Cross Timbers
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. With most of this ecoregion occurring in a swath from central Texas north, its northern reaches extend into southeastern Oklahoma. In Texas, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Cross Timbers and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Cross Timbers ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Cenchrus echinatus | Southern Sandbur | |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry Spiny Hackberry Shiny Hackberry Granjeno Huasteco | |
Centella erecta | Erect Centella Erect Spadeleaf | |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot Smaller Redroot Small Redroot Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Sugarberry Southern Hackberry Lowland Hackberry Hackberry Palo Blanco | |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Cevallia sinuata | Stinging Serpent Stinging Cevallia | |
Cenchrus spinifex | Grass Bur Coastal Sandbur Field Sandspur Southern Sandbur Spiny Burrgrass | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Centrosema virginianum | Spurred Butterfly Pea Butterfly Pea | |
Chamaesyce acuta | Pointed Sandmat | |
Chamaesyce albomarginata | Whitemargin Sandmat Rattlesnake-weed | |
Cheilanthes alabamensis | Alabama Lipfern | |
Chenopodium album | Lambsquarters | |
Chloris andropogonoides | Slimspike Windmill Grass | |
Chamaesyce angusta | Blackfoot Sandmat Narrow-leaf Spurge | |
Chaetopappa asteroides | Arkansas Leastdaisy Least Daisy | |
Chaetopappa bellidifolia | Whiteray Leastdaisy Dwarf White Aster Edwards Lazy Daisy | |
Chenopodium berlandieri | Pitseed Goosefoot Lambs Quarters | |
Chamaesaracha coniodes | Gray Five Eyes False Nightshade Ground Saracha Prostrate Ground-cherry | |
Chamaesyce cordifolia | Heartleaf Sandmat | |
Chamaesaracha coronopus | Greenleaf Five Eyes Green False Nightshade | |
Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill Grass Hooded Windmillgrass | |
Chamaesaracha edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau Five Eyes | |
Chaetopappa ericoides | Rose Heath Rose-heath | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
Cheilanthes feei | Slender Lipfern | |
Chamaesyce fendleri | Fendler's Sandmat Fendler's Spurge Fendler's Carpetweed Fendler's Euphorb | |
Chamaecrista flexuosa var. texana | Texas Sensitive Pea | |
Chamaesyce glyptosperma | Ribseed Sandmat Rib-seeded Sand Mat | |
Cheilanthes horridula | Rough Lipfern | |
Chamaesyce hypericifolia | Graceful Sandmat Graceful Spurge Chickenweed Large-spotted Spurge Garden Spurge Fluxweed Baby's-breath Euphorbia | |
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia | Hyssopleaf Sandmat | |
Chenopodium incanum | Mealy Goosefoot | |
Chamaesyce lata | Hoary Sandmat Hoary Euphorbia | |
Cheilanthes lanosa | Hairy Lipfern | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
Cheilanthes lindheimeri | Fairy-swords | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge Spotted Euphorbia Spotted Sandmat Milk Purslane Prostrate Spurge | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Chamaesyce missurica | Prairie Sandmat Missouri Spurge | |
Chamaecrista nictitans | Sensitive Partridge Pea Partridge-pea Sensitive Pea | |
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans | Sensitive Partridge Pea Partridge Pea | |
Chamaesyce nutans | Nodding Spurge Eyebane | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chamaesyce prostrata | Prostrate Spurge Prostrate Sandmat Ground Spurge | |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chenopodium simplex | Mapleleaf Goosefoot | |
Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chenopodium standleyanum | Standley's Goosefoot | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Cheilanthes tomentosa | Woolly Lipfern | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
Chamaesyce villifera | Hairy Sandmat | |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass Showy Chloris | |
Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
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 | |
Clinopodium arkansanum | Limestone Calamint | |
Clinopodium brownei | Browne's Savory St. John's Mint Creeping Charlie Lornatee | |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
Clematis reticulata | Netleaf Leather Flower | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles Virgin's Bower Old Man's Beard | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
Conyza canadensis | Horseweed Canadian Horseweed | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
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 | |
Coryphantha echinus | Rhinoceros Cactus | |
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 florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed | |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Corydalis micrantha | Smallflower Fumewort Southern Corydalis Golden Corydalis | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus Nipple Cactus | |
Colubrina texensis | Texas Hog Plum Texas Snakewood Texas Colubrina Hog Plum | |
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