Cross Timbers
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. With most of this ecoregion occurring in a swath from central Texas north, its northern reaches extend into southeastern Oklahoma. In Texas, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Cross Timbers and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Cross Timbers ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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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 | |
Lespedeza repens | Creeping Lespedeza Creeping Bush-clover | |
Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
Lepuropetalon spathulatum | Petiteplant | |
Lespedeza stuevei | Tall Bush-clover Tall Lespedeza | |
Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | |
Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza Texas Bush-clover | |
Leersia virginica | Whitegrass | |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
Lespedeza violacea | Violet Lespedeza | |
Lespedeza virginica | Slender Lespedeza Slender Bush-clover | |
Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
Linum alatum | Winged Flax | |
Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
Lipocarpha aristulata | Awned Halfchaff Sedge | |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
Linum berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
Lithospermum caroliniense | Carolina Puccoon Hairy Puccoon Hispid Gromwell | |
Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
Lipocarpha drummondii | Drummond's Halfchaff Sedge | |
Lindernia dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
Liatris elegans var. bridgesii | Pinkscale Blazingstar Pinkscale Gayfeather | |
Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
Linum imbricatum | Tufted Flax | |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
Lithospermum matamorense | Rough Stoneseed | |
Linum medium | Stiff Yellow Flax | |
Linum medium var. texanum | Stiff Yellow Flax | |
Limnosciadium pinnatum | Tansy Dogshade | |
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 | |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
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 | |
Linum sulcatum | Grooved Flax Yellow Prairie Flax | |
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 appendiculata | Pale Lobelia | |
Lobelia appendiculata var. appendiculata | Pale Lobelia | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Pygmyleaf | |
Lotus unifoliolatus | American Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox | |
Ludwigia glandulosa | Cylindric-fruit Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia leptocarpa | Anglestem Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
Ludwigia octovalvis ssp. octovalvis | Mexican Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia palustris | Marsh Seedbox Water Purslane | |
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 | |
Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn Creeping Wolfberry Christmas Berry | |
Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum | Carolina Wolfberry Creeping Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn | |
Lythrum ovalifolium | Low Loosestrife Stream Loosestrife | |
Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
Lycopus virginicus | Virginia Water Horehound Virginia Bugleweed American Water Horehound Sweet Bugleweed Water Bugle Carpenter's Herb Greeen Archangle Purple Archangle Paul's Betony Wood-betony Wolf-foot Egyptian's Herb | |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
Malvastrum aurantiacum | Wright's False Mallow | |
Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
Malachra capitata | Yellow Leafbract Malva De Caballo Horse Mallow | |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Marshallia caespitosa var. signata | Marked Barbara's-buttons Marked Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
Matelea cynanchoides | Prairie Milkvine | |
Matelea decipiens | Oldfield Milkvine Deceptive Milkvine Deceptive Spinypod | |
Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau Milkvine Plateau Milkweed Vine | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
Mammillaria heyderi | Little Nipple Cactus Heyder Pincushion Cactus | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
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 | |
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