Species of Greatest Conservation Need
1124 species
| Scientifc Name | Common Name | Taxonomic Group | SGCN Status | Federal Status | State Status | Global Rank | State Rank | Endemic | General Habitat Type(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachnocaulon digynum | tiny bog button | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3G4 | S1 | No | Wet, acid, exposed sands, sphagnum mats, and sandstone of hillside seepage bogs (hanging bogs); appears restricted to the Catahoula formation in Texas; usually among low growing graminoids; flowering and fruiting August-October |
| Laennecia turnerorum | Turner's horseweed | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1 | S1 | Yes | Occurs on silty limestone-derived soils in Chihuahuan Desert shrubland in basins sourrounded by desert mountains. |
| Leavenworthia texana | Texas golden gladecress | Plants | Yes | E 10/11/2013 |
E 03/20/2015 |
G1 | S1 | Yes | Edaphically influenced herbaceous communities on shallow calcareous soils in vernally moist to wet glades on glauconite or ironstone outcrops of the Weches Formation; flowering or fruiting late February to April or May |
| Lechea mensalis | Chisos pinweed | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1 | S1 | No | Open oak-pinyon-juniper woodlands over igneous or sandstone rock outcrops at high elevations in the mountains of the Trans Pecos and adjacent New Mexico; in Mexico, gravelly soil over igneous rocks and on alternating limestone and rhyolite substrates; presumably flowering June-August |
| Leitneria pilosa ssp. pilosa | corkwood | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2G3T2 | S2 | No | Wet or saturated silty soils along brackish or freshwater swamps and ponds and other low, poorly drained sites; flowers in early spring, fruiting as early as May |
| Lenophyllum texanum | Texas stonecrop | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3 | S3 | No | Found in shrublands on clay dunes (lomas) at the mouth of the Rio Grande and on xeric calcareous rock outcrops at scattered inland sites; Perennial; Flowering/Fruiting Nov-Feb |
| Lepidospartum burgessii | gypsum scalebroom | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | T 03/30/2020 |
G1 | S1 | No | Gypsum dune system in the salt basin west of the Guadalupe Mountains, east of Dell City; sparsely vegetated areas; some plants on and around shifting, unstabilized dunes; others in stabilized gypseous soils with a well-developed microbiotic crust; flowering late April- early October, peaking late July-early September |
| Leucosyris blepharophylla | gypsum hotspring aster | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1 | S1 | No | Located at perennial springs, seeps, and their drainages in sandstone, calcareous, or gypseous canyons; Perennial; Flowering summer and fall |
| Leucosyris mattturneri | Matt Turner's aster | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1 | S1 | Yes | In gypseous or sandy soils along shallow, perennial seeps and streams within canyons in the Chihuahuan Desert; Annual or short-lived perennial; Flowering April - September |
| Liatris bracteata | coastal gay-feather | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2G3 | S2S3 | Yes | Coastal prairie grasslands of various types, from salty prairie on low- lying somewhat saline clay loams to upland prairie on nonsaline clayey to sandy loams; flowering in fall |
| Liatris cymosa | branched gay-feather | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2 | S2 | Yes | Somewhat barren grassland openings in post oak woodlands on tight clayey, chalky, or gravelly soils, often over Catahoula Formation; flowering July-October |
| Liatris glandulosa | glandular gay-feather | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2 | S2 | Yes | Occurs in herbaceous vegetation on limestone outcrops (Carr 2015). Flowering: July-Oct. |
| Liatris tenuis | slender gay-feather | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3 | S3 | No | Sandy soils of fire-maintained upland longleaf pine savannas, mostly over the Catahoula Formation; flowering June-September |
| Lycium puberulum var. berberioides | silvery wolfberry | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G4T3 | S3 | Yes | Occurs in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and shrublands on gravel and clay hills and in creosote shrublands on gravel flats; Perennial; Flowering March-June; Fruiting April |
| Lycium texanum | Texas wolf-berry | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2 | S2 | No | Semi-desert grasslands and thorn shrublands on sandy, gravelly, and/or loamy soils, on very gently sloping terrain as well as in rocky areas of canyons, often over limestone at moderate elevations; flowering March-October |
| Lythrum ovalifolium | Plateau loosestrife | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3G4 | S3S4 | No | Banks and gravelly beds of perennial (or strong intermittent) streams on the Edwards Plateau, Llano Uplift and Lampasas Cutplain; Perennial; Flowering/Fruiting April-Nov |
| Malaxis wendtii | Wendt's malaxis | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1G2 | S1 | No | In Texas, oak-juniper-pinyon woodlands in moist canyons and on north-facing slopes in the Chisos Mountains; flowering July-September |
| Mammillaria wrightii var. wrightii | Wright's fishhook cactus | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G4T3 | SH | No | Franklin Mountains (Carr 2015) |
| Manfreda longiflora | St. Joseph's staff | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G2 | S2 | No | Thorn shrublands on clays and loams with various concentrations of salt, caliche, sand, and gravel; rossettes are often obscured by low shrubs; flowering September-October |
| Manfreda sileri | Siler's huaco | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3 | S3 | No | Rare in a variety of grasslands and shrublands on dry sites; Perennial; Flowering April-July; Fruiting June-July |
| Manihot walkerae | Walker's manioc | Plants | Yes | E 10/02/1991 |
E 03/30/1993 |
G2 | S1 | No | Periphery of native brush in sandy loam; also on caliche cuestas?; flowering April-September (following rains?) |
| Matelea atrostellata | black corona milkvine | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1? | S1 | Yes | Occurs on rocky soils in mountain canyons in oak-junper-pinyon woodlands. |
| Matelea brevicoronata | shortcrown milkvine | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3 | S3 | Yes | Primarily in grasslands on tight sandy or silty substrates; Perennial; Flowering March-Sept; Fruiting May-Sept |
| Matelea edwardsensis | plateau milkvine | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G3 | S3 | Yes | Occurs in various types of juniper-oak and oak-juniper woodlands; Perennial; Flowering March-Oct; Fruiting May-June |
| Matelea radiata | Falfurrias milkvine | Plants | Yes | Not Listed | Not Listed | G1 | S1 | Yes | Uncertain, only two known specimens; one from clay soil on dry gravel hills at altitude of approximately 45 m (150 ft); other from Falfurrias, no habitat description; probably flowering May-June |