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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Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage | |
Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage | |
Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria drummondii var. edwardsiana | Drummond's Skullcap | |
Scutellaria galericulata | Marsh Skullcap | |
Scutellaria lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
Schedonnardus paniculatus | Tumblegrass Tumble Grass | |
Schoenoplectus pungens | Common Threesquare Chairmaker's-rush American Bulrush Threesquare Bulrush Sharp Clubrush | |
Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap Resin-dot Skullcap Resinous Skullcap | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush Soft-stem Club-rush Great Bulrush | |
Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap | |
Senna bauhinioides | Twinleaf Senna Twinleaf | |
Selenia dissecta | Texas Selenia | |
Selinocarpus diffusus | Spreading Moonpod | |
Senecio flaccidus | Threadleaf Ragwort Threadleaf Groundsel | |
Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia Gregg's Acacia Gregg Catclaw Acacia Gregg's Catclaw Acacia Gregg Catclaw Gregg's Catclaw Texas Catclaw Acacia Texas Catclaw Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia Longflower Catclaw Acacia Long-flowered Catclaw Longflower Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw Devil's Claw Uña De Gato | |
Selenia jonesii | Jones' Selenia Jones Selenia | |
Setaria leucopila | Streambed Bristlegrass Plains Bristlegrass | |
Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass Knotroot Bristlegrass | |
Senna pumilio | Dwarf Senna | |
Setaria reverchonii | Reverchon's Bristlegrass | |
Senecio riddellii | Riddell's Ragwort | |
Senegalia roemeriana | Roemer Acacia Roemer's Acacia Roundflower Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
Sesuvium verrucosum | Verrucose Seapurslane Western Sea Purslane | |
Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene Sleepy Catchfly | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower | |
Sisyrinchium chilense | Swordleaf Blue-eyed Grass Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum Bumelia Gum Bully Woollybucket Bumelia Woolly Bumelia Gum Woollybucket Woolly Buckthorn Chittamwood Shittamwood Gum Elastic Coma Black Haw | |
Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. oblongifolium | Gum Bully Chittamwood Gum Elastic Tree | |
Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed Grass Mountain Blue-eyed Grass Common Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum | Strict Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sida rhombifolia | Cuban Jute Axocatzin | |
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