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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Sorghastrum elliottii | Slender Indiangrass | |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
| Solidago juliae | Julia's Goldenrod | |
| Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Missouri Basin Goldenrod | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod Anise-scented Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod | |
| Solidago odora var. odora | Anisescented Goldenrod | |
| Solidago patula | Roundleaf 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 | |
| Solanum triquetrum | Texas Nightshade Hierba Mora | |
| Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod Elm-leaved Goldenrod | |
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
| Sparganium americanum | American Bur-reed | |
| 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 compositus var. drummondii | Drummond's Dropseed Head-like Dropseed Meadow Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus compositus var. macer | Composite Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
| Spermolepis divaricata | Roughfruit Scaleseed | |
| Spermolepis echinata | Bristly Scaleseed | |
| Sphaeralcea fendleri | Fendler's Globemallow | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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