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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| 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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