Special Collections
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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| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus havardii | Havard Oak Havard Shin-oak Shinnery Oak | |
| Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus sinuata | Bastard Oak Durand Oak | |
| Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard Oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus cymbalaria | Alkali Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus longirostris | Longbeak Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora globularis | Globe Beaksedge | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
| Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
| Rosa arkansana | Prairie Rose Arkansas Rose | |
| Rorippa palustris | Bog Yellowcress | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
| Rosa woodsii | Woods' Rose Western Wild Rose | |
| Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
| Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Rumex spiralis | Winged Dock | |
| Rumex venosus | Veiny Dock Winged Dock | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
| Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria cuneata | Arumleaf Arrowhead Narrowleaf Arrowhead | |
| Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
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