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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Escobaria vivipara | Spinystar Common Beehive Cactus Pincushion Cactus | |
Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara | Spinystar | |
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 | |
Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop Grass-leaved Goldenrod | |
Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | |
Euphorbia hexagona | Sixangle Spurge | |
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
Euphorbia spathulata | Warty Spurge | |
Eurytaenia texana | Texas Spreadwing | |
Evolvulus nuttallianus | Shaggy Dwarf Morning-glory Silky Evolvulus Shaggy Evolvulus | |
Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
Evax verna var. verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
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 | |
Fimbristylis puberula | Hairy Fimbry | |
Fimbristylis vahlii | Vahl's Fimbry | |
Flourensia cernua | American Tarwort | |
Flaveria trinervia | Clustered Yellowtops | |
Florestina tripteris | Sticky Florestina | |
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