Special Collections
Texas Blackland Prairies
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 42 Texas counties. Lying entirely within the state of Texas, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Blackland Prairie vegetative region. It is comprised of two parallel bands separated by the East Central Texas Plains ecoregion and extending from southern Texas north to very near the Oklahoma border.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nutsedge Chufa Sedge Yellow Nut-grass | |
| Cyperus grayoides | Illinois Flatsedge Mohlenbrock's Sedge Midwestern Gray's Flat Sedge | |
| Cyphomeris gypsophiloides | Red Cyphomeris | |
| Cyperus haspan | Haspan Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus hystricinus | Bristly Flatsedge | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata | Tree Cholla Walking Stick Cholla Cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Cypripedium kentuckiense | Southern Lady's-slipper Kentucky Lady's-slipper Ivory Lady's-slipper Purloined Slipper | |
| Cynanchum laeve | Honeyvine | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Tasajillo Christmas Cactus Pencil Cactus Christmas Cholla Desert Christmas Cactus | |
| Cyperus lupulinus | Great Plains Flatsedge | |
| Cymopterus macrorhizus | Bigroot Springparsley Big-root Cymopterus | |
| Cynanchum maccartii | Maccart's Swallow-wort | |
| Cyclanthera naudiniana | Hill Country Cyclanthera Naudin's Cyclanthera Central Texas Cyclanthera | |
| Cyperus ochraceus | Pond Flatsedge Yellow Sedge | |
| Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge Fragrant Sedge | |
| Cyperus plukenetii | Plukenet's Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus polystachyos | Manyspike Flatsedge Bunchy Sedge | |
| Cystopteris protrusa | Lowland Bladderfern | |
| Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh Flatsedge Marsh Flat Sedge | |
| Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | |
| Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium | Talayote | |
| Cyperus retroflexus | Oneflower Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus reflexus | Bentawn Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus retrofractus | Rough Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus retrorsus | Pine Barren Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus retrorsus var. retrorsus | Pine Barren Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus setigerus | Lean Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus squarrosus | Bearded Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus strigosus | Straw-colored Flatsedge | |
| Cyperus surinamensis | Tropical Flatsedge | |
| Cynoglossum virginianum | Wild Comfrey | |
| Cyperus virens | Green Flatsedge | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden Dalea Golden Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea candida var. candida | White Prairie Clover White Prairie-clover | |
| Dalea compacta | Compact Prairie Clover Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea emarginata | Wedgeleaf Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea enneandra | Nine-anther Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea hallii | Hall's Prairie Clover Hall's Dalea | |
| Dalea lanata | Woolly Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea lasiathera | Purple Dalea | |
| Daucosma laciniata | Meadow Parasol Daucosma | |
| Dalea multiflora | Roundhead Prairie Clover White Prairie Clover Round Headed Dalea Round Headed Clover | |
| Dalea nana | Dwarf Prairie Clover Dwarf Dalea | |
| Dalea obovata | Pussyfoot | |
| Dalea phleoides | Slimspike Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea phleoides var. microphylla | Slimspike Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea pogonathera | Bearded Prairie Clover Bearded Dalea | |
| Daucus pusillus | American Wild Carrot Rattlesnake-weed Wild Carrot | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover Violet Prairie Clover | |
| Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass Poverty Wild Oat Grass Curly Grass | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
| Dalea tenuis | Pinkglobe Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea villosa | Silky Prairie Clover | |
| Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed Sacred Thorn-apple Thorn-apple Angel Trumpet Sacred Datura Western Jimson Weed | |
| Desmanthus acuminatus | Sharp Pod Bundleflower Wild Tantan | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
| Desmodium canescens | Hoary Ticktrefoil | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. carolinianum | Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur Plains Larkspur | |
| Desmodium ciliare | Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmodium ciliare var. ciliare | Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmodium glutinosum | Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Desmanthus leptolobus | Slenderlobe Bundleflower | |
| Desmodium marilandicum | Smooth Small-leaf Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmodium nudiflorum | Nakedflower Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmanthus obtusus | Bluntpod Bundleflower | |
| Desmodium obtusum | Stiff Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil Panicled Tick Trefoil Velcro Vine | |
| Descurainia pinnata | Western Tansymustard Tansy-mustard | |
| Desmodium psilophyllum | Simpleleaf Ticktrefoil Wright's Tickclover Beggar's Ticks Sticktights | |
| Desmanthus reticulatus | Netleaf Bundleflower | |
| Desmodium sessilifolium | Sessileleaf Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmodium tweedyi | Tweedy's Ticktrefoil | |
| Desmanthus velutinus | Velvet Bundleflower | |
| Desmanthus virgatus | Prostrate Bundleflower Wild Tantan Slender Mimosa | |
| Dichanthelium aciculare | Needleleaf Rosette Grass | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Tapered Rosette Grass | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum | Tapered Rosette Grass | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer Panicgrass Lindheimer's Rosettegrass | |
| Digitaria bicornis | Asian Crabgrass Finger Grass Southern Crabgrass | |
| Dicliptera brachiata | Branched Foldwing Branched Dicliptera | |
| Dichondra carolinensis | Carolina Ponyfoot Ponyfoot | |
| Digitaria californica | Arizona Cottontop California Cottontop California Crab Grass Cottontop | |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Southern Crabgrass | |
| Dichanthelium clandestinum | Deertongue Deer-tongue | |
| Dichanthelium commutatum | Variable Panicgrass | |
| Digitaria cognata | Carolina Crabgrass Fall Witchgrass | |
| Dichanthelium depauperatum | Starved Panicgrass | |
| Dichanthelium dichotomum | Cypress Panicgrass | |
| Digitaria filiformis | Slender Crabgrass | |
| Digitaria insularis | Sourgrass | |
| Dichanthelium laxiflorum | Openflower Rosette Grass | |
| Dichanthelium linearifolium | Slimleaf Panicgrass | |
| Dichanthelium nodatum | Sarita Rosette Grass | |
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