Special Collections
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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's Juniper Pinchot Juniper Redberry Juniper Texas Juniper Christmasberry Juniper | |
| Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
| Juncus polycephalos | Manyhead Rush | |
| Juncus scirpoides | Needlepod Rush | |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper Rocky Mountain Red Cedar Mountain Red Cedar Colorado Red Cedar Western Red Cedar River Juniper Western Juniper Cedro Rojo | |
| Juncus texanus | Texas Rush | |
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush | |
| Juncus validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juncus validus var. validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
| Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | |
| Krigia occidentalis | Western Dwarfdandelion | |
| Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
| Lactuca ludoviciana | Western Wild Lettuce Louisiana Wild Lettuce Prairie Lettuce Prairie Wild Lettuce Biannual Lettuce | |
| Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
| Lathyrus polymorphus | Manystem Pea Hoary Vetchling | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
| Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
| Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |
| Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
| Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
| Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Lesquerella ovalifolia | Roundleaf Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa panicea | Mucronate Sprangletop Red Sprangletop Needle Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata | Red Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella recurvata | Gaslight Bladderpod Slender Bladderpod | |
| Lechea san-sabeana | San Saba Pinweed | |
| Lespedeza stuevei | Tall Bush-clover Tall Lespedeza | |
| Lechea tenuifolia | Narrowleaf Pinweed | |
| Lespedeza texana | Texas Lespedeza Texas Bush-clover | |
| Lemna valdiviana | Valdivia Duckweed | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
| Lespedeza violacea | Violet Lespedeza | |
| Lespedeza virginica | Slender Lespedeza Slender Bush-clover | |
| Liatris aestivalis | Summer Gayfeather Summer Blazing Star Summer Liatris | |
| Limnodea arkansana | Ozark Grass Ozarkgrass | |
| Lipocarpha aristulata | Awned Halfchaff Sedge | |
| Linum berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax | |
| Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
| Lithospermum caroliniense | Carolina Puccoon Hairy Puccoon Hispid Gromwell | |
| Lindernia dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | |
| Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
| Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
| Linum rigidum var. rigidum | Stiffstem Flax | |
| Linum rupestre | Rock Flax | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Liatris squarrosa var. glabrata | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
| Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle White Shrub Honeysuckle White Bush Honeysuckle White Limestone Honeysuckle Texas Honeysuckle White Honeysuckle | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. daucifolium | Desert Biscuitroot | |
| Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Pygmyleaf | |
| Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged Lythrum | |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
| Lycopus americanus | American Water Horehound Water Horehound | |
| Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
| Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
| Lygodesmia juncea | Rush Skeletonplant | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
| Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
| Marshallia caespitosa var. signata | Marked Barbara's-buttons Marked Barbara's Buttons Puffballs | |
| Matelea cynanchoides | Prairie Milkvine | |
| Malvella lepidota | Scurfymallow Malvalla | |
| 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 | |
| Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
| 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 | |
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