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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| 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 | |
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