High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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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 | |
Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Western Snowberry Wolfberry | |
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 | |
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