Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Acleisanthes wrightii | Wright's Trumpets | |
Acourtia wrightii | Brownfoot Pink Perezia | |
Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern Maidenhair Fern Common Maidenhair Fern Maidenhair Fern Venus Hair Fern | |
Adolphia infesta | Junco | |
Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass Spiked Bent Spike Red Top | |
Agave glomeruliflora | Chisos Agave Chisos Mountains Century Plant | |
Agave gracilipes | Slimfoot Century Plant | |
Agave havardiana | Havard's Century Plant Havard Agave | |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
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