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
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| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Salicornia bigelovii | Dwarf Saltwort | |
| Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum | Shortbeard Plumegrass Bent-awn Plumegrass | |
| 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 | |
| Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens | Trailing Pearlwort | |
| Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Sabatia gentianoides | Pinewoods Rose Gentian | |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass | |
| Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
| Sagittaria graminea | Grassy Arrowhead Grass-leaf Arrowhead | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Sagittaria graminea var. graminea | Grassy Arrowhead | |
| Salvia henryi | Crimson Sage | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Salix humilis var. humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia | Lanceleaf Arrowhead Duck-potato Bulltongue Arrowhead Bull-tongue Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
| Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sanicula odorata | Clustered Blacksnakeroot | |
| Sagittaria papillosa | Nipplebract Arrowhead | |
| Salvia pinguifolia | Rock Sage Greaseleaf Salvia | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
| Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Sacciolepis striata | American Cupscale | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
| Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush Olney Three-square | |
| Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
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