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
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Rosa arkansana | Prairie Rose Arkansas Rose | |
Rorippa palustris | Bog Yellowcress | |
Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
Rosa woodsii | Woods' Rose Western Wild Rose | |
Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
Rumex spiralis | Winged Dock | |
Rumex venosus | Veiny Dock Winged Dock | |
Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
Sagittaria cuneata | Arumleaf Arrowhead Narrowleaf Arrowhead | |
Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |