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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 | |
| Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's skullcap | |
| Scutellaria resinosa | Resin-dot skullcap Resinous skullcap Shrubby skullcap Sticky skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Schoenocaulon texanum | Green Lily Texas feathershank Texas Sabadilla | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's senna Velvet leaf senna Velvetleaf senna Velvet-leaf wild sensitive-plant Puppy-dog ears | |
| Setaria parviflora | Marsh bristlegrass Knotroot bristlegrass | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf senna Two leaved senna | |
| Setaria texana | Texas bristlegrass | |
| Silphium albiflorum | White rosinweed White-flowered rosinweed Compass Plant | |
| Sisyrinchium langloisii | Roadside blue-eyed grass Dotted blue-eyed grass Southern blue-eyed grass | |
| Sisyrinchium sagittiferum | Blue-eyed grass Spearbract blue-eyed grass | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late goldenrod Canadian goldenrod Canada goldenrod | |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada goldenrod Canadian goldenrod Tall goldenrod Giant goldenrod | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf nightshade Silver-leaf nightshade White horse nettle Trompillo Tomato weed | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray goldenrod Prairie goldenrod Old field goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow indian grass | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mescal bean Mescal bean sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Copper globemallow Copper-mallow Globe mallow | |
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite dropseed Tall dropseed | |
| Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand dropseed | |
| Sporobolus wrightii | Big sacaton Sacaton Alkali sacaton | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve’s necklace Eve's necklacepod Texas sophora | |
| Symphyotrichum pratense | Barrens silky aster Meadow Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum subulatum | Baby's breath aster Annual Aster Eastern annual saltmarsh aster Blackland aster Hierba del Marrano | |
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