South Texas Plains
The South Texas Plains lie south of a line from San Antonio to Del Rio. This area is the western extension of the Gulf Coastal Plains merging with the Mexico Plains on the west. The area is a nearly level to rolling, slightly to moderately dissected plain. Upland soils are of three groups: dark, clayey soils over firm clayey subsoils; grayish to reddish brown, loamy to sandy soils; and brown loamy soils. Gray, clayey, saline, and sodic soils are extensive on the coastal fringe, along with Galveston deep sands. Bottomlands are typically brown to gray, calcareous silt loams to clayey alluvial soils.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape's Ear-ring | |
Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow Bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved Sneezeweed Fine-leaved Sneezweed Yellow Dog-fennel | |
Heteropogon contortus | Tanglehead | |
Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope Seaside Heliotrope Quail Plant Cola De Mico Cola De Gama | |
Hechtia glomerata | Guapilla | |
Herbertia lahue | Prairie Nymph Herbertia | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope White Heliotrope | |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf Ovate False Fiddleleaf Hairy Hydrolea | |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree Mexican Leadtree Great Leucaena Tepeguaje | |
Lippia alba | Bushy Lippia | |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
Lippia graveolens | Mexican Oregano Redbrush Lippia | |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn Creeping Wolfberry Christmas Berry | |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose Huaco Texas Tuberose | |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Mimosa texana | Texas Mimosa Wherry Mimosa | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass Pink Pappusgrass | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
Parkinsonia texana var. macra | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
Phlox glabriflora | Rio Grande Phlox | |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phaulothamnus spinescens | Devilqueen Snake-eyes | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum | Bracken Fern Bracken Western Bracken Fern Western Bracken | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Laurel Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
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 | |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
Salvia lycioides | Canyon Sage | |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Senegalia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier Acacia Berlandier's Acacia Round-flowered Catclaw Roundflower Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Thornless Catclaw Huajilla | |
Serjania brachycarpa | Littlefruit Slipplejack Serjania | |
Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass Knotroot Bristlegrass | |
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