Native Plant Index

Trees

• Arizona Sycamore — Platanus wrightii
• Arizona Walnut — Juglans major
• Catclaw Acacia — Senegalia greggiiPPFormerly Acacia greggii
• Desert Ironwood — Olneya tesotaPPSAHRSR
• Desert Willow — Chilopsis linearisPPSA
• Fremont Cottonwood — Populus fremontii
• Goodding's Willow — Salix gooddingii
• Netleaf Hackberry — Celtis reticulataPP
• Palo Verdes — Parkinsonia spp.SAPP
• Blue Palo Verde — P. florida
• Foothills Palo Verde — P. microphylla
• Velvet Ash — Fraxinus velutina
• Velvet Mesquite — Neltuma velutinaSAHRPPFormerly Prosopis velutina
• Whitethorn Acacia — Vachellia constrictaPPFormerly Acacia constricta

Cactus

The state law makes the entire Cactaceae family Salvage Restricted.

• Chollas — Cylindropuntia spp.SR
• Cane Cholla — C. spinosior
• Christmas Cholla — C. leptocaulis
• Jumping / Chain-Fruit Cholla — C. fulgida
• Pencil Cholla — C. arbuscula
• Staghorn Cholla — C. versicolor
• Teddy Bear Cholla — C. bigelovii
• Fishhook Barrel Cactus — Ferocactus wislizeniSRPP
• Fishhook Pincushion — Mammillaria grahamiiSR
• Hedgehog Cacti — Echinocereus spp.SR
• Engelmann's Hedgehog — E. engelmannii
• Pinkflower Hedgehog — E. fasciculatus
• Prickly Pears — Opuntia spp.SR
• Black-Spine Prickly Pear — O. macrocentra
• Desert / Brown-Spined Prickly Pear — O. phaeacantha
• Engelmann's Prickly Pear — O. engelmannii
• Pancake Prickly Pear — O. chlorotica
• Santa Rita Prickly Pear — O. santarita
• Queen of the Night — Peniocereus greggiiSR
• Saguaro — Carnegiea giganteaSRPP
• Spinystar / Beehive Cactus — Coryphantha viviparaSRAlso treated as Escobaria vivipara

Shrubs

• Apache Plume — Fallugia paradoxa
• Arizona Rosewood — Vauquelinia californicaSR
• Baccharis — Baccharis spp.
• Desert Broom — B. sarothroides
• Seepwillow — B. salicifolia
• Brittlebush — Encelia farinosa
• Broom Twinberry — Menodora scabra
• Burroweed — Isocoma tenuisecta
• Bursages and Ragweeds — Ambrosia spp.
• Burrobrush — A. salsola
• Canyon Ragweed — A. ambrosioides
• Triangleleaf Bursage — A. deltoidea
• Creosote Bush — Larrea tridentata
• Desert Cotton — Gossypium thurberi
• Desert Hackberry — Celtis ehrenbergianaPP
• Desert Honeysuckle — Anisacanthus thurberi
• Desert Lavender — Hyptis emoryi
• Graythorn — Ziziphus obtusifolia
• Indigo Bushes — Dalea spp.
• Jojoba — Simmondsia chinensis
• Mormon Tea — Ephedra trifurca
• Ocotillo — Fouquieria splendensPPSR
• Pink Fairy Duster — Calliandra eriophylla
• Ratanys — Krameria spp.
• Littleleaf / Range Ratany — K. erecta
• White Ratany — K. bicolor
• Red Barberry — Berberis haematocarpaAlso treated as Mahonia haematocarpa
• Snakeweed — Gutierrezia sarothrae
• Sumacs — Rhus spp.
• Skunkbush — R. trilobata
• Sugar Sumac — R. ovata
• Wait-a-Minute Bush — Mimosa aculeaticarpa
• Warnock's Snakewood — Condalia warnockii var. kearneyana
• Wolfberries / Desert Thorns — Lycium spp.SR
• Anderson's Wolfberry — L. andersonii
• Arizona Desert Thorn — L. exsertum
• Berlandier's Wolfberry — L. berlandieri

Succulents, Agaves, and Relatives

• Agaves — Agave spp.SRPP
• Goldenflower Century Plant — A. chrysantha
• Palmer Agave — A. palmeri
• Parry's Agave — A. parryi
• Shindagger — A. schottii
• Beargrass — Nolina microcarpaSRHRNot native to the valley floor; native in the surrounding ranges at higher elevation
• Desert Spoon — Dasylirion wheeleriSR
• Yuccas — Yucca spp.SRHRPP
• Banana Yucca — Y. baccata
• Soaptree Yucca — Y. elata

Wildflowers & Ground Plants

• Arizona Poppy — Kallstroemia grandiflora
• Blackfoot Daisy — Melampodium leucanthum
• Chia — Salvia columbariae
• Desert Chicory — Rafinesquia neomexicana
• Desert Marigold — Baileya multiradiata
• Desert Senna / Coues’ Senna — Senna covesii
• Desert Zinnia — Zinnia acerosa
• Devil's Claw — Proboscidea parviflora
• Evening Primroses — Oenothera spp.
• Desert Evening Primrose — O. primiveris
• Hooker's Evening Primrose — O. elata
• Tufted Evening Primrose — O. caespitosa
• Fall Tansyaster — Dieteria asteroides
• Globemallows — Sphaeralcea spp.
• Caliche Globemallow — S. laxa
• Coulter's Globemallow — S. coulteri
• Goodding's Verbena — Glandularia gooddingii
• Hairyseed Bahia — Picradeniopsis absinthifolia
• Lupine — Lupinus sparsiflorus
• Mexican Gold Poppy — Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana
• Milkweeds — Asclepias spp.
• Arizona Milkweed — A. angustifolia
• Desert Milkweed — A. subulata
• Pine-Needle Milkweed — A. linaria
• Parralena — Thymophylla pentachaeta
• Penstemons — Penstemon spp.
• Canyon Penstemon — P. pseudospectabilis
• Parry's Penstemon — P. parryi
• Prickly Poppy — Argemone pleiacantha
• Sacred Datura — Datura wrightii
• Shrubby Indian Mallow — Abutilon abutiloides
• Trans-Pecos Thimblehead — Hymenothrix wislizeni
• Trailing Four O'clock — Allionia incarnata
• Whitestem Paperflower — Psilostrophe cooperi

Native Grasses

• Arizona Cottontop — Digitaria californica
• Cane Bluestem — Bothriochloa barbinodis
• Curly Mesquite — Hilaria belangeri
• Gramas — Bouteloua spp.
• Low Woollygrass — Dasyochloa pulchella
• Muhlys — Muhlenbergia spp.
• Bush Muhly — M. porteri
• Deergrass — M. rigens
• Plains Lovegrass — Eragrostis intermedia
• Sacatons and Dropseeds — Sporobolus spp.
• Spike Pappusgrass — Enneapogon desvauxii
• Sprangletops — Leptochloa spp.
• Green Sprangletop — L. dubia
• Tickle Grass — L. crinita
• Streambed Bristlegrass — Setaria leucopila
• Tanglehead — Heteropogon contortus
• Three-Awns — Aristida spp.
• Purple Three-Awn — A. purpurea
• Spidergrass — A. ternipes
• Whiplash Pappusgrass — Pappophorum vaginatum
• Wolftail — Lycurus setosus

Vines

• Arizona Grape — Vitis arizonica
• Arizona Passionflower — Passiflora mexicana
• Climbing Milkweeds — Funastrum spp.
• Climbing Milkweed — F. cynanchoides
• Hartweg's Climbing Milkweed — F. heterophyllum
• Drummond's Clematis — Clematis drummondii
• Gila Manroot — Marah gilensis
• Gourds — Cucurbita spp.
• Buffalo Gourd — C. foetidissima
• Finger-Leaf Gourd — C. digitata
• Scarlet Morning Glory — Ipomoea cristulata
• Slender Janusia / Desert Vine — Cottsia gracilisFormerly Janusia gracilis
• Snapdragon Vine — Maurandella antirrhiniflora