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 |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
| Parthenium incanum | Mariola | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Paronychia lindheimeri | Forked Nailwort | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
| Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel Prairie Ragwort | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed Paspalum Brownseed Paspale | |
| Paspalum praecox | Early Paspalum | |
| Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Palafoxia reverchonii | Reverchon's Palafox | |
| Panicum rigidulum | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Palafoxia texana var. ambigua | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. texana | Texas Paloverde Texas Palo-verde Palo-verde | |
| Packera tomentosa | Woolly Ragwort | |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
| Panicum verrucosum | Prairie Panicgrass Prairie Panic Grass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata | Lemonscent | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Canadian Lousewort Wood Betony | |
| Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis | Canadian Lousewort | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum var. scaposum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum var. appressum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum linearifolium | Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot Narrow-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Perityle lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy Rock Daisy | |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Cupleaf Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop | |
| Peltandra virginica | Tuckahoe Green Arrow Arum Arrow Arum Green Arum | |
| Pellaea wrightiana | Wright's Cliffbrake Fern Wright's Cliffbrake | |
| Phyllanthus abnormis | Drummond's Leaf-flower | |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
| Physalis angulata | Cutleaf Groundcherry | |
| Physostegia angustifolia | Narrowleaf False Dragonhead False Dragon-head | |
| Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed Phragmites | |
| Phemeranthus calycinus | Largeflower Flameflower Largeflower Fameflower | |
| Phalaris caroliniana | Carolina Canarygrass Maygrass | |
| Phyllanthus caroliniensis | Carolina Leaf-flower | |
| Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
| Phacelia coerulea | Skyblue Phacelia Baby Blue Phacelia Sky-blue Scorpion-weed Skyblue Scorpionweed | |
| Physostegia correllii | Correll's False Dragonhead | |
| Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
| Phacelia crenulata | Cleft-leaf Wild Heliotrope Notchleaf Phacelia Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed | |
| Phlox cuspidata | Pointed Phlox | |
| Phyla cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Wedgeleaf Frogfruit Wedgeleaf Fogfruit | |
| Physostegia digitalis | Finger False Dragonhead False Dragonhead | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondii | Annual Phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | Mcallister's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. wilcoxiana | Wilcox's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
| Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon Mock Orange Canyon Mock-orange Mock-orange | |
| Physalis hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry Ivy-leaf Groundcherry | |
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Groundcherry | |
| Physalis hederifolia var. hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry | |
| Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla | Clammy Groundcherry | |
| Phacelia hirsuta | Fuzzy Phacelia | |
| Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
| Phacelia laxa | Coastal Phacelia | |
| Phyla lanceolata | Lanceleaf Frogfruit Lanceleaf Fogfruit | |
| Phryma leptostachya | American Lopseed Lopseed | |
| Physalis longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry | |
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