COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT Five-fingered Desert Curcurbita digitata Horseweed Desert Conyza canadensis Senecia Desert Senecio spp. Sunflower Desert Helicanthus annus CACTI (Family Cactacea) Barrel Cactus Desert Ferocactus fulgida Cholla Jumping Cholla Cylindraopuntia (opuntia) fulgida Cane/Staghorn Cholla Cylindraopuntia acanthocarpa/versicolor Christmas Cholla Desert Cylindraopuntia leptocactus Pencil Cholla Desert Cylindraopuntia arbuscula Teddy Bear Cholla Desert Cylindraopuntia bigellovii Hedgehog, Strawberry Desert, upland Echinocerus engelmanii Hedgehog, Pinkflower Desert, upland Echinocerus fasciculatus Night-blooming cereus Desert Peniocereus spp. Organpipe Desert Cereus thurberii Pincushion Desert Mammillaria microcarpa Prickly Pear Desert Opuntia spp Saguaro Desert Carnegia gigantean 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 Eurasia, Africa Cyperus rotundus Red Bromus rubens Eurasia FORBS African (Sahara) mustard Africa Brassica tournefortii Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Eurasia London Rocket Sisymbrium irio Eurasia Malta starthistle Centaurea meletensis Mediterranean Puncture Vine (Goat Head) Invasive, Eurasia Tribulus terristris Tumbleweed Salsola iberica Russia Velvetweed Asia Guara mollis INVASIVE DESERT SPECIES, 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
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