SHRUBS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Ephedra Ephedra trifurca Desert Fairyduster Calliandra eriophylla Desert Graythorn Zizphus obtusifolia Desert Hopbush Dodonaea viscosa Desert Jojoba Simmondsia chinensi Desert Koeberlinia Koeberlinia spinosa Desert Krameria, Ratany Krameria grayi Desert Limberbush Jatropha cardiophylla Desert Lippia/Beebush Aloysia wrightii Desert Mariola Parthenium confertu (incanum) Desert Ocotillo Foqueria splendans Desert Red Bird of Paradise Caesalpina Mexicana Desert, Saltbush Atriplex canescens Desert Seepwillow Baccahris glutinosa Riparian Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri Desert Stephanomeria Stephanomeria exigua Desert Sweetbush Bebbia juncia Desert Tecoma stans Tecoma stans Riparian Texas Ranger Leucophyllum spp Desert, Chihuahuan Trixis Trixis californica Desert Tree Tobacco Nicotania glauca Desert Triangle-leaf Bursage Ambrosia deltoidia Desert Whitethorn Acacia Acacia constricta Desert Wolfberry Lycium spp (need flowers to key out) Yellow Bird of Paradise Caesalpinia gilliesii Desert Yucca Banana Yucca Yucca baccata Desert Soaptree Yucca Yucca elata Desert Schotts’s Yucca Yucca Schotii Desert LOW SHRUBS AND BUSHES
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Cassia Senna covesii Australia, cultivar Datura Datura metelodies Riparian Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata Desert Desert Tobacco Nicotina trigonophylla Desert Desert Zinnia Zinnia acerosa Desert Dyssodia Dyssodia acerosa Desert Janusia Janusia gracilis Desert Mallows Sphaeralcea spp. Desert Globe Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua Desert Herissanthia Herissanthia crispa Desert Indian Mallow Abutilon sp. Desert Rose Mallow Hibiscus sp. Desert Penstemon Penstemon spp. Desert Snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Desert Siphonoglossa Siphonoglossa longiflora Desert Verbena Gooding’s (Desert) Glandularia goodingi Desert, washes Sand Abronia villosa Desert, washes Wright’s Glandularia wrightii Desert Yellow Paperflower Psilostrophe cooperi Desert SOME SUMMER ANNUAL FLOWERS/WEEDS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Bahia Bahia absinthifolia Desert Caltrop Kalistroemia grandiflora Desert Clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra Desert Crownbeard Verbesina enceliodes Desert Devil’s Claw Proboscidea parviflora Desert Euphorbs Euphorbia spp. Desert SOME SUMMER ANNUAL FLOWERS/WEEDS, cont’d
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Five-fingered Curcurbita digitata Desert Horseweed Conyza canadensis Desert Senecia Senecio spp. Desert Sunflower Helicanthus annus Desert CACTI (Family Cactacea) Barrel Cactus Ferocactus fulgida Desert Cholla Jumping Cholla Cylindraopuntia (opuntia) fulgida Cane/Staghorn Cholla Cylindraopuntia acanthocarpa/versicolor Christmas Cholla Cylindraopuntia leptocactus Desert Pencil Cholla Cylindraopuntia arbuscula Desert Teddy Bear Cholla Cylindraopuntia bigellovii Desert Hedgehog, Strawberry Echinocerus engelmanii Desert, upland Hedgehog, Pinkflower Echinocerus fasciculatus Desert, upland Night-blooming cereus Peniocereus spp. Desert Organpipe Cereus thurberii Desert Pincushion Mammillaria microcarpa Desert Prickly Pear Opuntia spp Desert Saguaro Carnegia gigantean Desert INVASIVE DESERT SPECIES COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME ORIGIN GRASSES Buffelgrass Pennisetum ciliare Africa, Asia, M. East Burmuda grass Cynodon dactylon Middle East Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum Eurasia Fountain grass Pennisetum seteceum Africa, Asia Nutgrass Cyperus rotundus Eurasia, Africa Red Bromus rubens Eurasia FORBS African (Sahara) mustard Brassica tournefortii Africa Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Eurasia London Rocket Sisymbrium irio Eurasia Malta starthistle Centaurea meletensis Mediterranean Puncture Vine (Goat Head) Tribulus terristris Invasive, Eurasia Tumbleweed Salsola iberica Russia Velvetweed Guara mollis Asia INVASIVE DESERT SPECIES, cont’d