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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| Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii | James' Cryptantha James' Catseye James' Cat's-eye | |
| Cryptantha crassipes | Terlingua Creek Cat's-eye Terlingua Creek Cryptantha | |
| Croton fruticulosus | Bush Croton Encinilla Hierba Loca | |
| Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
| Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
| Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cryptantha | |
| Cryptantha minima | Little Cryptantha | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
| Cryptantha oblata | Rough Cryptantha | |
| Cryptantha palmeri | Palmer's Cryptantha | |
| Croton pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Croton pottsii var. pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Crotalaria pumila | Low Rattlebox | |
| Croton suaveolens | Scented Croton | |
| Croton texensis | Texas Croton Doveweed Texas Goatweed | |
| Crataegus tracyi | Tracy's Hawthorn Tracy Hawthorn Mountain Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus turnerorum | Turner's Hawthorn | |
| Cuscuta exaltata | Tree Dodder Tall Dodder | |
| 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 umbellata | Flatglobe Dodder Santa Fe Dodder | |
| Cyperus acuminatus | Tapertip Flatsedge | |
| Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | |
| Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded Swallow-wort Thicket Threadvine | |
| Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulblet Bladder Fern | |
| Cyperus croceus | Baldwin's Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus elegans | Royal Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus erythrorhizos | Redroot Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nutsedge Chufa Sedge Yellow Nut-grass | |
| Cyphomeris gypsophiloides | Red Cyphomeris | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata | Tree Cholla Walking Stick Cholla Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea | Tree Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia kleiniae | Candle Cholla Klein's Pencil Cactus | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
| Cynanchum maccartii | Maccart's Swallow-wort | |
| Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge Fragrant Sedge | |
| Cyperus onerosus | Plains Flatsedge | |
| Cynanchum pringlei | Pringle's Swallow-wort | |
| Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | |
| Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium | Talayote | |
| Cyperus retroflexus | Oneflower Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz's Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus squarrosus | Bearded Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus strigosus | Straw-colored Flatsedge | |
| Cylindropuntia tunicata | Thistle Cholla | |
| Cystopteris utahensis | Utah Bladderfern | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
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