Special Collections
Edwards Plateau
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state, it is commonly referred to as the Texas Hill Country. This ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Edwards Plateau vegetative region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| 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 | |
| Cirsium engelmannii | Engelmann's Thistle | |
| Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
| 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 | |
| Clinopodium arkansanum | Limestone Calamint | |
| 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 | |
| Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
| 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 | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis Scarlet Leatherflower Texas Clematis | |
| Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
| Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Corydalis micrantha | Smallflower Fumewort Southern Corydalis Golden Corydalis | |
| Coreopsis nuecensis | Crown Tickseed Crown 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 | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden Tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Comandra umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | |
| Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida | Pale Bastard Toadflax | |
| 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 alabamensis | Alabama Croton | |
| Croton alabamensis var. texensis | Texabama Croton Texas Alabama Croton | |
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | |
| Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
| Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's Hogwort Woolly Texas Goatweed Woolly Doveweed | |
| Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
| Croptilon divaricatum | Slender Scratchdaisy Scratch Daisy Granite Daisy | |
| 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 incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
| Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | |
| Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
| Crassula longipes | Smallseed Pygmyweed | |
| 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 | |
| Crataegus opaca | Mayhaw Western Mayhaw May Hawthorn Riverflat Hawthorn Applehaw May Haw | |
| Cryptantha palmeri | Palmer's Cryptantha | |
| Croton pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Croton pottsii var. pottsii | Leatherweed | |
| Crataegus reverchonii | Reverchon's Hawthorn Reverchon Hawthorn | |
| Croptilon rigidifolium | Stiffleaf Scratchdaisy | |
| Crataegus texana | Texas Hawthorn | |
| Croton texensis | Texas Croton Doveweed Texas Goatweed | |
| Cryptantha texana | Pick Me Nots | |
| Crataegus tracyi | Tracy's Hawthorn Tracy Hawthorn Mountain Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus turnerorum | Turner's Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn Southern Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus viridis var. desertorum | Desert Hawthorn Smooth Western Hawthorn Green Hawthorn | |
| Cuscuta cuspidata | Cusp Dodder Dodder Angel Hair | |
| 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 obtusiflora | Peruvian Dodder | |
| Cuscuta pentagona | Fiveangled Dodder | |
| Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona | Fiveangled Dodder | |
| Cuscuta umbellata | Flatglobe Dodder Santa Fe Dodder | |
| Cyperus acuminatus | Tapertip Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus articulatus | Jointed Flatsedge Chintul | |
| Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | |
| Cynanchum barbigerum | Bearded Swallow-wort Thicket Threadvine | |
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