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Edwards Plateau
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state, it is commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country. This ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Edwards Plateau vegetative region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
| Aphanostephus ramosissimus var. ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy | |
| Aphanostephus riddellii | Riddell's Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
| Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy Arkansas Lazy Daisy Arkansas Doze-daisy | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine Wild Red Columbine | |
| Argemone aenea | Golden Pricklypoppy Golden Prickly Poppy | |
| Argemone albiflora | Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
| Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
| Argythamnia aphoroides | Hill Country Silverbush | |
| Argemone aurantiaca | Texas Pricklypoppy Texas Prickly Poppy | |
| Arenaria benthamii | Hilly Sandwort | |
| Artemisia campestris | Field Sagewort | |
| Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field Sagewort | |
| Aristolochia coryi | Cory's Dutchman's-pipe Cory's Pipevine | |
| Aristida desmantha | Curly Threeawn | |
| Argyrochosma dealbata | Powdery False Cloak Fern Powdery Cloak Fern False Cloak Fern | |
| Aristida dichotoma | Churchmouse Threeawn | |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
| Aristolochia erecta | Swanflower | |
| Ariocarpus fissuratus | Chautle Livingrock Living Rock Cactus Texas Living Rock | |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush Silver Sagebrush Silvery Wormwood Sand Sage | |
| Argythamnia humilis | Low Silverbush | |
| Aristida longespica | Slimspike Threeawn Kearney's Three-awn Red Three-awn Slender Three-awn | |
| Argemone mexicana | Mexican Prickly Poppy Mexican Prickly Poppy Yellow Prickly Poppy | |
| Argythamnia mercurialina | Tall Silverbush Tall Wildmercury | |
| Argythamnia mercurialina var. mercurialina | Tall Silverbush Tall Wild Mercury Tall Ditaxis | |
| Argythamnia neomexicana | New Mexico Silverbush | |
| Aristida oligantha | Prairie Threeawn Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn Oldfield Threeawn | |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
| Arnoglossum plantagineum | Groovestem Indian Plantain Indian Plantain Prairie Plantain Prairie Indian Plantain | |
| Argemone polyanthemos | Crested Pricklypoppy Annual Pricklepoppy Bluestem Pricklepoppy Bluestem Prickly Poppy Pricklypoppy Thistle Poppy White Prickly Poppy White Pricklypoppy | |
| Aristida purpurascens | Arrowfeather Threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red Three-awn Fendler Three-awn Purple Threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi | Blue Threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Threeawn Red Threeawn | |
| Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly Poppy Red Prickly Poppy | |
| Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot Virginia Dutchmanspipe | |
| Argythamnia simulans | Plateau Silverbush Tall Wild-mercury | |
| Argemone squarrosa | Hedgehog Pricklypoppy Hedgehog Prickly Poppy | |
| Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Dutchman's Pipe Common Dutchman's Pipe | |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone Madrone Texas Arbutus Manzanita Xoxocote Amazaquitl | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping Milkweed Bluntleaf Milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch Ground Plum | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Groundplum Groundplum Milkvetch Groundplum | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus distortus | Ozark Milkvetch Bent Milk Vetch Bentpod Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias emoryi | Emory's Milkweed | |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Astrolepis integerrima | Hybrid Cloakfern | |
| Astranthium integrifolium | Entireleaf Western Daisy | |
| Astranthium integrifolium ssp. ciliatum | Entireleaf Western Daisy | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
| Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf Milkweed | |
| Astragalus leptocarpus | Rare Loco Milkvetch Slimpod Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Milkvetch Lindheimer's Astragulus | |
| Astragalus lotiflorus | Lotus Milkvetch Lotus Milk-vetch Low Milkvetch Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus missouriensis | Missouri Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Locoweed Purple Locoweed Woolly Loco Woolly Milkvetch Wooly Loco Wooly Locoweed | |
| 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 | |
| Astragalus plattensis | Platte River Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus pleianthus | Edwards Plateau Milkvetch | |
| Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem Spleenwort | |
| Astrolepis sinuata | Wavy Scaly Cloakfern | |
| Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail Milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
| Asclepias texana | Texas Milkweed White Milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing Saltbush Wing-scale | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern Subarctic Lady Fern Lady Fern Ladyfern | |
| Axonopus fissifolius | Common Carpetgrass | |
| Azolla caroliniana | Carolina Mosquitofern | |
| Bahia absinthifolia | Hairyseed Bahia Hairy-seed False Goldfields Bahia Yerba Raton | |
| Baptisia bracteata | Longbract Wild Indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata var. laevicaulis | Longbract Wild Indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo | |
| 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 | |
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Disk Waterhyssop Disc Water-hyssop | |
| Baccharis salicina | Willow Baccharis Great Plains False Willow | |
| Baccharis salicifolia | Mule's Fat Seep Willow | |
| Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Yellow Wild Indigo Green Wild Indigo Bush Pea Yellow Wisteria | |
| Baccharis texana | Prairie False Willow Prairie Baccharis | |
| Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas Greeneyes Broochflower | |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy Chocolate Flower Lyreleaf Greeneyes Green-eyed Lyre Leaf | |
| Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse's Eye Mouse Ears | |
| Bernardia obovata | Desert Myrtlecroton | |
| Berlandiera pumila | Soft Greeneyes | |
| Berlandiera pumila var. pumila | Soft Greeneyes | |
| Berchemia scandens | Alabama Supplejack Alabama Supple-jack Rattan-vine | |
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