Western Gulf Coastal Plain
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. As its name suggests, it is comprised of the coastal plain of Texas, extending along the Gulf Coast south into Mexico and east over portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Gulf Marshes and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Carex leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Sedge | |
Carex longii | Long's Sedge | |
Carex louisianica | Louisiana Sedge | |
Carex lupuliformis | False Hop Sedge | |
Carex lupulina | Hop Sedge | |
Carex lurida | Shallow Sedge Sallow Sedge Lurid Sedge | |
Carex meadii | Mead's Sedge | |
Callisia micrantha | Cherisse Little-flower Roseling Southern Coastal Roseling Little-flower Spiderwort | |
Carex microdonta | Littletooth Sedge | |
Carex microrhyncha | Littlesnout Sedge | |
Carex muehlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Sedge | |
Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Sedge | |
Carex oklahomensis | Oklahoma Sedge | |
Calopogon oklahomensis | Oklahoma Grasspink Prairie Grasspink | |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory Carolina Hickory Scalybark Hickory Upland Hickory Shellbark Hickory | |
Cardamine parviflora | Sand Bittercress | |
Callirhoe papaver | Woodland Poppymallow Woodland Poppy-mallow Woodland Poppy Mallow | |
Carlowrightia parviflora | Smallflower Wrightwort | |
Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola | Sand Bittercress | |
Callitriche peploides | Matted Water-starwort | |
Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Bittercress | |
Callitriche pedunculosa | Nuttall's Water-starwort | |
Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | |
Castilleja purpurea | Prairie Paintbrush Downy Indian Paintbrush Purple Paintbrush Lemon Paintbrush Purple Painted Cup | |
Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinquapin Allegheny Chinkapin Chinquapin Chinkapin | |
Castilleja purpurea var. citrina | Lemon Paintbrush Yellow Paintbrush Yellow Prairie Paintbrush Citron Paintbrush Prairie Paintbrush Prairie Indian Paintbrush | |
Castanea pumila var. pumila | Chinquapin Chinkapin Allegheny Chinquapin American Chinquapin Dwarf Chestnut | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Carex reniformis | Kidneyshape Sedge | |
Carex retroflexa | Reflexed Sedge | |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose | |
Calystegia sepium | Hedge False Bindweed Hedge Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora | Shortstalk False Bindweed | |
Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa Catalpa Tree Cigar Tree Indian Bean | |
Carlowrightia texana | Texas Wrightwort | |
Callitriche terrestris | Terrestrial Water-starwort | |
Carex tetrastachya | Britton's Sedge | |
Carex texensis | Texas Sedge | |
Carya texana | Black Hickory Buckley Hickory Pignut Hickory | |
Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory Mockernut Hickory Big Bud Hickory Mockernut White Hickory Whiteheart Hickory Fragrant Hickory Bigbud Hickory Hardbark Hickory Hognut Bullnut | |
Carex triangularis | Eastern Fox Sedge | |
Carex tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | |
Calopogon tuberosus | Tuberous Grasspink Grass Pink | |
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus | Tuberous Grasspink Grass Pink Swamp Pink | |
Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge Brown Fox Sedge | |
Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Cerastium brachypodum | Short-stalk Chickweed Shortstalk Chickweed | |
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