Western Gulf Coastal Plain
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. As its name suggests, it is comprised of the coastal plain of Texas, extending along the Gulf Coast south into Mexico and east over portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Gulf Marshes and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Prairie Dogbane Hemp Dogbane Dogbane | |
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 | |
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 | |
Aristida desmantha | Curly Threeawn | |
Aristida dichotoma | Churchmouse Threeawn | |
Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
Aristolochia erecta | Swanflower | |
Arundinaria gigantea | Giant Cane River Cane Switch Cane American Bamboo | |
Argythamnia humilis | Low Silverbush | |
Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn | |
Aristida longespica | Slimspike Threeawn Kearney's Three-awn Red Three-awn Slender Three-awn | |
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana | White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Cudweed Sagewort Gray Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood Prairie Sage | |
Argemone mexicana | Mexican Prickly Poppy Mexican Prickly Poppy Yellow Prickly Poppy | |
Argythamnia mercurialina | Tall Silverbush Tall Wildmercury | |
Argythamnia mercurialina var. pilosissima | Tall Silverbush | |
Argythamnia neomexicana | New Mexico Silverbush | |
Aristida oligantha | Prairie Threeawn Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn Oldfield Threeawn | |
Arnoglossum ovatum | Ovateleaf Cacalia | |
Aristolochia pentandra | Marsh's Dutchman's Pipe | |
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. nealleyi | Blue Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Threeawn Red Threeawn | |
Aristolochia reticulata | Texas Dutchman's Pipe | |
Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly Poppy Red Prickly Poppy | |
Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot Virginia Dutchmanspipe | |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick Hercules Club Angelica Tree Pigeon Tree Shotbush Prickly Elder Prickly Ash | |
Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly Dutchman's Pipe Common Dutchman's Pipe | |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit Indian Jack In The Pulpit Jack-in-the-pulpit | |
Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping Milkweed Bluntleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
Astragalus distortus | Ozark Milkvetch Bent Milk Vetch Bentpod Milkvetch | |
Asclepias emoryi | Emory's Milkweed | |
Astragalus emoryanus | Emory's Milkvetch | |
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. pulchra | Swamp Milkweed | |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Astragalus leptocarpus | Rare Loco Milkvetch Slimpod Milkvetch | |
Asclepias linearis | Slim Milkweed | |
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