Native Plants
Smith, Sandy
Sandy Smith’s interest in photography began with the purchase of a 35 mm camera in the 1970’s. Her brother-in-law inspired her with his photos and taught her photography basics. Working in the outreach ministry of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Ft. Worth for more than 35 years, Sandy’s desire was to capture the images and faces of the people she came in contact with in her work: the homeless looking for a pair of shoes or a lunch to eat, a child trying on a new dress--her first, a hungry baby getting formula to drink, boys and girls in the Explorer Post standing atop a 13,000 ft. mountain after hiking all day (most had never been out of the city limits before). Her photos captured the essence of people in need and the life-changing events they experienced.Upon retirement, Sandy wanted to photograph the beauty around them on her and her husband’s twenty wooded acres of oaks and cedars trees. There, she found a wealth of photographic subjects in the amazing sunsets and sunrises, birds, deer, turkey and wildflowers. As she describes it, “God’s handiwork is everywhere I look, and it brings me great joy to be a small part of it through the lens of my camera.”
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scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis | Western Yarrow Woolly Yarrow White Yarrow | |
Allium canadense var. fraseri | Fraser Meadow Garlic Fraser Meadow Garlic | |
Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
Aureolaria grandiflora var. serrata | Downy Oakleech Downy False Foxglove | |
Aureolaria grandiflora var. serrata | Downy Oakleech Downy False Foxglove | |
Castilleja purpurea var. citrina | Lemon Paintbrush Yellow Paintbrush Yellow Prairie Paintbrush Citron Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush Prairie Indian Paintbrush | |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose | |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose | |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Whitemouth Dayflower Narrow-leaf Dayflower Widow's Tears | |
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Whitemouth Dayflower Narrow-leaf Dayflower Widow's Tears | |
Commelina erecta var. erecta | Whitemouth Dayflower Day Flower Widow's Tears | |
Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover Violet Prairie Clover | |
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover Violet Prairie Clover | |
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur Plains Larkspur | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus hirsutus | Hairy Sunflower Rough Sunflower | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Carolina Woollywhite Woolly-white Old Plainsman | |
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Carolina Woollywhite Woolly-white Old Plainsman | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |