Southern Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 21 Texas counties. This ecoregion borders most of the southwestern portion of the Rio Grande River and extends into northern Mexico. In Texas, it encompasses much of the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s South Texas Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Southern Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Annual Ragweed Short Ragweed | |
Ammannia auriculata | Eared Redstem | |
Ammannia coccinea | Valley Redstem Scarlet Tooth-cup | |
Ambrosia confertiflora | Weakleaf Bur Ragweed Weak Leaved Burweed Slimleaf Bursage | |
Amphiachyris dracunculoides | Prairie Broomweed Broomweed | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amaranthus greggii | Gregg's Amaranth | |
Amaranthus hybridus | Slim Amaranth | |
Amsonia longiflora | Tubular Bluestar Trumpet Slimpod | |
Amsonia longiflora var. salpignantha | Tubular Bluestar Trumpet Slimpod | |
Amyris madrensis | Mountain Torchwood Shrub Amyris | |
Amaranthus palmeri | Carelessweed | |
Amaranthus polygonoides | Tropical Amaranth | |
Ammoselinum popei | Plains Sandparsley | |
Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman Ragweed Western Ragweed Perennial Ragweed Common Ragweed | |
Amaranthus retroflexus | Redroot Amaranth | |
Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's False Indigo | |
Amaranthus scleropoides | Bonebract Amaranth | |
Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
Amaranthus spinosus | Spiny Amaranth Thorny Pigweed | |
Amyris texana | Texas Torchwood Chapotillo | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Amoreuxia wrightii | Wright's Yellowshow Yellow-show | |
Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap | |
Anemone caroliniana | Carolina Anemone Carolina Thimbleweed Southern Thimbleweed | |
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