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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Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
Corydalis aurea | Scrambled Eggs Golden Corydalis | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort Scrambled Eggs Golden Smoke Curvepod | |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Coryphantha echinus | Rhinoceros Cactus | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower | |
Condalia ericoides | Javelina Bush | |
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Whitemouth Dayflower Narrow-leaf Dayflower Widow's Tears | |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
Coryphantha macromeris var. macromeris | Nipple Beehive Cactus Big Needle Cactus Big Nipple Cory-cactus Dona Ana Long Mamma | |
Corydalis micrantha | Smallflower Fumewort Southern Corydalis Golden Corydalis | |
Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus Nipple Cactus | |
Colubrina texensis | Texas Hog Plum Texas Snakewood Texas Colubrina Hog Plum | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | |
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida | Pale Bastard Toadflax | |
Condalia viridis | Green Snakewood Green Condalia | |
Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii | James' Cryptantha James' Catseye James' Cat's-eye | |
Croton glandulosus | Tooth-leaved Croton Sand Croton Tropic Croton Vente Conmigo | |
Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cryptantha | |
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