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Edwards Plateau
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state, it is commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country. This ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Edwards Plateau vegetative region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
| Malvastrum aurantiacum | Wright's False Mallow | |
| Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
| Malachra capitata | Yellow Leafbract Malva De Caballo Horse Mallow | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
| Marshallia caespitosa var. signata | Marked Barbara's-buttons Marked Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
| Matelea cynanchoides | Prairie Milkvine | |
| Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau Milkvine Plateau Milkweed Vine | |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
| Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
| Mammillaria heyderi | Little Nipple Cactus Heyder Pincushion Cactus | |
| Malus ioensis | Prairie Crabapple Iowa Crabapple Western Crabapple Prairie Crab Iowa Crab Western Crab | |
| Mammillaria lasiacantha | Lacespine Nipple Cactus | |
| Malvella lepidota | Scurfymallow Malvalla | |
| Mandevilla macrosiphon | Plateau Rocktrumpet Longtube Trumpet Flower Flor De San Juan Rock Trumpet | |
| Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice Lily Spice-lily | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida ssp. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains | |
| Mammillaria prolifera var. texana | Texas Nipple Cactus | |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
| Matelea sagittifolia | Arrowleaf Milkvine | |
| Manfreda sileri | Siler's Tuberose | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
| Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar | |
| Menispermum canadense | Common Moonseed | |
| Melampodium cinereum | Hoary Blackfoot | |
| Melampodium cinereum var. hirtellum | Hoary Blackfoot | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Meximalva filipes | Texasfan | |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
| Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar | |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
| Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily | |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
| Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd | |
| Melothria pendula var. pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber | |
| Mecardonia procumbens | Baby Jump-up | |
| Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower | |
| Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf | |
| Menodora scabra | Rough Menodora | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa | Catclaw Mimosa | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera | Catclaw Mimosa Cat's-claw Mimosa Wait-a-bit | |
| Mirabilis albida | White Four O'clock Dwarf Four O'clock | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Minuartia drummondii | Drummond's Stitchwort Sandwort | |
| Mimulus glabratus | Roundleaf Monkeyflower Yellow Monkeyflower | |
| Mimosa latidens | Kairn's Sensitive Briar | |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mimosa nuttallii | Nuttall's Sensitive Briar | |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Minuartia patula | Pitcher's Stitchwort Slender Sandwort Spreading Sandwort Lime Barren Sandwort Glade Sandwort | |
| Mitreola petiolata | Lax Hornpod | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Mimosa rupertiana | Eastern Sensitive Plant | |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Mimosa texana | Texas Mimosa Wherry Mimosa | |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina Bristlemallow Carolina Modiola | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
| Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Povertyweed | |
| Monarda pectinata | Pony Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
| Mortonia sempervirens | Rio Grande Saddlebush | |
| Monarda stanfieldii | Stanfield's Beebalm Stanfield's Monarda | |
| Mollugo verticillata | Green Carpetweed | |
| Muhlenbergia arenacea | Ear Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia arenicola | Sand Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia porteri | Bush Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow Muhly Deer Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | Nimblewill | |
| Muhlenbergia spiciformis | Longawn Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia sylvatica | Woodland Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia tenuifolia | Slender Muhly Slimflower Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia utilis | Aparejo Grass Aparejo Muhly | |
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Twoleaf Watermilfoil | |
| Myosotis macrosperma | Largeseed Forget-me-not | |
| Myosotis verna | Spring Forget-me-not | |
| Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph Southern Water Nymph Najas | |
| Nama havardii | Havard's Fiddleleaf | |
| Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell | |
| Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama | |
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