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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Thelesperma megapotamicum | Hopi Tea Greenthread Green Threads Navajo Tea Cota | |
Thymophylla pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Five-needle Fetid Marigold | |
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
Thelesperma simplicifolium | Slender Greenthread Navajo Tea Cota | |
Thamnosma texana | Texas Desert-rue Dutchman's Breeches Rue Of The Mountains Ruda Del Monte | |
Thymophylla tenuiloba | Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf | |
Thymophylla tenuiloba var. tenuiloba | Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf | |
Thelypodium wrightii | Wright's Thelypody Wright Thelypody | |
Tiquilia canescens | Woody Crinklemat Shrubby Coldenia Shrubby Tiquilia | |
Tiquilia canescens var. canescens | Woolly Crinklemat Woody Crinklemat Dog's Ear Oreja De Perro Rat's Ear Coldenia Woody Tiquilia Gray Tiquilia Gray Coldenia Shrubby Coldenia | |
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