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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Anemone caroliniana | Carolina Anemone Carolina Thimbleweed Southern Thimbleweed | |
Androstephium coeruleum | Blue Funnel-lily Prairie Lily Funnel-flower Fragrant Lily | |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | |
Antennaria parlinii | Parlin's Pussytoes Ladies' Tobacco | |
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax | Parlin's Pussytoes | |
Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem Split Bluestem | |
Apios americana | Groundnut Wild Potato Indian Potato | |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Prairie Dogbane Hemp Dogbane Dogbane | |
Aphanostephus pilosus | Hairy Dozedaisy | |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus var. ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy | |
Aphanostephus riddellii | Riddell's Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy Arkansas Lazy Daisy Arkansas Doze-daisy | |
Argemone albiflora | Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
Argythamnia aphoroides | Hill Country Silverbush | |
Argemone aurantiaca | Texas Pricklypoppy Texas Prickly Poppy | |
Arenaria benthamii | Hilly Sandwort | |
Artemisia campestris | Field Sagewort | |
Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field Sagewort | |
Aristida desmantha | Curly Threeawn | |
Argyrochosma dealbata | Powdery False Cloak Fern Powdery Cloak Fern False Cloak Fern | |
Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
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