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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Agavaceae	Agavaceae	Agave Family
Agavaceae	Agave	Century Plant, Maguey
Agavaceae	Agave americana ssp. americana	Century-plant, Maguey	Sandy desert scrub, disturbed areas, dunes, spread weakly from cultivation.	Native of Mexico and s. TX, and rarely escaping in e. TX east to s. FL and north to s. NC.
Agavaceae	Agave americana ssp. protamericana	Wild Century-plant	Sandy desert scrub.	Native to ne. Mexico; it is only known in the wild in our region from Starr County, TX.
Agavaceae	Agave angustifolia	Century Plant	Disturbed sandy areas, hammocks, and dunes.	Native of Mexico and Central America, escaped in peninsular FL..
Agavaceae	Agave asperrima ssp. asperrima	Rough Agave, Maguey Cenizo	Desert scrub.	S. TX and n. Mexico.
Agavaceae	Agave decipiens	Florida Agave, False-sisal	Shell middens and coastal hammocks, rockland hammocks, coastal rock barrens, often persisting as small understory plants vegetatively until tree-fall gaps stimulate flowering.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave desmetiana	Dwarf Century-plant	Sandy soils in hammocks and along roadsides.	Native to Mexico, introduced in peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave lophantha	Thorn-crested Agave	Sandy and sandy loam desert flats or disturbed areas near habitations.	S. TX south to c. Mexico (COA, HID, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER), occasionally cultivated and rarely escaping outside its native range (E. Keith, pers. comm.).
Agavaceae	Agave sisalana	Sisal, Sisal-hemp	Coastal hammocks and dunes, and other disturbed areas.	Native of Mexico, introduced in peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave weberi	Small’s Agave, Wild Century-plant	Sandy scrub (in s. TX) and shell middens and coastal thickets (in peninsular FL); apparently introduced from Mexico in both areas.	Native to Mexico; introduced in s. TX and peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Camassia	Wild Hyacinth, Quamash Lily, Camas Lily
Agavaceae	Camassia angusta	Prairie Camas	Mesic upland prairies, oak savannas, rocky woodlands.	Wc. IN, IL, e. IA south through MO, e. KS, c. and w. AR, OK to se. and c. TX. This species is very rare in TX and overreported because of misidentifications of C. scilloides.
Agavaceae	Camassia scilloides	Wild Hyacinth, Quamash Lily, Eastern Camas Lily	Circumneutral prairies, oak savannas, calcareous glades, woodlands, and forests; eastwards relictual and scattered in circumneutral soils, in GA, VA, and WV on limestone, in NC on slopes and natural levees in rich alluvium along the Roanoke River, in SC over gabbro.	W. PA and s. ON west to s. WI and e. KS, south to nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and TX, nearly entirely west of the Blue Ridge, with only a few disjunct occurrences in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
Agavaceae	Camassia species 1
Agavaceae	Chlorophytum	Spider-plant
Agavaceae	Chlorophytum comosum	Spider-plant, Airplane-plant	Suburban woodlands.	Native of s. Africa. Weakly naturalized in s. AL (Diamond 2014), FL, SC, and se. TX (E. Keith, pers. comm., 2024), and probably more generally in the southern portions of our region.
Agavaceae	Echeandia	Crag-lily, Echeandia
Agavaceae	Echeandia chandleri	Lila de los Llanos	Chaparral, thickets, prairies; nonsaline clay in coastal prairie grassland remnants and among shrubs or in unshaded openings in subtropical woodlands or shrublands, saline clay of lomas (clay dunes that form elevated landforms within a matrix of tidal flats); locally frequent on slightly saline clay dunes at the mouth of the Rio Grande" (Carr 2016; Poole et al. 2007).	S. TX near the coast (Cameron, Kleberg, and Nueces counties); apparently also in ne. Mexico (CHI, COA, NLE, TAM), though some of these records may be based on misidentification of other Echeandia species.
Agavaceae	Echeandia flavescens	Torrey's Crag-lily	Grassy openings in juniper woodlands.	C. TX west to NM and AZ, south into Mexico; n. South America. This species is very rare in c. TX and known from only one location within our region (Diggs et al. 2006).
Agavaceae	Echeandia texensis	Texas Crag-lily	Clay dunes, llanos; "among shrubs or in grassy openings in subtropical thorn shrublands on somewhat saline clay of lomas along the Gulf Coast near the mouth of the Rio Grande" (Carr 2016).	Known only from Cameron Co. in s. TX and one 1939 collection from San Luis Potosí, Mexico (Poole et al. 2007).
Agavaceae	Furcraea	Sisal
Agavaceae	Furcraea foetida	Mauritius-hemp	Rockland hammocks, beach dunes, and other dry, disturbed areas near old homesites, establishing from horticultural use.	Native of tropical America; widely introduced throughout the tropics worldwide, rarely escaped in s. peninsular FL. This species is cultivated in subtropical and tropical regions as a fiber and textile product, and as an ornamental plant.
Agavaceae	Furcraea hexapetala		"Another ornamental in cultivation; may persist in old sites" (Long & Lakela (1976).
Agavaceae	Furcraea selloa	Wild Sisal	Dry, disturbed areas near old homesites.	Native of Colombia; introduced in Central America and Mexico, rarely escaped in peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Hesperaloe	Hesperaloe
Agavaceae	Hesperaloe engelmannii	Engelmann's Red Hesperaloe	Gravelly limestone or sandy soil in shrublands and oak-juniper woodlands, also sometimes cultivated.	Endemic to TX.
Agavaceae	Hesperaloe parviflora ssp. parviflora	Red Hesperaloe, Red-flowered Yucca	Rocky limestone soils in grasslands, shrublands and oak-juniper woodlands; also frequently used horticulturally	TX and adjacent Mexico, occasionally escaping cultivation in e. TX. This species is frequently cultivated but is rare in the wild where it naturally occurs in the western portion of c. TX.
Agavaceae	Hosta	Hosta, Plantain-lily
Agavaceae	Hosta lancifolia	Narrowleaf Plantain-lily	Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent; ‘native’ of Japan (but probably only of garden origin).	Reported as naturalizing in AR (Serviss & Peck 2016), and also rarely escaping in DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, and probably elsewhere.
Agavaceae	Hosta plantaginea	Fragrant Plantain-lily	Widely planted as a shade ornamental, rarely persistent.	Native of China; rarely escaping from cultivation in NJ, PA, VA, and likely elsewhere.
Agavaceae	Hosta ventricosa	Blue Plantain-lily	Widely planted as a shade ornamental and occasionally escaping in disturbed areas.	Native of China; rarely escaping throughout the northeastern portion of our area southward and westward to AR and NC, also reported for AL by Diamond (2014).
Agavaceae	Manfreda	Tube-rose, Spice-lily, Amole Plant, Huaco, American-aloe
Agavaceae	Manfreda longiflora	Runyon's Huaco, St. Joseph's Staff	Gravelly slopes in thorn shrublands dominated by Vachellia rigidula and on saline clay flats in low succulent shrublands dominated by Varilla texana (Carr 2016).	S. TX and ne Mexico (NLE, TAM).
Agavaceae	Manfreda maculosa	Texas Tube-rose, Spice-lily, Amole Plant, Huaco	Open areas in shrublands and mesquital.	S. TX south to ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM).
Agavaceae	Manfreda sileri	Major Siler's Tube-rose, Major Siler's Huaco	In a variety of grasslands and shrublands, often in the shade of Vachellia rigidula.	S. and sc. TX (Bexar, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Webb counties) to ne. Mexico (TAM).
Agavaceae	Manfreda variegata	Mottled Tube-rose, Huaco, Amole	Rocky slopes and chaparral.	S. TX south into c. Mexico.
Agavaceae	Manfreda virginica ssp. lata	Broadleaf False-aloe, Blackland False-aloe	Mostly in clay Vertisols of blackland prairie sites (Carr 2016).	S. OK south to ne. TX; "endemic to the Cross Timbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion of North Texas and adjacent Oklahoma" (Carr 2016).
Agavaceae	Manfreda virginica ssp. virginica	Eastern Agave, Rattlesnake-master, Eastern False-aloe	Granite flatrocks, diabase glades, limestone and dolomite barrens and glades, xeric woodlands over mafic or calcareous rocks, prairies, sandhill woodlands, open pine forests, dry roadbanks.	E. SC, c. NC, sw. VA, w. WV, s. OH, s. IN, s. IL, and c. MO south to c. peninsular FL and TX.
Agavaceae	Schoenolirion	Sunnybell
Agavaceae	Schoenolirion albiflorum	White Sunnybell	Wet pinelands, cypress depressions, Hypericum depressions, wet pine savannas, and hammocks.	E. GA south to s. FL. This species is rare in se. Georgia but is relatively common along the Atlantic Coast, southern peninsula, and disjunct westward to the Forgotten Coast region of FL.
Agavaceae	Schoenolirion croceum	Yellow Sunnybell	Wet pine savannas, bogs, seepage slopes, seepages on granite flatrocks, limestone glades.	SC (and apparently NC) south to ne. FL, west to se. TX; and in c. TN (Chester et al. 1993). The occurrence in NC in "wet pinelands" in Richmond County referred to in RAB has not been relocated or further documented. This species is very localized on limestone outcrops in c. TN and n. AL, sandstone outcrops of the AL plateau region, granite outcrops of the GA and Carolina Piedmont, Selma chalk outcrops in w. AL, and wet pinelands and boggy areas in more southern and western parts of its range. All of these habitats are very wet in spring and often very dry in summer.
Agavaceae	Schoenolirion wrightii	Texas Sunnybell	Saline prairies, seepage over sandstone, Catahoula barrens; "rocky barrens in the Post Oak region near College Station, with a few disjunct populations on the Catahoula Formation of southeast Texas" (Carr 2016). This species occurs in habitats similar to those of S. croceum in the Alabama plateau region and in the western part of its range.	Se. AR and w. LA west to e. TX; disjunct eastward in ne. AL.
Agavaceae	Yucca	Yucca, Adam's-needle, Rock-lily
Agavaceae	Yucca aloifolia	Spanish Dagger	Dunes; also cultivated and persisting for decades at old homesteads, dump sites, and along railroads.	Se. VA south to s. FL and west to se. TX; Bahamas; also in s. Mexico (Villaseñor 2016).
Agavaceae	Yucca arkansana	Arkansas Yucca	Glades, exposed bluffs, dry woodlands, prairies, river scour, dry, open habitats.	S. MO and se. KS south through AR and OK to s. TX.
Agavaceae	Yucca carrii	Carr's Yucca	Coastal prairies, sometimes brackish, mima mound edges, chenier plain woodlands.	Coastal areas of se. TX (Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda counties).
Agavaceae	Yucca cernua	Weeping Yucca	Acidic clay soils, in prairie openings in and along margins of pine-hardwood forests, and adjacent rights-of-way primarily over Redco Soil Series	Endemic to e. TX (Hardin, Jasper, & Newton counties) and w. LA (Vernon Parish) (Singhurst et al. 2022).
Agavaceae	Yucca constricta	Buckley's Yucca	Limestone outcrops, granitic soils, openings in shrublands, and rocky prairies.	TX (and perhaps Mexico).
Agavaceae	Yucca filamentosa	Curlyleaf Yucca, Spoonleaf Yucca	Woodlands, forests, dunes, sandhills, roadsides, disturbed areas. Wooded margins of granite flatrocks and similar fire-shadow sites in sandhills. Also occasionally in coastal grasslands.	S. NJ south to GA, west to MS; escaped from cultivation over a broader area of e. United States.
Agavaceae	Yucca flaccida	Weakleaf Yucca	Thin soils around rock outcrops, woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Sw. VA, c. NC and TN south to s. FL and AL; cultivated and rarely escaping westward, especially as variegated forms.
Agavaceae	Yucca freemanii	Freeman's Yucca	Usually sandy soils in open pine and pine-hardwood forests with herbaceous understories.	Ne. TX, nw. LA, and se. AR.
Agavaceae	Yucca glauca	Soapweed Yucca	Calcareous shale barrens, loess hill prairies, other prairies.	ND, MT, and AB south to IA, se. MO, c. OK, nw. TX, and s. NM. Yucca glauca has the most extensive distribution of any North American Yucca. Records from east of c. OK are misidentification of Y. arkansana.
Agavaceae	Yucca gloriosa	Mound-lily Yucca, Spanish Bayonet	Dunes, shell middens, also regularly cultivated and often persistent or weakly escaped around old homesites inland.	E. NC (Dare County) south to ne. FL and w. peninsular FL (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008). Populations in se. VA may be escapes from cultivation but occur in natural or semi-natural habitats similar to native occurrences in nearby ne. NC and may represent native occurrences (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019).
Agavaceae	Yucca louisianensis	Louisiana Yucca	Dry woodlands and barrens with sandy soil, such as longleaf pine and shortleaf pine woodlands, sandstone outcrops, post oak woodlands, sandy inclusions in prairies, and openings in shrublands (in s. TX).	S. AR and s. OK south to w. LA and e. TX; reported in e. LA and s. MS.
Agavaceae	Yucca necopina	Glen Rose Yucca, Brazos River Yucca	Sandy soils and occasionally limestone outcrops (Poole et al. 2007).	Endemic to nc. TX.
Agavaceae	Yucca pallida	Pale Yucca	Limestone outcrops, rocky prairies.	Endemic to c. and nc. TX.
Agavaceae	Yucca recurva	Curve-leaf Yucca	Dunes, dry sandy soils, flatwoods, upland forests, disturbed areas; widely cultivated.	GA (or NC and SC?) and Panhandle FL west to w. LA; cultivated and escaping in e. TX but possibly native to dune habitats along se. TX coast occupying habitats similar to its native range eastward.
Agavaceae	Yucca rupicola	Twist-leaf Yucca	Oak-juniper woodlands, grasslands, and outcrops on limestone soils.	Edwards Plateau, just extending into the Blackland Prairie region on limestone; also ne. Mexico.
Agavaceae	Yucca tenuistyla		Sandy coastal prairie, shrublands, and secondary dunes.	Endemic to se. TX in Austin, Brazoria, Galveston, and Waller Cos.
Agavaceae	Yucca torreyi	Torrey's Yucca		C. and se. TX and c. NM south to n. Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, TAM).
Agavaceae	Yucca treculiana	Spanish-dagger, Trécul’s Yucca, Palma Pita	Brushland, grasslands, and scrub.	E. and c. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ south to AGS, CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER).