MITCHELL LAKE AUDUBON CENTER Preliminary Plant List - Compiled by Patty Leslie Pasztor 2010 & 2011 Note: Plants marked with an * are non-native. Scientific names in parentheses are former names or synonyms. TREES: Common Name Scientific Name Black Willow Salix nigra Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia Coma, La Coma Sideroxylon celastrina (Bumelia celastrina) Cottonwood (sm trees in drainage areas) Populus deltoides Hackberry / Sugarberry Celtis laevigata var laevigata Hackberry / Net-leaf Hackberry Celtis laevigata var. reticulata Huisache Acacia farnesiana Mesquite Prosopis gladulosa Plateau Live Oak (planted on trail to pond) Quercus fusiformis Retama Parkinsonia aculeata Soapberry (formerly near Bird Pond – died 2009) Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii Texas Persimmon Diospyros texana *Chinaberry Melia azedarach *Chinese Tallow Triadica sebifera (Sapium sebiferum) *Mulberry, White (drainages & near Bird Pond) Morus alba, Morus sp. SHRUBS: Common Name Scientific Name Agarita Berberis trifoliolata Brasil / Bluewood Condalia Condalia hookeri Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis False Willow/ Poverty Weed Baccharis neglecta Desert Yaupon Schafferia cuneifolia Goatbush / Amargosa Castela erecta ssp. texana Guayacan Guajacum angustifolium Hog Plum Colubrina texensis Lotebush Ziziphus obtusifolia Spiny Hackberry / Granjeno Celtis pallida Whitebrush Aloysia gratissima Wolfberry Lycium berlandieri Yucca, Spanish Dagger Yucca treculeana * Lantana, Pink/Yellow, Calico Bush Lantana camara (from West Indies) CACTUS: Common Name Scientific Name Fish-Hook Cactus / Hedgehog Cactus Ferocactus setispinus Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia engelmannia var. lindheimeri Tasajillo / Pencil Cactus Opuntia leptocaulis VINES: Common Name Scientific Name Common Balloon-vine Cardiospermum halicacabum Dewberry Rubus trivialis Ivy Treebine / Cow Itch vine Cissus trifoliata (C. incisa) Meloncito Creeping or Guadalupe Cucumber Melothra pendula Milkweed Vine / Swallowwort Cynanchum barbigerum Milkweed Vine Funarium cynanchoides (Sarcostema cynanchoides) Old Man’s Beard Clematis drummondii Poison Ivy (near ponds/moist drainages) Toxicodendron radicans Purple Bindweed / Common Morning Glory Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotrilobada Snailseed Vine Cocculus carolinus Texas Nightshade Solanum triquetrum Vetch / Deer Vetch Vicia lindheimeriana WILDFLOWERS / FORBS: Common Name Scientific Name American Germander Teucrium canadense (edge of ponds) Anemone / Wind Flower Anemone heterophylla Aster /Hierba del Marrano Symphyotrichum subulatum (Aster subulatus) Bedstraw / Cleavers Galium aparine Black–eyed Susan / Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Broomweed Amphyachyris dracunculoides Buffalo Bur Solanum rostratum Camphorweed Heterothea subaxillaris subsp. latifolia Chile Pequin Capsicum annuum Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium Coreopsis / Golden Wave Coreopsis sp. Cowpen Daisy Verbesina encelioides Crow Poison Nothoscordum bivalve Cucumber Plant / Pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica False Aloe/Manfreda Manfreda maculosa Frostweed Verbesina virginica Gaura, Tall / Lizard Tail Gaura Gaura mollis (G. parviflora) Gaura / False Honeysuckle Gaura sp. Geranium, Wild Geranium carolinianum Ground Cherry, Yellow Physalis cinarescens 2 WILDFLOWERS / FORBS Continued Common Name Scientific Name Hierba de Zizotes / Milkweed Asclepias oenotherioides Horsemint / Beebalm (Pale orYellow) Monarda punctata Illinois Bundleflower (planted n. of Bird Pond) DesmanthusIllinoensis Indian Paintbrush Castileja indivisa Lamb’s Quarters Chenopodium sp. Lazy Daisy Aphanostephus sp. Mallow, Indian Abutilon fruticosum (A. incanum) Mexican Hat Ratibida columnifera Peppergrass / Pepperweed Lepidium virginicum Pigeonberry / Rouge Plant Rivina humilis Prairie or Edwards Agalinus/Prairie Snapdragon Agalinus edwardsiana Prickly Poppy, White Argemone albiflora Primrose, Pink Evening Oenothera speciosa Primrose, Stemless Yellow /Buttercup Oenothera triloba Rabbit Tobacco Evax prolifera or E. nodosa Ragweed, Giant Ambrosia trifida Ragweed, Western / Short Ambrosia psylostachya Redbud / Menodora Menodora heterophylla Red Salvia / Tropical Sage Salvia coccinea Rock Cress Arabis petiolaris Rough Gromwell, Rough Stoneseed Lithospermum matamorense Sida / Creeping Yellow Sida Sida abutifolia Scrambled Eggs Corydalis curvisiliqua Silver leaf Nightshade Solanum eleganifolium Smartweed Persicaria bicornis (Polygonum bicorne) Spiny Aster (shrub-like) Chloracantha spinosa (Aster spinosus) Stork’s Bill Erodium texanum Straggler Daisy Calyptocarpus vialis Sunflower, Annual Helianthus annuus Texas Dandelion Pyrrhopappus multicaulis Texas Groundsel Senecio ampullaceus Thistle Cirsium sp. Toad Flax Linaria texana Tube Tongue Justicia pilosella (Siphonoglossa pilosella) Venus’ Looking Glass Triodanis perfoliata Verbena, Low Glandularia pumila (Verbena pumila) Verbena, Prairie Glandularia pinnatifida (Verbena bipinnatifida) Verbena, Texas / Texas Vervain Verbena halei White Mistflower /Boneset (near pond edges) Eupatorium serotinum Wild Carrot / Rattlesnake-Weed Daucus pusillus Wild Garlic Allium drummondii Wild Petunia Ruellia nudiflora Wood Sorrel / Sour Clover (yellow) Oxalis dilennii * Beggar’s Tick’s / Hedge Parsley Torilis arvensis WILDFLOWERS / FORBS Continued 3 Common Name Scientific Name * Bur Clover Medicago sp. * Cheeses / Mallow Malva parviflora * Henbit Lamium amplexicaulus * Smartweed / Peppergrass Polygonum hydropiperoides * Sow Thistle Sonchus asper *Thistle, Malta Star Centaurea melitensis *Thistle, Musk Carduus nutans * Turnip Weed/ Wild Mustard/Bastard Cabbage Rapistrum rugosum * Verbena /Brazilian Vervain Verbena brasiliensis * White Clover Melilotus albus GRASSES Common Name Scientific Name Hooded Windmillgrass Chloris cucullata Little Barley Hordeum pusillum Side-Oats Grama (n of Bird pond) Bouteloua curtipendula Silver Bluesterm Bothriochloa laguroides Southwestern Bristlegrass Setaria scheelei Texas Wintergrass Nasella leucotricha (Stipa leucotricha) Three-awn Aristida spp. Vine Mesquite Panicum obtusum White Tridens Tridens albescens *Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon *Johnsongrass Sorghum halapense *King Ranch Bluestem Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica *Rescuegrass Bromus catharticus (B. unioloides) This is a work in progress. For corrections, additions, or comments, feel free to contact Patty L. Pasztor at [email protected]. Thank you! 4 .