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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Eryngium diffusum | Spreading Eryngo | |
Erigeron flagellaris | Trailing Fleabane | |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
Eriogonum jamesii | James' Buckwheat James' Wild Buckwheat | |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
Eriogonum longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat Longleaf Wild Buckwheat | |
Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat | |
Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
Eriogonum multiflorum | Wild Buckwheat Heart-sepal Buckwheat Heart-sepal Wild Buckwheat | |
Ericameria nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Gray Rabbitbrush | |
Ericameria nauseosa var. glabrata | Rubber Rabbitbrush | |
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Rabbitbrush Chamisa | |
Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Rabbitbrush | |
Eriogonum nealleyi | Irion County Buckwheat Irion County Wild Buckwheat | |
Eragrostis pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
Eragrostis secundiflora | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
Eragrostis sessilispica | Tumble Lovegrass Tumble Love Grass | |
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 | |
Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass Sand Love Grass | |
Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus | |
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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