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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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 | |
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