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 |
| Mentzelia albescens | Wavyleaf Blazingstar | |
| Menispermum canadense | Common Moonseed | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
| Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
| Mentzelia nuda | Bractless Blazingstar Sand Lily | |
| Mentzelia oligosperma | Stick-leaf Chickenthief | |
| Melothria pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber Meloncito Speckled Gourd | |
| Melothria pendula var. pendula | Guadeloupe Cucumber | |
| Mecardonia procumbens | Baby Jump-up | |
| Melochia pyramidata | Pyramidflower Broom-wood Pyramid Flower | |
| Mentzelia reverchonii | Reverchon's Blazingstar Reverchon's Stick-leaf Prairie Stickleaf | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa | Catclaw Mimosa | |
| Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera | Catclaw Mimosa Cat's-claw Mimosa Wait-a-bit | |
| Mimulus alatus | Sharpwing Monkeyflower Sharp-winged Monkeyflower | |
| Mirabilis albida | White Four O'clock Dwarf Four O'clock | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Minuartia drummondii | Drummond's Stitchwort Sandwort | |
| Mirabilis gigantea | Giant Four O'Clock | |
| Mimulus glabratus | Roundleaf Monkeyflower Yellow Monkeyflower | |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mimosa nuttallii | Nuttall's Sensitive Briar | |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Mitreola petiolata | Lax Hornpod | |
| Mimosa roemeriana | Roemer's Mimosa Sensitive Briar | |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Modiola caroliniana | Carolina Bristlemallow Carolina Modiola | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda clinopodioides | Basil Beebalm | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beebalm Lindheimer Beebalm | |
| Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry Littleleaf Mulberry Mountain Mulberry Mexican Mulberry Dwarf Mulberry | |
| Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Povertyweed | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
| Mollugo verticillata | Green Carpetweed | |
| Muhlenbergia arenicola | Sand Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia frondosa | Wirestem Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia mexicana | Mexican Muhly Leafy Satingrass Wirestem Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow Muhly Deer Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | Nimblewill | |
| Muhlenbergia sylvatica | Woodland Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia utilis | Aparejo Grass Aparejo Muhly | |
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Twoleaf Watermilfoil | |
| Myosotis macrosperma | Largeseed Forget-me-not | |
| Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph Southern Water Nymph Najas | |
| Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell | |
| Nama jamaicense | Jamaicanweed Jamaican Weed Fiddleleaf Nama | |
| Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
| Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston Swordfern | |
| Nephrolepis exaltata ssp. exaltata | Boston Fern Sword Fern Wild Boston Fern | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Neptunia lutea | Yellow Sensitive Briar Yellow Puff | |
| Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
| Neptunia pubescens | Tropical Puff | |
| Neeragrostis reptans | Creeping Lovegrass | |
| Nicotiana repanda | Fiddleleaf Tobacco Fiddle-leaf Tobacco | |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Nuttallanthus canadensis | Canada Toadflax Blue Toadflax Old-field Toadflax | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nuphar lutea ssp. advena | Common Spatterdock Spatterdock Yellow Cow-lily Cow-lily Yellow Pond-lily Brandy-bottle | |
| Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax Texas Toad-flax Toadflax | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Nymphaea elegans | Tropical Royalblue Waterlily | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
| Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata | American White Waterlily | |
| Oenothera curtiflora | Velvetweed Velvetleaf Gaura Lizard-tail Gaura Willow Gaura | |
| Oenothera drummondii | Beach Evening-primrose Beach Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera filiformis | Longflower Beeblossom Longflower Gaura Large-flowered Gaura Kearney Gaura Tall Gaura | |
| Oenothera grandis | Showy Evening-primrose Largeflower Eveningprimrose Showy Eveningprimrose | |
| Oenothera heterophylla | Variable-leaf Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
| Oenothera kunthiana | Kunth's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose Cut-leaved Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera patriciae | Plains Beeblossom Plains Gaura | |
| Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera sinuosa | Wavyleaf Beeblossom Wavyleaf Gaura | |
| Oenothera spachiana | Spach's Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura | |
| Oenothera suffulta | Kisses Wild Honeysuckle Beeblossom Roadside Gaura | |
| Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose Stemless Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera villosa | Hairy Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa | Hairy Evening-primrose | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
