St. John Encampment Commons: dwg. plant list

St. John Encampment Commons – Plant Species
Dwg. landscape architects

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BENEFITS TO WILDLIFE:

Plants that attract pollinators (bees, moths,beetles, flies, wasps, butterflies, hummingbirds, birds)

Support Monarchs/ Migration, pollinators, birds, wildlife

Increased biodiversity, drought tolerant, mostly native species (some adapted) tough as nails, low water

LARGE TREES

Live Oaks (new, existing and transplants) – hughes shade, habitat, attracts birds, butterflies, larval host for Horace’s Duskywing White M Hairstreak and Northern Hairstreak

Mexican Sycamore (Platanus mexicana) adapted, fast growing shade provider, tough

Lacey Oak (Quercus laceyi) attracts birds, provides food, habitat and cover for wildlife

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) native , big shade, habitat, nesting, habitat for insects,seeds for birds, small mammals , larval host to Bald Cypress Sphynx

Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia) shade, seeds, birds, cover for insects, habitat, larval host for Morning Cloak and Question Mark

UNDERSTORY TREES & LARGE SHRUBS

Possumhaw Holly (Ilex decidua) attract pollinators, attract birds and wildlife

Texas Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) – attracts pollinators, larval host to Henry’s Elfin butterfly

Yaupon Holly- attracts bird, butterflies, berries eaten by birds and mammals, larval host to Henry’s Elfin Butterfly, nectar source

Eve’s Necklace (Styphnolobium affine) nectar source, attracts bees, nesting for habitat

Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) attracts butterflies and other pollinators.

Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) bees, nectar, nectar butterflies, nectar moths, seeds eaten by birds and mammals, larval host to Henry’s Elfin butterfly

SHRUBS, PERENNIALS, GROUNDCOVERS

False Indigo Bush- Amorpha fruticosa (in original plan but was subbed with a variety of Buddleia) nectar bees, butterflies, pollinators, larval host to some

Agarita (Mahonia trifoliata) tough as nails native evergree, birds eat fruit, nectar for pollinators
Dwarf Palmetto- (Sabal minor) provides fruit for birds, nectar for insects and habitat cover for mammals.

Shrubby Boneset (Ageratina havanensis) attract butterflies (fall nectar for migration), moths, hummingbirds. Larval Host to Rawson’s Metalmark.

Mediterranean Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis) (added later by landscape contractor)

Sweet Almond Verbena (Aloysia virgata) Not native but adapted.Pollinators love it, hummingbirds, amazing smell. Root hardy

Wooly Butterfly Bush (Buddleia marrubifolia) – froze back in snowpocalypse, nectar for butterflies (this froze during Snowpocalypse)

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) attracts birds and butterflies

Mexican Pride of Barbados (Caesaelpinia pulcherrima) – adapted, attracts pollinators

Bicolor Iris – Dietes bicolor adapted , attracts pollinators, sometimes evergreen

Texas White Spider Lily (Hymenocallis liriosme) nectar insects

Mexican Honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera) adapted, usually root hardy, attracts pollinators + hummingbirds

Texas Ranger Compact Leucophyllum (Leucophyllum frutescens ‘compacta’) nectar for pollinating insects, larval host to Theona Checkerspot, Calleta Silkmoth

Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii ) attracts birds, butterflies and especially Hummingbirds!

‘Peter’s Purple’ Mondarda (Monarda fistulosa ‘Peter’s Purple’) not native, adapted hybrid, bees! Pollinators, hummingbirds! In the mint family so it spreads.gets taller than you would think too.

Firecracker Fern (Russelia equisetiformis) adapted , hummingbirds and butterflies

‘Henry Duelberg’ Sage (Salvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’) Native hybrid, butterflies, hummingbirds, bees

‘Amistad’ Salvia guaranitica (Can’t remember f this one made it into the project or not)? Maybe subbed for indigo spires salvia? Adapted, attracts pollinators

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) monarch larval host source and larval host to hairstreaks and Queens, attracts hummingbirds,nectar for pollinators

White Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii white) attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

Fall Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) bees! , pollinators

Silver Bush Germander (Teuchrium fruticans) not native, somewhat adapted. Nectar for pollinators

Flame Acanthus- (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii) nectar for butterflies, hummingbirds, larval host for Janais Patch and Texan Crescentspot

Fall Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) nectar attracts hummingbirds and butterflies

‘Whirling Butterflies’ Guara (Guara lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’) or Oenothera lindheimeri? Native /hybrid, attracts pollinators
Silver Ponyfoot (Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls) hybrid

Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum) nectar bees, butterflies, seed for birds

Creeping Germander (Teuchrium aroaneum? ) recent addition under pavillion

Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) attracts numerous pollinators, larval host for three different types of butterflies/ moths

XERICS & WOODY LILIES

Wheeler’s Blue Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri)

Green Goblet Agave (Agave salmiana var. ferox ‘Green Goblet’) cold hardy! adapted

Whale’s Tongue Agave (Agave ovatifolia) native to Chihuahuan Desert in northern Mexico, adapted

Gopher Spurge (Euphorbia rigida) tough as nails adapted

Texas Beargrass/ Texas Sacahuista (Nolina texana) larval host to Sandia Streak butterfly, attracts butterflies

Pale Leaf Yucca (Yucca pallida) nectar moths, fruit for deer, larval host to Yucca Giant Skipper Butterfly

Blue Nolina (Nolina nelsonii) these may not have made it into the project ? not as cold hardy

Spineless Prickly Pear (Opuntia cacanapa ‘Ellisiana’) adapted, hybrid cultivar, nectar for native bees and pollinators (cold hardy)

GRASSES & SEDGES

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Wildlife nesting, seeds for small mammals, attracts birds and butterflies, larval host to Ottoe Skipper, Indian Skipper, Crossline Skipper, Dusted Skipper, Cobweb Butterfly, Dixie Skipper

Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) State Grass of Texas, seeds for birds, nesting habitat, attracts birds and butterflies, larval hosts to Dotted Skipper and Green Skipper Butterflies

Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracillis) seeds for birds, attracts birds and butterflies, larval host for skippers

Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tennuisima) native to West Texas and parts of New Mexico, Mexico ( might be invasive in some areas?)

Bamboo Muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa)

‘Regal Mist’ Gulf Muhly- (Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘Regal Mist’) provide wildlife habitat

Inland Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) seeds eaten by mammals and birds, stems and leaves used as nesting material for different animals, larval host plant to 4 different types of butterflies.

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) seeds eaten by birds, habitat and nesting for wildlife, attracts birds and butterflies, larval host to several skipper species.

Lindheimer Muhly (Muhlenbergia linheimeri) nesting material, habitat, seeds for birds

Cherokee Sedge (Carex cherokeensis)

Texas Sedge (Carex texensis)

SOD
Latitude 36 Bermuda Sod (Tough turf for heavy use, drought tolerance)

*much of the plant information above was found on the LBJ Wildflower Center Website