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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 |
| 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 | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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