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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Sibara virginica | Virginia Winged Rockcress | |
Solanum americanum | American Black Nightshade | |
Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle Carolina Horse-nettle | |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Giant Goldenrod | |
Solidago canadensis var. gilvocanescens | Shorthair Goldenrod | |
Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle | |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
Solanum erianthum | Potatotree Potato Tree | |
Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Missouri Basin Goldenrod | |
Solidago mollis | Velvety Goldenrod Velvet Goldenrod Soft Goldenrod | |
Sophora nuttalliana | Silky Sophora | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Solidago petiolaris | Downy Ragged Goldenrod Downy Goldenrod | |
Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
Sporobolus compositus | Tall Dropseed Composite Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite Dropseed Tall Dropseed | |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
Sphaeralcea fendleri | Fendler's Globemallow | |
Sporobolus flexuosus | Mesa Dropseed | |
Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow | |
Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed Spreading Scaleseed | |
Sphenopholis intermedia | Slender Wedgescale | |
Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgescale | |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
Spirodela polyrrhiza | Common Duckmeat Giant Duckweed | |
Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled Dropseed Target Dropseed Madagascar Dropseed | |
Sporobolus vaginiflorus | Poverty Dropseed | |
Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies'-tresses Spring Lady's Tresses | |
Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean | |
Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean | |
Stenosiphon linifolius | False Gaura | |
Stenaria nigricans | Bluets Diamond-flowers | |
Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans | Diamondflowers Narrowleaf Bluets Baby's Breath Bluets Fine-leaf Bluets | |
Stephanomeria pauciflora | Brownplume Wirelettuce Brown-plume Desert Straw Fewflower Wirelettuce Prairie Skeletonplant | |
Stuckenia pectinata | Sago Pondweed | |
Stillingia sylvatica | Queen's-delight | |
Stillingia treculiana | Trecul's Toothleaf | |
Suaeda calceoliformis | Pursh Seepweed | |
Symphyotrichum divaricatum | Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Lawn American-aster White Wood Aster Saltmarsh Aster Slender Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
Symphyotrichum falcatum | White Prairie Aster | |
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