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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Jacob Gibson
Species Count: 83
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Aizoaceae
Sesuvium verrucosum
Amaranthaceae
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Chenopodium album
Apocynaceae
Asclepias subulata
Funastrum cynanchoides
Asparagaceae
Dasylirion wheeleri
Hesperocallis undulata
Triteleiopsis palmeri
Asteraceae
Ambrosia dumosa
Ambrosia salsola
Baccharis salicifolia
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Encelia farinosa
Monoptilon bellioides
Palafoxia arida
Pluchea salicifolia
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Trixis californica
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Tecoma stans
Boraginaceae
Mertensia arizonica
Tiquilia palmeri
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Dithyrea californica
Burseraceae
Bursera microphylla
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Opuntia basilaris
Pachycereus schottii
Stenocereus thurberi
Celastraceae
Canotia holacantha
Cucurbitaceae
Brandegea bigelovii
Euphorbiaceae
Ditaxis lanceolata
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia eriantha
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Acacia greggii
Calliandra eriophylla
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis pubescens
Prosopis velutina
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Melanthiaceae
Zigadenus elegans
Nyctaginaceae
Abronia villosa
Onagraceae
Oenothera deltoides
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia minutiflora
Plantaginaceae
Mohavea confertiflora
Plantago ovata
Poaceae
Cynodon dactylon
Elymus elymoides
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Festuca arizonica
Hesperostipa comata
Hilaria belangeri
Hilaria jamesii
Hilaria mutica
Muhlenbergia montana
Pascopyrum smithii
Phragmites australis
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Polemoniaceae
Gilia stellata
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe rigida
Eriogonum inflatum
Rosaceae
Cercocarpus montanus
Purshia stansburyana
Salicaceae
Populus fremontii
Salix gooddingii
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Lycium fremontii
Nicotiana clevelandii
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia laevis
Larrea tridentata