Central Great Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. The Central Great Plains extends in a great swath from west-central Texas north through central Oklahoma, Kansas and south-central Nebraska. In Texas, along with the Southwestern Tablelands, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Rolling Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Central Great Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chamaesyce serrula | Sawtooth Sandmat | |
Chenopodium simplex | Mapleleaf Goosefoot | |
Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Cheilanthes tomentosa | Woolly Lipfern | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass Showy Chloris | |
Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellowspine Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine Cow Itch Vine Sorrelvine Grape Ivy Possum Grape Arizona Grape Ivy | |
Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
Cleomella angustifolia | Narrowleaf Rhombopod Cleomella | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort Scrambled Eggs Golden Smoke Curvepod | |
Corydalis curvisiliqua ssp. curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort | |
Coelorachis cylindrica | Cylinder Jointtail Grass Carolina Joint-tail | |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower | |
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Whitemouth Dayflower Narrow-leaf Dayflower Widow's Tears | |
Cornus foemina | Stiff Dogwood Swamp Dogwood | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed | |
Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus Nipple Cactus | |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | |
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida | Pale Bastard Toadflax | |
Corallorhiza wisteriana | Spring Coral-root Spring Coral Root Early Southern Coral-root Wister's Coral-root Yellow Coral-root Arousing Coral-root Spring Coralroot | |
Coreopsis wrightii | Rock Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii | James' Cryptantha James' Catseye James' Cat's-eye | |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
Croton glandulosus | Tooth-leaved Croton Sand Croton Tropic Croton Vente Conmigo | |
Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cryptantha | |
Cryptantha minima | Little Cryptantha | |
Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
Cryptantha palmeri | Palmer's Cryptantha | |
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