High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Chenopodium incanum | Mealy Goosefoot | |
Chamaesyce lata | Hoary Sandmat Hoary Euphorbia | |
Chenopodium leptophyllum | Narrowleaf Goosefoot | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge Spotted Euphorbia Spotted Sandmat Milk Purslane Prostrate Spurge | |
Chamaesyce missurica | Prairie Sandmat Missouri Spurge | |
Chamaesyce nutans | Nodding Spurge Eyebane | |
Chamaesyce prostrata | Prostrate Spurge Prostrate Sandmat Ground Spurge | |
Chrysothamnus pulchellus | Southwestern Rabbitbrush Rubber Rabbit Brush | |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chamaesyce serrula | Sawtooth Sandmat | |
Chenopodium simplex | Mapleleaf Goosefoot | |
Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass Showy Chloris | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellowspine Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine Cow Itch Vine Sorrelvine Grape Ivy Possum Grape Arizona Grape Ivy | |
Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
Cleomella angustifolia | Narrowleaf Rhombopod Cleomella | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
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