Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush Butterfly Bush Woolly Butterfly-bush | |
| Buddleja racemosa | Wand Butterflybush Wand Butterfly-bush | |
| Buddleja scordioides | Escobilla Butterflybush Escobilla | |
| Carlowrightia arizonica | Arizona Wrightwort Arizona Carlowrightia | |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops | |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Drummond Sundrops Square-bud Primrose | |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose | |
| Carphochaete bigelovii | Bigelow's Bristlehead Bigelow Bush | |
| Cabomba caroliniana | Carolina Fanwort Green Cabomba Fish-grass Washington-grass Carolina Watershield Washington-plant | |
| Calliandra conferta | Rio Grande Stickpea Fairy Duster | |
| Carex emoryi | Emory's Sedge Emory Sedge | |
| Castela erecta | Goatbush | |
| Castela erecta ssp. texana | Texan Goatbush Goat-bush Allthorn Goatbush Amargoso | |
| Carex frankii | Frank's Sedge | |
| Calamovilfa gigantea | Giant Sandreed Prairie Sandreed | |
| Calylophus hartwegii | Hartweg's Sundrops Western Primrose | |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri | Hartweg's Sundrops | |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. filifolius | Hartweg's Sundrops | |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. hartwegii | Hartweg's Sundrops | |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. maccartii | Maccart's Sundrops | |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. pubescens | Hartweg's Sundrops Grand Prairie Evening Primrose | |
| Callitriche heterophylla | Two-headed Water-starwort | |
| Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla | Two-headed Water-starwort Varied-leaved Water-starwort Diverse-leaved Water-starwort | |
| Carex hystericina | Bottlebrush Sedge | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
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