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
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| Astragalus albulus | Cibola Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand Milkweed Western Sand Milkweed | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
| Astrolepis cochisensis ssp. cochisensis | Cochise Scaly Cloakfern | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch Ground Plum | |
| Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus emoryanus | Emory's Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed | |
| Astragalus giganteus | Giant Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Astrolepis integerrima | Hybrid Cloakfern | |
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
| Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf Milkweed | |
| Astragalus lentiginosus | Freckled Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus lotiflorus | Lotus Milkvetch Lotus Milk-vetch Low Milkvetch Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias macrotis | Longhood Milkweed | |
| Astragalus missouriensis | Missouri Milkvetch | |
| Astragalus mollissimus | Woolly Locoweed Purple Locoweed Woolly Loco Woolly Milkvetch Wooly Loco Wooly Locoweed | |
| Asclepias nummularia | Tufted Milkweed | |
| Astragalus nuttallianus | Nuttall's Milkvetch Small-flowered Milkvetch | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
| Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem Spleenwort | |
| Asclepias scaposa | Stalked Milkweed Bear Mountain Milkweed | |
| Asplenium septentrionale | Forked Spleenwort Grassfern | |
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