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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Eriocaulon decangulare | Ten-angle Pipewort Pipewort | |
Eryngium diffusum | Spreading Eryngo | |
Eragrostis elliottii | Field Lovegrass Field Love Grass | |
Erigeron geiseri | Geiser's Fleabane | |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
Eragrostis hirsuta | Bigtop Lovegrass Bigtop Love Grass | |
Eryngium hookeri | Hooker's Eryngo | |
Eragrostis hypnoides | Teal Lovegrass Teal Love Grass | |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
Eryngium integrifolium | Blueflower Eryngo Blue-flower Coyote-thistle | |
Eriocaulon koernickianum | Gulf Pipewort | |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
Eriogonum longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat Longleaf Wild Buckwheat | |
Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat | |
Eragrostis lugens | Mourning Lovegrass Mourning Love Grass | |
Erythronium mesochoreum | Midland Fawnlily | |
Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
Eriogonum multiflorum | Wild Buckwheat Heart-sepal Buckwheat Heart-sepal Wild Buckwheat | |
Eragrostis palmeri | Rio Grande Lovegrass Rio Grande Love Grass | |
Eragrostis pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane Fleabane Daisy | |
Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane | |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
Erigeron procumbens | Corpus Christi Fleabane | |
Eryngium prostratum | Creeping Eryngo | |
Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain Poor Robin's Plantain Rose Petty Robert's Plantain Blue Spring-daisy | |
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus | Robin's Plantain | |
Eragrostis refracta | Coastal Lovegrass Coastal Love Grass | |
Erythronium rostratum | Yellow Troutlily Dog-tooth Violet Yellow Fawnlily Beaked Troutlily | |
Eragrostis secundiflora | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
Eragrostis secundiflora ssp. oxylepis | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
Erigeron strigosus | Prairie Fleabane Daisy Fleabane Common Eastern Fleabane | |
Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree | |
Erigeron tenuis | Slenderleaf Fleabane | |
Eriocaulon texense | Texas Pipewort | |
Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass Sand Love Grass | |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium | Button Eryngo Rattlesnake-master Button Snake-root | |
Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus | |
Eupatorium altissimum | Tall Thoroughwort Tall Boneset | |
Euonymus americanus | American Strawberry Bush Strawberry Bush Brook Euonymus Hearts-a-burstin Bursting Heart Wahoo | |
Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant | |
Euonymus atropurpureus | Burningbush Eastern Wahoo Burning Bush Wahoo Waahoo Whahoo Spindle Tree | |
Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
Eupatorium capillifolium | Dogfennel Dog Fennel | |
Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | |
Eupatorium compositifolium | Yankeeweed | |
Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire On The Mountain | |
Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia | |
Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell Catchfly Gentian Seaside Gentian | |
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed Trumpetweed Queen Of The Meadow Hollow Joe-pye Weed | |
Eupatorium glaucescens | Waxy Thoroughwort | |
Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop Grass-leaved Goldenrod | |
Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | |
Euthamia gymnospermoides | Texas Goldentop | |
Eurybia hemispherica | Southern Prairie Aster | |
Euphorbia heterophylla | Mexican Fireplant Wild Poinsettia | |
Euphorbia hexagona | Sixangle Spurge | |
Eupatorium leucolepis | Justiceweed White-bracted Thoroughwort | |
Euthamia leptocephala | Bushy Goldentop Slender-headed Euthamia | |
Euphorbia longicruris | Wedgeleaf Spurge | |
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
Eupatorium mohrii | Mohr's Thoroughwort | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
Eubotrys racemosus | Swamp Sweetbells Swamp Doghobble Sweetbells Leucothoe Sweetbells Deciduous Swamp Fetterbush Coastal Fetterbush Swamp Leucothoe | |
Eupatorium rotundifolium | Roundleaf Thoroughwort | |
Eupatorium semiserratum | Smallflower Thoroughwort | |
Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
Euphorbia spathulata | Warty Spurge | |
Euphorbia texana | Texas Spurge | |
Euphorbia tetrapora | Weak Spurge | |
Eurytaenia texana | Texas Spreadwing | |
Evolvulus alsinoides | Slender Dwarf Morning-glory | |
Evolvulus alsinoides var. angustifolius | Slender Dwarf Morning-glory | |
Evax candida | Silver Pygmycudweed | |
Evolvulus nuttallianus | Shaggy Dwarf Morning-glory Silky Evolvulus Shaggy Evolvulus | |
Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
Evolvulus sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory White Evolvulus | |
Evolvulus sericeus var. sericeus | Silver Dwarf Morning-glory White Evolvulus | |
Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
Evax verna var. verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Fagus grandifolia | American Beech White Beech Red Beech Ridge Beech Beechnut Tree | |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil | |
Ferocactus hamatacanthus | Turk's Head Turk's Head Cactus Texas Barrel Cactus Giant Fishhook Cactus | |
Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. hamatacanthus | Turk's Head | |
Fendlera rupicola | Cliff Fendlerbush False Mock-orange | |
Festuca subverticillata | Nodding Fescue | |
Fendlera wrightii | Wright's Fendlerbush | |
Fimbristylis autumnalis | Slender Fimbry | |
Fimbristylis castanea | Marsh Fimbry Saltmarsh Fimbristylis | |
Fimbristylis puberula | Hairy Fimbry | |
Fimbristylis vahlii | Vahl's Fimbry | |
Flourensia cernua | American Tarwort | |
Fleischmannia incarnata | Pink Thoroughwort | |
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