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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Jatropha cathartica | Berlandier's Nettlespurge Jicamilla | |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
Jatropha dioica var. dioica | Leatherstem | |
Jacquemontia tamnifolia | Hairy Clustervine Hairy Cluster-vine | |
Jefea brevifolia | Shortleaf Jefea | |
Juncus acuminatus | Tapertip Rush | |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
Juncus brachycarpus | Whiteroot Rush | |
Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | |
Juncus coriaceus | Leathery Rush | |
Juncus dichotomus | Forked Rush | |
Juncus diffusissimus | Slimpod Rush | |
Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's Rush | |
Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
Juncus interior | Inland Rush | |
Juncus interior var. interior | Inland Rush | |
Juncus marginatus | Grassleaf Rush Grass Leaf Rush | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juncus nodatus | Stout Rush | |
Justicia pacifica | Runyon's Water-willow | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Juncus polycephalos | Manyhead Rush | |
Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush Black Needlerush | |
Juncus scirpoides | Needlepod Rush | |
Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush Path Rush | |
Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush | |
Juncus validus | Roundhead Rush | |
Juncus validus var. validus | Roundhead Rush | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
Kallstroemia maxima | Big Caltrop | |
Koeberlinia spinosa | Crown Of Thorns Spiny Allthorn | |
Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
Krigia dandelion | Potato Dwarf Dandelion Potato Dandelion | |
Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
Krigia occidentalis | Western Dwarfdandelion | |
Krameria ramosissima | Manystem Ratany Calderona | |
Krigia virginica | Virginia Dwarfdandelion Virginia Dwarf-dandelion Virginia Dwarf Dandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
Krigia wrightii | Wright's Dwarfdandelion | |
Kyllinga brevifolia | Shortleaf Spikesedge | |
Kyllinga odorata | Fragrant Spikesedge | |
Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena Mexican Marjoram Veinyleaf Lantana | |
Lactuca canadensis | Canada Lettuce Wild Lettuce | |
Lantana canescens | Hammock Shrubverbena | |
Laennecia coulteri | Conyza Coulter's Horseweed Coulter's Woolwort Annual Horsetail | |
Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
Lactuca hirsuta | Hairy Lettuce | |
Lactuca ludoviciana | Western Wild Lettuce Louisiana Wild Lettuce Prairie Lettuce Prairie Wild Lettuce Biannual Lettuce | |
Laguncularia racemosa | White Mangrove | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
Lesquerella argyraea | Silver Bladderpod | |
Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
Lesquerella auriculata | Earleaf Bladderpod | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod Cloth-of-gold | |
Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
Leersia hexandra | Southern Cutgrass | |
Lespedeza hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | |
Lepidium lasiocarpum | Shaggyfruit Pepperweed | |
Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | |
Leersia lenticularis | Catchfly Grass Oatmeal Grass | |
Lesquerella lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Bladderpod | |
Leersia monandra | Cut Rice Grass Bunch Cutgrass | |
Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
Lemna obscura | Little Duckweed | |
Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata | Red Sprangletop | |
Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree Mexican Leadtree Great Leucaena Tepeguaje | |
Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
Lesquerella sessilis | Sessile Bladderpod | |
Lepuropetalon spathulatum | Petiteplant | |
Lespedeza stuevei | Tall Bush-clover Tall Lespedeza | |
Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | |
Lenophyllum texanum | Coastal Stonecrop | |
Leersia virginica | Whitegrass | |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
Lespedeza virginica | Slender Lespedeza Slender Bush-clover | |
Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
Lippia alba | Bushy Lippia | |
Linum alatum | Winged Flax | |
Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
Listera australis | Southern Twayblade | |
Linum berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
Liatris bracteata | Bracted Blazing Star Bracted Gayfeather Bracted Liatris | |
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