Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Anoda cristata | Crested Anoda | |
Anemone edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau Thimbleweed Two-flowered Anemone | |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Anulocaulis leiosolenus | Southwestern Ringstem | |
Anisacanthus linearis | Big Bend Anisacanthus Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle Dwarf Anisacanthus Chisos Anisacanthus | |
Anemia mexicana | Mexican Fern Mexican Flowering Fern | |
Antennaria parvifolia | Small-leaf Pussytoes Low Everlasting Nuttall's Pussytoes | |
Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth | |
Ancistrocactus scheeri | Scheer's Fishhook Cactus | |
Androsace septentrionalis | Pygmyflower Rockjasmine Northern Fairy Candelabra | |
Ancistrocactus tobuschii | Tobusch Fishhook Cactus Shorthook Fishhook Cactus | |
Anemone tuberosa | Tuber Anemone Desert Anemone | |
Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane Bitterroot Flytrap Dogbane | |
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp Prairie Dogbane Hemp Dogbane Dogbane | |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
Aphanostephus ramosissimus var. ramosissimus | Plains Dozedaisy | |
Aphanostephus riddellii | Riddell's Dozedaisy Lazy Daisy | |
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy Arkansas Lazy Daisy Arkansas Doze-daisy | |
Apodanthera undulata | Melon Loco | |
Aquilegia chrysantha | Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Southwestern Yellow Columbine | |
Aquilegia chrysantha var. chaplinei | Chaplin's Yellow Columbine Chaplin's Golden Columbine Chaplin's Columbine Chapline Columbine Guadalupe Mountain Columbine | |
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Hinckley Columbine Capote Columbine | |
Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine Longspur Yellow Columbine | |
Argemone aenea | Golden Pricklypoppy Golden Prickly Poppy | |
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