Common and Scientific Names of Plants

Agave—See Amole

Alligator juniper—Juniperus deppeana

Amole—Agave schottii

Arizona cypress—Cupressus arizonica

Arizona rosewood—Vauquelinia californica

Arizona sycamore—Platanus wrightii

Arizona white oak—Quercus arizonica

Aster—Aster commutatus

Barrel cactus—Ferocactus wislizenii, F. lecontii

Beargrass—Nolina microcarpa

Bladder-pod—Lesquerella gordoni

Bluedicks—Dichelostemma pulchellum

Blue paloverde—Cercidium floridium

Bluegrass—Poa fendleriana

Boxelder—Acer negundo

Bracken—Pteridium aquilinum

Brittlebush—Encelia farinosa

Buckbrush—Ceanothus fendleri

Bullgrass—Muhlenbergia emersleyi

Catclaw—Acacia greggii

Chain fruit cholla—Opuntia fulgida

Chihuahua pine—Pinus chihuahuana

Chokecherry—Prunus virginiana

Cinquefoil—Potentilla subviscosa

Cologania—Cologania lemmoni

Creosotebush—Larrea tridentata

Curly mesquitegrass—Hilaria belangeri

Desert chicory—Rafinesquia neomexicana

Desert Christmas cactus—Opuntia leptocaulis

Desert-marigold—Baileya multiradiata

Dogbane—Apocynum androsaemifolium

Douglas-fir—Pseudotsuga menziesii

Emory oak—Quercus emoryi

Fairy-duster—Calliandra eriophylla

Fiddleneck—Amsinckia intermedia

Filaree—Erodium cicutarium

Fishhook cactus—Mammillaria sp.

Fleabane—Erigeron arizonicus

Gambel’s oak—Quercus gambelii

Goldenrod—Solidago sparsiflora

Goldfern—Pityrogramma triangularis

Gourd—Cucurbita digitata

Grama—Bouteloua sp.

Groundsel—Senecio neomexicanus

Hairy grama—Bouteloua hirsuta

Hedgehog cactus—Echinocereus sp.

Houstonia—Houstonia wrightii

Indian wheat—Plantago purschii

Indigobush—Dalea sp.

Ironwood—Olneya tesota

Jointfir—Ephedra sp.

Jojoba—Simmondsia chinensis

Lupine—Lupinus sp.

Marigold—Tagetes lemmoni

Mesquite—Prosopis juliflora

Mexican blue oak—Quercus oblongifolia

Mexican pinyon pine—Pinus cembroides

Mexican white pine—Pinus strobiforms

Mock-pennyroyal—Hedeoma hyssopifolium

Mountain-mahogany—Cercocarpus breviflorus

Mountain muhly—Muhlenbergia montana

Netleaf hackberry—Celtis reticulata

New Mexican alder—Alnus oblongifolia

New Mexican locust—Robinia neomexicana

Nightblooming cereus—Peniocereus greggii

Ocotillo—Fouquieria splendens

Orange sneezeweed—Helenium hoopesii

Palmer oak—Quercus palmeri

Paper flower—Psilostrophe cooperi

Parry’s penstemon—Penstemon parryi

Peavine—Lathyrus graminifolius

Pencil cholla—Opuntia arbuscula

Phacelia—Phacelia crenulata

Pincushion cactus—Mammillaria sp.

Pine dropseed—Blepharoneuron tricholepis

Pointleaf manzanita—Arctostaphylos pungens

Ponderosa pine—Pinus ponderosa

Pricklypear—Opuntina engelmannii and others

Puccoon—Lithospermum multiflorum

Quaking aspen—Populus tremuloides

Sacahuista—See Beargrass

Saguaro—Carnegiea gigantea

Scorpionweed—Phacelia crenulata

Screwleaf muhly—Muhlenbergia virescens

Shindagger—See Amole

Shrub live oak—Quercus turbinella

Sideoats grama—Bouteloua curtipendula

Silktassel—Garrya wrightii

Silverleaf oak—Quercus hypoleucoides

Skunkbush—Rhus trilobata

Snakeweed—Futierrezia sp.

Snowberry—Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Sotol—Dasylirion wheeleri

Spanish dagger—Yucca schottii

Sprucetop grama—Bouteloua chondrosioides

Staghorn cholla—Opuntia versicolor

Tanglehead—Heteropogon contortus

Teddy bear cholla—Opuntia bigelovii

Texas bluestem—Andropogon cirratus

Triangle bursage—Franseria deltoidea

Turpentine-bush—Haplopappus laricifolius

Vine mesquite grass—Panicum bulbosum

Western yarrow—Achillea lanulosa

White fir—Abies concolor

White tackstem—Calycoseris wrightii

Wild carrot—Daucus pusillus

Wild-cucumber—Marah gilensis

Wild-heliotrope—Heliotropium curassavicum

Willow—Salix sp.

Wolfberry—Lycium sp.

Wolftail—Lycurus phleoides

Yellow paloverde—Cercidium microphyllum