Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
| Phanerophlebia auriculata | Eared Veinfern | |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed Phragmites | |
| Phalaris caroliniana | Carolina Canarygrass Maygrass | |
| Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Phacelia coerulea | Skyblue Phacelia Baby Blue Phacelia Sky-blue Scorpion-weed Skyblue Scorpionweed | |
| Physostegia correllii | Correll's False Dragonhead | |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
| Phacelia crenulata | Cleft-leaf Wild Heliotrope Notchleaf Phacelia Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed | |
| Phyla cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Wedgeleaf Frogfruit Wedgeleaf Fogfruit | |
| Phaseolus filiformis | Slimjim Bean | |
| Physalis hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry Ivy-leaf Groundcherry | |
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Groundcherry | |
| Philadelphus hitchcockianus | Hitchcock's Mock Orange | |
| Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
| Phoradendron juniperinum | Juniper Mistletoe | |
| Phaseolus maculatus | Spotted Bean Metcalf Bean | |
| Philadelphus microphyllus | Littleleaf Mock Orange | |
| Physocarpus monogynus | Mountain Ninebark | |
| Physalis mollis | Field Groundcherry | |
| Physalis mollis var. variovestita | Field Groundcherry | |
| Phlox nana | Santa Fe Phlox White-eyed Phlox Canyon Phlox | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright Dwarf Flameflower Prairie Flameflower | |
| Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
| Phacelia patuliflora var. teucriifolia | Sand Phacelia | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Phacelia popei | Pope's Phacelia | |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower | |
| Phacelia robusta | Stout Phacelia | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Phacelia rupestris | Rock Phacelia | |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa | Obedient Plant Fall Obedient Plant Lionheart False Dragonhead | |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican Pinyon Mexican Pinyon Pine Pinyon Nut Pine Border Pinyon | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio Texas Pistachio American Pistachio Copal Pistachio Wild Pistachio Lentisco Texas Pistache | |
| Pinaropappus parvus | Small Rocklettuce | |
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine Western Yellow Pine Pino Blanco | |
| Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Interior Ponderosa Pine Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Ponderosa Pine | |
| Pinus remota | Papershell Pinyon Remote Pinyon Pine | |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
| Pistia stratiotes | Water Lettuce | |
| Pinus strobiformis | Southwestern White Pine Border White Pine Mexican White Pine Border Limber Pine Limber Pine | |
| Pilostyles thurberi | Thurber's Stemsucker Pilostyles | |
| Picradeniopsis woodhousei | Woodhouse's Bahia | |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain | |
| Plantago hookeriana | California Plantain Tallow Weed | |
| Pleuraphis jamesii | James' Galleta | |
| Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosagrass Tobosa Grass | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
| Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain Bristle-bract Plantain | |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain | |
| Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush Summer Snow Plumbago Mexican Plumbago | |
| Pluchea sericea | Arrowweed Arrow Weed | |
| Plantago virginica | Virginia Plantain Paleseed Indian-wheat Dwarf Plantain Paleseed Plantain Hoary Plantain Southern Plantain | |
| Plantago wrightiana | Wright's Plantain | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood Narrow-leaf Cottonwood | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Poa bigelovii | Bigelow's Bluegrass | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni | Rio Grande Cottonwood Valley Cottonwood Wislizenus Cottonwood Alamo Guerigo | |
| Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed Threadleaf Pondweed | |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
| Poa fendleriana | Muttongrass | |
| Potamogeton foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
| Potamogeton foliosus ssp. foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont Cottonwood Western Cottonwood Gila Cottonwood Alamo | |
| Populus fremontii ssp. mesetae | Fremont Cottonwood Meseta Cottonwood Arizona Cottonwood | |
| Polygonum glabrum | Denseflower Knotweed | |
| Poliomintha glabrescens | Leafy Rosemary-mint | |
| Portulaca halimoides | Silkcotton Purslane | |
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
| Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
| Poliomintha incana | Frosted Mint Hoary Rosemary-mint Mintbush | |
| Pomaria jamesii | James' Holdback James Rush-pea | |
| Polygonum lapathifolium | Curlytop Knotweed Curl-top Smartweed Pale Smartweed | |
| Polygala lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
| Polygala lindheimeri var. lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
| Polygala lindheimeri var. parvifolia | Shrubby Milkwort | |
| Polygala macradenia | Glandleaf Milkwort | |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
| Potentilla norvegica | Norwegian Cinquefoil | |
| Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis | Norwegian Cinquefoil | |
| Polygala obscura | Velvetseed Milkwort | |
| Polygala ovatifolia | Eggleaf Milkwort | |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | |
| Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
| Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
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