Southwest Desert Flora

Trees profiled in Southwest Desert Flora

• Acacia greggii, Catclaw Acacia
• Acaciella angustissima, White-ball Acacia
• Ailanthus altissima, Tree of Heaven
• Amelanchier utahensis, Utah Serviceberry
• Arctostaphylos pringlei, Pringle Manzanita
• Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree
• Caesalpinia gilliesii, Bird-of-Paradise Shrub
• Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Red Bird-of-Paradise
• Canotia holacantha, Crucifixion Thorn
• Carnegiea gigantea, Saguaro
• Castela emoryi, Crucifixion Thorn
• Celtis pallida, Spiny Hackberry
• Celtis reticulata, Netleaf Hackberry
• Cephalanthus occidentalis, Common Buttonbush
• Cercocarpus montanus, Mountain Mahogany
• Chilopsis linearis, Desert Willow
• Cornus sericea, Red-osier Dogwood
• Crossosoma bigelovii, Ragged Rockflower
• Cupressus (= Hesperocyparis) arizonica, Arizona Cypress
• Cupressus arizonica, Arizona Cypress
• Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Teddy Bear Cholla
• Cylindropuntia spinosior, Walkingstick Cactus
• Eysenhardtia orthocarpa, Tahitian Kidneywood
• Ferocactus wislizeni, Candy Barrelcactus
• Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo
• Frangula californica, California Buckthorn
• Fraxinus velutina, Velvet Ash
• Juniperus californica, California Juniper
• Juglans major, Arizona Walnut
• Juniperus californica, California Juniper
• Juniperus coahuilensis, Redberry Juniper
• Juniperus deppeana, Alligator Juniper
• Juniperus monosperma, Oneseed Juniper
• Juniperus osteosperma, Utah Juniper
• Mimosa aculeaticarpa biuncifera, Catclaw Mimosa
• Mimosa dysocarpa, Velvetpod Mimosa
• Morus microphylla, Texas Mulberry
• Nicotiana glauca, Tree Tobacco
• Nolina bigelovii, Bigelow's Beargrass
• Olneya tesota, Desert Ironwood
• Opuntia engelmannii, Cactus Apple
• Opuntia macrocentra, Long-spined Prickly Pear
• Opuntia phaeacantha, Tulip Pricklypear
• Opuntia santa-rita, Santa Rita Pricklypear
• Pachycormus discolor, Baja Elephant Tree
• Parkinsonia aculeata, Jerusalem Thorn
• Parkinsonia florida, Blue Paloverde
• Parkinsonia microphylla, Yellow Paloverde
• Peucephyllum schottii, Schott's Pygmycedar
• Platanus wrightii, Arizona Sycamore Tree
• Populus fremontii, Fremont Cottonwood
• Prosopis juliflora var. torreyana, Western Honey Mesquite
• Prosopis pubescens, Screw Bean Mesquite
• Psorothamnus spinosus, Smoketree
• Purshia stansburiana, Cliffrose
• Quercus emoryi, Emory Oak
• Quercus gambelii, Gambel Oak
• Quercus turbinella, Sonoran Scrub Oak
• Rhamnus crocea, Redberry Buckthorn
• Rhamnus ilicifolia, Holly-leaf Buckthorn
• Rhus kearneyi, Kearney's Sumac
• Rhus ovata, Sugar Sumac
• Rhus microphylla, Littleleaf Sumac
• Rhus ovata, Sugar Sumac or Sugar Berry
• Rhus glabra, Smooth Sumac
• Ricinus communis, Castorbean
• Robinia neomexicana, New Mexico Locust
• Rosa woodsii, Woods Rose
• Salix amygdaloides, Peachleaf Willow
• Salix exigua, Narrowleaf Willow
• Salix gooddingii, Goodding's Willow
• Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, Blue Elderberry
• Sapindus saponaria, Western Soapberry
• Senegalia greggii, (=Acacia greggii), Catclaw Acacia
• Sesbania herbacea, Bigpod Sesbania
• Tamarix chinensis, Chinese Saltcedar
• Tecoma stans, Yellow Trumpetbush
• Vachellia constricta, Whitethorn Acacia
• Vachellia farnesiana, Sweet Acacia
• Yucca baccata, Banana Yucca
• Yucca brevifolia, Joshua Tree
• Yucca elata, Soaptree Yucca
• Yucca faxoniana, Spanish Bayonet
• Yucca rigida, Blue Yucca
• Yucca rostrata, Beaked Yucca
• Ziziphus obtusifolia, Lotebush