High Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 51 counties in western and northwestern Texas. It extends west into New Mexico and north across western Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, into southwestern South Dakota and southeastern Wyoming. In Texas, this ecoregion is commonly referred to as the Llano Estacado, a mostly flat plateau of short grass prairie. It covers approximately the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s High Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the High Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
Penstemon triflorus ssp. integrifolius | Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
Phyllanthus abnormis | Drummond's Leaf-flower | |
Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
Physalis angulata | Cutleaf Groundcherry | |
Phemeranthus aurantiacus | Orange Flameflower Flameflower Fameflower Talinum | |
Phragmites australis | Common Reed Phragmites | |
Phemeranthus calycinus | Largeflower Flameflower Largeflower Fameflower | |
Phalaris caroliniana | Carolina Canarygrass Maygrass | |
Physalis cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
Physalis cinerascens var. cinerascens | Smallflower Groundcherry | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Phyla cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Wedgeleaf Frogfruit Wedgeleaf Fogfruit | |
Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | Mcallister's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
Physalis hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry Ivy-leaf Groundcherry | |
Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
Phyla lanceolata | Lanceleaf Frogfruit Lanceleaf Fogfruit | |
Physalis longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry | |
Physalis longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf Groundcherry | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright Dwarf Flameflower Prairie Flameflower | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phacelia popei | Pope's Phacelia | |
Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower | |
Phacelia strictiflora | Prairie Phacelia | |
Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
Physalis virginiana | Virginia Groundcherry | |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa | Obedient Plant Fall Obedient Plant Lionheart False Dragonhead | |
Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
Pilostyles thurberi | Thurber's Stemsucker Pilostyles | |
Picradeniopsis woodhousei | Woodhouse's Bahia | |
Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain | |
Plantago heterophylla | Slender Plantain | |
Plantago hookeriana | California Plantain Tallow Weed | |
Pleuraphis jamesii | James' Galleta | |
Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosagrass Tobosa Grass | |
Pluchea odorata | Sweetscent Saltmarsh Fleabane | |
Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain Bristle-bract Plantain | |
Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain | |
Pluchea sericea | Arrowweed Arrow Weed | |
Plantago virginica | Virginia Plantain Paleseed Indian-wheat Dwarf Plantain Paleseed Plantain Hoary Plantain Southern Plantain | |
Plantago wrightiana | Wright's Plantain | |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
Polygonella americana | Southern Jointweed | |
Polygonum amphibium | Water Knotweed Water Smartweed | |
Polygonum amphibium var. emersum | Longroot Smartweed | |
Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Southern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Eastern Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains Cottonwood Great Plains Cottonwood Texas Cottonwood Northern Cottonwood | |
Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni | Rio Grande Cottonwood Valley Cottonwood Wislizenus Cottonwood Alamo Guerigo | |
Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed Threadleaf Pondweed | |
Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Potamogeton foliosus ssp. foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | |
Polygonum glabrum | Denseflower Knotweed | |
Portulaca halimoides | Silkcotton Purslane | |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
Pomaria jamesii | James' Holdback James Rush-pea | |
Polygonum lapathifolium | Curlytop Knotweed Curl-top Smartweed Pale Smartweed | |
Polygala lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
Polygala lindheimeri var. parvifolia | Shrubby Milkwort | |
Polygala macradenia | Glandleaf Milkwort | |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
Polygala ovatifolia | Eggleaf Milkwort | |
Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | |
Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
Polygonum ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | |
Polygonum scandens | Climbing False Buckwheat | |
Polygonum tenue | Pleatleaf Knotweed | |
Portulaca umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane Purslane | |
Portulaca umbraticola ssp. umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane | |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana var. demissa | Western Chokecherry | |
Psilostrophe gnaphalioides | Dudweed | |
Psoralidium lanceolatum | Lemon Scurfpea | |
Pseudognaphalium stramineum | Cottonbatting Plant | |
Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
Psilostrophe tagetina var. cerifera | Woolly Paperflower Plains Paperflower Hairy Paperflower | |
Psoralidium tenuiflorum | Slimflower Scurfpea Scurfy Pea | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata | Common Hoptree Baldwin Hop-tree | |
Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus | Tuberous Desert-chicory | |
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