East Central Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 56 Texas counties. This ecoregion separates the two bands of the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion and extends just across the Oklahoma border. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Post Oak Savannah vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
Liatris elegans var. bridgesii | Pinkscale Blazingstar Pinkscale Gayfeather | |
Liatris elegans var. carizzana | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
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 | |
Lipocarpha micrantha | Smallflower Halfchaff Sedge | |
Lithospermum mirabile | San Antonio Stoneseed | |
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 striatum | Ridged Yellow Flax | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
Linum sulcatum | Grooved Flax Yellow Prairie Flax | |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
Linum vernale | Chihuahuan Flax Chihuahua Flax | |
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 berlandieri var. brachypoda | Berlandier's Lobelia Blue Lobelia | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Lobelia spicata | Pale-spike Lobelia | |
Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Pygmyleaf | |
Lotus unifoliolatus | American Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox | |
Ludwigia decurrens | Wingleaf Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia glandulosa | Cylindric-fruit Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia hirtella | Spindleroot | |
Ludwigia leptocarpa | Anglestem Primrose-willow | |
Ludwigia linearis | Narrowleaf 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 | |
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Globe-fruit Primrose-willow | |
Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
Lycopodiella alopecuroides | Foxtail Clubmoss | |
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 | |
Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife Fringed Yellow Loosestrife | |
Lysimachia lanceolata | Lanceleaf Loosestrife Lance-leaved Loosestrife | |
Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry He-huckleberry | |
Lyonia mariana | Piedmont Staggerbush Staggerbush | |
Lythrum ovalifolium | Low Loosestrife Stream Loosestrife | |
Lycopus rubellus | Taperleaf Water Horehound | |
Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
Lycium torreyi | Torrey Wolfberry Desert-thorn Box-thorn Squawberry Rabbit-thorn Tomatillo Garambullo | |
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 | |
Madia elegans | Common Madia Elegant Madia | |
Mayaca fluviatilis | Stream Bogmoss | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
Marshallia graminifolia | Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons | |
Marshallia graminifolia var. cynanthera | Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons | |
Mammillaria heyderi | Little Nipple Cactus Heyder Pincushion Cactus | |
Malvella leprosa | Alkali Mallow | |
Mandevilla macrosiphon | Plateau Rocktrumpet Longtube Trumpet Flower Flor De San Juan Rock Trumpet | |
Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice Lily Spice-lily | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
Matelea parviflora | Smallflower Milkvine | |
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 | |
Matelea sagittifolia | Arrowleaf Milkvine | |
Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
Malaxis unifolia | Green Adder's-mouth Orchid | |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
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