Trans-Pecos
The Trans-Pecos area in Far West Texas is traversed by the eastern chain of the Rocky Mountains into the Basin and Range Province and is typical of the southwestern United States. Guadalupe Peak, having an elevation of 8,751 feet, of the Guadalupe Mountains, is the highest point in Texas. Surrounding peaks are El Capitan, Shumard, Bartlett, and Pine Top, all exceeding 8,000 feet. Mount Emory in the Chisos Mountains and Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains are 7,825 feet and 8,382 feet high, respectively. Notable canyons and gorges are Santa Elena, Boquillas, and Mariscal on the Big Bend of the Rio Grande; and McKittrick in the Guadalupe Mountains. Uplands soils are mostly light reddish brown to brown clay loams, clays, and sands over reddish, loamy to clayey, calcareous, gypsic or saline subsoils. These include many areas of shallow soils and rocklands. Sizeable areas of deep sands exist. Drainage is rapid in the mountains, slow in the basins, and absent in the bolsons.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
Symphyotrichum subulatum | Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Baby's Breath Aster Annual Aster Blackland Aster Hierba Del Marrano | |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander Canada Germander Canadian Germander Germander Hairy Germander Wood Sage | |
Teucrium laciniatum | Lacy Germander Cut-leaf Germander Dwarf Germander | |
Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy Hymenoxys Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy Yellow Daisy Bitterweed | |
Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow Trumpetbush Yellow Trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow Elder Hardy Yellow Trumpet Yellow Trumpet Bush | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue Tall Meadow-rue Meadow Rue | |
Thelypteris kunthii | Wood Fern River Fern Southern Shield Fern Kunth's Maiden Fern Normal Shield Fern | |
Tiquilia greggii | Plumed Crinklemat Plume Tiquilia Plume Coldenia Gregg Coldenia Hierba Del Cenizo | |
Tridens albescens | White Tridens White Top | |
Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens Redtop Tridens Tall Redtop Tridens Purpletop Redtop Tall Redtop | |
Tradescantia gigantea | Giant Spiderwort | |
Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort Bluejacket | |
Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
Vachellia bravoensis | Huisachillo Dwarf Huisache Bravo Acacia Schaffner's Acacia Schaffner's Wattle Twisted Acacia | |
Vachellia constricta | Whitethorn Acacia White-thorn Acacia Mescat Acacia Mescat Wattle Whitethorn Vara Prieta Chaparro Prieto | |
Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache Texas Huisache Sweet Acacia Perfume Acacia Mealy Acacia Mealy Wattle Cassie | |
Vachellia rigidula | Blackbrush Acacia Blackbrush Chaparro Prieto Gavia | |
Verbena halei | Texas Vervain Slender Verbena Texas Verbena Slender Vervain | |
Vernonia lindheimeri | Woolly Ironweed | |
Vitis arizonica | Canyon Grape Arizona Grape | |
Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye | |
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Resinbush | |
Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca Buckley's Yucca | |
Yucca elata | Soaptree Yucca Soaptree Soapweed Yucca Palmilla Palmella Amole | |
Yucca faxoniana | Faxon Yucca Carneros Yucca Eve's Needle Spanish Bayonet Spanish Dagger Giant Dagger Palm Samandoca Palm Barreta Palmilla Palma | |
Yucca thompsoniana | Thompson's Yucca Thompson Yucca Beaked Yucca Big Bend Yucca Soyate Palmita Trans-Pecos Yucca | |
Yucca torreyi | Torrey Yucca Torrey's Yucca Spanish Bayonet Spanish Dagger Old Shag Palma | |
Yucca treculeana | Spanish Dagger Spanish Bayonet Don Quixote's Lance Palma Pita Palma De Datil Palmito | |
Zinnia grandiflora | Plains Zinnia Rocky Mountain Zinnia Prairie Zinnia Little Golden Zinnia Yellow Zinnia | |
Ziziphus obtusifolia | Lotebush Lote-bush Condalia Graythorn | |
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