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
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Urtica chamaedryoides | Heart-leaf Stinging Nettle Heart-leaf Nettle Stinging Nettle | |
Urochloa ciliatissima | Fringed Signalgrass | |
Urochloa fusca | Browntop Signalgrass | |
Urochloa texana | Texas Signalgrass | |
Utricularia gibba | Humped Bladderwort Bladderwort Conespur Bladderpod | |
Valeriana arizonica | Arizona Valerian | |
Vauquelinia corymbosa | Slimleaf Rosewood | |
Vachellia constricta | Whitethorn Acacia White-thorn Acacia Mescat Acacia Mescat Wattle Whitethorn Vara Prieta Chaparro Prieto | |
Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. angustifolia | Chisos Rosewood Slimleaf Rosewood Narrowleaf Rosewood Narrowleaf Vauquelinia Vauquel Bush Guauyul Palo Prieto | |
Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache Texas Huisache Sweet Acacia Perfume Acacia Mealy Acacia Mealy Wattle Cassie | |
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