Special Collections
Southern Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 21 Texas counties. This ecoregion borders most of the southwestern portion of the Rio Grande River and extends into northern Mexico. In Texas, it encompasses much of the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s South Texas Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Southern Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| 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 | |
| Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower Fragrant Mistflower Blue Boneset Fragrant Boneset Jack In The Bush Crucita Siam Weed Common Flossflower Christmas Bush Devilweed | |
| Chamaesaracha pallida | Pale Five Eyes False Nightshade Averett Pale Five Eyes | |
| Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
| Chenopodium pratericola | Desert Goosefoot | |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | Prostrate Spurge Prostrate Sandmat Ground Spurge | |
| Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
| Chamaesyce serrula | Sawtooth Sandmat | |
| Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
| Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
| 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 | |
| Chamaesaracha villosa | Transpecos Five Eyes Woolly False Nightshade | |
| Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
| Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood Berlandier Fiddlewood Fiddlewood | |
| Cienfuegosia drummondii | Yellow Flymallow | |
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
| Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch Vine Cow Itch Vine Sorrelvine Grape Ivy Possum Grape Arizona Grape Ivy | |
| Cirsium turneri | Cliff Thistle | |
| Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Coursetia axillaris | Texas Babybonnets | |
| Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf Thoroughwort Betony-leaf Mistflower | |
| Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
| 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 | |
| Cocculus diversifolius | Correhuela Snailseed | |
| 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 | |
| Commelina erecta var. erecta | Whitemouth Dayflower Day Flower Widow's Tears | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
| Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
| Corydalis micrantha | Smallflower Fumewort Southern Corydalis Golden Corydalis | |
| Coreopsis nuecensis | Crown Tickseed Crown Coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis nuecensoides | Rio Grande Tickseed Crown Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
| Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree Texas Smoke Tree Wild Smoke Tree Smoke Tree Smokebush Chittamwood | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
| Cordia podocephala | Texas Manjack White Cordia | |
| Condalia spathulata | Knifeleaf Condalia | |
| 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 | |
| Collinsia violacea | Violet Blue-eyed Mary | |
| Condalia viridis | Green Snakewood Green Condalia | |
| 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 argyranthemus | Healing Croton | |
| Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
| Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's Hogwort Woolly Texas Goatweed Woolly Doveweed | |
| Croton coryi | Cory's Croton | |
| Croton cortesianus | Cortez's Croton | |
| Croton fruticulosus | Bush Croton Encinilla Hierba Loca | |
| Croton glandulosus | Tooth-leaved Croton Sand Croton Tropic Croton Vente Conmigo | |
| Crataegus greggiana | Gregg's Hawthorn Gregg Hawthorn | |
| Croptilon hookerianum var. hookerianum | Hooker's Scratchdaisy | |
| Croton humilis | Pepperbush | |
| Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
| Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | |
| Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
| Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn Parsleyleaf Hawthorn | |
| Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cryptantha | |
| Cryptantha minima | Little Cryptantha | |
| Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn White Thorn Whitethorn Scarlet Hawthorn Scarlet Haw Red Haw Downy Thorn | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
| Cryptantha oblata | Rough Cryptantha | |
| Cryptantha palmeri | Palmer's Cryptantha | |
| Croton parksii | Parks' Croton | |
| Croton pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Croton pottsii var. pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Croptilon rigidifolium | Stiffleaf Scratchdaisy | |
| Croton texensis | Texas Croton Doveweed Texas Goatweed | |
| Cryptantha texana | Pick Me Nots | |
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