FLORA OF THE RUNNINGWATER CONSERVANCY AND NEW COUNTY RECORDS FOR HALE COUNTY, TEXAS

Abstract The Runningwater Conservancy, Hale County, TX is a 29 ha grassland remnant with native, unplowed upland prairie and a playa lake basin. Here we present a list of all vascular plants occurring in the study area and compare those findings to other floristic records for Hale County. Floristic surveys were carried out between 2017 and 2019. Voucher specimens were collected for all unique species and deposited in the E. L. Reed Herbarium at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. We identified 103 different plant species from 83 genera and 30 families. After comparisons with other floristic records from the region, we believe that 25 of the species listed here are new records for Hale County.