Southwestern Tablelands
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 49 Texas counties. Situated adjacent to the Central Great Plains ecoregion to the east and the High Plains to the west (which it bisects along the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle), the Southwestern Tablelands ecoregion encompasses much of east-central New Mexico and southeastern Colorado. It also reaches into south-central Oklahoma. In Texas, along with the Central Great Plains, 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 the Texas portion of the Southwestern Tablelands ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Malvella leprosa | Alkali Mallow | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida ssp. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
Maclura pomifera | Osage Orange Bois d' Arc Bodark Horse Apple Hedge Apple Bowwood Yellowwood Naranjo Chino Monkey Brains | |
Malvella sagittifolia | Arrow-leaf Mallow Arrowleaf Mallow | |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover Hairy Waterclover Hairy Water Clover Clover Fern | |
Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | |
Mentzelia decapetala | Tenpetal Blazingstar Ten-petal Western Star Gumbo-lily | |
Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
Mentzelia multiflora | Adonis Blazingstar Prairie Stickleaf Blazingstar | |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily | |
Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd | |
Melothria pendula var. pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber | |
Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf | |
Mimosa aculeaticarpa | Catclaw Mimosa | |
Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera | Catclaw Mimosa Cat's-claw Mimosa Wait-a-bit | |
Mirabilis albida | White Four O'clock Dwarf Four O'clock | |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
Mimulus glabratus | Roundleaf Monkeyflower Yellow Monkeyflower | |
Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
Mimosa nuttallii | Nuttall's Sensitive Briar | |
Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
Mimosa rupertiana | Eastern Sensitive Plant | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Povertyweed | |
Monarda pectinata | Pony Beebalm | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Mollugo verticillata | Green Carpetweed | |
Muhlenbergia arenacea | Ear Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia arenicola | Sand Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia porteri | Bush Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia racemosa | Marsh Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia spiciformis | Longawn Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia torreyi | Ring Muhly Torrey Muhly | |
Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph Southern Water Nymph Najas | |
Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell | |
Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
Nicotiana obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
Nothocalais cuspidata | Sharppoint Prairie-dandelion Wavy-leaf Prairie-dandelion Prairie Dandelion | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera canescens | Spotted Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom Limestone Gaura | |
Oenothera cinerea | Woolly Beeblossom High Plains Beeblossom Woolly Gaura High Plains Gaura | |
Oenothera curtiflora | Velvetweed Velvetleaf Gaura Lizard-tail Gaura Willow Gaura | |
Oenothera elata | Hooker's Evening-primrose Hooker's Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima | Hooker's Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera engelmannii | Engelmann's Evening-primrose Engelmann Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera grandis | Showy Evening-primrose Largeflower Eveningprimrose Showy Eveningprimrose | |
Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera mexicana | Mexican Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera pallida | Pale Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera patriciae | Plains Beeblossom Plains Gaura | |
Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata | White Sands Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera sinuosa | Wavyleaf Beeblossom Wavyleaf Gaura | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura | |
Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
Oenothera tetraptera | Fourwing Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera xerogaura | Drummond's Beeblossom Drummond's Gaura | |
Oligomeris linifolia | Lineleaf Whitepuff | |
Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod Hard-leaf Goldenrod | |
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod | |
Oldenlandia uniflora | Clustered Mille Graines | |
Omphalodes aliena | Mexican Navelwort | |
Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed | |
Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed False Gromwell | |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern Bead Fern Sympathy Fern | |
Opuntia atrispina | Border Pricklypear | |
Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia fragilis | Brittle Prickly Pear Fragile Prickly Pear Pygmy Prickly Pear Brittle Cactus | |
Oplismenus hirtellus | Basketgrass | |
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius | Basketgrass | |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear Long-spined Prickly Pear Black Spine Prickly Pear | |
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