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 Koeberlinia Desert Koeberlinia spinosa Krameria, Ratany Desert Krameria grayi Limberbush Desert Jatropha cardiophylla Lippia/Beebush Desert Aloysia wrightii Mariola Desert Parthenium confertu (incanum) Ocotillo Desert Foqueria splendans Red Bird of Paradise Desert, Caesalpina Mexicana Saltbush Desert Atriplex canescens Seepwillow Riparian Baccahris glutinosa Sotol Desert Dasylirion wheeleri Stephanomeria Desert Stephanomeria exigua Sweetbush Desert Bebbia juncia Tecoma stans Riparian Tecoma stans Texas Ranger Desert, Chihuahuan Leucophyllum spp Trixis Desert Trixis californica Tree Tobacco Desert Nicotania glauca Triangle-leaf Bursage Desert Ambrosia deltoidia Whitethorn Acacia Desert Acacia constricta Wolfberry (need flowers to key out) Lycium spp Yellow Bird of Paradise Desert Caesalpinia gilliesii Yucca Banana Yucca Desert Yucca baccata Soaptree Yucca Desert Yucca elata Schotts’s Yucca Desert Yucca Schotii LOW SHRUBS AND BUSHES
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
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