Special Collections
Central Great Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. The Central Great Plains extends in a great swath from west-central Texas north through central Oklahoma, Kansas and south-central Nebraska. In Texas, along with the Southwestern Tablelands, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Rolling Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Central Great Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Schedonnardus paniculatus | Tumblegrass Tumble Grass | |
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Common Threesquare Chairmaker's-rush American Bulrush Threesquare Bulrush Sharp Clubrush | |
| Scutellaria resinosa | Sticky Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap Resin-dot Skullcap Resinous Skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush Soft-stem Club-rush Great Bulrush | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap | |
| Senecio ampullaceus | Texas Ragwort Texas Groundsel Texas Butterweed | |
| Selinocarpus diffusus | Spreading Moonpod | |
| Senecio flaccidus | Threadleaf Ragwort Threadleaf Groundsel | |
| Setaria leucopila | Streambed Bristlegrass Plains Bristlegrass | |
| Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass Knotroot Bristlegrass | |
| Senna pumilio | Dwarf Senna | |
| Setaria reverchonii | Reverchon's Bristlegrass | |
| Senecio riddellii | Riddell's Ragwort | |
| Senegalia roemeriana | Roemer Acacia Roemer's Acacia Roundflower Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
| Setaria scheelei | Southwestern Bristlegrass Scheele's Bristlegrass Scheele's Foxtail Grass Foxtail Grass | |
| Sesuvium verrucosum | Verrucose Seapurslane Western Sea Purslane | |
| Senegalia wrightii | Wright Acacia Wright's Acacia Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Silphium albiflorum | White Rosinweed White-flowered Rosinweed Compass Plant | |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene Sleepy Catchfly | |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Simsia calva | Awnless Bush Sunflower Bush Sunflower | |
| Sisyrinchium chilense | Swordleaf Blue-eyed Grass Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum | Gum Bumelia Gum Bully Woollybucket Bumelia Woolly Bumelia Gum Woollybucket Woolly Buckthorn Chittamwood Shittamwood Gum Elastic Coma Black Haw | |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. oblongifolium | Gum Bully Chittamwood Gum Elastic Tree | |
| Sida lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Sida Showy Fanpetals | |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed Grass Mountain Blue-eyed Grass Common Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum | Strict Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Sibara virginica | Virginia Winged Rockcress | |
| Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar Saw Greenbriar Catbriar Bullbriar Stretchberry Vine | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solanum americanum | American Black Nightshade | |
| Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle Carolina Horse-nettle | |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Giant Goldenrod | |
| Solidago canadensis var. gilvocanescens | Shorthair Goldenrod | |
| Solanum citrullifolium | Watermelon Nightshade Melonleaf Nightshade | |
| Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle | |
| Solanum douglasii | Greenspot Nightshade Douglas' Nightshade | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
| Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Missouri Basin Goldenrod | |
| Solidago mollis | Velvety Goldenrod Velvet Goldenrod Soft Goldenrod | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
| Sophora nuttalliana | Silky Sophora | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Solidago petiolaris | Downy Ragged Goldenrod Downy Goldenrod | |
| Solidago radula | Western Rough Goldenrod | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
| Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod Elm-leaved Goldenrod | |
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
| Sporobolus clandestinus | Hidden Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
| Sporobolus compositus | Tall Dropseed Composite Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite Dropseed Tall Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
| Spermolepis divaricata | Roughfruit Scaleseed | |
| Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
| Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
| Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow | |
| Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed Spreading Scaleseed | |
| Spiranthes magnicamporum | Great Plains Ladies'-tresses Great Plains Lady's Tresses | |
| Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgescale | |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
| Spirodela polyrrhiza | Common Duckmeat Giant Duckweed | |
| Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled Dropseed Target Dropseed Madagascar Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus vaginiflorus | Poverty Dropseed | |
| Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies'-tresses Spring Lady's Tresses | |
| Stylosanthes biflora | Sidebeak Pencilflower | |
| Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean | |
| Streptanthus hyacinthoides | Smooth Jewelflower | |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean | |
| Stenosiphon linifolius | False Gaura | |
| Stenaria nigricans | Bluets Diamond-flowers | |
| Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans | Diamondflowers Narrowleaf Bluets Baby's Breath Bluets Fine-leaf Bluets | |
| Stephanomeria pauciflora | Brownplume Wirelettuce Brown-plume Desert Straw Fewflower Wirelettuce Prairie Skeletonplant | |
| Stuckenia pectinata | Sago Pondweed | |
| Stellaria prostrata | Prostrate Starwort Prostrate Chickweed | |
| Stillingia sylvatica | Queen's-delight | |
| Stillingia texana | Texas Queen's Delight Queen's Delight Texas Toothleaf | |
| Stillingia treculiana | Trecul's Toothleaf | |
| Suaeda calceoliformis | Pursh Seepweed | |
| Symphyotrichum divaricatum | Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Lawn American-aster White Wood Aster Saltmarsh Aster Slender Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum drummondii | Drummond's Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum drummondii var. texanum | Drummond's Aster Texas Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum falcatum | White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Whitepanicle Aster Panicled Aster Lanceleaf Aster White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum | Willowleaf Aster Tall Aster | |
| Tetraneuris acaulis | Stemless Four-nerve Daisy Stemless Hymenoxys Bitterweed | |
| Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis | Stemless Four-nerve Daisy Stemless Goldflower Stemless Rubber Weed Butte Marigold Bitterweed | |
| Teucrium canadense | American Germander Canada Germander Canadian Germander Germander Hairy Germander Wood Sage | |
| Teucrium canadense var. canadense | Canada Germander | |
| Tetraclea coulteri | Coulter's Wrinklefruit | |
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