Special Collections
Southern Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 21 Texas counties. This ecoregion borders most of the southwestern portion of the Rio Grande River and extends into northern Mexico. In Texas, it encompasses much of the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s South Texas Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Southern Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Rorippa teres | Southern Marsh Yellowcress | |
| Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
| Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla | |
| Ruellia davisiorum | Rio Grande Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
| Rumex hastatulus | Heartwing Sorrel Heart-wing Sorrel | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
| Ruppia maritima | Widgeongrass | |
| Ruellia malacosperma | Softseed Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora | Violet Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii | Runyon's Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia occidentalis | Western Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia parryi | Parry's Wild Petunia | |
| Rumex spiralis | Winged Dock | |
| Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
| Ruellia yucatana | Yucatan Wild Petunia | |
| Sabatia angularis | Rosepink Rose-pink | |
| Sabatia arenicola | Sand Rose Gentian | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Salicornia bigelovii | Dwarf Saltwort | |
| Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
| Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal Plain Willow | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Salicornia depressa | Virginia Glasswort American Glasswort | |
| Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
| Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
| Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage | |
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