Western Gulf Coastal Plain
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. As its name suggests, it is comprised of the coastal plain of Texas, extending along the Gulf Coast south into Mexico and east over portions of the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In Texas, it covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Gulf Marshes and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Dichanthelium depauperatum | Starved Panicgrass | |
Dichanthelium dichotomum | Cypress Panicgrass | |
Digitaria filiformis | Slender Crabgrass | |
Ditrysinia fruticosa | Gulf Sebastian-bush | |
Digitaria insularis | Sourgrass | |
Dichanthelium laxiflorum | Openflower Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium linearifolium | Slimleaf Panicgrass | |
Dichanthelium nodatum | Sarita Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium ovale | Eggleaf Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium ovale var. addisonii | Addison's Rosette Grass | |
Digitaria patens | Texas Cottontop | |
Digitaria pubiflora | Carolina Crabgrass | |
Dichanthelium ravenelii | Ravenel's Rosette Grass | |
Dichondra recurvata | Oakwoods Ponysfoot Oakwoods Ponyfoot | |
Dichanthelium sabulorum | Hemlock Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium | Hemlock Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium scabriusculum | Woolly Rosette Grass | |
Dichanthelium scoparium | Velvet Panicum | |
Dicliptera sexangularis | Sixangle Foldwing | |
Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass Coastal Salt Grass Inland Salt-grass | |
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon | Roundseed Panicgrass | |
Digitaria texana | Texas Crabgrass | |
Diodia teres | Poorjoe | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Diodia virginiana | Virginia Buttonweed Buttonweed | |
Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon Eastern Persimmon Possumwood Date Plum Winter Plum Jove's Fruit | |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower | |
Drosera brevifolia | Dwarf Sundew Spatulate-leaved Sundew | |
Drosera capillaris | Pink Sundew | |
Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba Whitlow-grass | |
Draba platycarpa | Broadpod Draba Broad-pod Draba Broadpod Whitlowgrass Broadpod Whitlow-grass | |
Dyschoriste crenulata | Wavyleaf Snakeherb | |
Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
Dyssodia papposa | Dogweed Fetid Marigold | |
Dysodiopsis tagetoides | False Dogfennel Dogweed | |
Ebenopsis ebano | Texas Ebony Black-bead Ebony Ebony Ape's-earring Ebano | |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson Black Samson Echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
Echinacea atrorubens | Topeka Purple Coneflower | |
Echinodorus berteroi | Upright Burrhead | |
Echeandia chandleri | Chandler's Craglily Lila De Los Llanos | |
Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping Burhead Lance-leaf Burhead Radican Sword Burhead Creeping Water-plantain | |
Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera | Gulf Cockspur Grass | |
Echinocereus enneacanthus | Pitaya Strawberry Cactus Banana Cactus Cob Cactus Purple Pitaya Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus | |
Echinocereus enneacanthus var. brevispinus | Pitaya | |
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 | |
Echinochloa muricata | American Barnyard Grass Rough Barnyard Grass Barnyard Grass American Cockspur Grass Wild Millet | |
Echinocereus pentalophus | Ladyfinger Cactus Alicoche Dog Tail Devil's Fingers | |
Echinocereus poselgeri | Dahlia Hedgehog Cactus | |
Eclipta prostrata | Pie Plant False Daisy Eclipta | |
Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
Echinacea sanguinea | Sanguine Purple Coneflower | |
Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler Horse Crippler Cactus Devil's Head Chisos Hedgehog Cactus Chisos Hedgehog | |
Echinodorus tenellus | Mudbabies | |
Echeandia texensis | Texas Craglily | |
Echinochloa walteri | Coast Cockspur Grass | |
Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
Eleocharis acicularis | Needle Spikerush | |
Eleocharis atropurpurea | Purple Spikerush | |
Elephantopus carolinianus | Carolina Elephantsfoot | |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast Spikerush | |
Eleocharis compressa var. acutisquamata | Sharpscale Spikerush | |
Eleocharis engelmannii | Engelmann's Spikerush | |
Eleocharis equisetoides | Jointed Spikesedge | |
Eleocharis flavescens | Yellow Spikerush Pale Spike-rush Wrinkle-sheathed Spike-rush | |
Eleocharis interstincta | Knotted Spikerush | |
Eleocharis macrostachya | Pale Spikerush | |
Eleocharis microcarpa | Smallfruit Spikerush | |
Eleocharis minima | Small Spikerush | |
Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush Spike Rush | |
Eleocharis obtusa | Blunt Spikerush | |
Eleocharis olivacea | Bright Green Spikerush | |
Eleocharis olivacea var. olivacea | Bright Green Spikerush | |
Eleocharis palustris | Common Spikerush Common Spike-rush Creeping Spikesedge | |
Eleocharis parvula | Dwarf Spikerush | |
Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem Spikerush | |
Eleocharis reverchonii | Reverchon's Spikerush | |
Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
Eleocharis tenuis | Slender Spikerush | |
Eleocharis tortilis | Twisted Spikerush | |
Elephantopus tomentosus | Elephant's-foot Common Elephant's-foot Devil's Grandmother | |
Elionurus tripsacoides | Pan American Balsamscale Balsamscale | |
Eleocharis tuberculosa | Cone-cup Spikerush Tubercled Spikerush Long-tubercled Spikerush | |
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 | |
Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
Epipactis gigantea | Stream Orchid Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore | |
Epifagus virginiana | Beechdrops | |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail Horsetail Scouring Rush Canuela | |
Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush Horsetail | |
Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Horsetail Horsetail | |
Erigeron annuus | Eastern Daisy Fleabane Daisy Fleabane | |
Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat Annual Wild Buckwheat Umbrella Plant | |
Eragrostis capillaris | Lace Grass Lace Lovegrass Lace Love Grass | |
Eriocaulon compressum | Flattened Pipewort Hat Pins | |
Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy Lovegrass Gummy Love Grass | |
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