South Central Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. It extends from the Western Gulf Coastal Plain east across much of Louisiana and north into southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Pineywoods vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the South Central Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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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 rugosa ssp. rugosa | Wrinkleleaf 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 stricta | Wand Goldenrod Wand-like Goldenrod Willowleaf Goldenrod | |
Solidago tortifolia | Twistleaf Goldenrod | |
Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod Elm-leaved Goldenrod | |
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 | |
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 | |
Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
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 | |
Spiranthes longilabris | Giant-spiral Ladies'-tresses Giant Spiral Lady's Tresses | |
Spigelia marilandica | Woodland Pinkroot Pinkroot Indian Pink | |
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 | |
Spiranthes ovalis | October Ladies'-tresses October Lady's Tresses | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Spiranthes parksii | Navasota Lady's Tresses Navasota Ladies'-tresses | |
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 | |
Stachys floridana | Florida Hedgenettle Florida Betony | |
Stenanthium gramineum | Eastern Featherbells Featherbells | |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell Bigleaf Storax Coast Snowbell | |
Strophostyles helvola | Trailing Fuzzybean Amberique-bean Trailing Wild Bean Trailing Fuzzy Bean | |
Steinchisma hians | Gaping Grass | |
Stylisma humistrata | Southern Dawnflower White Stylisma | |
Streptanthus hyacinthoides | Smooth Jewelflower | |
Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean | |
Stenosiphon linifolius | False Gaura | |
Stewartia malacodendron | Silky Camellia Virginia Stewartia Round-fruited Stewartia | |
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 | |
Streptanthus platycarpus | Broadpod Jewelflower Broadpod Twistflower | |
Styrax platanifolius | Sycamore-leaf Snowbell | |
Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus | Texas Snowbell Texas Snow-bell | |
Stellaria prostrata | Prostrate Starwort Prostrate Chickweed | |
Stillingia sylvatica | Queen's-delight | |
Stachys tenuifolia | Smooth Hedgenettle Slender Betony | |
Stillingia texana | Texas Queen's Delight Queen's Delight Texas Toothleaf | |
Stillingia treculiana | Trecul's Toothleaf | |
Strophostyles umbellata | Pink Fuzzybean | |
Stylisma villosa | Hairy Dawnflower | |
Suaeda linearis | Annual Seepweed | |
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 dumosum var. dumosum | Rice Button Aster 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 laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Whitepanicle Aster Panicled Aster Lanceleaf Aster White Panicle Aster | |
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
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