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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Oxytropis lambertii | Purple Locoweed | |
Oxytropis sericea | White Locoweed Silky Locoweed | |
Oxytropis sericea var. sericea | White Locoweed | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass Pink Pappusgrass | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | |
Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew | |
Panicum dichotomiflorum | Fall Panicgrass Fall Panic Grass | |
Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass | |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo Fetid Passionflower | |
Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia | Cottonleaf Passionflower Corona De Cristo | |
Panicum hallii | Hall's Panicgrass Hall's Panic Grass | |
Parthenium incanum | Mariola | |
Paronychia jamesii | James' Nailwort | |
Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
Panicum philadelphicum | Philadelphia Panicgrass Philadelphia Panic Grass | |
Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel Prairie Ragwort | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
Packera tridenticulata | Threetooth Ragwort | |
Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon White Beardtongue Red-line Penstemon Red-line Beardtongue | |
Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata | Lemonscent | |
Pediomelum argophyllum | Silverleaf Indian Breadroot | |
Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
Penstemon barbatus | Scarlet Bugler Beard-lip Penstemon Beard-lip Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Goldenbeard Penstemon Goldenbeard Beardtongue Saint Joseph's Staff Varita De San Jose | |
Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon Buckley's Beardtongue | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
Pellaea glabella | Smooth Cliffbrake | |
Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
Pediomelum hypogaeum var. hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea | |
Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
Pediomelum linearifolium | Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot Narrow-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop | |
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