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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Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | |
Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
Polygonum ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | |
Polygonum scandens | Climbing False Buckwheat | |
Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal | |
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting Rabbit-tobacco Fragrant Cudweed | |
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed | |
Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
Psilostrophe tagetina var. cerifera | Woolly Paperflower Plains Paperflower Hairy Paperflower | |
Psoralidium tenuiflorum | Slimflower Scurfpea Scurfy Pea | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata | Common Hoptree Baldwin Hop-tree | |
Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus | Tuberous Desert-chicory | |
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 margaretta | Sand Post Oak Runner Oak Drummond Post Oak Dwarf Post Oak Scrubby Post Oak | |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted 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 longirostris | Longbeak Buttercup | |
Ranunculus pusillus | Low Spearwort Weakstem Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
Rhynchosia latifolia | Prairie Snoutbean | |
Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean | |
Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
Rhynchosia senna | Texas Snoutbean | |
Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean | |
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 | |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
Rosa arkansana | Prairie Rose Arkansas Rose | |
Rosa foliolosa | White Prairie Rose Leafy Rose | |
Rorippa palustris | Bog Yellowcress | |
Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
Rumex hastatulus | Heartwing Sorrel Heart-wing Sorrel | |
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 | |
Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
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 | |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
Sagittaria cuneata | Arumleaf Arrowhead Narrowleaf Arrowhead | |
Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
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 | |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
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 | |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
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 | |
Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
Scleria ciliata | Fringed Nutrush | |
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 | |
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