Special Collections
Texas Blackland Prairies
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state of Texas, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Blackland Prairie vegetative region. It is comprised of two parallel bands separated by the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion and extending from southern Texas north to very near the Oklahoma border.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Ipomopsis longiflora | Flaxflowered Ipomopsis Pale Trumpets Paleflower Gilia White-flower Skyrocket White-flowered Gilia | |
| Ipomoea pandurata | Man Of The Earth Wild Potato Wild Sweet Potato Manroot | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Ipomoea sagittata | Saltmarsh Morning-glory Salt-marsh Morning Glory | |
| Iris fulva | Copper Iris Red Iris | |
| Iris hexagona | Dixie Iris | |
| Iresine rhizomatosa | Judas Bush | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Isoetes butleri | Limestone Quillwort Glade Quillwort Butler's Quillwort | |
| Isolepis carinata | Keeled Bulrush | |
| Isocoma drummondii | Drummond's Goldenbush | |
| Isoetes melanopoda | Blackfoot Quillwort | |
| Isolepis molesta | Gulf Coast Bulrush | |
| Iva angustifolia | Narrowleaf Marshelder Narrow-leaf Sumpweed Narrowleaf Marsh Elder | |
| Iva annua | Annual Marshelder Marshelder Sumpweed Annual Marsh Elder Marsh Elder | |
| Jatropha cathartica | Berlandier's Nettlespurge Jicamilla | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Jatropha dioica var. dioica | Leatherstem | |
| Janusia gracilis | Slender Janusia | |
| Jacquemontia tamnifolia | Hairy Clustervine Hairy Cluster-vine | |
| Juncus acuminatus | Tapertip Rush | |
| Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
| Juncus brachycarpus | Whiteroot Rush | |
| Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | |
| Juncus coriaceus | Leathery Rush | |
| Juncus dichotomus | Forked Rush | |
| Juncus diffusissimus | Slimpod Rush | |
| Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's Rush | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juncus filipendulus | Ringseed Rush | |
| Juncus interior | Inland Rush | |
| Juncus interior var. interior | Inland Rush | |
| Juglans major | Arizona Walnut Arizona Black Walnut River Walnut Mountain Walnut Nogal Silvestre | |
| Juncus marginatus | Grassleaf Rush Grass Leaf Rush | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut Texas Walnut Texas Black Walnut River Walnut Nogalito Nogalillo Namboca | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
| Juncus nodatus | Stout Rush | |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's Juniper Pinchot Juniper Redberry Juniper Texas Juniper Christmasberry Juniper | |
| Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
| Juncus polycephalos | Manyhead Rush | |
| Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush Black Needlerush | |
| Juncus scirpoides | Needlepod Rush | |
| Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush Path Rush | |
| Juncus texanus | Texas Rush | |
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush | |
| Juncus validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juncus validus var. validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kallstroemia grandiflora | Arizona Poppy Desert Poppy Orange Caltrop Summer Poppy | |
| Kallstroemia hirsutissima | Hairy Caltrop Hairy Carpetweed | |
| Kallstroemia maxima | Big Caltrop | |
| Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Koeberlinia spinosa | Crown Of Thorns Spiny Allthorn | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Krigia dandelion | Potato Dwarf Dandelion Potato Dandelion | |
| Krameria erecta | Littleleaf Ratany Range Ratany | |
| Krameria grayi | White Ratany Crimson Beak Chacati Cosahui | |
| Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
| Krigia occidentalis | Western Dwarfdandelion | |
| Krigia virginica | Virginia Dwarfdandelion Virginia Dwarf-dandelion Virginia Dwarf Dandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Krigia wrightii | Wright's Dwarfdandelion | |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | Shortleaf Spikesedge | |
| Kyllinga odorata | Fragrant Spikesedge | |
| Lactuca canadensis | Canada Lettuce Wild Lettuce | |
| Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
| Lactuca hirsuta | Hairy Lettuce | |
| Lactuca ludoviciana | Western Wild Lettuce Louisiana Wild Lettuce Prairie Lettuce Prairie Wild Lettuce Biannual Lettuce | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lathyrus venosus | Veiny Pea Veiny Vetchling Wild Sweet Pea Bushy Vetch | |
| Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
| Lesquerella argyraea | Silver Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
| Lesquerella auriculata | Earleaf Bladderpod | |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
| Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella engelmannii | Engelmann's Bladderpod | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod Cloth-of-gold | |
| Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis ssp. gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod | |
| Leersia hexandra | Southern Cutgrass | |
| Lespedeza hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | |
| Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | |
| Leersia lenticularis | Catchfly Grass Oatmeal Grass | |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |
| Leersia monandra | Cut Rice Grass Bunch Cutgrass | |
| Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
| Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
| Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
| Lemna obscura | Little Duckweed | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
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