High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Sibara virginica | Virginia Winged Rockcress | |
Solanum americanum | American Black Nightshade | |
Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle Carolina Horse-nettle | |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Giant Goldenrod | |
Solidago canadensis var. gilvocanescens | Shorthair Goldenrod | |
Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle | |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
Solanum erianthum | Potatotree Potato Tree | |
Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Missouri Basin Goldenrod | |
Solidago mollis | Velvety Goldenrod Velvet Goldenrod Soft Goldenrod | |
Sophora nuttalliana | Silky Sophora | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Solidago petiolaris | Downy Ragged Goldenrod Downy Goldenrod | |
Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
Sporobolus compositus | Tall Dropseed Composite Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite Dropseed Tall Dropseed | |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
Sphaeralcea fendleri | Fendler's Globemallow | |
Sporobolus flexuosus | Mesa Dropseed | |
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