Special Collections
Central Great Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. The Central Great Plains extends in a great swath from west-central Texas north through central Oklahoma, Kansas and south-central Nebraska. In Texas, along with the Southwestern Tablelands, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Rolling Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Central Great Plains ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
| Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Penstemon albidus | White Penstemon White Beardtongue Red-line Penstemon Red-line Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon Buckley's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum digitatum | Palmleaf Indian Breadroot Palm-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon Large Beardtongue Large-flower Penstemon Large-flower Beardtongue Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon guadalupensis | Guadalupe Penstemon Guadalupe Beardtongue White Penstemon White Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum var. hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon laxiflorus | Nodding Penstemon Nodding Beardtongue Loose-flowered Penstemon Loose-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum linearifolium | Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot Narrow-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop | |
| 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 | |
| Pellaea wrightiana | Wright's Cliffbrake Fern Wright's Cliffbrake | |
| 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 | |
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy 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 | |
| Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
| Phacelia patuliflora var. teucriifolia | Sand Phacelia | |
| 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 | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Phacelia strictiflora | Prairie Phacelia | |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
| 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 | |
| Plantago rugelii | Blackseed Plantain Pale Plantain | |
| Plantago rugelii var. rugelii | Blackseed Plantain | |
| Plantago virginica | Virginia Plantain Paleseed Indian-wheat Dwarf Plantain Paleseed Plantain Hoary Plantain Southern Plantain | |
| Plantago wrightiana | Wright's Plantain | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Polygonum amphibium | Water Knotweed Water Smartweed | |
| Polygonum amphibium var. emersum | Longroot Smartweed | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Poa bigelovii | Bigelow's Bluegrass | |
| 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 | |
| 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 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 | |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
| Polytaenia nuttallii | Nuttall's Prairie Parsley Prairie Parsley Wild Dill Prairie Parsnip | |
| Polygonum pensylvanicum | Pennsylvania Smartweed Pink Smartweed | |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
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