Special Collections
Cross Timbers
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. With most of this ecoregion occurring in a swath from central Texas north, its northern reaches extend into southeastern Oklahoma. In Texas, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Cross Timbers and Prairies vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Cross Timbers ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Hymenopappus flavescens | Yellow Plainsman Collegeflower | |
| Hymenopappus flavescens var. flavescens | Collegeflower | |
| Hypericum gentianoides | Orangegrass Pineweed | |
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Common Goldstar Yellow Star-grass Eastern Yellow Star-grass | |
| Hypericum hypericoides | St. Andrew's-cross | |
| Hypericum mutilum | Dwarf St. John's-wort | |
| Hymenoxys odorata | Bitter Rubberweed | |
| Hydrocotyle prolifera | Whorled Marshpennywort | |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted St. John's-wort | |
| Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Carolina Woollywhite Woolly-white Old Plainsman | |
| Hymenopappus scabiosaeus var. corymbosus | Carolina Woollywhite Old Plainsman | |
| Hymenopappus tenuifolius | Chalk Hill Hymenopappus Chalkhill Woolywhite | |
| Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort Marsh Pennywort Water Pennywort Money Plant | |
| Hybanthus verticillatus | Babyslippers Nodding Green Violet Green Violet | |
| Hydrocotyle verticillata | Whorled Marshpennywort | |
| Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
| Ipomoea cordatotriloba | Tievine Purple Bindweed Morning Glory | |
| Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba | Tievine Sharp-pod Morning Glory Purple Bindweed Tie Vine | |
| Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. torreyana | Torrey's Tievine | |
| Ipomoea leptophylla | Bush Morning-glory | |
| Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
| Ipomoea pandurata | Man Of The Earth Wild Potato Wild Sweet Potato Manroot | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Ipomoea sagittata | Saltmarsh Morning-glory Salt-marsh Morning Glory | |
| Iresine rhizomatosa | Judas Bush | |
| Isolepis carinata | Keeled Bulrush | |
| Isoetes lithophila | Rock Quillwort | |
| Isoetes melanopoda | Blackfoot Quillwort | |
| Iva angustifolia | Narrowleaf Marshelder Narrow-leaf Sumpweed Narrowleaf Marsh Elder | |
| Iva annua | Annual Marshelder Marshelder Sumpweed Annual Marsh Elder Marsh Elder | |
| Juncus acuminatus | Tapertip Rush | |
| Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
| Juncus brachycarpus | Whiteroot Rush | |
| Juncus bufonius | Toad Rush | |
| Juncus dichotomus | Forked Rush | |
| Juncus diffusissimus | Slimpod Rush | |
| Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's Rush | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juncus filipendulus | Ringseed Rush | |
| Juncus interior | Inland Rush | |
| Juncus interior var. interior | Inland Rush | |
| Juglans major | Arizona Walnut Arizona Black Walnut River Walnut Mountain Walnut Nogal Silvestre | |
| Juncus marginatus | Grassleaf Rush Grass Leaf Rush | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
| Juncus nodatus | Stout Rush | |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's Juniper Pinchot Juniper Redberry Juniper Texas Juniper Christmasberry Juniper | |
| Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
| Juncus scirpoides | Needlepod Rush | |
| Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush Path Rush | |
| Juncus texanus | Texas Rush | |
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush | |
| Juncus validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juncus validus var. validus | Roundhead Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kallstroemia hirsutissima | Hairy Caltrop Hairy Carpetweed | |
| Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
| Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Koeberlinia spinosa | Crown Of Thorns Spiny Allthorn | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Krigia caespitosa | Weedy Dwarfdandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Krigia dandelion | Potato Dwarf Dandelion Potato Dandelion | |
| Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
| Krigia occidentalis | Western Dwarfdandelion | |
| Krigia virginica | Virginia Dwarfdandelion Virginia Dwarf-dandelion Virginia Dwarf Dandelion Dwarf Dandelion | |
| Krigia wrightii | Wright's Dwarfdandelion | |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | Shortleaf Spikesedge | |
| Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland Shrubverbena Mexican Marjoram Veinyleaf Lantana | |
| Lactuca canadensis | Canada Lettuce Wild Lettuce | |
| Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
| Lactuca ludoviciana | Western Wild Lettuce Louisiana Wild Lettuce Prairie Lettuce Prairie Wild Lettuce Biannual Lettuce | |
| Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flatspine Stickseed Western Stickseed | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lemna aequinoctialis | Lesser Duckweed | |
| Lesquerella argyraea | Silver Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium austrinum | Southern Peppergrass Southern Pepperwort | |
| Lesquerella auriculata | Earleaf Bladderpod | |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
| Lepidium densiflorum | Common Pepperweed | |
| Lesquerella densiflora | Denseflower Bladderpod Low Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella engelmannii | Engelmann's Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Leptochloa fusca | Malabar Sprangletop | |
| Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis | Bearded Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod Cloth-of-gold | |
| Lesquerella grandiflora | Bigflower Bladderpod | |
| Lesquerella gracilis ssp. gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod | |
| Lespedeza hirta | Hairy Lespedeza | |
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |
| Leucospora multifida | Narrowleaf Paleseed | |
| Lechea mucronata | Hairy Pinweed | |
| Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
| Lemna obscura | Little Duckweed | |
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