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Flora and Fauna of the Rio Grande Valley

A hodgepodge of animals and plants found in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

Great Kiskadee 1
Pitangus sulphuratus
Green Parakeet 2
Psittacara holochlorus
Rock Dove 3
Columba livia
Great-tailed Grackle 4
Quiscalus mexicanus
Mourning Dove 5
Zenaida macroura
yellow trumpet flower 6
Tecoma stans
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 7
Amazilia yucatanensis
Texas wild olive 8
Cordia boissieri
southern live oak 9
Quercus virginiana
honey mesquite 10
Prosopis glandulosa
Texas mountain laurel 7
Sophora secundiflora
Anacua Tree 11
Ehretia anacua
Sago cycad 12
Cycas revoluta
three-lobe false mallow 13
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Bougainvilleas 14
Bougainvillea
cenizo 15
Leucophyllum frutescens
Cedar Elm 16
Ulmus crassifolia
sugarberry 16
Celtis laevigata
Guineagrass 17
Panicum maximum
buffelgrass 18
Cenchrus ciliaris
creeping lantana 13
Lantana montevidensis
Bermuda grass 19
Cynodon dactylon
Texas Ebony 20
Ebenopsis ebano
silverleaf nightshade 21
Solanum elaeagnifolium
sweet acacia 22
Vachellia farnesiana
palo verde 23
Parkinsonia
Betonyleaf Mistflower 24
Conoclinium betonicifolium
Mexican Ash 25
Fraxinus berlandieriana
Orchid Tree 26
Bauhinia purpurea
bur oak 27
Quercus macrocarpa
Turk's cap 28
Malvaviscus arboreus
Santa Maria feverfew 29
Parthenium hysterophorus
century plants 30
Agave
Texas Spiny Lizard 31
Sceloporus olivaceus
Texas Horned Lizard 32
Phrynosoma cornutum
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 33
Crotalus atrox
Diamondback Watersnake 34
Nerodia rhombifer
Texas Indigo Snake 35
Drymarchon melanurus erebennus

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