High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Alisma subcordatum | American Water Plantain | |
Ammannia auriculata | Eared Redstem | |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
Amsonia ciliata | Fringed Bluestar Bluestar Texas Bluestar | |
Ammannia coccinea | Valley Redstem Scarlet Tooth-cup | |
Ampelopsis cordata | Heartleaf Peppervine Heart-leaf Ampelopsis | |
Ambrosia confertiflora | Weakleaf Bur Ragweed Weak Leaved Burweed Slimleaf Bursage | |
Amphiachyris dracunculoides | Prairie Broomweed Broomweed | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amaranthus hybridus | Slim Amaranth | |
Amaranthus palmeri | Carelessweed | |
Ammoselinum popei | Plains Sandparsley | |
Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman Ragweed Western Ragweed Perennial Ragweed Common Ragweed | |
Amaranthus retroflexus | Redroot Amaranth | |
Ammannia robusta | Grand Redstem | |
Amaranthus scleropoides | Bonebract Amaranth | |
Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
Amaranthus spinosus | Spiny Amaranth Thorny Pigweed | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Amaranthus tuberculatus | Roughfruit Amaranth Water Hemp | |
Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap | |
Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa Yerba-mansa Lizard Tail | |
Anemone caroliniana | Carolina Anemone Carolina Thimbleweed Southern Thimbleweed | |
Androstephium coeruleum | Blue Funnel-lily Prairie Lily Funnel-flower Fragrant Lily | |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
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