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
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| 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 | |
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