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Ecoregions of Texas

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NameColor on Map
Chihuahuan Desert Slopes
Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands
Low Mountains and Bajadas
Rio Grande Floodplain
Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands
Stockton Plateau
Rolling Sand Plains
Flat Tablelands and Valleys
Caprock Canyons, Badlands, and Breaks
Llano Estacado
Semiarid Canadian Breaks
Shinnery Sands
Arid Llano Estacado
Grand Prairie
Limestone Cut Plain
Semiarid Edwards Plateau
Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains
Semiarid Edwards Bajada
Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
Rio Grande Floodplain and Terraces
Northern Blackland Prairie
Southern Post Oak Savanna
San Antonio Prairie
Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies
Coastal Sand Plain
Northern Post Oak Savanna
Southern Blackland/Fayette Prairie
Floodplains and Low Terraces
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes
Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
Laguna Madre Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
Floodplains and Low Terraces
Tertiary Uplands
Flatwoods
Southern Tertiary Uplands
Red River Bottomlands
Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands
Canadian/Cimarron High Plains
Canadian/Cimarron Breaks
Red Prairie
Broken Red Plains
Western Cross Timbers
Limestone Plains
Carbonate Cross Timbers
Eastern Cross Timbers
Floodplains and Low Terraces
Edwards Plateau Woodland
Llano Uplift
Balcones Canyonlands
Northern Prairie Outliers
Bastrop Lost Pines
Floodplains and Low Terraces
Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies
Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces

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