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
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon White Beardtongue Red-line Penstemon Red-line Beardtongue | |
Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon Buckley's Beardtongue | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon Large Beardtongue Large-flower Penstemon Large-flower Beardtongue Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue | |
Penstemon guadalupensis | Guadalupe Penstemon Guadalupe Beardtongue White Penstemon White Beardtongue | |
Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
Pediomelum hypogaeum var. hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea | |
Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum linearifolium | Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot Narrow-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop | |
Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
Penstemon triflorus ssp. integrifolius | Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
Pellaea wrightiana | Wright's Cliffbrake Fern Wright's Cliffbrake | |
Phyllanthus abnormis | Drummond's Leaf-flower | |
Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
Physalis angulata | Cutleaf Groundcherry | |
Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed Phragmites | |
Phemeranthus calycinus | Largeflower Flameflower Largeflower Fameflower | |
Phalaris caroliniana | Carolina Canarygrass Maygrass | |
Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phyla cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Wedgeleaf Frogfruit Wedgeleaf Fogfruit | |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | Mcallister's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
Physalis hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry Ivy-leaf Groundcherry | |
Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Groundcherry | |
Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
Phyla lanceolata | Lanceleaf Frogfruit Lanceleaf Fogfruit | |
Physalis longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry | |
Physalis longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright Dwarf Flameflower Prairie Flameflower | |
Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
Phacelia patuliflora var. teucriifolia | Sand Phacelia | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phacelia popei | Pope's Phacelia | |
Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower | |
Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
Phacelia strictiflora | Prairie Phacelia | |
Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa | Obedient Plant Fall Obedient Plant Lionheart False Dragonhead | |
Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
Pilostyles thurberi | Thurber's Stemsucker Pilostyles | |
Picradeniopsis woodhousei | Woodhouse's Bahia | |
Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain | |
Plantago heterophylla | Slender Plantain | |
Plantago hookeriana | California Plantain Tallow Weed | |
Pleuraphis jamesii | James' Galleta | |
Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosagrass Tobosa Grass | |
Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane | |
Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain Bristle-bract Plantain | |
Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain | |
Plantago rugelii | Blackseed Plantain Pale Plantain | |
Plantago rugelii var. rugelii | Blackseed Plantain | |
Plantago virginica | Virginia Plantain Paleseed Indian-wheat Dwarf Plantain Paleseed Plantain Hoary Plantain Southern Plantain | |
Plantago wrightiana | Wright's Plantain | |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
Polygonum amphibium | Water Knotweed Water Smartweed | |
Polygonum amphibium var. emersum | Longroot Smartweed | |
Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
Poa bigelovii | Bigelow's Bluegrass | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains Cottonwood Great Plains Cottonwood Texas Cottonwood Northern Cottonwood | |
Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus ssp. foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
Pomaria jamesii | James' Holdback James Rush-pea | |
Polygonum lapathifolium | Curlytop Knotweed Curl-top Smartweed Pale Smartweed | |
Polygala lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
Polygala lindheimeri var. parvifolia | Shrubby Milkwort | |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
Polytaenia nuttallii | Nuttall's Prairie Parsley Prairie Parsley Wild Dill Prairie Parsnip | |
Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
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