Central Great Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. The Central Great Plains extends in a great swath from west-central Texas north through central Oklahoma, Kansas and south-central Nebraska. In Texas, along with the Southwestern Tablelands, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Rolling Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Central Great Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's Juniper Pinchot Juniper Redberry Juniper Texas Juniper Christmasberry Juniper | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Juncus polycephalos | Manyhead Rush | |
Juncus scirpoides | Needlepod Rush | |
Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper Rocky Mountain Red Cedar Mountain Red Cedar Colorado Red Cedar Western Red Cedar River Juniper Western Juniper Cedro Rojo | |
Juncus texanus | Texas Rush | |
Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush | |
Juncus validus | Roundhead Rush | |
Juncus validus var. validus | Roundhead Rush | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | |
Krigia occidentalis | Western Dwarfdandelion | |
Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
Lactuca ludoviciana | Western Wild Lettuce Louisiana Wild Lettuce Prairie Lettuce Prairie Wild Lettuce Biannual Lettuce | |
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
Lathyrus polymorphus | Manystem Pea Hoary Vetchling | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |
Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
Lesquerella ovalifolia | Roundleaf Bladderpod | |
Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata | Red Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
Lespedeza stuevei | Tall Bush-clover Tall Lespedeza | |
Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | |
Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza Texas Bush-clover | |
Lemna valdiviana | Valdivia Duckweed | |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
Lespedeza violacea | Violet Lespedeza | |
Lespedeza virginica | Slender Lespedeza Slender Bush-clover | |
Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
Lipocarpha aristulata | Awned Halfchaff Sedge | |
Linum berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
Lithospermum caroliniense | Carolina Puccoon Hairy Puccoon Hispid Gromwell | |
Lindernia dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | |
Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
Linum rigidum var. rigidum | Stiffstem Flax | |
Linum rupestre | Rock Flax | |
Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
Liatris squarrosa var. glabrata | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle White Shrub Honeysuckle White Bush Honeysuckle White Limestone Honeysuckle Texas Honeysuckle White Honeysuckle | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. daucifolium | Desert Biscuitroot | |
Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Pygmyleaf | |
Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
Lycopus americanus | American Water Horehound Water Horehound | |
Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
Lygodesmia juncea | Rush Skeletonplant | |
Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. signata | Marked Barbara's-buttons Marked Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Matelea cynanchoides | Prairie Milkvine | |
Malvella lepidota | Scurfymallow Malvalla | |
Malvella leprosa | Alkali Mallow | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida ssp. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains | |
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | |
Mentzelia decapetala | Tenpetal Blazingstar Ten-petal Western Star Gumbo-lily | |
Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
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