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Sugar Creek Watershed Characteristics - Plants

PLANTS - NATIVE SPECIES/ COMMODITY CROPS

NATIVE PLANT SPECIES

Many of the trees tabled below can now only be found in Red Rocks State Park, located in the headwaters of the northernmost area of the watershed. At one time though, these trees could probably be found all across the Sugar Creek Watershed.

TREES
AMERICAN ELM BIGTOOTH MAPLE BLACK HICKORY BLACKJACK OAK BLACK WALNUT
BLACK WILLOW BOX ELDER BUCKEYE BURR OAK BUTTON BUSH
CADDO MAPLE CHESTNUT OAK CHICKASAW PLUM CHINQUAPIN OAK CHITTAMWOOD
COMMON HOPTREE COTTONWOOD EASTERN REDBUD EASTERN
RED CEDAR 		ELDERBERRY
GREEN ASH HACKBERRY KENTUCKY COFFEETREE NORTHERN
RED OAK 		OSAGE ORANGE
POST OAK RED MAPLE RED MULBERRY ROUGHLEAF
DOGLEAF 		SILVER MAPLE (Introduced)
SLIPPERY ELM SUGAR MAPLE (Introduced) SYCAMORE WEEPING WILLOW (Introduced) WESTERN HACKBERRY
WESTERN WALNUT WESTERN SOAPBERRY

GRASSES
BLUE GRAMMA EASTERN GAMMAGRASS HAIRY GRAMA INDIANGRASS
LITTLE BLUESTEM PRAIRIE CORDGRASS SAND BLUESTEM SIDE-OATS GRAMMA
SWITCHGRASS TALL DROPSEED WESTERN WHEATGRASS VINE-MESQUITE

HERBS
BEAR GRASS (YUCCA) BROADLEAF SPIKEGRASS BUTTERFLY WEED CAROLINA NIGHTSHADE
DAISY FLEABANE FALSE DANDELION GREEN DRAGON GROUND CHERRY
HEMLOCK HOP CLOVER HORSE MINT INDIAN BLANKET
LEMON MONARDA OHIO SPIDERWORT PRICKLY PEAR SLENDER DAYFLOWER
SOLOMAN'S SEAL SPEEDWELL THREAD-LEAVED
THESELSPERMA 		VIOLET
YELLOW WOOD SOREL

SHRUBS/VINES
BUCKBRUSH GOURD GOLDEN CURRENT GRAPE
HONEYSUCKLE MULTIFLORA ROSE SKUNKBRUSH TRUMPET VINE

AQUATIC/SEMI-AQUATIC
ANGEL FERN CATTAIL ROUGH HORSETAIL
RUSH SEDGE WATER CRESS

COMMODITY CROPS

Caddo County estimates for 1997, show 70 percent of the cultivated land in wheat, 15 percent of the land in all types of hay, 8 percent in peanuts, 3 percent in sorghum, and approximately 1 percent each for oats, corn, cotton, and soybeans. Approximately 8 percent of the crop land is irrigated.

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