Plants of the
San Antonio Natural Area Parks

Includes Eisenhower Park, Friedrich Wilderness Park, Crown Ridge Canyon Natural Area, and Medina River Natural Area. This is a comprehensive list, not all plants listed may be found in every park.

CR = Crown Ridge, EP = Eisenhower Park, FP = Friedrich Park, MR = Medina River
Plant Marker Key

No. Common Name Botanical Name Area
1 Narrow-leaf Yucca Yucca constricta FP
2 Ancient Cedar (200 - 300 years) Juniperus ashii FP
3 Rough-leaf Dogwood Cornus drummondii  FP, MR
4 White Honeysuckle Lonicera albiflora FP
5 Twist-leaf Yucca Yucca rupicola  CR, EP, FP, MR
6 Spanish Dagger Yucca treculeana FP
7 Shin Oak Quercus sinuata var. breviloba CR, EP, FP
8 Texas Sotol Dasylirion texanum CR, EP, FP
9 Mexican Plum Prunus mexicana FP
10 Creek Plum Prunus rivularis FP
11 Seven-leaf Creeper Parthenocissus heptaphylla FP
12 Mountain Cedar Juniperus ashei CR, EP, FP
13 Virginia Creeper Parthonecissus quinquefolia FP, MR
14 Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa CR, EP, FP
15 Yellow Passion Flower Passiflora affinis FP
16 Huisache Acacia smallii FP, MR
17 Little-leaf Mulberry Morus microphylla FP
18 Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus FP
19 Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica FP
20  Texas Redbud Cercis canadensis var. texensis CR, EP, FP
21 Carolina Buckthorn Rhamnus caroliniana  EP, FP
22 Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia CR, EP, FP, MR
23 Silk Tassle Garrya lindheimeri CR, EP, FP, MR
24 Possumhaw or Deciduous Holly Ilex decidua FP
25 Hoptree or Wafer-ash Ptelea trifoliata CR, FP, MR
26 Frostweed Verbesina virginica CR, FP
27 Turk’s-cap Malvaviscus drummondii CR, EP, FP, MR
28 Yellow Buckeye Aesculus pavia var. flavescens CR, FP
29 Mountain Grape Vitis monticola CR, EP, FP
30 Texas Prickly-pear Opuntia lindheimeri EP, FP
31 Cow-itch Vine Cissus incisa FP
32 Damianita Chrysactinia mexicana FP
33 Kidneywood Eysenhardtia texana EP, FP
34 Bear-grass Nolina texana CR, EP, FP
35 Devil’s shoestring Nolina lindheimeri FP
36 Old Man’s Beard Clematis drummondii FP
37 Agarita Berberis trifoliolata CR, EP, FP, MR
38 Two-leaved Senna Cassia roemeriana FP
39 Lindheimer’s Senna Cassia lindhemeri EP, FP
40 Catclaw Acacia roemeriana CR, EP, FP
41 Black Dalea Dalea frutescens FP
42 Queen’s Delight Stillingia texana FP
43 Redroot Ceonothus herbaceus  FP
44 Texas Persimmon Diospyros texana CR, EP, FP, MR
45 Rose Pavonia Pavionia lasiopetala FP
46 Bee-brush Aloysia gratissima FP
47 Evergreen Sumac Rhus virens CR, EP, FP
48 Texas Lantana Lantana horrida FP
49 Spring Herald or Elbow-bush Forestiera pubescens CR, FP
50 Tingle-tongue or Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum hirsutu CR, EP, FP
51 Brown-spined Prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha FP
52 Plains Prickly-pear Opuntia macrorhiza FP
53 Lacey Oak Quercus glaucoides FP
54 Escarpment Cherry Prunus serotina var. eximia CR, EP, FP
55 Dewberry Rubus trivialis FP, MR
56 Buffalo Gourd Cucurbita foetidissima FP
57 Anemia Anemia mexicana FP
58 Soap-berry Sapindus saponaria var. drummondi FP, MR
59 Roosevelt Weed Baccharis neglecta FP
60 Plateau Live Oak Quercus fusiformis CR, EP, FP
61 Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica CR, EP, FP
62 Black Walnut Juglans major CR, FP
63 Tatalencho Gymnosperma glutinosum CR, FP
64 Black-foot Daisy Melampodium leucanthum CR, FP
65 Cat Brier or Green Brier Smilax bona-nox CR, EP, FP, MR
66 Little Bluestem Schizachryrium scoparium CR, FP
67 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardi FP
68 Mesquite Prosopis glandulos CR, EP, FP, MR
69 Hackberry Celtis lindheimeri CR, FP
70 Netleaf Hackberry Celtis reticulata FP
71 Pink Mimosa Mimosa borealis CR, EP, FP
72 Mustang Grape Vitis mustangensis FP, MR
73 Eastern Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides  CR, EP, FP
74 Lindheimer’s Muhly Muhlenbergia lindheimeri FP
75 Balsam-gourd  Ibervillea lindheimeri FP
76 Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans CR, EP, FP, MR
77 Eve’s Necklace Sophora affinis EP, FP
78 Mescalbean or Texas Mountain Laurel Sophora secundiflora CR, FP, MR
79 Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum FP
80 Flame-leaf Sumac Rhus copallina var. lanceolata EP, FP
81 Texas Red Oak or Spanish Oak Quercus buckleyi CR, EP, FP
82 Shrubby Boneset Eupatorium havanense EP, FP
83 Shrubby Croton or Encinilla Croton fruticulosus FP
84 Gum Bumelia Bumelia lanuginosa CR, EP, FP
85 Black Willow Salix nigra MR
86 Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum MR
87 Box elder Acer negundo MR
88 Bluewood, Brazil  Condalia hookeri MR
89 Cottonwood Populus deltoides MR
90 Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvania MR
91 Guayacan Guaiacum angustifolium MR
92 Pecan Carya illinoisensis MR
93 Inland Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolum MR
94 Alamo Vine Merremia dissecta MR
95 Retama Parkinsonia aculeata MR
96 Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia engelmannii MR
97 Hackberry Celtis laevigata EP, MR
98 Netleaf Hackberry Celtis laevigata var. reticulata MR
99 Velvet-leaf Mallow Wissadula holosericea MR
185 Seep Muhly Muhlenbergia reverchonii CR
186 Flor de San Juan (Rock Trumpet) Macrosiphonia macrosiphon CR

You can print this list and bring it to the park as a trail guide.