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Edwards Plateau
The Edwards Plateau area includes 1.45 million acres known as the Granitic Central Basin in Llano and Mason Counties (Table 2). The Balcones Escarpment forms the distinct boundary of the Edwards Plateau on its eastern and southern borders and outlines what is known as the Texas Hill Country. The area is a deeply dissected, rapidly drained stony plain having broad, flat to undulating divides. The original vegetation was grassland or open savannah-type plains with tree or brushy species found along rocky slopes and stream bottoms.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus apple Prickly pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Common prickly-pear Plains prickly pear Prickly Pear Twist-spine prickly-pear Twistspine pricklypear | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common yellow oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Pappophorum bicolor | Pink pappasgrass Pink pappusgrass | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small palafox Small palafoxia | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow passion vine Yellow passion-flower Yellow passionflower | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy palafox Rose palafoxia | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand palafoxia | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed pectis Lemon-scented pectis Lemonscent pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid marigold | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's penstemon Fendler penstemon Purple foxglove | |
| Penstemon guadalupensis | Guadalupe beardtongue White Penstemon | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Physostegia angustifolia | False Dragon-head Narrowleaf false dragonhead | |
| Phacelia congesta | Blue curls Caterpillars Fiddleneck | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual phlox Phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | McAllister's phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy phlox Fragrant phlox Prairie Phlox | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Philadelphus texensis | Texas mock orange | |
| Pinus remota | Papershell pinyon Remote pinyon pine | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Polygala alba | White milkwort | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas bluegrass Texas blue grass | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Weed | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma plum | |
| Proboscidea louisianica | Devil's claw Ram's horn Unicorn plant Proboscis flower | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Prunus munsoniana | Munson plum Wild goose plum | |
| Prunus rivularis | Creek plum Hog plum River plum | |
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum | Bracken fern Bracken Western bracken fern Western bracken | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash Common hoptree Hop tree | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment live oak Plateau live oak Texas live oak Scrub live oak Hill country live oak Plateau oak | |
| Quercus grisea | Gray oak Mexican blue oak | |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey oak Texas blue oak Canyon oak Smoky oak Rock oak | |
| Quincula lobata | Purple groundcherry Chinese lantern | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack oak Barren oak Black oak Jack oak | |
| Quercus pungens | Pungent oak Sandpaper oak Vasey oak | |
| Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White shin oak Bigelow oak Scaly-bark oak Limestone Durand oak Shortlobe oak Bastard oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post oak | |
| Quercus vaseyana | Vasey oak Sandpaper oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican hat Prairie coneflower Upright prairie coneflower Red-spike mexican-hat Long-headed coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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