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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Acacia greggii var. wrightii | Catclaw acacia Catclaw Wright acacia | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing saltbush Fourwing saltbush Wingscale | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue grama | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf hackberry Netleaf sugar hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus | Silver mountain mahogany Mountain mahogany True mountain mahogany Silverleaf mountain mahogany | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening rain lily Evening star rain lily | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Cane cactus Cholla Teddy-bear cholla Tree cholla Walkingstick cholla | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black dalea Black prairie clover | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas bluebells Texas bluebell Bluebell Showy prairie gentian Prairie gentian | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Blanket flower Red dome blanketflower Red-dome blanket-flower Yellow gaillardia | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Dakota mock vervain Davis Mountain mock vervain Wright's verbena | |
| Glossopetalon planitierum | Plains greasebush | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie sunflower Plains sunflower | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe juniper Ashe's juniper Mountain cedar Blueberry juniper | |
| Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed juniper One-seed juniper Cherrystone juniper | |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's juniper Pinchot juniper Redberry juniper | |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain juniper Rocky Mountain red cedar | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green sprangletop | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild blue flax Prairie flax Lewis flax | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted blazing star Dotted gayfeather | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem flax Large-flower yellow flax Yellow flax | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tanseyleaf tansyaster Tahoka Daisy Tansy Aster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit evening-primrose Silver leaf primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri evening primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western wheatgrass | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Gilia beardtongue Pink plains penstemon Pink plains beardtongue Sand penstemon | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's beardtongue James's penstemon James beardtongue James penstemon | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado pinyon pine Pinyon pine Two-needle pine Colorado pinyon Pinyon | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas bluegrass Texas blue grass | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains cottonwood Great Plains cottonwood | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma plum | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common chokecherry Choke cherry | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus havardii | Havard oak Havard shin-oak Shinnery oak | |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohr oak Shin oak Scrub oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak Shumard's oak Shumard red oak Southern red oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican hat Prairie coneflower Upright prairie coneflower Red-spike mexican-hat Long-headed coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant sumac | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie flameleaf sumac Flame-leaf sumac Prairie sumac Lance-leaf sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf sumac Desert sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Ribes aureum var. villosum | Golden currant Buffalo currant | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf willow Peach-leaf willow Almond-leaf willow | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher sage Blue sage | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy blue sage Mealy sage Mealycup sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western soapberry Soapberry | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late goldenrod Canadian goldenrod Canada goldenrod | |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant goldenrod Smooth goldenrod Tall goldenrod Late goldenrod Early goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow indian grass | |
| Solidago petiolaris | Downy goldenrod Downy ragged goldenrod | |
| Thelesperma filifolium | Stiff greenthread Greenthread | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern gamagrass | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Baldwin's ironweed Western Ironweed Ironweed | |
| Yucca glauca var. glauca | Narrow-leaf yucca Soapweed yucca | |
| Zinnia grandiflora | Rocky Mountain zinnia Little golden zinnia Yellow zinnia Plains zinnia Prairie zinnia | |
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