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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Silphium radula | Roughstem Rosinweed | |
Sida rhombifolia | Cuban Jute Axocatzin | |
Sisyrinchium rosulatum | Annual Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum | Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sida spinosa | Prickly Fanpetals | |
Silene subciliata | Prairie-fire Pink Louisiana Catchfly Catchfly | |
Sibara virginica | Virginia Winged Rockcress | |
Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar Saw Greenbriar Catbriar Bullbriar Stretchberry Vine | |
Smilax glauca | Cat Greenbriar | |
Smilax laurifolia | Laurel Greenbriar | |
Smilax pumila | Sarsaparilla Vine Wild Sarsaparilla Dwarf Smilax Dwarf Greenbriar | |
Smilax rotundifolia | Roundleaf Greenbriar Common Greenbriar | |
Smilax smallii | Lance-leaf Greenbriar Southern Smilax Jacksonvine Jacksonbriar | |
Smilax tamnoides | Bristly Greenbriar | |
Smallanthus uvedalius | Hairy Leafcup | |
Smilax walteri | Coral Greenbriar | |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
Solanum campechiense | Redberry Nightshade | |
Solanum carolinense | Carolina Horsenettle Carolina 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 | |
Solanum erianthum | Potatotree Potato Tree | |
Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Missouri Basin Goldenrod | |
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 | |
Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod Rough-leaved Goldenrod Roughleaf Goldenrod Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Roughstem Goldenrod | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
Solidago tortifolia | Twistleaf Goldenrod | |
Sophora tomentosa | Yellow Necklacepod Yellow Sophora Necklace Pod Tambalisa | |
Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass Saltwater Cordgrass Salt Cordgrass Smooth Cordgrass | |
Sparganium americanum | American Bur-reed | |
Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
Spartina bakeri | Sand Cordgrass | |
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 | |
Spartina cynosuroides | Big Cordgrass | |
Spermolepis divaricata | Roughfruit Scaleseed | |
Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
Sphaeralcea hastulata | Spear Globemallow | |
Spigelia hedyotidea | Prairie Pinkroot Prairie Pink Root | |
Spermolepis inermis | Red River Scaleseed Spreading Scaleseed | |
Sphenopholis intermedia | Slender Wedgescale | |
Sporobolus junceus | Pineywoods Dropseed | |
Spiranthes laciniata | Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses Lace-lip Lady's Tresses | |
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 | |
Sphaeralcea lindheimeri | Woolly Globemallow | |
Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgescale | |
Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses Fragrant Ladies'-tresses Marsh Lady's Tresses | |
Spiranthes ovalis | October Ladies'-tresses October Lady's Tresses | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass Freshwater Cordgrass Sloughgrass | |
Spirodela polyrrhiza | Common Duckmeat Giant Duckweed | |
Spiranthes praecox | Greenvein Ladies'-tresses Greenvein Lady's Tresses | |
Sporobolus pyramidatus | Whorled Dropseed Target Dropseed Madagascar Dropseed | |
Spergularia salina | Salt Sandspurry | |
Sporobolus silveanus | Silveus' Dropseed | |
Spartina spartinae | Gulf Cordgrass | |
Spigelia texana | Texas Pinkroot | |
Spiranthes tuberosa | Little Ladies'-tresses Little Lady's Tresses | |
Sporobolus vaginiflorus | Poverty Dropseed | |
Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies'-tresses Spring Lady's Tresses | |
Sporobolus virginicus | Seashore Dropseed Beach Dropseed Seashore Rushgrass Coastal Dropseed | |
Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace Eve's Necklacepod Texas Sophora Pink Sophora Necklace Tree | |
Styrax americanus | American Snowbell American Snowbells American Silverbells Big-leaf Snowbell Storax | |
Stylosanthes biflora | Sidebeak Pencilflower | |
Stylodon carneus | Carolina False Vervain Carolina Vervain | |
Stachys crenata | Mousesear Shade Betony Mouse's Ear | |
Stachys drummondii | Drummond's Hedgenettle Pink Mint | |
Stenandrium dulce | Sweet Shaggytuft Pineland Pinklet | |
Stachys floridana | Florida Hedgenettle Florida Betony | |
Stenanthium gramineum | Eastern Featherbells Featherbells | |
Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean | |
Steinchisma hians | Gaping Grass | |
Stylisma humistrata | Southern Dawnflower White Stylisma | |
Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia Gray-woolly Twintip | |
Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean | |
Stenaria nigricans | Bluets Diamond-flowers | |
Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans | Diamondflowers Narrowleaf Bluets Baby's Breath Bluets Fine-leaf Bluets | |
Stuckenia pectinata | Sago Pondweed | |
Stylisma pickeringii | Pickering's Dawnflower | |
Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii | Patterson's Dawnflower | |
Stellaria prostrata | Prostrate Starwort Prostrate Chickweed | |
Stillingia sylvatica | Queen's-delight | |
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