High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Abutilon palmeri | Palmer's Indian Mallow Santa Catalina Indian-mallow | |
Acalypha californica | California Copperleaf | |
Acer circinatum | Oregon Vine Maple Vine Maple | |
Acer glabrum var. diffusum | Mountain Maple Rocky Mountain Maple | |
Acer glabrum var. greenei | Greene's Maple Greene's Mountain Maple | |
Acer glabrum var. torreyi | Torrey Maple Torrey's Mountain Maple | |
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus | Rayless Goldenhead | |
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. hirtellus | Rayless Goldenhead | |
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus | Rayless Goldenhead | |
Adolphia californica | California Prickbush Spinebush | |
Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common Chamise Greasewood | |
Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum | Chamise | |
Adenostoma fasciculatum var. obtusifolium | Chamise San Diego Chamise | |
Adenostoma sparsifolium | Redshank Ribbon Bush Ribbonwood | |
Aesculus californica | California Buckeye | |
Agave americana ssp. americana | American Century Plant Century Plant Maguey | |
Agave americana var. expansa | American Century Plant Spreading Century Plant | |
Agave deserti ssp. deserti | Desert Agave | |
Agave deserti ssp. simplex | Desert Agave Simple Desert Agave | |
Agoseris glauca var. laciniata | False Agoseris False Dandelion Lace Leaved Short Beaked Agoseris | |
Agave utahensis var. eborispina | Ivory-spined Agave Utah Agave | |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder Speckled Alder | |
Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa | Siberian Alder | |
Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata | Sitka Alder Mountain Alder | |
Aloysia wrightii | Wright's Beebrush Wright's Lippia | |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry Western Serviceberry Juneberry | |
Ambrosia ambrosioides | Ambrosia Leaf Bur Ragweed Canyon Ragweed Ambrosia Bursage Big Bursage | |
Amorpha californica | California False Indigo | |
Amorpha californica var. californica | California False Indigo | |
Amorpha californica var. napensis | Napa False Indigo | |
Ambrosia chamissonis | Silver Bur Ragweed | |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | San Diego Bur Ragweed San Diego Bursage | |
Ambrosia eriocentra | Woolly Fruit Bur Ragweed Woolly Bursage | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amphipappus fremontii | Fremont's Chaffbush Chaffbush | |
Amphipappus fremontii ssp. fremontii | Fremont's Chaffbush Chaffbush | |
Amphipappus fremontii ssp. spinosus | Fremont's Chaffbush Chaffbush | |
Ambrosia ilicifolia | Hollyleaf Bur Ragweed Hollyleaf Bursage | |
Amelanchier pallida | Pale Serviceberry Pale Shadbush | |
Amelanchier pumila | Dwarf Serviceberry Dwarf Shadbush | |
Amelanchier utahensis var. covillei | Coville's Serviceberry Coville's Shadbush | |
Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis | Utah Serviceberry Utah Shadbush | |
Arceuthobium abietinum | Fir Dwarf Mistletoe Western Dwarf Mistletoe White Fir Dwarf-mistletoe | |
Arceuthobium abietinum ssp. abietinum | Fir Dwarf Mistletoe Western Dwarf Mistletoe Western Dwarf-mistletoe | |
Arceuthobium americanum | American Dwarf Mistletoe Lodgepole Dwarf Mistletoe Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe Lodgepole Pine Dwarf-mistletoe | |
Arctostaphylos andersonii | Heartleaf Manzanita Santa Cruz Island Manzanita Santa Cruz Manzanita | |
Artemisia arbuscula | Little Sagebrush Low Sagebrush | |
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula | Little Sagebrush Low Sagebrush | |
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longicaulis | Little Sagebrush Lahontan Sagebrush | |
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola | Little Sagebrush Hot Springs Sagebrush | |
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