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
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| 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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