Draft List of the Cow Barn (CB) Flora (Magnoliophyta)

The Cow Barn, just like everywhere else except the middle of Death Valley, maybe, is located where one biome or whatever, merges into another one. To the immediate west, there are hills, to the immediate east, the terrain is more level. Nearby, there are river terraces, both current and relatively ancient. Most of all this is covered up with humanoid works and structures. Therefore, the flora at the CB is doubtless influenced by all the previous.

In Ray's checklist, below, an asterisk indicates that the species was absent from the Cow Barn, but has subsequently come to be at the Cow Barn abetted by a Cow Barn denizen and/or the Druidry in these parts, or another motile agent acting as a vector. Non-native species, which comprised most of the Magnoliophyta at the Cow Barn prior to our migration to the Cow Barn, are most of the ones subject to "eradication pressure", or they are native and we have something against them. Plants that we tried to introduce against their will are generally identified as (deceased or a synonym thereof).

As hinted at above, the important pre-Druid vegetation at the CB included King Ranch bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon). These days, these central Texas dominants are rare at the CB.

Hmmm. A quick look at Ray’s handy work below indicates that Ray could not decide, in some instances, what is a herb, and what is a shrub, or what is a vine and what is a herb. Oh well!

Apparently also, Ray has eschewed common names, possibly because they annoy him, but also because he is lazy. Hmmm. Ray has made little effort to update scientific names. Oh well, again. Those proposed name changes arrive at a blistering pace anyway. Only the salaried, keep up.

Dr. Rayetta Pistrum (LDR)


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ferns

Thelypteris kunthii

graminoids

Andropogon gerardii *
Andropogon glomeratus *
Andropogon ternarius* (a sand lover that persisted only briefly at the CB)
Aristida purpurea
Bothriochloa barbinodos (we may have introduced this one accidentally, or, it may have been here along)
Bothriochloa ischaemum (a dominant species, formerly, but no longer well-represented, however, one must be constantly alert for re-infestations by this worst of all herbaceous invasives)
Bothriochloa laguroides
Bouteloua curtipendula *
Bouteloua hirsuta *
Bouteloua rigidiseta *
Bouteloua trifida
Brachiaria fasciculata
Bromus japonicus (subject to extreme eradication pressure)
Bromus uniloides (subject to extreme eradication pressure)
Buchloe dactyloides - native and introduced “Prairie” cultivar * (the cultivars are mostly worthless, except the sod is an aid in )
Catapodium rigidum
Cenchrus incertus - (a bar ditch species at the CB, casual eradication pressure)
Chasmanthium latifolium *
Choris verticillata - a great short grass at the CB
Coelorachis cylindrica * this one comes and goes
Cynodon dactylon (subject to extreme eradication pressure)
Dichanthelium oligosanthes *
Digitaria ciliaris
Echinochloa colona
Elymus canandensis
Elymus virginicus
Eragrostis barrelieri - introduced weed of the bar ditch, casual eradication pressure)
Eragrostis intermedia
Eragrostis secundiflora
Eragrostis sessilspica
Eragrostis spectabilis *
Eriochloa contracta
Eriochloa sericea *
Hilaria belangeri *
Hordeum pusillum - a good competitor versus the invasive annual bromes
Leptochloa dubia * - this one comes and goes
Limnodea arkansana - another good competitor versus the invasive annual bromes
Lolium perenne
Muhlenbergia capillaris*
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri *
Panicum capillare
Panicum hallii*
Panicum obtusum *
Panicum virgatum *
Paspalum dilitatum - (subject to extreme eradication pressure)
Paspalum pubiflorum
Poa annua
Poa arachnifera*
Schizachyrium scoparium *
Sorghastrum nutans *
Sorghum halapense (subject to extreme eradication pressure)
Sporobolous asper
Sporobolous vaginiflora
Stenotaphrum secundatum (the matrix grass around human structures, we are punching holes in it to make room for other stuff)
Stipa leucotricha
Tridens buckleyanus* (transplanted but failed)
Tridens flavus *
Tridens muticus *
Tripsacum dactyloides *
Urochloa fasciculata
Vulpia octoflora

sedges

Carex brittoniana*
Carex blanda*
Carex bulbostylis *
Carex cherokeensis *
Carex microdonta *
Carex muhlenbergia var. enermis, (maybe)
Carex sp.
Cyperus alternifolius (eradicated)
Cyperus ochraceus*
Cyperus retroflexus
Cyperus rotundus


herbs and forbs

Abutilon incanum
Acalypha lindheimeri - (now termed A. phleoides, maybe)
Acalypha ostryifolia
Achillea millefolium *
Agalinis heterophylla
Allium canadense*
Allium drummondii*
Allowissadula holosericea*
Amaranthus albus
Ambrosia cumanensis (psilostachya)
Ambrosia trifida
Anemone heterophylla
Arenaria benthamii
Argythamnia humilis
Argythamia mercurialina* (transplanted but failed to take)
Asclepias oenotherioides
Asclepias tuberosa * (this one failed and should not be introduced on clay soils)
Asparagus officinalis -(persistent old garden crop)
Aster ericoides*
Aster patens*
Aster subulatus
Aster oblongifolius
Aster sp.
Bifora americana*
Boerhavia coccinea
Bouchetia erecta *
Brazoria scutellarioides *
Callirhoe involucrata*
Calyophus drummondianus *
Calyptocarpus vialis
Capsella bursa-pastoris (under modest eradication pressure)
Capsicum annuum
Castilleja indivisa - (does not persist due to deer herbivory)
Castilleja purpurea - (ditto, must exclose)
Centaurea americana*
Centaurea melitensis - ( a nasty introduced thistle found in all the commercial seed mixes, bar ditch inhabitant under extreme eradication pressure)
Centaurium texense
Cerastium glomeratus - (under moderate eradication pressure)
Chamaesyce angusta - (arrived in the Valburn dirt)
Chamaesyce maculata
Chamaesyce nutans
Chamaesyce villifera - ( also arrived in the Valburn dirt)
Chenopodium ambrosioides - (epazote, a recent introduction from seed)
Chenopdium album - (maybe)
Cirsium ochrocentrum* (I need to check this one when it blooms again to be sure, whut it is)
Cirsium texanum*
Clematis drummondii
Clematis pitcheri *
Commelina erecta
Cooperia drummondii*
Cooperia pedunculata*
Convolvulus equitans
Conyza canadensis
Croton capitatus* - ( a sand lover persisting on the silt of the old septic field)
Croton monanthogynous
Cymopterus macrorhizous* - (barely still with us)
Cynanchum unifarium
Daucus pusillus
Datura wrightii * - (comes and goes, but needs lots of help)
Delphinium carolinianum* (deer eat these up like candy so they must be re-introduced or exclosed)
Desmanthus velutinus
Dichondra carolinensis
Dicliptera brachiata*
Draba cuneifolia _ (arrived in the Valburn dirt)
Echinacea cultivar * - (these purple cone flowers do not persist at the CB)
Engelmania pinnatifida*
Eryngium leavenworthii* (came in with sod from wherever the sod came from)
Erigeron modestus* - (also, some new ones arrived with the Valburn dirt)
Erythrina herbacea*
Eupatorium greggii * - (all the Eupsy daisys are excellent for bugs)
Eupatorium incarnatum*
Eupatorium serotinum*
Euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia spathulata
Eustoma grandiflora* - (has been present on occasion, but does not persist)
Evax verna
Evolvulus nutallianus* - (introduced but failed to take)
Evolvulus sericeus
Facelis retusa - (goofy non-native lawn weed)
Gaillardia pulchella *
Galium aparine (under extreme eradication pressure)
Galium texense - ( came with the Valburn dirt)
Galium virgatum - (an annoying little native)
Gamochaeta falcata
Gaura drummondii
Gilia rigidula * - (can’t keep it going for some unknown reason)
Gutierrezia dracunculoides
Hedeoma acinioides *
Hedeoma drummondii *
Hedyotis crassifolia
Hedyotis nigricans*
Helianthus annus*
Helianthus maximiliana*
Heliotropium tenellum *
Hybanthus verticillatus
Hymenoxys linearifolia* (arrived in the Valburn dirt)
Hymenoxys scaposa* (somewhat indifferently persistent)
Hymenopappus tenuifolius*
Ipheion uniflorum (South American, tiny bulb plant that seems totally innocuous)
Ipomoea quamoclit * -(deceased from unknown causality)
Ipomoea trichocarpa
Ipomopsis rubra* - ( needs to be periodically reintroduced on disturbed soil))
Jacquemontia tamnifolia* - (introduced from material collected in La, 2000, none survived 2001)
Justicia runyonii*
Kallstroemia parviflora - (comes and goes in the formerly cultivated area)
Krameria lanceolata *
Krigia sp.
Lactuca ludoviciana
Lactuca serriola
Lamium amplexicaule - (under casual eradication pressure)
Liatris mucronata*
Lindheimera texana*
Lupinus texensis*
Marshallia caespitosa - (appeared recently during Hope Remains, the season, DY 1)
Maurandya antirhinniflora - (arrived with the Valburn dirt)
Malvastrum aurantiacum - (endemic to Texas, maybe)
Matelea biflora * (apparently not present at this nonce)
Medicago lupulina - (all these Medicagos are mat forming nuisances)
Medicago minima - (the worst of the lot, almost wiped out)
Medicago polymorpha (extinct at the CB)
Melilotus indicus - (tolerated due to low frequency of occurrence)
Mimosa strigillosa* (came with buffalograss prairie cultivar, maybe, a welcome addition)
Monarda citriodora
Muscari neglectum
Nemophila phacelioides*
Neptunea lutea
Nothoscordum bivalve*
Nyctaginia capitata * - (deceased by the deer)
Oenothera laciniata
Oenothera speciosa
Oenothera missouriensis* (may be deceased, deer eat it, exclosure required)
Onosmodium bejariense*
Oxalis dillenii
Oxalis drummondii*
Papaver somniferum* (deceased, arrived in the bar ditch but did not persist)
Parietaria pennsylvanica
Parthenium hysterophorus
Passiflora foetida *
Penstemon cobaea*
Penstemon guadalupensis* (deceased by the deer)
Penstemon triflorus* - (deceased by the deer)
Phacelia congesta* - (arrived with the Valburn dirt)
Phlox drummondii* - ( did not persist)
Phlox pilosa * - (did not persist)
Phlox roemeriana* (ditto, the Phloxes seem poorly suited to the CB parts)
Phyla nodiflora - (very popular with butterflies)
Physostegia correllii - (goodness)
Plantago rhodosperma
Polytaenia texana

Pyrrhopapus multicaulis
Ranunculus fascicularis*
Ranunculus macranthus*
Rhodofilia bifida - (these are the great Confederate or oxblood lilies from S.A.)
Rhynchosia minima - (a troubling native vine, but good for some baby skippers)
Ricina communis * (deceased by freezing)
Ratibida columnifera
Rivina humilis
Ruellia brittoniana*(deceased by extreme eradication pressure)
Ruellia drummondiana*
Ruellia nudiflora
Rudbeckia hirta *
Sagina decumbens
Salvia azurea*
Salvia coccinea *
Salvia farinacea *
Salvia roemeriana *
Salvia texana *
Sanicula canadensis*
Schoenocaulon texanum*
Schrankia roemeriana*
Senecio obovatus*
Sherardia arvensis (recent introduction to the bar ditch, so it needs periodic eradication)
Sida abutifolia
Silene antirrhina (another rhino repellent)
Silphium laciniatum*
Scutellaria drummondii
Scutellaria wrightii* (this one has died off from the unfamiliar habitat at the CB)
Simsia calva* (comes and goes)
Sisyrinchium ensigerum* - (probably introduced accidentally with Andropogon gerardii)
Sisyrinchium minus
Sisyrinchium pruinosum
Solanum americanum
Solanum elaegnifolium
Solidago canadensis
Sonchus asper - (airborne seeds, we are constantly alert)
Sonchus oleracea - (ditto)
Spermolepis inermis - (great for baby swallowtail butterflies)
Stellaria media (under moderate eradication pressure)
Streptanthus bracteatus* (arrived in the Valburn dirt, but the seedlings always get eaten right away)
Taraxacum officinale -(eaten by us)
Thelesperma filifolium*
Torilis arvensis - (all Torilis must be wiped clean)
Torilis nodosus- (ditto)
Tradescantia humilis*
Tradescantia sp.*
Tragia brevispica
Triodanis coloradoensis - (came with the Valburn dirt)
Triodanis perfoliata
Valerianella amarella *
Valerianella radiata
Verbena bipinnatifida
Verbena canescens
Verbena halei
Verbesia virginica*
Vernonia baldwinii*
Veronica arvensis
Veronica peregrina
Vicia ludoviciana
Vicia sativa (about the worst introduced weed on the place)
Viguera dentata* (also, some more came with the Valburn dirt)
Wedelia (Zexmenia) hispida*


Perennial vines

Antigonon leptopus * (deceased from freezing)
Campsis (Bignonia) radicans
Capsicum annuum
Clematis drummondii
Clematis pitcheri*
Cissus incisa
Cocculus carolina
Gelsemium sempervirens*
Lonicera japonica (under extreme eradication pressure)
Lonicera sempervirens *
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Passiflora foetida*
Rubus cultivar (has a disease so its going to get deceased eventually)
Rubus trivialis
Smilax bona-nox - (subject to modest control measures)
Toxicodendron radicans - (ditto)
Vitis mustangensis
Vitis cultivar



Shrubs

Anisicanthus wrightii*
Caesalpinia from Mejico?*
Callicarpa americana* (both purple and white)
Clematis drummondii
Croton fruticulosus* (the hard frosts seem to kill this one)
Foresteria pubescens
Hamelia patens* (man, are these water hogs)
Hypericum cultivar* (this one has been here for ten years and finally bloomed once, this year)
Ilex decidua *
Ilex vomitoria *
Lantana camara *
Lantana horrida
Leucophyllum frutescens*
Malpighia glabra* (hard freezes shall eventually kill this one, unless we stop having hard freezes)
Malvaviscus arboreus **
Modiola caroliniana*
Myrica cerifiera * (surprisingly, ours died from the lack of rainfall two summers hence)
Pavonia lasiopetala *
Phoradendron tomentosum - (the state flower of Oklahoma, fruits are symbols for an important Druidic mystery)
Photinia sp. - (eradicated)
Phyllanthus polygonoides - (a tiny shrub)
Pistacia texense *
Prunus minutiflora* - (trying to introduce this was an especially dumb idea, it all died immediately)
Rhamnus caroliniana*
Rhus aromatica*
Rhus lanceolata*
Salvia regla* - (These age fast and need to replaced every few years)
Salvia ballotaeflora * (this looks like S. ballotaeflora but is not, it is Mejican)
Salvia greggii*
Schaefferia cuneifolia*
Sophora affinis*
Sophora secundiflora *
Symphoricarpus orbiculatus*
Tecoma stans* - (the crumby one with fat leaflets)
Tillandsia recurvata - (an arboreal shrublet)
Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Trees

Acer negundo
Aesculus arguta*
Aesculus pavia* - (goes deciduous in July, so is annoying most of the year)
Bauhinia lunarioides ?
Bumelia lanuginosa
Carya illinoiensis
Celtis laevigata
Cercis canadensis
Eysenhardtia texana
Ficus cultivar
Lagerstroemia indica (an introduced Asian that is tolerated mostly against my will)
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus texana*
Liquidambar styraciflua - (volunteers were killed by the heat and lack of rain last year)
Melia azedarach - (eradicated but seedlings come in from the neighbors)
Morus rubra
Morus microphylla*
Parkinsonia aculeata - (seeds get in the bar ditch producing saplings)
Prosopsis glandulosa (under casual eradication pressure)
Prunus mexicana*
Prunus cultivars *
Ptelea trifoliata
Sapium sebiferum (one huge very troubling one)
Tilia caroliniana *
Ungnadia speciosa*
Quercus buckleyi
Quercus macrocarpa* - (saplings from squirrel toted acorns)
Quercus virginiana
Quercus sp. - (a mainly Mejican oak now socked in the nursery trade)
Taxodium distichium*
Ulmus crassifolia
Zanthoxylum sp.*
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The end, if there are ends, instead of circles, which is unlikely. Anyway, I need to keep working on this because I have forgotten to include lots, maybe. Hic haec hoc. I can park this puppy rye-cheer handy. Then, when I remember something, I shall edit it. Plus, I can recheck the spellings.

Ray Pistrum
Sun God Trainee