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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 |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large buttercup | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth sumac | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie flameleaf sumac Flame-leaf sumac Prairie sumac Lance-leaf sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf sumac Desert sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge plant Baby peppers | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's ruellia Drummond's wild petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Ruellia humilis | Fringeleaf wild petunia Hairy ruellia Low wild Petunia Low ruellia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet ruellia Common wild petunia Violet wild petunia Wild petunia | |
| Rubus trivialis | Dewberry Southern dewberry | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher sage Big blue sage Azure sage Giant blue sage Blue sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby blue sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas star Rose gentian Meadow pink Prairie rose-gentian Prairie sabatia | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's sage Engelmann’s salvia | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy blue sage Mealy sage Mealycup sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage Cherry sage Gregg salvia | |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
| Salvia lycioides | Canyon sage | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush palmetto | |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big red sage Penstemon sage | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta arrowhead | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Salvia texana | Texas sage Blue sage | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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