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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata | Sharpscale Spikerush | |
| Elymus elymoides | Squirreltail Bottlebrush Squirreltail Squirrel-tail | |
| Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius | Squirreltail Long-leaf Squirrel-tail | |
| Eleocharis erythropoda | Bald Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis macrostachya | Pale Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush Spike Rush | |
| Eleocharis palustris | Common Spikerush Common Spike-rush Creeping Spikesedge | |
| Eleocharis parvula | Dwarf Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis reverchonii | Reverchon's Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia Wildrye | |
| Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | Virginia Wildrye Virginia Wild Rye | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
| Epilobium coloratum | Purpleleaf Willowherb | |
| Ephedra pedunculata | Vine Jointfir | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail Horsetail Scouring Rush Canuela | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Horsetail Horsetail | |
| Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat Annual Wild Buckwheat Umbrella Plant | |
| Erysimum asperum | Western Wallflower | |
| Erigeron bellidiastrum | Western Daisy Fleabane | |
| Erigeron colomexicanus | Running Fleabane Sprawling Daisy | |
| Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy Lovegrass Gummy Love Grass | |
| Eryngium diffusum | Spreading Eryngo | |
| Eragrostis elliottii | Field Lovegrass Field Love Grass | |
| Erigeron flagellaris | Trailing Fleabane | |
| Erigeron geiseri | Geiser's Fleabane | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Eriogonum longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat Longleaf Wild Buckwheat | |
| Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium | Longleaf Buckwheat | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
| Eriogonum multiflorum | Wild Buckwheat Heart-sepal Buckwheat Heart-sepal Wild Buckwheat | |
| Eriogonum nealleyi | Irion County Buckwheat Irion County Wild Buckwheat | |
| Eragrostis pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane Fleabane Daisy | |
| Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
| Eragrostis secundiflora | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis sessilispica | Tumble Lovegrass Tumble Love Grass | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
| Eragrostis secundiflora ssp. oxylepis | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Erigeron strigosus | Prairie Fleabane Daisy Fleabane Common Eastern Fleabane | |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Stork's Bill Stork's Bill Pine Needle Fillaree | |
| Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass Sand Love Grass | |
| Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus | |
| Escobaria vivipara | Spinystar Common Beehive Cactus Pincushion Cactus | |
| Escobaria vivipara var. radiosa | Spinystar | |
| Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara | Spinystar | |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow On The Prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
| Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia | |
| Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell Catchfly Gentian Seaside Gentian | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop Grass-leaved Goldenrod | |
| Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | |
| Euphorbia hexagona | Sixangle Spurge | |
| Euphorbia longicruris | Wedgeleaf Spurge | |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
| Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
| Euphorbia spathulata | Warty Spurge | |
| Euphorbia tetrapora | Weak Spurge | |
| Eurytaenia texana | Texas Spreadwing | |
| Evolvulus nuttallianus | Shaggy Dwarf Morning-glory Silky Evolvulus Shaggy Evolvulus | |
| Evax prolifera | Bighead Pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
| Evax verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
| Evax verna var. verna | Spring Pygmycudweed | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
| Fimbristylis puberula | Hairy Fimbry | |
| Fimbristylis vahlii | Vahl's Fimbry | |
| Florestina tripteris | Sticky Florestina | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens | Stretchberry Elbowbush Stretch-berry Downy Forestiera Desert Olive Elbow-bush | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
| Froelichia floridana | Plains Snakecotton Snake-cotton | |
| Froelichia gracilis | Slender Snakecotton Snake-cotton | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash Red Ash Swamp Ash River Ash Water Ash Darlington Ash | |
| Funastrum crispum | Wavyleaf Twinevine Wavy-leaf Milkweed Vine | |
| Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine Climbing Milkweed Vine Twine-vine | |
| Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine | |
| Fuirena simplex | Western Umbrella-sedge Umbrellagrass Western Umbrella Sedge | |
| Gaillardia aestivalis | Lanceleaf Blanketflower Winkler Gaillardia | |
| Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis | Lanceleaf Blanketflower Prairie Gaillardia | |
| Galium aparine | Stickywilly Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Common Bedstraw Sticky Weed Goose Grass | |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower Yellow Gaillardia Blanket Flower | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel | |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs | |
| Galium virgatum | Southwestern Bedstraw Southwest Bedstraw | |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina Geranium Wild Geranium Carolina Cranesbill | |
| Geum canadense | White Avens | |
| Geranium texanum | Texas Geranium | |
| Giliastrum acerosum | Bluebowls Prickleleaf Gilia | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
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