50 Common Native and Non-Native Desert Plants, Tucson, AZ (Adapted from of the Desert: Running list. Dick Barber, University of “Plants Arizona) COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Arizona (Velvet) Ash Riparian Fraxinus velutina Arizona Black Walnut Riparian Juglans major Cottonwood Riparian Populus fremontii Desert Willow Riparian Chilopsis linearis Feather tree Riparian, endemic Lysoloma microphylla Ironwood Desert Olneya tesota Mesquite, Velvet Desert Prosopis velutina Netleaf Hackberry Riparian Celtis reticulate Palo Verde, Blue Desert Cercidium floridum Palo Verde, Foothills Desert Cercidium microphyllum Palo Verde, Mexican Desert, introduced Parkinsonia aculeata Sycamore Riparian Platanus wrightii Western Black Willow Riparian Salix gooddingii SHRUBS Desert Agave sp. Beargrass Desert/upland Nolina microcarpa Brickellia Desert Brickellia sp. Brittlebush Desert Encina farinose Burrowweed Desert Isocoma tenuisecta Burrobrush Desert Ambrosia (Hymenoclea) salsola Canyon Ragweed Desert/Riparian Ambrosia ambrosiadies Catclaw Acacia Desert Acacia greggii Condolia Desert Condalia warnockii Creosote Desert Larrea tridentate Desert Desert Baccaharis sarathodies Desert Hackberry Riparian Celtis pallida Desert Lavender Desert Riparian Hyptis emoryi Desert Mistletoe Parasite Phoradendron californicum SHRUBS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Ephedra Desert Ephedra trifurca Fairyduster Desert Calliandra eriophylla Graythorn Desert Zizphus obtusifolia Hopbush Desert Dodonaea viscosa Jojoba Desert Simmondsia chinensi
50 Common Native and Non-Native Desert Plants, Tucson, AZ (Adapted from “Plants of the Desert: Running list. Dick Barber, University of Arizona) COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Arizona (Velvet) Ash Fraxinus velutina Riparian Arizona Black Walnut Juglans major Riparian Cottonwood Populus fremontii Riparian Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis Riparian Feather tree Lysoloma microphylla Riparian, endemic Ironwood Olneya tesota Desert Mesquite, Velvet Prosopis velutina Desert Netleaf Hackberry Celtis reticulate Riparian Palo Verde, Blue Cercidium floridum Desert Palo Verde, Foothills Cercidium microphyllum Desert Palo Verde, Mexican Parkinsonia aculeata Desert, introduced Sycamore Platanus wrightii Riparian Western Black Willow Salix gooddingii Riparian SHRUBS Agave sp. Desert Beargrass Nolina microcarpa Desert/upland Brickellia Brickellia sp. Desert Brittlebush Encina farinose Desert Burrowweed Isocoma tenuisecta Desert Burrobrush Ambrosia (Hymenoclea) salsola Desert Canyon Ragweed Ambrosia ambrosiadies Desert/Riparian Catclaw Acacia Acacia greggii Desert Condolia Condalia warnockii Desert Creosote Larrea tridentate Desert Desert Baccaharis sarathodies Desert Desert Hackberry Celtis pallida Riparian Desert Lavender Hyptis emoryi Desert Riparian Desert Mistletoe Phoradendron californicum Parasite 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
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