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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Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
Ranunculus abortivus | Littleleaf Buttercup Kidney-leaf Buttercup Early Wood Buttercup | |
Rayjacksonia aurea | Houston Camphor-daisy Houston Tansy-aster Houston Daisy | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ranunculus fascicularis | Early Buttercup Tufted Buttercup Prairie Buttercup | |
Ranunculus hispidus | Bristly Buttercup | |
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus | Bristly Buttercup Buttercup | |
Ranunculus laxicaulis | Mississippi Buttercup | |
Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | |
Ratibida peduncularis | Naked Mexican Hat Naked Prairie Coneflower | |
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala | Camphor Daisy | |
Ranunculus pusillus | Low Spearwort Weakstem Buttercup | |
Randia rhagocarpa | Crucillo | |
Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
Rhynchosia americana | American Snoutbean | |
Rhododon angulatus | Angled Sandmint | |
Rhynchospora capitellata | Brownish Beaksedge Small-head Beaksedge Point-beak Beaksedge | |
Rhododendron canescens | Mountain Azalea Wild Azalea Honeysuckle Azalea Piedmont Azalea Sweet Azalea Hoary Azalea Southern Pinxterflower | |
Rhynchospora caduca | Anglestem Beaksedge | |
Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
Rhynchospora corniculata | Shortbristle Horned Beaksedge Horned Beakrush | |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
Rhynchospora elliottii | Elliott's Beaksedge | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhynchospora globularis | Globe Beaksedge | |
Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered Beaksedge Cluster Beak-rush | |
Rhynchospora harveyi | Harvey's Beaksedge | |
Rhynchospora inexpansa | Nodding Beaksedge | |
Rhynchosia latifolia | Prairie Snoutbean | |
Rhynchospora latifolia | Sand-swamp Whitetop Sedge Tall Whitetop Sedge Whitetop Sedge Sand-swamp Whitetop Tall Whitetop Whitetop Colorful Rush | |
Rhexia lutea | Yellow Meadow Beauty | |
Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
Rhynchospora macrostachya | Tall Horned Beaksedge | |
Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean | |
Rhynchospora nitens | Shortbeak Beaksedge | |
Rhynchospora oligantha | Featherbristle Beaksedge | |
Rhexia petiolata | Fringed Meadow Beauty | |
Rhynchospora perplexa | Pineland Beaksedge | |
Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea Roseshell Azalea Woolly Azalea | |
Rhynchospora pusilla | Fairy Beaksedge | |
Rhynchospora rariflora | Fewflower Beaksedge | |
Rhynchospora recognita | Globe Beaksedge | |
Rhynchosia senna | Texas Snoutbean | |
Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean | |
Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
Richardia brasiliensis | Tropical Mexican Clover Brazil Pusley | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Richardia tricocca | Prairie Mexican Clover | |
Rorippa palustris | Bog Yellowcress | |
Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
Rotala ramosior | Lowland Rotala | |
Rorippa teres | Southern Marsh Yellowcress | |
Rubus aboriginum | Garden Dewberry | |
Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
Rubus argutus | Sawtooth Blackberry | |
Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
Rumex chrysocarpus | Amamastla | |
Rubus flagellaris | Northern Dewberry | |
Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower Tall Coneflower Largeflower Coneflower | |
Rumex hastatulus | Heartwing Sorrel Heart-wing Sorrel | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower | |
Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | |
Ruppia maritima | Widgeongrass | |
Ruellia malacosperma | Softseed Wild 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 pedunculata | Stalked Wild Petunia | |
Rumex spiralis | Winged Dock | |
Ruellia strepens | Limestone Ruellia Limestone Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia texana | Texas Coneflower | |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
Rumex verticillatus | Swamp Dock | |
Ruellia yucatana | Yucatan Wild Petunia | |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
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 | |
Sabal ×brazoriensis | Brazos Palmetto | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
Sagina decumbens | Trailing Pearlwort | |
Salicornia depressa | Virginia Glasswort American Glasswort | |
Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens | Trailing Pearlwort | |
Sabatia dodecandra | Marsh Rose Gentian Marsch Rose-gentian Large Marsh Pink | |
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