The Vegetation Types of Texas

Index of Vegetation

(The numbers in parentheses refer to the numbers on the original map key. These help to identify the different vegetation types.)

• (1) Tobosa-Black Grama Grassland
• (2) Blue Grama-Buffalograss Grassland
• (3) Bluestem Grassland
• (4) Silver Bluestem-Texas Wintergrass Grassland
• (5) Yucca-Ocotillo Shrub
• (6) Creosotebush-Tarbush Shrub
• (7) Creosotebush-Lechugilla Shrub
• (8) Creosotebush-Mesquite Shrub
• (9) Fourwing Saltbush-Creosotebush Shrub
• (10) Ceniza-Blackbrush-Creosotebush Brush
• (11a) Mesquite Shrub / Grassland
• (11b) Mesquite Brush
• (12a) Mesquite-Lotebush Shrub
• (12b) Mesquite-Lotebush Brush
• (13a) Mesquite-Juniper Shrub
• (13b) Mesquite-Juniper Brush
• (13c) Mesquite-Juniper-Live Oak Brush
• (14) Mesquite-Sandsage Shrub
• (15) Mesquite-Blackbrush Brush
• (16) Mesquite-Granjeno Parks
• (17) Mesquite-Granjeno Woods
• (18) Mesquite-Saltcedar Brush / Woods
• (19) Mesquite-Hackberry Brush / Woods
• (20) Mesquite-Live Oak-Bluewood Parks
• (21) Havard Shin Oak-Mesquite Brush
• (22) Sandsage-Mesquite Brush
• (23) Oak-Mesquite-Juniper Parks / Woods
• (24) Live Oak-Mesquite Parks
• (25) Live Oak Woods / Parks
• (26a) Live Oak-Ashe Juniper Parks
• (26b) Live Oak-Mesquite-Ashe Juniper Parks
• (27) Live Oak-Ashe Juniper Woods
• (28) Havard Shin Oak Brush
• (29) Gray Oak-Pinyon Pine-Alligator Juniper Parks / Woods
• (30a) Post Oak Parks / Woods
• (30b) Post Oak Woods, Forest and Grassland Mosaic
• (30c) Post Oak Woods / Forest
• (31) Willow Oak-Water Oak-Blackgum Forest
• (32) Sandsage-Havard Shin Oak Brush
• (33) Ashe Juniper Parks / Woods
• (34) Juniper-Mixed Brush
• (35) Elm-Hackberry Parks / Woods
• (36) Water Oak-Elm-Hackberry Forest
• (37) Cottonwood-Hackberry-Saltcedar Brush / Woods
• (38) Pecan-Elm Forest
• (39) Bald Cypress-Water Tupelo Swamp
• (40) Ponderosa Pine-Douglas Fir Parks / Forest
• (41) Young Forest / Grassland
• (42) Pine-Hardwood Forest (Loblolly Pine-Sweetgum)
• (42) Pine-Hardwood Forest (Shortleaf Pine-Post Oak-Southern Red Oak)
• (42) Pine-Hardwood Forest (Loblolly Pine-Post Oak)
• (42) Pine-Hardwood Forest (Longleaf Pine-Sandjack Oak)
• (43) Marsh / Barrier Island (Fresh Marsh)
• (43) Marsh / Barrier Island (Brackish Marsh)
• (43) Marsh / Barrier Island (Saline Marsh)
• (43) Marsh / Barrier Island (Sea Oats-Seacoast / Bluestem Grassland)
• (44) Crops
• (45) Other Native or Introduced Grasses