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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 |
| Tradescantia gigantea | Giant spiderwort | |
| Tridens muticus var. elongatus | Slim tridens | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Bluejacket Ohio spiderwort | |
| Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus' looking-glass | |
| Tradescantia pedicellata | Edwards Plateau spiderwort Granite spiderwort | |
| Triplasis purpurea | Purple sandgrass Purple triplasis | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm White elm | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
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