Special Collections
East Central Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 56 Texas counties. This ecoregion separates the two bands of the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion and extends just across the Oklahoma border. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Post Oak Savannah vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Manfreda virginica | False Aloe Rattlesnake Master | |
| Mecardonia acuminata | Axilflower | |
| Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar | |
| Mentzelia albicaulis | Whitestem Blazingstar | |
| Melampodium cinereum | Hoary Blackfoot | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Meximalva filipes | Texasfan | |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
| Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar | |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
| Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily | |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
| Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd | |
| Melothria pendula var. pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber | |
| Mecardonia procumbens | Baby Jump-up | |
| Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower | |
| Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf | |
| Menodora scabra | Rough Menodora | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa | Catclaw Mimosa | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera | Catclaw Mimosa Cat's-claw Mimosa Wait-a-bit | |
| Mimulus alatus | Sharpwing Monkeyflower Sharp-winged Monkeyflower | |
| Mirabilis albida | White Four O'clock Dwarf Four O'clock | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Minuartia drummondii | Drummond's Stitchwort Sandwort | |
| Mirabilis gigantea | Giant Four O'Clock | |
| Mimulus glabratus | Roundleaf Monkeyflower Yellow Monkeyflower | |
| Mimosa hystricina | Porcupine Mimosa | |
| Mimosa latidens | Kairn's Sensitive Briar | |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mirabilis multiflora | Colorado Four O'Clock | |
| Mimosa nuttallii | Nuttall's Sensitive Briar | |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mirabilis oxybaphoides | Smooth Spreading Four O'Clock | |
| Minuartia patula | Pitcher's Stitchwort Slender Sandwort Spreading Sandwort Lime Barren Sandwort Glade Sandwort | |
| Mitreola petiolata | Lax Hornpod | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running Box Pigeon Plum | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
| Mitreola sessilifolia | Swamp Hornpod | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina Bristlemallow Carolina Modiola | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monotropa hypopitys | Pinesap | |
| Monanthochloe littoralis | Shoregrass | |
| Monarda lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beebalm Lindheimer Beebalm | |
| Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
| Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Povertyweed | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Monarda russeliana | Redpurple Beebalm | |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
| Monarda stanfieldii | Stanfield's Beebalm Stanfield's Monarda | |
| Mollugo verticillata | Green Carpetweed | |
| Monarda viridissima | Green Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia frondosa | Wirestem Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow Muhly Deer Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | Nimblewill | |
| Muhlenbergia utilis | Aparejo Grass Aparejo Muhly | |
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Twoleaf Watermilfoil | |
| Myosotis macrosperma | Largeseed Forget-me-not | |
| Myriophyllum pinnatum | Cutleaf Watermilfoil | |
| Myosotis verna | Spring Forget-me-not | |
| Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph Southern Water Nymph Najas | |
| Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell | |
| Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama | |
| Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
| Nama parvifolium | Small-leaf Fiddleleaf | |
| Nemophila aphylla | Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes | |
| Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston Swordfern | |
| Nephrolepis exaltata ssp. exaltata | Boston Fern Sword Fern Wild Boston Fern | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Neptunia lutea | Yellow Sensitive Briar Yellow Puff | |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
| Neptunia pubescens | Tropical Puff | |
| Neeragrostis reptans | Creeping Lovegrass | |
| Nicotiana obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
| Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
| Nicotiana repanda | Fiddleleaf Tobacco Fiddle-leaf Tobacco | |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis | Canada Toadflax Blue Toadflax Old-field Toadflax | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nuphar lutea ssp. advena | Common Spatterdock Spatterdock Yellow Cow-lily Cow-lily Yellow Pond-lily Brandy-bottle | |
| Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo Blackgum Sourgum Cotton Gum Swamp Tupelo Water Gum | |
| Nyssa biflora | Swamp Tupelo Swamp Blackgum | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Nymphaea elegans | Tropical Royalblue Waterlily | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus | |
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