Special Collections
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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| 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 | |
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