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
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Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | |
Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
Polygonum ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | |
Polygala sanguinea | Purple Milkwort | |
Polygonum setaceum | Bog Smartweed | |
Potentilla simplex | Common Cinquefoil Oldfield Cinquefoil | |
Poa sylvestris | Woodland Bluegrass Sylvan Bluegrass Sylvan Speargrass Old-pasture Bluegrass | |
Polygonum tenue | Pleatleaf Knotweed | |
Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
Portulaca umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane Purslane | |
Portulaca umbraticola ssp. umbraticola | Wingpod Purslane | |
Polygala verticillata | Whorled Milkwort | |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry | |
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 mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment Black Cherry Edwards Plateau Black Cherry Escarpment Cherry | |
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