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Hercules Club, Texas
The Hercules-Club Texas or Pricklyash (Zanthoxylum hirsutum Buckley) is found on sandy or gravelly soil of Central and West Texas. This native plan is not to confused with the larger Hercules-club native the SE US Zanthoxylum clava-herculis. A prickly shrub, sometimes a small tree rarely exceeding 12-15 ft tall.. Found in open areas and at…
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Chitalpa
The Chitalpa is a cross between Catalpa bignonioides and Chilopsis linearis. Like the Chilopsis linearis, known as a Desert Willow, the Chitalpa can stand dry heat, but it can also stand temperatures falling below zero degrees. This tree typically does not reach heights above 20 feet and is generally multi-stemmed. The bright green, oblong shaped…
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Cypress, Bald
The BALD CYPRESS grows in swamps which are flooded for prolonged periods, and on wet stream banks and bottomlands. It occurs in East Texas west to the Nueces River and also along streams and rivers of Central Texas. The straight trunk has numerous ascending branches, and narrow conical outline. In old age the tree generally…