Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon | Roundseed Panicgrass | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Dimorphocarpa wislizeni | Touristplant Spectacle Pod | |
| Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba Whitlow-grass | |
| Draba cuneifolia var. cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba | |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male Fern | |
| Draba platycarpa | Broadpod Draba Broad-pod Draba Broadpod Whitlowgrass Broadpod Whitlow-grass | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Dyssodia papposa | Dogweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Dyschoriste schiedeana var. decumbens | Spreading Snakeherb | |
| Echinodorus berteroi | Upright Burrhead | |
| Echinocereus chisoensis | Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Mountain Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog Chisos Mountain Hedgehog | |
| Echinocereus coccineus | Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus | Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus | Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinocereus dasyacanthus | Texas Rainbow Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Yellow Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus | Pitaya Strawberry Cactus Banana Cactus Cob Cactus Purple Pitaya Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus var. brevispinus | Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus var. enneacanthus | Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus fendleri | Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus Pink-flower Hedgehog Cactus Strawberry Cactus Fendler Hedgehog Pink Flower Hedgehog | |
| Echeandia flavescens | Torrey's Craglily Crag Lily | |
| Echinocactus horizonthalonius | Devilshead Eagle Claws Turk's Head Devil's Head | |
| Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. horizonthalonius | Devilshead Turk's Head Devil's Head Manca Caballo Bluebarrel Cactus Visnaga Meloncillo | |
| Echinomastus intertextus | White Fishhook Cactus | |
| Echinomastus mariposensis | Lloyd's Fishhook Cactus Mariposa Cactus | |
| Echinochloa muricata | American Barnyard Grass Rough Barnyard Grass Barnyard Grass American Cockspur Grass Wild Millet | |
| Echinocereus pectinatus | Rainbow Cactus | |
| Eclipta prostrata | Pie Plant False Daisy Eclipta | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
| Echinocereus russanthus | Brownspine Hedgehog Cactus Rusty Hedgehog Cactus Brownspine Hedgehog Rusty Hedgehog | |
| Echeveria strictiflora | Desert Savior | |
| Echinocereus stramineus | Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Pitaya | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus | Nylon Hedgehog Cactus Green Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus var. correllii | Correll's Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus | Green-flowered Hedgehog Cactus Green-flowered Hedgehog Nylon Hedgehog Cactus Nylon Hedgehog | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus var. davisii | Davis' Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Echinochloa walteri | Coast Cockspur Grass | |
| Echinomastus warnockii | Warnock's Fishhook Cactus | |
| Eleocharis acicularis | Needle Spikerush | |
| Elionurus barbiculmis | Woolyspike Balsamscale Woolspike Balsamscale | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast Spikerush | |
| Elymus elymoides | Squirreltail Bottlebrush Squirreltail Squirrel-tail | |
| Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius | Squirreltail Long-leaf Squirrel-tail | |
| Eleocharis erythropoda | Bald Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis interstincta | Knotted Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis macrostachya | Pale Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush Spike Rush | |
| Eleocharis parvula | Dwarf Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Elymus trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass | |
| Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass | |
| 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 | |
| Encelia scaposa | Onehead Brittlebush | |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
| Ephedra aspera | Rough Jointfir | |
| Epithelantha bokei | Pingpong Ball Cactus | |
| Epilobium ciliatum | Fringed Willowherb | |
| Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum | Fringed Willowherb | |
| Ephedra coryi | Cory's Jointfir Cory's Ephedra | |
| Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore | |
| Epithelantha micromeris | Pingpong Ball Cactus Button Cactus | |
| Ephedra pedunculata | Vine Jointfir | |
| Ephedra torreyana | Torrey's Jointfir Torrey Joint-fir | |
| Ephedra torreyana var. powelliorum | Torrey's Jointfir | |
| Ephedra trifurca | Ephedra Mormon Tea Longleaf Jointfir Jointfir Longleaf Teabush Tea Weed Canutillo | |
| Epixiphium wislizeni | Balloonbush Net-cup Snapdragon Vine Balloon-sepal Snapdragon Vine | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail Horsetail Scouring Rush Canuela | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Horsetail Horsetail | |
| Eriogonum abertianum | Abert's Buckwheat Abert's Wild Buckwheat | |
| Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat Annual Wild Buckwheat Umbrella Plant | |
| Erigeron bellidiastrum | Western Daisy Fleabane | |
| Erysimum capitatum | Sand-dune Wallflower Western Wallflower Prairie Rocket | |
| Erigeron colomexicanus | Running Fleabane Sprawling Daisy | |
| Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy Lovegrass Gummy Love Grass | |
| Eriastrum diffusum | Miniature Woollystar | |
| Erigeron divergens | Spreading Fleabane Branching Fleabane Fleabane Daisy | |
| Erigeron flagellaris | Trailing Fleabane | |
| Eryngium heterophyllum | Wright's Eryngo Mexican Thistle | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
| Eriogonum jamesii | James' Buckwheat James' Wild Buckwheat | |
| Ericameria laricifolia | Larchleaf Goldenweed Turpentine Bush Turpentine Brush Hierba De Conejo | |
| 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 | |
| Ericameria nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Gray Rabbitbrush | |
| Ericameria nauseosa var. glabrata | Rubber Rabbitbrush | |
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Rabbitbrush Chamisa | |
| Eriogonum nealleyi | Irion County Buckwheat Irion County Wild Buckwheat | |
| Eragrostis palmeri | Rio Grande Lovegrass Rio Grande Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass Tufted Love Grass | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass Hairy Tridens | |
| Eragrostis secundiflora | Red Lovegrass Red Love Grass | |
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