Rolling Plains
The Rolling Plains area (24 million acres) coincides with the Rolling Plains land resource area of the southern Central Lowlands. The area is between the High Plains and the Cross Timbers and Prairies in the northern part of the state. It is a nearly level to rolling plain having moderate to rapid surface drainage. Soils of the uplands are pale brown to reddish brown to dark grayish brown, neutral to calcareous sandy loams, clay loams, and clays. Saline soils are common, as are shallow and stony soils with pockets of deep sand. Bottomlands have only minor areas of reddish brown, loamy to clayey, calcareous alluvial soils.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Muhlenbergia arenacea | Ear Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia torreyi | Ring Muhly Torrey Muhly | |
Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass Pink Pappusgrass | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains Cottonwood Great Plains Cottonwood Texas Cottonwood Northern Cottonwood | |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus havardii | Havard Oak Havard Shin-oak Shinnery Oak | |
Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry | |
Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
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