Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Arenaria benthamii | Hilly Sandwort | |
Artemisia campestris | Field Sagewort | |
Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field Sagewort | |
Argemone chisosensis | Chisos Mountain Prickly Poppy Pink Prickly Poppy | |
Aristolochia coryi | Cory's Dutchman's-pipe Cory's Pipevine | |
Aristida desmantha | Curly Threeawn | |
Arceuthobium douglasii | Douglas Fir Dwarf Mistletoe Douglas-fir Dwarf Mistletoe | |
Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
Arenaria fendleri | Fendler's Sandwort | |
Ariocarpus fissuratus | Chautle Livingrock Living Rock Cactus Texas Living Rock | |
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