Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Arenaria benthamii | Hilly Sandwort | |
| Artemisia campestris | Field Sagewort | |
| Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field Sagewort | |
| Argemone chisosensis | Chisos Mountain Prickly Poppy Pink Prickly Poppy | |
| Aristolochia coryi | Cory's Dutchman's-pipe Cory's Pipevine | |
| Aristida desmantha | Curly Threeawn | |
| Arceuthobium douglasii | Douglas Fir Dwarf Mistletoe Douglas-fir Dwarf Mistletoe | |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
| Arenaria fendleri | Fendler's Sandwort | |
| Ariocarpus fissuratus | Chautle Livingrock Living Rock Cactus Texas Living Rock | |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush Silver Sagebrush Silvery Wormwood Sand Sage | |
| Argythamnia humilis | Low Silverbush | |
| Arenaria lanuginosa | Spreading Sandwort | |
| Arenaria livermorensis | Livermore Sandwort | |
| Argythamnia mercurialina | Tall Silverbush Tall Wildmercury | |
| Argythamnia mercurialina var. mercurialina | Tall Silverbush Tall Wild Mercury Tall Ditaxis | |
| Argythamnia neomexicana | New Mexico Silverbush | |
| Argemone polyanthemos | Crested Pricklypoppy Annual Pricklepoppy Bluestem Pricklepoppy Bluestem Prickly Poppy Pricklypoppy Thistle Poppy White Prickly Poppy White Pricklypoppy | |
| Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf Manzanita Mexican Manzanita | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi | Blue Threeawn | |
| Aralia racemosa | American Spikenard | |
| Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly Poppy Red Prickly Poppy | |
| Argemone squarrosa | Hedgehog Pricklypoppy Hedgehog Prickly Poppy | |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone Madrone Texas Arbutus Manzanita Xoxocote Amazaquitl | |
| Astragalus albulus | Cibola Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand Milkweed Western Sand Milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
| Astrolepis cochisensis ssp. cochisensis | Cochise Scaly Cloakfern | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch Ground Plum | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus emoryanus | Emory's Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed | |
| Astragalus giganteus | Giant Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Astrolepis integerrima | Hybrid Cloakfern | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
| Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf Milkweed | |
| Astragalus lentiginosus | Freckled Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus lotiflorus | Lotus Milkvetch Lotus Milk-vetch Low Milkvetch Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias macrotis | Longhood Milkweed | |
| Astragalus missouriensis | Missouri Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Locoweed Purple Locoweed Woolly Loco Woolly Milkvetch Wooly Loco Wooly Locoweed | |
| Asclepias nummularia | Tufted Milkweed | |
| Astragalus nuttallianus | Nuttall's Milkvetch Small-flowered Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
| Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem Spleenwort | |
| Asclepias scaposa | Stalked Milkweed Bear Mountain Milkweed | |
| Asplenium septentrionale | Forked Spleenwort Grassfern | |
| Astrolepis sinuata | Wavy Scaly Cloakfern | |
| Asclepias sperryi | Sperry's Milkweed | |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail Milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
| Asclepias texana | Texas Milkweed White Milkweed | |
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | |
| Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing Saltbush Wing-scale | |
| Atriplex obovata | Mound Saltbush | |
| Bahia absinthifolia | Hairyseed Bahia Hairy-seed False Goldfields Bahia Yerba Raton | |
| Baccharis bigelovii | Bigelow's False Willow | |
| Bahia bigelovii | Bigelow's Bahia | |
| Bahia dissecta | Ragleaf Bahia | |
| Baccharis havardii | Havard's False Willow | |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace Water Hyssop Coastal Water-hyssop | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara Dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Bahia pedata | Bluntscale Bahia | |
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Disk Waterhyssop Disc Water-hyssop | |
| Baccharis salicina | Willow Baccharis Great Plains False Willow | |
| Baccharis sarothroides | Desert Broom Desertbroom | |
| Baccharis salicifolia | Mule's Fat Seep Willow | |
| Baccharis texana | Prairie False Willow Prairie Baccharis | |
| Bebbia juncea | Sweetbush | |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy Chocolate Flower Lyreleaf Greeneyes Green-eyed Lyre Leaf | |
| Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse's Eye Mouse Ears | |
| Bernardia obovata | Desert Myrtlecroton | |
| Bifora americana | Prairie Bishop Prairie Bishop's Weed | |
| Bidens bigelovii | Bigelow's Beggarticks | |
| Bidens bipinnata | Spanish Needles | |
| Bidens bigelovii var. bigelovii | Bigelow's Beggarticks | |
| Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggartick Spanish Needles | |
| Bidens laevis | Smooth Beggartick Smooth Bidens Smooth Bur Marigold Larger Bur Marigold | |
| Bidens leptocephala | Fewflower Beggarticks | |
| Blepharoneuron tricholepis | Pine Dropseed | |
| Bothriochloa alta | Tall Beardgrass | |
| Bouteloua barbata | Sixweeks Grama | |
| Bothriochloa barbinodis | Pinhole Bluestem Cane Bluestem Cane Beardgrass Feather Bluestem Plains Beardgrass | |
| Boerhavia coccinea | Scarlet Spiderling | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike False Nettle Bog Hemp | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Boerhavia erecta | Erect Spiderling Common Spiderling | |
| Bouteloua eriopoda | Black Grama | |
| Borrichia frutescens | Bushy Seaside Tansy Ox-eye Daisy Sea Daisy Sea Ox-eye | |
| Boerhavia gracillima | Slimstalk Spiderling | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
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