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 |
| Rubus flagellaris | Northern Dewberry | |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
| Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
| 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 | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
| Salvia arizonica | Desert Indigo Sage Arizona Sage | |
| 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 | |
| Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
| Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| 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 | |
| Salvia henryi | Crimson Sage | |
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | |
| Salix lasiolepis var. lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow Tracy Willow | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
| Salvia lycioides | Canyon Sage | |
| Salazaria mexicana | Mexican Bladdersage Bladder Sage Paper Bag Bush | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea | Blue Elderberry Blue Elder Blueberry Elder Mexican Elder Arizona Elderberry New Mexico Elderberry Velvet-leaf Elderberry Hairy Blue Elderberry | |
| Salvia pinguifolia | Rock Sage Greaseleaf Salvia | |
| Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage | |
| Salvia regla | Mountain Sage Royal Sage | |
| 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 | |
| Salix taxifolia | Yewleaf Willow Yew-leaf Willow Yew Willow | |
| 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 | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | |
| Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria drummondii var. edwardsiana | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Schoenocrambe linearifolia | Slimleaf Plainsmustard Mountain Mustard Hesper Mustard | |
| Schedonnardus paniculatus | Tumblegrass Tumble Grass | |
| Schkuhria pinnata | Pinnate False Threadleaf | |
| Schkuhria pinnata var. guatemalensis | Wislizenus' False Threadleaf | |
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Common Threesquare Chairmaker's-rush American Bulrush Threesquare Bulrush Sharp Clubrush | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush Soft-stem Club-rush Great Bulrush | |
| Schoenocaulon texanum | Texas Feathershank Green Lily Texas Sabadilla | |
| Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap Bushy Skullcap Shrubby Skullcap | |
| Senna bauhinioides | Twinleaf Senna Twinleaf | |
| Senegalia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier Acacia Berlandier's Acacia Round-flowered Catclaw Roundflower Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Thornless Catclaw Huajilla | |
| Sedum cockerellii | Cockerell's Stonecrop | |
| Selaginella densa | Lesser Spikemoss Prairie Spikemoss Rocky Mountain Spikemoss | |
| Selenia dissecta | Texas Selenia | |
| Selinocarpus diffusus | Spreading Moonpod | |
| Senecio flaccidus | Threadleaf Ragwort Threadleaf Groundsel | |
| Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia Gregg's Acacia Gregg Catclaw Acacia Gregg's Catclaw Acacia Gregg Catclaw Gregg's Catclaw Texas Catclaw Acacia Texas Catclaw Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia Longflower Catclaw Acacia Long-flowered Catclaw Longflower Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw Devil's Claw Uña De Gato | |
| Setaria grisebachii | Grisebach's Bristlegrass | |
| Sedum havardii | Havard's Tonecrop | |
| Sesbania herbacea | Coffeeweed Bigpod Sesbania | |
| Selenia jonesii | Jones' Selenia Jones Selenia | |
| Selaginella lepidophylla | Flower Of Stone | |
| Setaria leucopila | Streambed Bristlegrass Plains Bristlegrass | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Sedum nanifolium | Dwarf Stonecrop | |
| Sedum nuttallianum | Yellow Stonecrop | |
| Selinocarpus parvifolius | Littleleaf Moonpod | |
| Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass Knotroot Bristlegrass | |
| Senecio parryi | Mountain Ragwort | |
| Selaginella peruviana | Peruvian Spikemoss | |
| Senna pilosior | Trans-pecos Senna | |
| Senna pumilio | Dwarf Senna | |
| Setaria reverchonii | Reverchon's Bristlegrass | |
| Setaria reverchonii ssp. ramiseta | Rio Grande Bristlegrass | |
| Senecio riddellii | Riddell's Ragwort | |
| Senegalia roemeriana | Roemer Acacia Roemer's Acacia Roundflower Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
| Setaria scheelei | Southwestern Bristlegrass Scheele's Bristlegrass Scheele's Foxtail Grass Foxtail Grass | |
| Setaria texana | Texas Bristlegrass | |
| Seymeria texana | Texas Blacksenna | |
| Sesuvium verrucosum | Verrucose Seapurslane Western Sea Purslane | |
| Setaria villosissima | Hairyleaf Bristlegrass | |
| Senecio warnockii | Warnock's Ragwort | |
| Senna wislizeni | Canyon Senna Shrubby Senna Dwarf Senna Wislizenus's Senna Wislizenus's Wild Sensitive-plant Carrozo Pinacate Palo Prieto Pinacatillo Hojasén Ejotillo | |
| Senecio wootonii | Wooton's Ragwort | |
| Sedum wrightii | Wright's Stonecrop | |
| Senegalia wrightii | Wright Acacia Wright's Acacia Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene Sleepy Catchfly | |
| Sisyrinchium biforme | Wiry Blue-eyed Grass | |
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