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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. tecontii
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 formosa
Buckbrush—Ceanothus fendleri
Bullgrass—Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Catclaw—Acacia greggii
Chain fruit cholla—Opuntia fulgida
Chihuahua pine—Pin us 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
Gold fern—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
Joint fir—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 coo peri
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—A ndropogon cirratus
Triangle bursage—Franseria deltoidea
Turpentinebush—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 curassovicum
Willow—Salix sp.
Wolfberry—Lycium sp.
Wolftail—Lycurus phleoides
Yellow paloverde—Cercidium microphyllum

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