Western Gulf Coastal Plain
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. As its name suggests, it is comprised of the coastal plain of Texas, extending along the Gulf Coast south into Mexico and east over portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Gulf Marshes and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans | Sensitive Partridge Pea Partridge Pea | |
Chamaesyce nutans | Nodding Spurge Eyebane | |
Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower Fragrant Mistflower Blue Boneset Fragrant Boneset Jack In The Bush Crucita Siam Weed Common Flossflower Christmas Bush Devilweed | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chamaesyce prostrata | Prostrate Spurge Prostrate Sandmat Ground Spurge | |
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum | Longleaf Woodoats | |
Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chloris texensis | Texas Windmill Grass | |
Chrysopsis texana | Texas Chrysopsis | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
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 | |
Cienfuegosia drummondii | Yellow Flymallow | |
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 | |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepper Alderleaf Pepperbush Alderleaf Clethra Clethra Summer Sweet | |
Cleomella angustifolia | Narrowleaf Rhombopod Cleomella | |
Clinopodium brownei | Browne's Savory St. John's Mint Creeping Charlie Lornatee | |
Clematis crispa | Swamp Leatherflower Curly Clematis Blue-jasmine Curlflower Curly Virgin's Bower Marsh Clematis | |
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 reticulata | Netleaf Leather Flower | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Corispermum americanum | American Bugseed | |
Coursetia axillaris | Texas Babybonnets | |
Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf Thoroughwort Betony-leaf Mistflower | |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
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 | |
Cocculus diversifolius | Correhuela Snailseed | |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Convolvulus equitans | Texas Bindweed Bindweed | |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower Widow's Tears White-mouth Dayflower Whitemouth Dayflower | |
Conocarpus erectus | Button Mangrove Buttonwood | |
Commelina erecta var. angustifolia | Whitemouth Dayflower Narrow-leaf Dayflower Widow's Tears | |
Commelina erecta var. erecta | Whitemouth Dayflower Day Flower Widow's Tears | |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood Virginia Dogwood Florida Dogwood White Cornel Arrowwood American Boxwood False Box St. Peter's Crown Corona De San Pedro | |
Cornus foemina | Stiff Dogwood Swamp Dogwood | |
Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed Large-flower Tickseed Common Coreopsis | |
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 | |
Coreopsis nuecensoides | Rio Grande Tickseed Crown Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Cordia podocephala | Texas Manjack White Cordia | |
Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood | |
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 | |
Commelina virginica | Virginia Dayflower | |
Corallorhiza wisteriana | Spring Coral-root Spring Coral Root Early Southern Coral-root Wister's Coral-root Yellow Coral-root Arousing Coral-root Spring Coralroot | |
Crinum americanum | American Crinum Lily Seven Sisters Swamp Lily Southern Swamp Lily String Lily Crinum Lily | |
Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | |
Croton argyranthemus | Healing Croton | |
Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's Hogwort Woolly Texas Goatweed Woolly Doveweed | |
Croton coryi | Cory's Croton | |
Croton cortesianus | Cortez's Croton | |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
Croptilon divaricatum | Slender Scratchdaisy Scratch Daisy Granite Daisy | |
Croton glandulosus | Tooth-leaved Croton Sand Croton Tropic Croton Vente Conmigo | |
Croptilon hookerianum var. hookerianum | Hooker's Scratchdaisy | |
Croton humilis | Pepperbush | |
Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | |
Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
Crassula longipes | Smallseed Pygmyweed | |
Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn Parsleyleaf Hawthorn | |
Cryptantha mexicana | Mexican Cryptantha | |
Croton michauxii | Michaux's Croton | |
Croton michauxii var. ellipticus | Michaux's Croton | |
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 | |
Crataegus opaca | Mayhaw Western Mayhaw May Hawthorn Riverflat Hawthorn Applehaw May Haw | |
Croton parksii | Parks' Croton | |
Croton pottsii | Leatherweed | |
Croton pottsii var. pottsii | Leatherweed | |
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