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Acourtia
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Allenrolfea
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Buckeye Hills Recreational Area
A.L. Pierce
Species Count: 106
Amaranthaceae
Allenrolfea occidentalis
Amaranthus palmeri
Chenopodiastrum murale
Suaeda nigra
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Apocynaceae
Funastrum heterophyllum
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia watsonii
Asparagaceae
Hesperocallis undulata
Asteraceae
Acourtia wrightii
Adenophyllum porophylloides
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia deltoidea
Ambrosia dumosa
Baccharis sarothroides
Bahiopsis parishii
Chaenactis stevioides
Eriophyllum lanosum
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Lasthenia californica
Logfia arizonica
Logfia filaginoides
Monoptilon bellioides
Perityle emoryi
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Stylocline micropoides
Uropappus lindleyi
Xanthisma gracile
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Cryptantha barbigera
Harpagonella arizonica
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia distans
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Physaria gordonii
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Mammillaria tetrancistra
Celastraceae
Canotia holacantha
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita digitata
Ephedraceae
Ephedra fasciculata
Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce capitellata
Ditaxis lanceolata
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia abramsiana
Fabaceae
Acmispon rigidus
Acmispon strigosus
Dalea mollis
Dalea mollissima
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Geraniaceae
Erodium texanum
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Malvaceae
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Nemacladaceae
Nemacladus glanduliferus
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia intermedia
Onagraceae
Eulobus californicus
Plantaginaceae
Plantago ovata
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus rubens
Dasyochloa pulchella
Hilaria mutica
Hilaria rigida
Muhlenbergia microsperma
Phalaris minor
Poa annua
Poa bigelovii
Schismus arabicus
Schismus barbatus
Sorghum halepense
Polemoniaceae
Gilia minor
Gilia sinuata
Gilia stellata
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe corrugata
Chorizanthe rigida
Eriogonum thomasii
Pterostegia drymarioides
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris parryi
Ranunculaceae
Clematis drummondii
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella arizonica
Selaginella eremophila
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Datura discolor
Datura wrightii
Lycium californicum
Lycium exsertum
Nicotiana attenuata
Nicotiana glauca
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia laevis