Special Collections
South Central Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. It extends from the Western Gulf Coastal Plain east across much of Louisiana and north into southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Pineywoods vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the South Central Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear | |
| Ophioglossum nudicaule | Least Adder's-tongue | |
| Ophioglossum petiolatum | Longstem Adder's-tongue | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
| Ophioglossum vulgatum | Southern Adder's-tongue Adder's-tongue Adder's-tongue Fern | |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub Neverwet | |
| Orbexilum pedunculatum | Sampson's Snakeroot | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea var. cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
| Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis | Royal Fern | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
| Oxalis albicans | Radishroot Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis dichondrifolia | Peonyleaf Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis dillenii | Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Wood Sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water Cowbane | |
| Oxalis priceae | Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Oxypolis rigidior | Stiff Cowbane | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel Violet Wood-sorrel | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass | |
| Panicum anceps | Beaked Panicgrass Beaked Panic Grass | |
| Parnassia asarifolia | Kidneyleaf Grass-of-parnassus Appalachian Grass-of-parnassus | |
| Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass Pink Pappusgrass | |
| Panicum brachyanthum | Prairie Panicgrass Prairie Panic Grass | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | |
| Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew | |
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | Fall Panicgrass Fall Panic Grass | |
| Paspalum dissectum | Mudbank Crowngrass | |
| Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass | |
| Paronychia drummondii | Drummond's Nailwort | |
| Panicum flexile | Wiry Witch Grass Wiry Panic Grass Stiff Witch Grass Slender Panic Grass | |
| Paspalum floridanum | Florida Paspalum | |
| Paspalidium geminatum | Egyptian Panicgrass | |
| Packera glabella | Butterweed Cress-leaf Groundsel Yellowtop | |
| Panicum hallii | Hall's Panicgrass Hall's Panic Grass | |
| Panicum hemitomon | Maidencane | |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
| Parthenium incanum | Mariola | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Paronychia jamesii | James' Nailwort | |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Paronychia lindheimeri | Forked Nailwort | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
| Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel Prairie Ragwort | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed Paspalum Brownseed Paspale | |
| Paspalum praecox | Early Paspalum | |
| Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Palafoxia reverchonii | Reverchon's Palafox | |
| Panicum rigidulum | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. texana | Texas Paloverde Texas Palo-verde Palo-verde | |
| Packera tomentosa | Woolly Ragwort | |
| Panicum verrucosum | Prairie Panicgrass Prairie Panic Grass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Perityle angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Rockdaisy | |
| Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata | Lemonscent | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Canadian Lousewort Wood Betony | |
| Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis | Canadian Lousewort | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Pellaea glabella | Smooth Cliffbrake | |
| Peniocereus greggii | Nightblooming Cereus Night-blooming Cereus | |
| Peniocereus greggii var. greggii | Nightblooming Cereus Night-blooming-cereus Queen Of The Night | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Perityle lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy Rock Daisy | |
| Perityle lindheimeri var. halimifolia | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Cupleaf Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp Bay Swampbay | |
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