Western Gulf Coastal Plain
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. As its name suggests, it is comprised of the coastal plain of Texas, extending along the Gulf Coast south into Mexico and east over portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Gulf Marshes and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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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. monilifera | Plains Cottonwood Great Plains Cottonwood Texas Cottonwood Northern Cottonwood | |
Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed Threadleaf Pondweed | |
Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
Polanisia erosa | Large Clammyweed | |
Polanisia erosa ssp. breviglandulosa | Large Clammyweed | |
Polanisia erosa ssp. erosa | Large Clammyweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus ssp. foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Polygonum glabrum | Denseflower Knotweed | |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
Polygala incarnata | Procession Flower Pink Milkwort | |
Polygonum lapathifolium | Curlytop Knotweed Curl-top Smartweed Pale Smartweed | |
Polygala lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
Polygala lindheimeri var. lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
Polygala mariana | Maryland Milkwort | |
Polygala nana | Candyroot Bachelor's Buttons Bachelor's Button | |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
Polytaenia nuttallii | Nuttall's Prairie Parsley Prairie Parsley Wild Dill Prairie Parsnip | |
Pogonia ophioglossoides | Rose Pogonia Snake-mouth Orchid Beard Flower | |
Polygala ovatifolia | Eggleaf Milkwort | |
Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian Apple Wild Mandrake Pomme De Mai Podophylle Pelt | |
Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
Polygala polygama | Racemed Milkwort Pink Milkwort | |
Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
Potamogeton pulcher | Spotted Pondweed | |
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
Polygala ramosa | Low Pinebarren Milkwort Yellow Savanna Milkwort | |
Polygonum ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | |
Ponthieva racemosa | Hairy Shadow Witch | |
Polygala sanguinea | Purple Milkwort | |
Polygonum sagittatum | Arrowleaf Tearthumb | |
Polygonum setaceum | Bog Smartweed | |
Potentilla simplex | Common Cinquefoil Oldfield Cinquefoil | |
Poa sylvestris | Woodland Bluegrass Sylvan Bluegrass Sylvan Speargrass Old-pasture Bluegrass | |
Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
Portulaca umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane Purslane | |
Portulaca umbraticola ssp. umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane | |
Polygala verticillata | Whorled Milkwort | |
Polygonum virginianum | Jumpseed | |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
Proserpinaca palustris | Marsh Mermaidweed | |
Proserpinaca pectinata | Comb-leaf Mermaidweed | |
Prosopis reptans | Tornillo Dwarf Screw Bean Screw Bean Mesquite | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus serotina var. serotina | Eastern Black Cherry Black Cherry | |
Prunus texana | Peachbush Sand Plum Peach Bush Texas Plum Texas Peach Bush | |
Prunus umbellata | Flatwoods Plum Hog Plum Black Sloe | |
Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal | |
Psilostrophe gnaphalioides | Dudweed | |
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting Rabbit-tobacco Fragrant Cudweed | |
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed | |
Pseudognaphalium stramineum | Cottonbatting Plant | |
Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
Psilostrophe tagetina var. cerifera | Woolly Paperflower Plains Paperflower Hairy Paperflower | |
Psoralidium tenuiflorum | Slimflower Scurfpea Scurfy Pea | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Western Bracken Fern Bracken Fern Western Bracken Bracken | |
Ptilimnium capillaceum | Herbwilliam | |
Ptilimnium costatum | Ribbed Mock Bishopweed | |
Ptilimnium nuttallii | Laceflower Mock Bishop's-weed | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata | Common Hoptree Baldwin Hop-tree | |
Pterocaulon virgatum | Wand Blackroot | |
Pycnanthemum albescens | Whiteleaf Mountain Mint | |
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus | Carolina Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus | Tuberous Desert-chicory | |
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Slender Mountain Mint Common Horsemint | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak Bottomland Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Spanish Oak | |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Laurel Oak | |
Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak Sandjack Oak Upland Willow Oak Cinnamon Oak Shin Oak Turkey Oak | |
Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak Swamp Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Diamond-leaf Oak Laurel-leaf Oak Water Oak Obtusa Oak | |
Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry | |
Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak Swamp Post Oak Water White Oak Swamp White Oak | |
Quercus margaretta | Sand Post Oak Runner Oak Drummond Post Oak Dwarf Post Oak Scrubby Post Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak Basket Oak Cow Oak Swamp Oak | |
Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
Quercus sinuata | Bastard Oak Durand Oak | |
Quercus sinuata var. sinuata | Durand Oak Durand White Oak Bluff Oak Bastard Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
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