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Edwards Plateau
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state, it is commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country. This ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Edwards Plateau vegetative region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Sida longipes | Stockflower Fanpetals | |
| Sisyrinchium minus | Dwarf Blue-eyed-grass Pink-eyed-grass Pink Blue-eyed-grass | |
| Silphium radula | Roughstem Rosinweed | |
| Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals | |
| Sibara virginica | Virginia Winged Rockcress | |
| Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar Saw Greenbriar Catbriar Bullbriar Stretchberry Vine | |
| Smilax renifolia | Kidney-leaf Greenbriar | |
| Smilax tamnoides | Bristly Greenbriar | |
| Smallanthus uvedalius | Hairy Leafcup | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solanum citrullifolium | Watermelon Nightshade Melonleaf Nightshade | |
| Solanum dimidiatum | Western Horsenettle Western Horse-nettle | |
| Solanum douglasii | Greenspot Nightshade Douglas' Nightshade | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
| Sorghastrum elliottii | Slender Indiangrass | |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
| Solidago juliae | Julia's Goldenrod | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
| Sophora nuttalliana | Silky Sophora | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod Anise-scented Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod | |
| Solidago odora var. odora | Anisescented Goldenrod | |
| Solidago petiolaris | Downy Ragged Goldenrod Downy Goldenrod | |
| Solidago radula | Western Rough Goldenrod | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
| Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
| Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses Ladies'-tresses Nodding Lady's Tresses | |
| Sporobolus clandestinus | Hidden Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
| Sporobolus compositus | Tall Dropseed Composite Dropseed Rough Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite Dropseed Tall Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
| Spermolepis divaricata | Roughfruit Scaleseed | |
| Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
| Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
| Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow | |
| Spigelia hedyotidea | Prairie Pinkroot Prairie Pink Root | |
| Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed Spreading Scaleseed | |
| Sphaeralcea incana | Gray Globemallow | |
| Sporobolus junceus | Pineywoods Dropseed | |
| Spiranthes lacera | Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Lady's Tresses | |
| Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis | Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Ladies'-tresses Slender Lady's Tresses | |
| Spiranthes magnicamporum | Great Plains Ladies'-tresses Great Plains Lady's Tresses | |
| Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgescale | |
| Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses Fragrant Ladies'-tresses Marsh Lady's Tresses | |
| Spirodela polyrrhiza | Common Duckmeat Giant Duckweed | |
| Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled Dropseed Target Dropseed Madagascar Dropseed | |
| Spergularia salina | Salt Sandspurry | |
| Spartina spartinae | Gulf Cordgrass | |
| Spigelia texana | Texas Pinkroot | |
| Sporobolus vaginiflorus | Poverty Dropseed | |
| Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies'-tresses Spring Lady's Tresses | |
| Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace Eve's Necklacepod Texas Sophora Pink Sophora Necklace Tree | |
| Stylosanthes biflora | Sidebeak Pencilflower | |
| Streptanthus bracteatus | Bracted Twistflower Bracted Jewelflower | |
| Stachys crenata | Mousesear Shade Betony Mouse's Ear | |
| Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean | |
| Steinchisma hians | Gaping Grass | |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean | |
| Stenosiphon linifolius | False Gaura | |
| Stenaria nigricans | Bluets Diamond-flowers | |
| Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans | Diamondflowers Narrowleaf Bluets Baby's Breath Bluets Fine-leaf Bluets | |
| Stephanomeria pauciflora | Brownplume Wirelettuce Brown-plume Desert Straw Fewflower Wirelettuce Prairie Skeletonplant | |
| Stuckenia pectinata | Sago Pondweed | |
| Stylisma pickeringii | Pickering's Dawnflower | |
| Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii | Patterson's Dawnflower | |
| Streptanthus platycarpus | Broadpod Jewelflower Broadpod Twistflower | |
| Styrax platanifolius | Sycamore-leaf Snowbell | |
| Styrax platanifolius ssp. platanifolius | Sycamoreleaf Snowbell | |
| Styrax platanifolius ssp. stellatus | Sycamoreleaf Snowbell Hairy Sycamore-leaf Snow-bell | |
| Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus | Texas Snowbell Texas Snow-bell | |
| Stellaria prostrata | Prostrate Starwort Prostrate Chickweed | |
| Stillingia sylvatica | Queen's-delight | |
| Stillingia texana | Texas Queen's Delight Queen's Delight Texas Toothleaf | |
| Stillingia treculiana | Trecul's Toothleaf | |
| Symphyotrichum divaricatum | Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Lawn American-aster White Wood Aster Saltmarsh Aster Slender Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum drummondii | Drummond's Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum drummondii var. texanum | Drummond's Aster Texas Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum falcatum | White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Whitepanicle Aster Panicled Aster Lanceleaf Aster White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | White Panicle Aster Panicled Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
| Symphyotrichum patens | Late Purple Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum patens var. patens | Spreading Aster Late Purple Aster Spread-leaf Aster Sky-drop Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum sericeum | Western Silver Aster Western Silver American-aster Silky Aster | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress Baldcypress Common Bald Cypress Southern Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress Southern Cypress Swamp Cypress Red Cypress White Cypress Yellow Cypress Gulf Cypress Tidewater Red Cypress | |
| Teucrium canadense | American Germander Canada Germander Canadian Germander Germander Hairy Germander Wood Sage | |
| Teucrium canadense var. canadense | Canada Germander | |
| Tetraclea coulteri | Coulter's Wrinklefruit | |
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