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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Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
Quercus havardii | Havard Oak Havard Shin-oak Shinnery Oak | |
Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
Quercus sinuata | Bastard Oak Durand Oak | |
Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ranunculus cymbalaria | Alkali Buttercup | |
Ranunculus longirostris | Longbeak Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhynchospora globularis | Globe Beaksedge | |
Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
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