Special Collections
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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Croton pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Croton pottsii var. pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Crataegus reverchonii | Reverchon's Hawthorn Reverchon Hawthorn | |
| Croton texensis | Texas Croton Doveweed Texas Goatweed | |
| Cryptantha texana | Pick Me Nots | |
| Crataegus turnerorum | Turner's Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn Southern Hawthorn | |
| Cuscuta cuspidata | Cusp Dodder Dodder Angel Hair | |
| Cucurbita foetidissima | Stinking Gourd Buffalo Gourd Missouri Gourd Stink Gourd Wild Gourd | |
| Cuscuta indecora | Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder Largeseed Dodder Pretty Dodder | |
| Cuscuta leptantha | Slender Dodder | |
| Cuscuta pentagona | Fiveangled Dodder | |
| Cuscuta polygonorum | Smartweed Dodder Knotweed Dodder | |
| Cuscuta umbellata | Flatglobe Dodder Santa Fe Dodder | |
| Cyperus acuminatus | Tapertip Flatsedge | |
| Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | |
| Cyperus echinatus | Globe Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus erythrorhizos | Redroot Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nutsedge Chufa Sedge Yellow Nut-grass | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata | Tree Cholla Walking Stick Cholla Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia kleiniae | Candle Cholla Klein's Pencil Cactus | |
| Cynanchum laeve | Honeyvine | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
| Cyperus lupulinus | Great Plains Flatsedge | |
| Cymopterus macrorhizus | Bigroot Springparsley Big-root Cymopterus | |
| Cymopterus montanus | Mountain Springparsley Montana Wavewing | |
| Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge Fragrant Sedge | |
| Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | |
| Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium | Talayote | |
| Cyperus retroflexus | Oneflower Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz's Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus setigerus | Lean Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus squarrosus | Bearded Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus strigosus | Straw-colored Flatsedge | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea candida var. oligophylla | Fewleaf White Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Western White Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea compacta | Compact Prairie Clover Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea formosa | Featherplume Feather Dalea Indigobush | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea jamesii | James's Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lanata | Woolly Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lasiathera | Purple Dalea | |
| Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
| Dalea nana | Dwarf Prairie Clover Dwarf Dalea | |
| Dalea phleoides | Slimspike Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea phleoides var. microphylla | Slimspike Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea pogonathera | Bearded Prairie Clover Bearded Dalea | |
| Daucus pusillus | American Wild Carrot Rattlesnake-weed Wild Carrot | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover Violet Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea tenuis | Pinkglobe Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea villosa var. villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur Plains Larkspur | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Desmodium illinoense | Illinois Ticktrefoil Illinois Tick-trefoil | |
| Desmanthus leptolobus | Slenderlobe Bundleflower | |
| Desmanthus obtusus | Bluntpod Bundleflower | |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil Panicled Tick Trefoil Velcro Vine | |
| Descurainia pinnata | Western Tansymustard Tansy-mustard | |
| Desmodium tweedyi | Tweedy's Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmanthus velutinus | Velvet Bundleflower | |
| Desmanthus virgatus | Prostrate Bundleflower Wild Tantan Slender Mimosa | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Tapered Rosette Grass | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer Panicgrass Lindheimer's Rosettegrass | |
| Digitaria californica | Arizona Cottontop California Cottontop California Crab Grass Cottontop | |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Southern Crabgrass | |
| Digitaria cognata | Carolina Crabgrass Fall Witchgrass | |
| Dichanthelium linearifolium | Slimleaf Panicgrass | |
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass | |
| Digitaria pubiflora | Carolina Crabgrass | |
| Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass Coastal Salt Grass Inland Salt-grass | |
| Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon | Roundseed Panicgrass | |
| Diodia teres | Poorjoe | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon Eastern Persimmon Possumwood Date Plum Winter Plum Jove's Fruit | |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower | |
| Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba Whitlow-grass | |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern Marginal Fern Marginal Shieldfern | |
| Draba platycarpa | Broadpod Draba Broad-pod Draba Broadpod Whitlowgrass Broadpod Whitlow-grass | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Dyssodia papposa | Dogweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson Black Samson Echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinodorus berteroi | Upright Burrhead | |
| Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera | Gulf Cockspur Grass | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus | Pitaya Strawberry Cactus Banana Cactus Cob Cactus Purple Pitaya Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus var. brevispinus | Pitaya | |
| Echinochloa muricata | American Barnyard Grass Rough Barnyard Grass Barnyard Grass American Cockspur Grass Wild Millet | |
| Eclipta prostrata | Pie Plant False Daisy Eclipta | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
| Echinodorus tenellus | Mudbabies | |
| Eleocharis acicularis | Needle Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis atropurpurea | Purple Spikerush | |
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