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South Texas Plains

The South Texas Plains lie south of a line from San Antonio to Del Rio. This area is the western extension of the Gulf Coastal Plains merging with the Mexico Plains on the west. The area is a nearly level to rolling, slightly to moderately dissected plain. Upland soils are of three groups: dark, clayey soils over firm clayey subsoils; grayish to reddish brown, loamy to sandy soils; and brown loamy soils. Gray, clayey, saline, and sodic soils are extensive on the coastal fringe, along with Galveston deep sands. Bottomlands are typically brown to gray, calcareous silt loams to clayey alluvial soils.

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Abronia fragransFragrant Sand-verbena
Snowball Sand Verbena
Sweet Sand-verbena
Prairie Snowball
Sand Verbena
Heart's Delight
Abutilon fruticosumIndian Mallow
Texas Indian Mallow
Abutilon hypoleucumWhiteleaf Indian Mallow
White-leaf Indian-mallow
Rio Grande Abutilon
Achillea millefoliumCommon Yarrow
Western Yarrow
Yarrow
Milfoil
Acer negundoBox Elder
Box Elder Maple
Ash-leaved Maple
Ashleaf Maple
Red River Maple
Fresno De Guajuco
Agave americanaAmerican Century Plant
Century Plant
Agave parryi ssp. parryiParry's Agave
Rough Agave
Century Plant
Mescal
Allium canadense var. canadenseMeadow Garlic
Wild Onion
Canada Onion
Allium canadense var. mobilenseMeadow Garlic
Wild Onion
Allium coryiYellowflower Onion
Yellow-flowered Onion
Allium drummondiiDrummond's Onion
Wild Garlic
Drummond Wild Onion
Aloysia gratissimaWhitebrush
Bee-brush
White-brush
Common Bee-brush
Beebrush
Privet Lippia
Aloysia wrightiiWright's Beebrush
Wright's Lippia
Ampelopsis cordataHeartleaf Peppervine
Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Amorpha fruticosaIndigo Bush
False Indigo Bush
False Indigo
Desert False Indigo
Amsonia illustrisOzark Bluestar
Showy Blue-star
Missouri Blue Star
Swamp Bluestar
Amyris texanaTexas Torchwood
Chapotillo
Andropogon gerardiiBig Bluestem
Tall Bluestem
Turkeyfoot
Andropogon glomeratusBushy Bluestem
Brushy Bluestem
Andropogon virginicusBroomsedge
Broomsedge Bluestem
Yellowsedge Bluestem
Whiskey Grass
Popotillo Pajon
Aphanostephus skirrhobasisLazy Daisy
Arkansas Lazy Daisy
Arkansas Doze-daisy
Argemone mexicanaMexican Prickly Poppy
Mexican Prickly Poppy
Yellow Prickly Poppy
Aristolochia pentandraMarsh's Dutchman's Pipe
Argemone sanguineaRed Pricklypoppy
Rose Prickly Poppy
Red Prickly Poppy
Avicennia germinansBlack Mangrove
Bauhinia lunarioidesAnacacho Orchid Tree
Anacacho Bauhinia
Orchid Tree
Texas Plume
Batis maritimaTurtleweed
Seaside Saltwort
Baccharis neglectaFalse Willow
Jara Dulce
Poverty Weed
Roosevelt Weed
Bothriochloa barbinodisPinhole Bluestem
Cane Bluestem
Cane Beardgrass
Feather Bluestem
Plains Beardgrass
Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats Grama
Banderilla
Banderita
Navajita
Bouteloua dactyloidesBuffalograss
Buffalo Grass
Borrichia frutescensBushy Seaside Tansy
Ox-eye Daisy
Sea Daisy
Sea Ox-eye
Bouteloua hirsutaHairy Grama
Bouteloua repensSlender Grama
Bouteloua rigidisetaTexas Grama
Buddleja sessilifloraRio Grande Butterflybush
Tepozan
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculumChile Pequin
Chile Tepin
Bird Pepper
Turkey Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Calliandra confertaRio Grande Stickpea
Fairy Duster
Castela erecta ssp. texanaTexan Goatbush
Goat-bush
Allthorn Goatbush
Amargoso
Calylophus hartwegiiHartweg's Sundrops
Western Primrose
Carya illinoinensisPecan
Castilleja indivisaTexas Indian Paintbrush
Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush
Texas Paintbrush
Indian Paintbrush
Scarlet Paintbrush
Callirhoe involucrataWinecup
Purple Poppy Mallow
Carex planostachysCedar Sedge
Castilleja purpureaPrairie Paintbrush
Downy Indian Paintbrush
Purple Paintbrush
Lemon Paintbrush
Purple Painted Cup
Campsis radicansTrumpet Creeper
Trumpet Vine
Common Trumpet Creeper
Cow Vine
Foxglove Vine
Hellvine
Devil's Shoestring
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea
Redroot
Centaurea americanaAmerican Basket-flower
American Star-thistle
Basket-flower
Star Thistle
Shaving Brush
Basket Flower
Celtis ehrenbergianaDesert Hackberry
Spiny Hackberry
Shiny Hackberry
Granjeno
Huasteco
Celtis laevigataSugar Hackberry
Texas Sugarberry
Sugarberry
Southern Hackberry
Lowland Hackberry
Hackberry
Palo Blanco
Celtis laevigata var. reticulataNetleaf Hackberry
Netleaf Sugar Hackberry
Western Hackberry
Sugar Hackberry
Texas Sugarberry
Palo Blanco
Acibuche
Cephalanthus occidentalisCommon Buttonbush
Buttonbush
Button Willow
Honey Bells
Honeybells
Honey Balls
Honeyballs
Button-bush
Chiococca albaSnowberry
West Indian Milkberry
David's Milkberry
Cahinca
West Indian Snowberry
Milkberry
Chamaecrista fasciculataPartridge Pea
Sleepingplant
Sensitive Plant
Chasmanthium latifoliumInland Sea Oats
Indian Wood Oats
Wild Oats
River Oats
Flathead Oats
Upland Oats
Upland Sea Oats
Chromolaena odorataBlue Mistflower
Fragrant Mistflower
Blue Boneset
Fragrant Boneset
Jack In The Bush
Crucita
Siam Weed
Common Flossflower
Christmas Bush
Devilweed
Chloris virgataFeather Fingergrass
Showy Chloris
Citharexylum berlandieriBerlandier's Fiddlewood
Berlandier Fiddlewood
Fiddlewood
Cirsium texanumTexas Thistle
Clematis drummondiiOld Man's Beard
Drummond's Clematis
Texas Virgin's Bower
Goat's Beard
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicenseJamaica Swamp Sawgrass
Jamaican Saw-grass
Saw-grass
Cordia boissieriMexican Olive
Texas Wild Olive
Anacahuita
Anacahuite
Cocculus diversifoliusCorrehuela
Snailseed
Cornus drummondiiRoughleaf Dogwood
Drummond's Dogwood
Rough-leaf Dogwood
Cooperia drummondiiEvening Rain Lily
Evening Star Rain Lily
Condalia hookeriBluewood Condalia
Brasil
Brasilwood
Bluewood
Logwood
Purple Haw
Capul Negro
Coreopsis lanceolataLanceleaf Coreopsis
Lance-leaved Coreopsis
Lanceleaf Tickseed
Sand Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoriaPlains Coreopsis
Golden Tickseed
Goldenwave
Calliopsis
Croton alabamensis var. texensisTexabama Croton
Texas Alabama Croton
Crinum americanumAmerican Crinum Lily
Seven Sisters
Swamp Lily
Southern Swamp Lily
String Lily
Crinum Lily
Datura wrightiiJimsonweed
Sacred Thorn-apple
Thorn-apple
Angel Trumpet
Sacred Datura
Western Jimson Weed
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineumCarolina Larkspur
Prairie Larkspur
Desmanthus illinoensisIllinois Bundleflower
Bundleflower
Prairie Bundle Flower
Prickleweed
Illinois Desmanthus
Prairie Mimosa
Digitaria californicaArizona Cottontop
California Cottontop
California Crab Grass
Cottontop
Diospyros texanaTexas Persimmon
Mexican Persimmon
Black Persimmon
Chapote
Chapote Prieto
Dracopis amplexicaulisClasping Coneflower
Clasping-leaf Coneflower
Echeandia chandleriChandler's Craglily
Lila De Los Llanos
Elymus canadensisCanada Wild Rye
Canadian Wildrye
Prairie Wildrye
Nodding Wildrye
Elionurus tripsacoidesPan American Balsamscale
Balsamscale
Eriogonum annuumAnnual Buckwheat
Annual Wild Buckwheat
Umbrella Plant
Eragrostis intermediaPlains Lovegrass
Plains Love Grass
Eryngium leavenworthiiLeavenworth's Eryngo
Eryngo
False Purple Thistle
Eriogonum multiflorumWild Buckwheat
Heart-sepal Buckwheat
Heart-sepal Wild Buckwheat
Eragrostis palmeriRio Grande Lovegrass
Rio Grande Love Grass
Erioneuron pilosumHairy Woollygrass
Hairy Tridens
Eriochloa sericeaTexas Cupgrass
Eragrostis spectabilisPurple Lovegrass
Purple Love Grass
Purple Plains Lovegrass
Tumblegrass
Petticoat Climber
Esenbeckia berlandieriBerlandier's Jopoy
Berlandier Jopoy
Jopoy
Berlandier's Esenbeckia
Berlandier Esenbeckia
Runyon Esenbeckia
Euphorbia cyathophoraWild Poinsettia
Poinsettia
Fire On The Mountain
Euphorbia marginataSnow On The Mountain
Snow-on-the-mountain
Eysenhardtia texanaTexas Kidneywood
Kidneywood
Bee Brush
Vara Dulce
Palo Dulce
Fraxinus americanaWhite Ash
American Ash
Cane Ash
Smallseed White Ash
Biltmore White Ash
Biltmore Ash
Fraxinus berlandierianaMexican Ash
Berlandier Ash
Berlandier's Ash
Plumero
Gaillardia pulchellaIndian Blanket
Firewheel
Girasol Rojo
Gaillardia suavisPincushion Daisy
Fragrant Gaillardia
Rayless Gaillardia
Perfumeballs
Geum canadenseWhite Avens
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifidaPrairie Verbena
Purple Prairie Verbena
Dakota Mock Vervain
Dakota Vervain
Glandularia canadensisRose Vervain
Sweet William
Rose Mock Vervain
Gleditsia triacanthosHoney Locust
Common Honey Locust
Thorny Common Honey Locust
Honey Shucks Locust
Sweet Locust
Thorny Locust
Honey Shucks
Sweet Bean Tree
Guaiacum angustifoliumTexas Lignum-vitae
Soapbush
Guayacan
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