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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   grass-like
   ferns & allies
   cactus-like / succulents
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   mints
   spurges
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  stature
   prostrate
   scapose
   erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   whorled
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
  fleshy or succulent leaves
   not fleshy/succulent
   fleshy/succulent
Inflorescence
  flowering month
   Jan.
   Feb.
   March
   April
   May
   June
   July
   Aug.
   Sept.
   Oct.
   Nov.
   Dec.
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  ovary position
   sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
   sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy

Fish Creek Canyon, Superstition Mountains

Rick Overson and Laura Steger
Species Count: 92

Acanthaceae

Anacardiaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Asparagaceae

Asteraceae

Berberidaceae

Betulaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Cactaceae

Cannabaceae

Cleomaceae

Crassulaceae

Crossosomataceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cupressaceae

Equisetaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Fagaceae

Geraniaceae

Juglandaceae

Lamiaceae

Malvaceae

Oleaceae

Onagraceae

Papaveraceae

Phrymaceae

Plantaginaceae

Platanaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygonaceae

Pteridaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rosaceae

Rubiaceae

Salicaceae

Santalaceae

Sapindaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simmondsiaceae

Solanaceae

Tamaricaceae

Vitaceae