Blackland Prairies
The Blackland Prairies area intermingles with the Post Oak Savannah in the southeast and has divisions known as the San Antonio and Fayette Prairies. This rolling and well-dissected prairie represents the southern extension of the true prairie that occurs from Texas to Canada. The upland blacklands are dark, calcareous shrink-swell clayey soils, changing gradually with depth to light marls or chalks. Bottomland soils are generally reddish brown to dark gray, slightly acid to calcareous, loamy to clayey and alluvial. The soils are inherently productive and fertile, but many have lost productivity through erosion and continuous cropping.scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. bellingeriana | Bellinger's Meadowfoam Woolly Meadowfoam | |
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica | Butte County Meadowfoam California Meadowfoam | |
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. floccosa | Woolly Meadowfoam | |
Lithophragma glabrum | Bulbous Woodland Star Bulbiferous Prairie Star Bulblet Prairie Star | |
Ligusticum grayi | Gray's Licorice-root Gray's Licorice Root Gray's Lovage Gray's Wild Lovage Sheep Wild Lovage | |
Limnanthes gracilis | Slender Meadowfoam | |
Limnanthes gracilis ssp. gracilis | Slender Meadowfoam | |
Limnanthes gracilis ssp. parishii | Parish's Meadowfoam Parish's Slender Meadowfoam | |
Lithophragma heterophyllum | Hill Star Hillside Woodland Star Hillside Woodland-star Hillside Woodlandstar | |
Lilium humboldtii | Humboldt Lily | |
Lilium humboldtii ssp. humboldtii | Humboldt's Lily | |
Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum | Humboldt's Lily Spotted Humboldt's Lily | |
Linanthus inyoensis | Inyo Gilia | |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
Linanthus jaegeri | San Jacinto Prickly Phlox San Jacinto Linanthus San Jacinto Desert-trumpets | |
Linanthus jonesii | Jones' Linanthus Jones' Desert-trumpets | |
Lilium kelleyanum | Kelley's Lily | |
Lilium kelloggii | Kellogg's Lily | |
Linanthus killipii | Baldwin Lake Linanthus Baldwin Lake Desert-trumpets | |
Linum lewisii var. alpicola | Lewis's Alpine Flax Prairie Flax | |
Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
Lilium maritimum | Coast Lily | |
Linanthus maculatus | San Bernardino Mountain Gilia Little San Bernardino Mountains Linanthus San Bernardino Mountain Desert-trumpets | |
Lithophragma maximum | San Clemente Island Woodland Star San Clemente Island Woodland-star San Clemente Island Woodlandstar | |
Lilaeopsis masonii | Mudflat Quillplant Mason's Lilaeopsis Mason's Grasswort | |
Limnanthes montana | Mountain Meadowfoam | |
Lilaeopsis occidentalis | Western Grasswort Western Lilaeopsis | |
Lilium occidentale | Western Lily | |
Linanthus orcuttii | Orcutt's Linanthus Orcutt's Desert-trumpets | |
Lilium pardalinum | Leopard Lily Tiger Lily Panther Lily | |
Lilium parryi | Lemon Lily | |
Lilium parvum | Sierra Tiger Lily Sierran Tiger Lily Fairy Lily Alpine Lily | |
Linanthus parryae | Sandblossoms | |
Lithophragma parviflorum | Smallflower Woodland-star Prairie Star Prairie Rockstar | |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. pardalinum | Leopard Lily | |
Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum | Pink Woodland Star Pink Woodlandstar Smallflower Woodland Star Smallflower Woodland-star | |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense | Pitkin Marsh Lily | |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense | Shasta Lily | |
Lithophragma parviflorum var. trifoliatum | Prairie Woodland Star Prairie Woodland-star Prairie Woodlandstar | |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri | Vollmer's Lily | |
Lilium pardalinum ssp. wigginsii | Wiggins' Lily | |
Linanthus pungens | Granite Prickly Phlox Granite Gilia | |
Linum puberulum | Plains Flax | |
Lilium rubescens | Redwood Lily Chaparral Lily Lilac Lily Chamise Lily | |
Lithospermum ruderale | Western Stoneseed Western Gromwell | |
Lilaea scilloides | Awl-leaf Lilaea Flowering-quillwort Flowering Quillwort | |
Limnanthes striata | Foothill Meadowfoam | |
Lithophragma tenellum | Slender Woodland Star Slender Woodland-star Slender Woodlandstar | |
Limnanthes vinculans | Sebastopol Meadowfoam | |
Lilium washingtonianum | Washington Lily Cascade Lily | |
Lilium washingtonianum ssp. purpurascens | Cascade Lily Purple Flowered Washington Lily | |
Lilium washingtonianum ssp. washingtonianum | Typical Washington Lily Washington Lily | |
Lotus aboriginus | Rosy Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Logfia arizonica | Arizona Cottonrose | |
Lotus argophyllus | Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argyraeus | Canyon Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argophyllus var. argenteus | Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus | Silver Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argyraeus var. argyraeus | Canyon Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argophyllus var. adsurgens | Santa Cruz Island Silverhosackia | |
Lotus argophyllus var. fremontii | Fremont's Birsfoot Trefoil | |
Lotus argyraeus var. multicaulis | Canyon Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argyraeus var. notitius | Canyon Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lotus argophyllus var. niveus | Santa Cruz Island Silverhosackia | |
Lomatium austiniae | Austin Desertparsley Austin's Desert Parsley Plummer's Lomatium | |
Lotus benthamii | Bentham's Broom Bentham's Deerweed Sonoma Bird's-foot-trefoil Bentham's Deervetch | |
Lomatium bicolor | Wasatch Desertparsley Wasatch Desert-parsley Wasatch Desert Parsley Wasatch Biscuitroot | |
Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum | Wasatch Desertparsley Wasatch Desert-parsley Wasatch Desert Parsley Slender Fruited Lomatium | |
Logfia californica | California Cottonrose Fluffweed | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lomatium californicum | California Lomatium Celery Weed California Desertparsley California Desert-parsley California Desert Parsley | |
Lomatium canbyi | Canby's Biscuitroot Canby's Desert-parsley Canby's Desert Parsley Chucklusa | |
Lomatium caruifolium | Alkali Desertparsley Alkali Desert-parsley Alkali Desert Parsley Alkali Parsnip Caraway Leaved Lomatium | |
Lomatium caruifolium var. caruifolium | Alkali Desertparsley Alkali Desert-parsley Alkali Desert Parsley Caraway Leaved Lomatium | |
Lomatium caruifolium var. denticulatum | Alkali Desertparsley Alkali Desert-parsley Alkali Desert Parsley Caraway Leaved Lomatium | |
Lomatium ciliolatum | Yolla Bolly Biscuitroot | |
Lomatium congdonii | Mariposa Desertparsley Mariposa Desert-parsley Mariposa Desert Parsley Congdon's Lomatium | |
Lotus crassifolius | Big Deervetch | |
Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius | Big Deervetch | |
Lotus crassifolius var. otayensis | Big Deervetch | |
Lomatium dasycarpum | Woollyfruit Desertparsley Woolly-fruit Desert-parsley | |
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum | Woollyfruit Desertparsley Woollyfruit Desert-parsley Woollyfruit Desert Parsley Woolly Fruited Lomatium | |
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. tomentosum | Woollyfruit Desertparsley Woollyfruit Desert-parsley Woollyfruit Desert Parsley Woolly Fruited Lomatium | |
Lotus denticulatus | Riverbar Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Loeseliastrum depressum | Depressed Ipomopsis Depressed Calico Depressed Standing-cypress | |
Logfia depressa | Dwarf Cottonrose Hierba Limpia Spreading Cottonrose | |
Lomatium dissectum | Fernleaf Biscuitroot Fernleaf Desert-parsley | |
Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum | Fernleaf Biscuitroot Sessile-fruited Fern-leaved Biscuit-root Fern-leaved Desertparsley Fern-leaved Desert-parsley Fern-leaved Desert Parsley Fern Leaved Lomatium | |
Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum | Carrotleaf Biscuitroot | |
Lomatium donnellii | Donnell's Biscuitroot Donnell's Desert-parsley Glaucous Desertparsley Glaucous Desert Parsley Glaucous Lomatium Plumas Desert-parsley | |
Lobelia dunnii | Dunn's Lobelia Blue Lobelia | |
Lobelia dunnii var. serrata | Dunn's Lobelia Blue Lobelia | |
Lomatium engelmannii | Engelmann's Desertparsley Engelmann's Desert-parsley Engelmann's Desert Parsley Engelmann's Lomatium | |
Lomatium foeniculaceum | Desert Biscuitroot Fennel Leaved Lomatium | |
Lotus formosissimus | Seaside Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. fimbriatum | Desert Biscuitroot Fennel Leaved Lomatium | |
Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. inyoense | Inyo Biscuitroot Inyo Lomatium | |
Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. macdougalii | Macdougal's Biscuitroot Macdougal's Lomatium Carrotleaf Desertparsley Carrot-leaf Desert-parsley Carrot Leaf Desert Parsley | |
Lomatium grayi | Gray's Biscuitroot Gray's Desertparsley Gray's Desert Parsley Mountain Desert-parsley Pungent Desert Parsley | |
Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus | Chaparral Bird's-foot Trefoil | |
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