 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 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 crippler: Fallugia paradoxa—Apache plume: In full flower Forestiera angustifolia– Narrow-leaf Hesperaloe parviflora—Red yucca: Not a yucca, Broader than long, is normally 1-2 inches and up their white petals are attractive against the dark forestiera: Also called Elbow bush, livestock this produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen leaves. to 12 inches across. Has crippled many horses. foliage. Fruit clusters with feathery, purplish tails and birds browse on its twigs and fruit. An Deer browse the foliage, while flowers attract Flower is somewhat fragrant. said to resemble Apache headdress. important source of nectar for bees. hummingbirds.

Euphorbia antisyphilitica—Candelilla, Wax Hoffmannseggia glauca—Hog Potato, Indian Fendlera rupicola—Cliff fendlerbush: Also Fouquieria splendens—Ocotillo: Also known as rush-pea: This plant has small, edible swellings on plant: Numerous, rarely branched, waxy stems known as false mock orange. A member of the resemble a cluster of slender, pale-green Devil’s walking stick. Leaves appear only after the that provide good nourishment for hydrangea family. Provides excellent browse rain and wither when the soil dries. Ocotillo many animals and were also used as food by candles. This plant is in the same genus as the for , , and deer. holiday favorite Poinsettia. means little in Mexican Spanish. Native Americans. The Spanish name, Camote de Raton, means mouse’s sweet potato.

Leucophyllum frutescens—Cenzio, Purple Sage: Indigofera lindheimeriana—Indigofera: A Mahonia trifoliolata—Agarito, Algerita: 3-6 Mimosa borealis—Fragrant mimosa: Long, Compact shrub, 2-5 ft. tall, occasionally reaches perennial subshrub named after Ferdinand ft. evergreen shrub, can reach 8 ft. in favorable slender, intricately-branched stems of this 2-6 8 ft. in height, and -4 6 ft. in width. Popular Lindheimer, who is often called the Father of conditions. Wood bright yellow. Fruit a ft. deciduous shrub. Thorns scattered along the water-conserving ornamentals in the Texas Botany. red berry, edible, appearing from May to July. branches. Fragrant, pink flowers occur in soft, Southwest. dense ball-shaped clusters.

Larrea tridentata—Creosote bush: 3-5 ft., evergreen shrub which can reach 10 ft. Liatris punctata - Gayfeather: A long Melampodium leucanthum—Blackfoot Daisy: Nolina lindheimeriana—Devil's shoestring: Decoctions from its leaves are used as taproot makes this drought-tolerant. Can Low, round, bushy plant. Flower heads of 8-10 Resembles a large clump of grass in the open antiseptics and emetics. Its pungency fills the be used to treat heart pain, stomachache, broad white rays surrounding a small yellow and in light shade on limestone slopes and cliffs. air following rains. improve appetite, bladder and kidney central disk which are solitary and terminal on Flowers about 3/16 inch wide, white to cream, problems, or applied to swellings slender stalks. numerous on slender branches.

Leucaena retusa—Goldenball leadtree: A Nolina microcarpa—Sacahuista, Beargrass: small, multi-trunked tree or large shrub, 12-15 Lonicera albiflora—White Honeysuckle: Long, Menodora longiflora—Showy Menodora: This Not a true grass but a succulent member of the ft. tall, which can reach 25 ft. Bark is flaky and graceful, sometimes twining branches of white plant has a long, narrow tube flower, with the lily family. It has been utilized to construct cinnamon-colored. A good browse plant for honeysuckle can reach 10 ft. Serves as browse stamens hidden inside the tube. Grows 12-18 baskets. Sacahuista is a combination of two cattle. for deer. Its berries attract birds. inches tall. Aztec words: zacatl (grass) and huitztli (thorn). Nyctaginia capitata—Scarlet muskflower, Ptelea trifoliata—Wafer Ash: Aromatic shrub or Rhus virens—Evergreen Sumac: Fruit matures in Salvia farinacea—Mealy Blue Sage: Named for Devil's bouquet: This plant is a member of small tree with a rounded crown. The bitter mid-September and is covered with fine hair. the mealy-white appearance of the sepals, the Four-O’clock family. Flowers open in cool bark of the , like other aromatic barks, has Grown to make a nice, thick hedge or screen fast which are covered with felted hairs. The leaves of evening and close in the hot sun of the been used for home remedies. growing, generally insect and disease-free, and may or may not have teeth. next day. drought tolerant.

Opuntia imbricata—Cholla, Desert Walking Quercus vaseyana—Vasey Oak: Incredibly Salvia greggii—Autumn Sage: A popular Ribes aureum—Buffalo Currant: Adaptable Stick: Large, showy, reddish-purple flowers drought tolerant, but stress can cause it to landscape plant in the Southwest, used as a plant, tolerating standing water to drought. open wide. ripen from green to rose to grow only into a small tree. Deer, squirrels, wild small, ornamental, flowering shrub or as a low Provides nectar to hummingbirds, butterflies yellow. First bush-like cholla when traveling turkeys and other wildlife feed on the acorns. hedge. Disease and insect free, drought tolerant. and bees. Birds, bears and rodents eat the from the Once established, should not be fertilized fruit. East to the Southwest.

Prosopis glandulosa—Honey Mesquite: Rhus trilobata—Three Leaf Sumac: Drought Salvia ballotiflora—Mejorana, Blue Shrub Senna lindheimeriana—Velvet leaf senna: A A shrub or small tree to 30 ft. Twigs are armed tolerant. Useful in erosion control. Only female Sage: Much-branched aromatic shrub with bushy perennial, 3-6 ft. high. Effective in a with sharp thorns up to 2 inches. Cattlemen plants produce flowers and berries. Food for square stems. Leaves are opposite with wildflower garden as a specimen or background regard as range weeds and eradicate them. birds and . serrated margins, hairy above and below. plant. An important source of food for birds. Indians prepared meal and cakes from the pods. Flowers bluish-purple in elongated clusters. Sophora secundiflora—Texas Mountain Laurel, Viguiera stenoloba—Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye: Yucca thompsoniana—Thompson's Yucca: Mescal bean: Brilliant, lacquer red seeds were Grows 2-4 ft. Prolific, daisy-like, yellow-orange Grows 6–12 feet high, treelike, with a trunk valued by indigenous people for ornament and flowers bloom atop leafless stalks. Extremely 5–8 inches in diameter, usually unbranched. ceremonial use. Highly poisonous alkaloid drought-tolerant plant. Makes an excellent tall Stays neat and will adapt to any soil and cytosine, widely cited as a narcotic and ground cover or small flowering shrub. reflected heat. hallucinogen.

Wedelia texana—Zexmenia: A small shrub, Sphaeralcea angustifolia—Copper mallow: Ziziphus obtusifolia—Lotebush: Frequent in from 8 in. to 3 ft. tall. Woody branches send Normally 2–3 feet tall, sometimes up to 6 feet. unshaded places with very shallow soil over down roots and gradually increase the plants’ Flowers blooms between June and November limestone. Bark with lengthwise cracks resulting circumference. It is long-lived and and may bloom more than once during that time from radial growth. Inconspicuous flower clusters. non-aggressive. if rains are favorable.

The Ozona Chamber of Commerce would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Lady Johnson Wildflower Center for granting permission to use much of the Yucca baccata—Banana yucca: Grows in photography and information found in this Ungnadia speciosa—Mexican Buckeye: An 8-12 clumps with short, reclining stems. The brochure. ft., deciduous tree, can reach 30 ft. in height. flowering stem is up to 40 in. tall, bears large, Sweetish but poisonous seeds are sometimes pendant, fleshy, white flowers with a red-purple used by children as marbles. tinge.

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