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
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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 | |
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