South Central Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. It extends from the Western Gulf Coastal Plain east across much of Louisiana and north into southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Pineywoods vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the South Central Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
Lesquerella auriculata | Earleaf Bladderpod | |
Leavenworthia aurea var. texana | Golden Gladecress Texas Golden Glade Cress | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod Cloth-of-gold | |
Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
Leersia hexandra | Southern Cutgrass | |
Lespedeza hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | |
Lepidium lasiocarpum | Shaggyfruit Pepperweed | |
Leersia lenticularis | Catchfly Grass Oatmeal Grass | |
Leucophyllum minus | Big Bend Barometerbush Big Bend Silverleaf | |
Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
Lemna obscura | Little Duckweed | |
Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
Lesquerella pallida | White Bladderpod | |
Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata | Red Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella purpurea | Rose Bladderpod Purple Bladderpod | |
Lespedeza repens | Creeping Lespedeza Creeping Bush-clover | |
Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree Littleleaf Leadtree Little Leucaena Lemonball Wahoo Tree | |
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 | |
Lemna valdiviana | Valdivia Duckweed | |
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 | |
Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
Listera australis | Southern Twayblade | |
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 | |
Linum berlandieri var. filifolium | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
Liatris bracteata | Bracted Blazing Star Bracted Gayfeather Bracted Liatris | |
Lithospermum caroliniense | Carolina Puccoon Hairy Puccoon Hispid Gromwell | |
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 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 | |
Lilium michauxii | Carolina Lily | |
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 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 | |
Liatris tenuis | Gulf Blazing Star Gulf Gayfeather Gulf Liatris | |
Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
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 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 | |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
Lupinus perennis ssp. gracilis | Sundial Lupine | |
Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Globe-fruit Primrose-willow | |
Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
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