Need help Identifying these Great Plants in Texas

How's it going everyone? I was on the side east side of Texas (near Houston), and I am trying to identify what type of plants these are below, and if they are native to Texas.

I took a detailed picture of them, and put letters to keep things organized:

Thank you to anyone that can help.

 

G is goldenrod?

 

B is Solanum sp.

 

I'm wondering so? Every picture I keep seeing of Solanum sp. has like purple sprout, but the picture in B doesnt have any.

Thats what I was thinking as well. I'm pretty sure it is, but I wanted to make sure.

 

E - probably, Erigeron flagellaris, which has a unique feature among Erigerons to make runners which can root and colonize large areas.

C - Equisetum, most probably, Equisetum laevigatum.

 

A Magnolia grandiflora
J Yaupon Holly
I Looks like Salvia farinacea

There are dozens of Solanums some are like yours.

 

I think you are on the money with this one. After looking at some other photos, it very well looks like it.

As for the other plant, I'm not too sure. This plant was very tall, without the black horsetail tip like the other Equisetum laevigatum.

Do you know what kind of class/family its in for "A"? Is that a Little Gem Magnolia tree?

Looks like "I" is an Salvia farinacea

And J is also part of the Holly family (Yaupon Holly like you said).


Thanks for the help so far!

 

C. could be any of several plants including horsetail. Need a better image.
Might even be a Parkinsonia seedling.

'Little Gem' is a registered cultivar, so if it's growing wild it can't be that.

Magnolia is in the Magnoliaceae Family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnoliaceae

 

Of course, not Equisetum. I zoomed into the image and what I thought were the rings appeared to be just buds along the stem.

 

Great, I took more pictures, do you think F is: Andropogon glomeratus

Here's more better pictures of C:

http://i46.tinypic.com/214v8fq.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/2qno9xe.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/2whgt2p.jpg

And you were right about "I" Salvia farinacea

http://i48.tinypic.com/2psm7mx.jpg


Thanks so far!

 

C. Yep, Parkinsonia aculeata.

 

Wow these plants are pretty tall as well!


I think as g is a goldenrod as Chris pointed out (It seems to have similar features).

 

Agree G is Solidago.

 

ok, so we are almost there. What about F?

Do you think F is: Andropogon glomeratus ?

 

No way! Andropogon is a grass. The F-plant is from Asteraceae. Could be also some Solidago. Better resolution of the flowers is needed to make sure.

 

Oh ok, here are some more pictures of it:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2qk1fms.jpg
http://i45.tinypic.com/200bgh5.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/2qwew47.jpg

 

Looks like Solidago stricta with its characteristically ascending, almost appressed leaves:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidago_stricta_1.JPG
http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/10/seaside-goldenrod-solidago-sempervirens.html

 

Hmm.. it kind of resembles it, but it was a more white then yellow texture to them.

Are you positive, and what kind of family do you think it comes from?

Thanks.

 

It's seeds you're confusing for flowers. It's in the Aster Family.

 

Yes, my mistake, Andrey you were right. I think I mistakened it for the seeds like you pointed out saltcedar.

As for B, do you need me to show better pictures, or do the think it's part of the solanum species?

 

This seems similar.
American-nightshade (Solanum americanum)
http://ronpswegman.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/american-nightshade.jpg

 

I've been looking in my plant book, but couldn't seem to find something that resembled it. I have some more pictures of it as well below. Do you know if it is native to TX?

http://i46.tinypic.com/rab5nt.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2vt7688.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/2dkl0xv.jpg

 

It is:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SOAM

 

Ahh I see the resemblance from the USDA site. Thanks. I think almost all of them have been identified except D and H

H was a type of plant I found on the beach. It looked pretty interesting.

 

D is very much alike F.

H is probably Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata), which is widely distributed all along the south coast.