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 |
| 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 | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
| 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 rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal | |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting Rabbit-tobacco Fragrant Cudweed | |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium | Blunt-leaf Rabbit-tobacco Rabbit Tobacco Sweet Everlasting Fragrant Cudweed | |
| 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 | |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus havardii | Havard Oak Havard Shin-oak Shinnery Oak | |
| Quincula lobata | Purple Groundcherry Chinese Lantern Purple Ground Cherry | |
| Quercus margaretta | Sand Post Oak Runner Oak Drummond Post Oak Dwarf Post Oak Scrubby Post Oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus sinuata | Bastard Oak Durand Oak | |
| Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard Oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus longirostris | Longbeak Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus pusillus | Low Spearwort Weakstem Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus | Cursed Buttercup | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhynchosia latifolia | Prairie Snoutbean | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean | |
| Rhynchosida physocalyx | Bladderpod Sida Buffpetal Beaked Sida | |
| Rhynchosia senna | Texas Snoutbean | |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
| Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
| Rosa arkansana | Prairie Rose Arkansas Rose | |
| Rosa foliolosa | White Prairie Rose Leafy Rose | |
| Rorippa palustris | Bog Yellowcress | |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | |
| Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock | |
| Rumex hastatulus | Heartwing Sorrel Heart-wing Sorrel | |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
| Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sanicula canadensis | Canadian Blacksnakeroot Black Snakeroot | |
| Sagittaria calycina | Hooded Arrowhead | |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
| Sagittaria cuneata | Arumleaf Arrowhead Narrowleaf Arrowhead | |
| Samolus ebracteatus | Limewater Brookweed | |
| Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead Arrowhead Duckroot Duck-potato Wapato | |
| Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sambucus nigra | Black Elderberry | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
| Salvia reflexa | Mintweed Lanceleaf Sage Lamb's-leaf Sage Rocky Mountain Sage Sage Mint Blue Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Samolus valerandi | Seaside Brookweed | |
| Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus | Seaside Brookweed Water Pimpernel Thin-leaf Brookweed | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush Tule | |
| Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | |
| Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush Dark Green Bulrush | |
| Scleropogon brevifolius | Burrograss | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Scleria ciliata | Fringed Nutrush | |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria drummondii var. edwardsiana | Drummond's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria galericulata | Marsh Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
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