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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Ruellia davisiorum | Rio Grande Wild Petunia | |
Rubus flagellaris | Northern Dewberry | |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower Orange Rudbeckia Perennial Black-eyed Susan Goldstrum | |
Rudbeckia fulgida var. palustris | Prairie Coneflower | |
Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower Tall Coneflower Largeflower Coneflower | |
Rumex hastatulus | Heartwing Sorrel Heart-wing Sorrel | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower | |
Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower | |
Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
Ruppia maritima | Widgeongrass | |
Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora | Violet Wild Petunia | |
Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii | Runyon's Wild Petunia | |
Ruellia occidentalis | Western Wild Petunia | |
Ruellia parryi | Parry's Wild Petunia | |
Ruellia pedunculata | Stalked Wild Petunia | |
Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry | |
Rudbeckia scabrifolia | Roughleaf Coneflower Sabine Coneflower Bog Brown-eyed Susan | |
Rumex spiralis | Winged Dock | |
Ruellia strepens | Limestone Ruellia Limestone Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower Sweet Black-eyed Susan | |
Rudbeckia texana | Texas Coneflower | |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan Brown-eyed-susan Thin-leaved Coneflower Three-lobed Rudbeckia | |
Rumex verticillatus | Swamp Dock | |
Saccharum alopecuroides | Silver Plumegrass | |
Sarracenia alata | Yellow Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Trumpet Flycatcher Trumpet Pitcher Plant | |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
Sabatia angularis | Rosepink Rose-pink | |
Sabatia arenicola | Sand Rose Gentian | |
Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
Salicornia bigelovii | Dwarf Saltwort | |
Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum | Shortbeard Plumegrass Bent-awn Plumegrass | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
Sabatia campanulata | Slender Rose Gentian Slender Marsh Pink | |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
Sagina decumbens | Trailing Pearlwort | |
Salicornia depressa | Virginia Glasswort American Glasswort | |
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens | Trailing Pearlwort | |
Sabatia dodecandra | Marsh Rose Gentian Marsch Rose-gentian Large Marsh Pink | |
Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
Sabatia gentianoides | Pinewoods Rose Gentian | |
Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass | |
Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
Sagittaria graminea | Grassy Arrowhead Grass-leaf Arrowhead | |
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea | Grassy Arrowhead | |
Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
Salix humilis var. humilis | Prairie Willow | |
Sagittaria lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead Duck-potato Bulltongue Arrowhead Bull-tongue Arrowhead | |
Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
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 | |
Sanicula odorata | Clustered Blacksnakeroot | |
Sagittaria papillosa | Nipplebract Arrowhead | |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar 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 | |
Sacciolepis striata | American Cupscale | |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage | |
Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush Olney Three-square | |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
Scutellaria cardiophylla | Gulf Skullcap | |
Scleria ciliata | Fringed Nutrush | |
Schoenolirion croceum | Yellow Sunnybell Yellow Sunny-bell | |
Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon | |
Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria drummondii var. drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria drummondii var. edwardsiana | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scoparia dulcis | Licorice Weed Bitterbroom Riceweed Sweetbroom Licoriceweed | |
Scutellaria elliptica | Hairy Skullcap | |
Scirpus georgianus | Georgia Bulrush | |
Scutellaria integrifolia | Helmet-flower Rough Skullcap Common Large Skullcap Tall Skullcap | |
Scutellaria lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
Scrophularia marilandica | Carpenter's Square Maryland Figwort | |
Scleria oligantha | Littlehead Nutrush | |
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