Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass Showy Chloris | |
| Chamaesaracha villosa | Transpecos Five Eyes Woolly False Nightshade | |
| Cheilanthes wrightii | Wright's Lip Fern | |
| 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 turneri | Cliff Thistle | |
| Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
| Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
| Cleomella longipes | Chiricahua Mountain Stinkweed | |
| 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 | |
| Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
| Conopholis alpina var. mexicana | Mexican Cancer-root Groundcone Alpine Squawroot | |
| Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
| Cologania angustifolia | Longleaf Cologania | |
| Corydalis aurea | Scrambled Eggs Golden Corydalis | |
| Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf Thoroughwort Betony-leaf Mistflower | |
| 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 | |
| Commelina dianthifolia | Birdbill Dayflower Bird-bill Dayflower | |
| Commelina dianthifolia var. dianthifolia | Birdbill Dayflower | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
| Corallorhiza maculata | Summer Coralroot Spotted Coralroot Speckled Coral Root Large Coral Root Many-flowered Coral Root | |
| Coryphantha macromeris var. macromeris | Nipple Beehive Cactus Big Needle Cactus Big Nipple Cory-cactus Dona Ana Long Mamma | |
| Cosmos parviflorus | Southwestern Cosmos Southwest Cosmos | |
| Cologania pallida | Pale Cologania | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
| Cordia podocephala | Texas Manjack White Cordia | |
| Coryphantha ramillosa | Whiskerbrush | |
| Condalia spathulata | Knifeleaf Condalia | |
| Corallorhiza striata | Hooded Coralroot Striped Coralroot Bigelow's Coral Root Macrae's Coral Root Madder Stripes | |
| 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 | |
| Condalia viridis | Green Snakewood Green Condalia | |
| Cryptantha angustifolia | Panamint Cryptantha | |
| Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
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