East Central Texas Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 56 Texas counties. This ecoregion separates the two bands of the Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion and extends just across the Oklahoma border. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Post Oak Savannah vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chenopodium standleyanum | Standley's Goosefoot | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chloris texensis | Texas Windmill Grass | |
Chrysopsis texana | Texas Chrysopsis | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Cheilanthes tomentosa | Woolly Lipfern | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
Chamaesyce villifera | Hairy Sandmat | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass Showy Chloris | |
Cirsium altissimum | Tall Thistle | |
Cinna arundinacea | Sweet Woodreed Common Woodreed | |
Cirsium carolinianum | Carolina Thistle Soft Thistle Purple Thistle Smallhead Thistle | |
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 muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
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 undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepperbush Coastal Sweet Pepper Alderleaf Pepperbush Alderleaf Clethra Clethra Summer Sweet | |
Cleomella angustifolia | Narrowleaf Rhombopod Cleomella | |
Clinopodium arkansanum | Limestone Calamint | |
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 | |
Cladium mariscoides | Smooth Sawgrass | |
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 | |
Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis Scarlet Leatherflower Texas Clematis | |
Clematis versicolor | Pale Leatherflower | |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty Springbeauty | |
Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles Virgin's Bower Old Man's Beard | |
Claytonia virginica var. virginica | Virginia Springbeauty | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Corydalis aurea | Scrambled Eggs Golden Corydalis | |
Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Coreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed | |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
Coreopsis intermedia | Goldenwave Tickseed | |
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 | |
Corallorhiza odontorhiza | Autumn Coralroot Late Coralroot Fall Coral Root Late Southern Coral Root Small Coral Root Small-flowered Coral Root Chicken Toe Turkey Claw Dragon's Claw Fever Root Crawley Root Crawley | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Cordia podocephala | Texas Manjack White Cordia | |
Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood | |
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 | |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Tickseed Tall Coreopsis | |
Collinsia violacea | Violet Blue-eyed Mary | |
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 | |
Coreopsis wrightii | Rock Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Croton alabamensis | Alabama Croton | |
Croton alabamensis var. texensis | Texabama Croton Texas Alabama Croton | |
Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | |
Croton argyranthemus | Healing Croton | |
Croton capitatus | Hogwort Texas Goatweed | |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canadian Honewort Wild Chervil | |
Croton capitatus var. lindheimeri | Woolly Croton Lindheimer's Hogwort Woolly Texas Goatweed Woolly Doveweed | |
Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii | James' Cryptantha James' Catseye James' Cat's-eye | |
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 | |
Croptilon hookerianum var. hookerianum | Hooker's Scratchdaisy | |
Croton incanus | Torrey's Croton | |
Croton lindheimerianus | Threeseed Croton | |
Crassula longipes | Smallseed Pygmyweed | |
Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn Parsleyleaf Hawthorn | |
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 | |
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