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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Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage | |
Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage | |
Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria drummondii var. edwardsiana | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria galericulata | Marsh Skullcap | |
Scutellaria lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
Schedonnardus paniculatus | Tumblegrass Tumble Grass | |
Schoenoplectus pungens | Common Threesquare Chairmaker's-rush American Bulrush Threesquare Bulrush Sharp Clubrush | |
Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap Resin-dot Skullcap Resinous Skullcap | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
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