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Vegetation: Common and Scientific Names |
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| agave | Agave spp. |
| algerita | Berberis trifoliata Moric. |
| allthorn | Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc. |
| almond, desert | Prunus fasciculata (Torr.) Gray |
| arrowweed | Tessaria sericea (Nutt.) Shiners |
| ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. ssp. velutina (Torr.) G.N. Miller |
| aspen, quaking | Populus tremuloides Michx. |
| beargrass | Nolina microcarpa Wats. |
| bitterbrush | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. |
| blackbrush | Coleogyne ramosissima Torr. |
| bluegrass | Poa spp. |
| Kentucky | P. pratensis L. |
| bluestem, cane | Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter |
| bluestem, Texas | Schizachyrium cirratum (Hack.) Woot. & Standl. |
| boxelder | Acer negundo L. |
| brackenfern | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn |
| bristlegrass, plains | Setaria macrostachya H.B.K. |
| brome, mountain | Bromus marginatus Nees |
| bullgrass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey |
| burroweed | Haplopappus tenuisectus (Greene) Blake |
| bursage | Ambrosia spp. |
| white | A. dumosa (Gray) Payne |
| woolly-fruited | A. eriocentra (Gray) Payne |
| calliandra | Calliandra eriophylla Benth. |
| catclaw | Acacia greggii Gray |
| ceanothus | Ceanothus spp. |
| chokecherry | Prunus virginiana L. |
| cholla | Opuntia spp. |
| cliffrose | Cowania mexicana D. Don |
| clover | Trifolium spp. |
| coldenia | Tiquilia spp. |
| cottontop, Arizona | Trichachne californica (Benth.) Chase |
| cottonwood | Populus fremontii Wats. |
| creosotebush | Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville |
| curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri |
| daisy | Erigeron spp. |
| dandelion, mountain | Agoseris spp. |
| desertthorn | Lycium spp. |
| desertwillow | Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet |
| dropseed, pine | Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Nash |
| dropseed, sand | Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray |
| fescue, Arizona | Festuca arizonica Vasey |
| filaree | Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. |
| fir, Douglas | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco |
| fir, white | Abies concolor (Gordon & Glendinning) Hoopes |
| fluffgrass | Erioneuron pulchellum (H.B.K.) Takeoka |
| galleta | Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth. |
| big | H. rigida (Thurb.) Benth. |
| grama | Bouteloua spp. |
| black | B. eriopoda (Torr.) Torr. |
| blue | B. gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. |
| Rothrock | B. rothrockii Vasey |
| sideoats | B. curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. |
| slender | B. repens (H.B.K.) Scribn. & Merr. |
| hairgrass | Deschampsia spp. |
| horsebrush | Tetradymia spp. |
| ironwood | Olneya tesota Gray |
| jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid. |
| Joshua tree | Yucca brevifolia Engelm. |
| junegrass | Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. |
| juniper | Juniperus spp. |
| alligator | J. deppeana Steud. |
| one-seed | J. monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. |
| Utah | J. osteosperma (Torr.) Little |
| locust | Robinia neomexicana Gray |
| lovegrass, plains | Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc. |
| madrone | Arbutus arizonica (Gray) Sarg. |
| manzanita | Arctostaphylos pungens H.B.K. |
| maple | Acer spp. |
| big-tooth | A. grandidentatum Nutt. |
| Rocky Mountain | A. glabrum Torr. |
| mariola | Parthenium incanum H.B.K. |
| mesquite | Prosopis spp. |
| Mormon-tea | Ephedra spp. |
| mountainmahogany | Cercocarpus spp. |
| muhly | Muhlenbergia spp. |
| bush | M. porteri Scribn. |
| ring | M. torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. |
| spike | M. wrightii Vasey |
| muttongrass | Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey |
| needlegrass | Stipa spp. |
| needleandthread | Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. |
| oak | Quercus spp. |
| Arizona white | Q. arizonica Sarg. |
| Emory | Q. emoryi Torr. |
| Gambel | Q.gambelii Nutt. |
| Mexican blue | Q. oblongifolia Torr. |
| silverleaf | Q. hypoleucoides Camus |
| turbinella | Q. turbinella Greene |
| ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. |
| organpipe cactus | Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose |
| paloverde | Cercidium spp. |
| blue | C. floridum Benth. |
| foothill | C. microphyllum(Torr.) Rose & Johnst. |
| pine | Pinus spp. |
| Apache | P. engelmannii Carr |
| bristlecone | P. aristata Engelm. |
| Chihuahua | P. leiophyllaSchiede & Deppe |
| limber | P. flexilis James |
| ponderosa | P. ponderosa Lawson |
| pinyon | Pinus edulis Engelm. |
| Mexican | P. cembroides Zucc. |
| singleleaf | P. monophylla Torr. & Frem. |
| pricklypear | Opuntia spp. |
| rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus spp. |
| ratany, range | Krameria parvifolia Benth. |
| ricegrass, Indian | Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roemer & Schultes) Ricker |
| Russian thistle (tumbleweed) | Salsola kali L. |
| sacaton, alkali | Sporobolus airoides Torr. |
| sage, Mojave | Salvia mohavensis Greene |
| sagebrush | Artemisia spp. |
| big | A. tridentata Nutt. |
| sand | A. filifolia Torr. |
| saguaro | Cereus giganteus Engelm. |
| saltbush | Atriplex spp. |
| fourwing | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. |
| saltcedar | Tamarix pentandra Pall. |
| saltgrass | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene |
| sandpaper plant | Petalonyx spp. |
| sedge | Carex spp. |
| senna | Cassia spp. |
| shadscale | Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frem.) Wats. |
| snakeweed | Gutierrezia spp. |
| sotol | Dasylirion wheeleri Wats. |
| sprangletop, green | Leptochloa dubia (H.B.K.) Nees |
| spruce | Picea spp. |
| blue | P. pungens Engelm. |
| Engelmann | P. engelmannii Parry |
| squawbush, pubescent | Rhus trilobata Nutt. |
| squirreltail | Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J.G. Smith |
| sycamore | Platanus wrightii Wats. |
| tamarisk | Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. |
| tanglehead | Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. |
| tarbush | Flourensia cernua DC. |
| threeawn | Aristida spp. |
| timothy, mountain | Phleum pratense L. |
| tobosa | Hilaria mutica (Buckl.) Benth. |
| tridens | Tridens spp. |
| turkshead | Chlorizanthe rigida (Torr.) Torr. & Gray |
| turpentinebush | Haplopappus laricifolius Gray |
| vine-mesquite | Panicum obtusum H.B.K. |
| walnut | Juglans major (Torr.) Heller |
| wheatgrass | Agropyron spp. |
| bluebunch | A. spicatum(Pursh) Scribn. & Smith |
| western | A. smithii Rydb. |
| whitebrush | Aloysia wrightii (Gray) Heller |
| whitethorn | Acacia constricta Benth. |
| winterfat | Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell |
| wolfberry | Lycium spp. |
| wolftail | Lycurus phleoides H.B.K. |
| yucca, Mohave | Yucca schidigera Ruezl. |
| zinnia, desert | Zinnia acerosa (DC.) Gray |
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