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grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
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composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
spurges
dicots
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longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
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opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
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Fruit or Cone
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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Daniel F. Austin
Species Count: 770
Acanthaceae
Anisacanthus thurberi
Carlowrightia arizonica
Dicliptera resupinata
Elytraria imbricata
Justicia longii
Tetramerium nervosum
Aizoaceae
Trianthema portulacastrum
Alismataceae
Sagittaria longiloba
Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera pungens
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus torreyi
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex elegans
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodium berlandieri
Chenopodium desiccatum
Chenopodium fremontii
Chenopodium incanum
Froelichia arizonica
Gomphrena caespitosa
Gomphrena sonorae
Guilleminea densa
Iresine heterophylla
Salsola tragus
Suaeda calceoliformis
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Amaryllidaceae
Allium macropetalum
Habranthus longifolius
Nothoscordum bivalve
Anacardiaceae
Rhus glabra
Rhus trilobata
Toxicodendron radicans
Apiaceae
Berula erecta
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Eryngium heterophyllum
Lomatium nevadense
Spermolepis echinata
Yabea microcarpa
Apocynaceae
Amsonia kearneyana
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias brachystephana
Asclepias elata
Asclepias involucrata
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias lemmonii
Asclepias linaria
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asclepias subverticillata
Funastrum crispum
Funastrum cynanchoides
Haplophyton cimicidum
Mandevilla brachysiphon
Metastelma arizonicum
Araceae
Lemna gibba
Lemna minor
Lemna minuta
Araliaceae
Aralia humilis
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia watsonii
Asparagaceae
Agave palmeri
Dasylirion wheeleri
Dichelostemma capitatum
Echeandia flavescens
Nolina microcarpa
Yucca baccata
Yucca elata
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium palmeri
Asteraceae
Acourtia nana
Acourtia thurberi
Acourtia wrightii
Ageratina herbacea
Ageratina paupercula
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia cordifolia
Ambrosia monogyra
Ambrosia psilostachya
Ambrosia trifida
Artemisia ludoviciana
Baccharis brachyphylla
Baccharis neglecta
Baccharis pteronioides
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis salicina
Baccharis sarothroides
Baccharis thesioides
Bahia absinthifolia
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Berlandiera lyrata
Bidens aurea
Bidens bigelovii
Bidens laevis
Bidens lemmonii
Bidens leptocephala
Brickellia amplexicaulis
Brickellia baccharidea
Brickellia betonicifolia
Brickellia californica
Brickellia coulteri
Brickellia eupatorioides
Brickellia floribunda
Brickellia grandiflora
Brickellia venosa
Calycoseris wrightii
Carminatia tenuiflora
Chaenactis stevioides
Chaetopappa ericoides
Cirsium arizonicum
Cirsium neomexicanum
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Conyza canadensis
Coreocarpus arizonicus
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Diaperia verna
Dieteria asteroides
Dieteria canescens
Encelia farinosa
Ericameria cuneata
Ericameria laricifolia
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron neomexicanus
Eriophyllum lanosum
Fleischmannia sonorae
Gamochaeta purpurea
Gamochaeta stagnalis
Guardiola platyphylla
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helenium thurberi
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus petiolaris
Heliomeris multiflora
Heterosperma pinnatum
Heterotheca rutteri
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hymenothrix wislizeni
Isocoma coronopifolia
Isocoma tenuisecta
Koanophyllon solidaginifolium
Lactuca graminifolia
Lactuca serriola
Laennecia coulteri
Lagascea decipiens
Lasianthaea podocephala
Lasthenia californica
Logfia depressa
Logfia filaginoides
Machaeranthera tagetina
Malacothrix clevelandii
Malacothrix fendleri
Malacothrix glabrata
Malacothrix sonchoides
Melampodium longicorne
Packera neomexicana
Parthenice mollis
Pectis filipes
Pectis longipes
Perityle coronopifolia
Porophyllum gracile
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Pyrrhopappus rothrockii
Rafinesquia californica
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Sanvitalia abertii
Senecio lemmonii
Solidago velutina
Sonchus asper
Stephanomeria exigua
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Tagetes lemmonii
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Tithonia thurberi
Trixis californica
Uropappus lindleyi
Verbesina encelioides
Viguiera dentata
Xanthisma gracile
Xanthisma spinulosum
Xanthium strumarium
Zinnia acerosa
Berberidaceae
Mahonia haematocarpa
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Tecoma stans
Bixaceae
Amoreuxia palmatifida
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Cryptantha barbigera
Cryptantha nevadensis
Cryptantha pterocarya
Eremocarya micrantha
Eucrypta micrantha
Harpagonella palmeri
Heliotropium fruticosum
Johnstonella angustifolia
Lappula occidentalis
Nama hispida
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia affinis
Phacelia arizonica
Phacelia caerulea
Phacelia distans
Phacelia ramosissima
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Plagiobothrys pringlei
Brassicaceae
Boechera perennans
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
Chorispora tenella
Descurainia sophia
Dryopetalon runcinatum
Erysimum capitatum
Halimolobos diffusa
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
Lepidium oblongum
Lepidium thurberi
Nasturtium officinale
Noccaea fendleri
Physaria gordonii
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Cylindropuntia versicolor
Echinocereus coccineus
Echinocereus fendleri
Echinocereus rigidissimus
Ferocactus emoryi
Ferocactus wislizeni
Mammillaria grahamii
Mammillaria macdougalii
Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia santa-rita
Opuntia tortispina
Campanulaceae
Lobelia fenestralis
Triodanis holzingeri
Triodanis perfoliata
Cannabaceae
Celtis ehrenbergiana
Celtis pallida
Celtis reticulata
Caprifoliaceae
Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium brachypodum
Loeflingia squarrosa
Silene antirrhina
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum
Cleomaceae
Polanisia dodecandra
Commelinaceae
Commelina erecta
Tradescantia occidentalis
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus equitans
Cuscuta erosa
Evolvulus alsinoides
Evolvulus arizonicus
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Evolvulus sericeus
Ipomoea barbatisepala
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea cristulata
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea pubescens
Ipomoea purpurea
Jacquemontia agrestis
Crassulaceae
Crassula connata
Dudleya arizonica
Graptopetalum bartramii
Cucurbitaceae
Apodanthera undulata
Cucurbita digitata
Cucurbita foetidissima
Echinopepon wrightii
Marah gilensis
Sicyosperma gracile
Cupressaceae
Juniperus deppeana
Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis capillaris
Carex agrostoides
Carex praegracilis
Carex spissa
Cyperus aggregatus
Cyperus dentoniae
Cyperus dipsaceus
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus flavicomus
Cyperus mutisii
Cyperus odoratus
Cyperus pallidicolor
Cyperus sphaerolepis
Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus subsquarrosus
Eleocharis bella
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis montevidensis
Eleocharis palustris
Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus californicus
Ephedraceae
Ephedra trifurca
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha neomexicana
Acalypha ostryifolia
Chamaesyce capitellata
Chamaesyce florida
Chamaesyce gracillima
Chamaesyce hirta
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce melanadenia
Chamaesyce micromera
Chamaesyce revoluta
Chamaesyce serrula
Croton pottsii
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia arizonica
Euphorbia cuphosperma
Euphorbia exstipulata
Euphorbia heterophylla
Euphorbia pediculifera
Euphorbia serpillifolia
Euphorbia setiloba
Euphorbia vermiculata
Jatropha cardiophylla
Jatropha macrorhiza
Manihot angustiloba
Manihot davisiae
Tragia laciniata
Tragia nepetaefolia
Tragia nepetifolia
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Acacia greggii
Acaciella angustissima
Acmispon brachycarpus
Amorpha fruticosa
Astragalus allochrous
Astragalus arizonicus
Astragalus nothoxys
Astragalus nuttallianus
Astragalus wootoni
Calliandra eriophylla
Chamaecrista absus
Chamaecrista nictitans
Coursetia glandulosa
Crotalaria pumila
Dalea pogonathera
Dalea pringlei
Dalea pulchra
Desmanthus cooleyi
Desmodium batocaulon
Desmodium grahamii
Desmodium procumbens
Desmodium psilocarpum
Desmodium psilophyllum
Desmodium rosei
Erythrina flabelliformis
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Galactia wrightii
Gleditsia triacanthos
Lotus corniculatus
Lotus plebeius
Lotus salsuginosus
Lupinus brevicaulis
Lupinus concinnus
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
Marina calycosa
Medicago polymorpha
Melilotus indica
Melilotus indicus
Mimosa dysocarpa
Mimosa grahamii
Nissolia schottii
Ottleya greenei
Parkinsonia aculeata
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Phaseolus acutifolius
Prosopis velutina
Senna bauhinioides
Senna hirsuta
Senna lindheimeriana
Tephrosia leiocarpa
Tephrosia tenella
Tephrosia vicioides
Trifolium wormskioldii
Vachellia farnesiana
Vicia ludoviciana
Vicia pulchella
Zornia gemella
Fagaceae
Quercus emoryi
Quercus grisea
Quercus hypoleucoides
Quercus oblongifolia
Quercus turbinella
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Garryaceae
Garrya wrightii
Gentianaceae
Zeltnera calycosa
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium texanum
Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Hydrangeaceae
Fendlera rupicola
Hydrocharitaceae
Najas guadalupensis
Iridaceae
Sisyrinchium demissum
Juglandaceae
Juglans major
Juncaceae
Juncus balticus
Juncus bufonius
Juncus tenuis
Juncus torreyi
Krameriaceae
Krameria erecta
Krameria lanceolata
Lamiaceae
Agastache breviflora
Agastache wrightii
Clerodendrum coulteri
Hedeoma dentata
Lamium amplexicaule
Marrubium vulgare
Mentha arvensis
Mentha spicata
Stachys coccinea
Liliaceae
Calochortus ambiguus
Linaceae
Linum lewisii
Linum puberulum
Loasaceae
Mentzelia albicaulis
Mentzelia asperula
Mentzelia isolata
Mentzelia multiflora
Mentzelia pumila
Lythraceae
Cuphea wrightii
Lythrum californicum
Malpighiaceae
Cottsia gracilis
Malvaceae
Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon malacum
Abutilon mollicomum
Abutilon parvulum
Abutilon reventum
Anoda abutiloides
Anoda cristata
Ayenia filiformis
Ayenia jaliscana
Gossypium thurberi
Herissantia crispa
Hibiscus biseptus
Hibiscus coulteri
Malva parviflora
Malvella leprosa
Rhynchosida physocalyx
Sida abutilifolia
Sida spinosa
Sidalcea neomexicana
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Sphaeralcea emoryi
Waltheria indica
Marsileaceae
Marsilea vestita
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea altheifolia
Proboscidea parviflora
Menispermaceae
Cocculus diversifolius
Molluginaceae
Glinus radiatus
Mollugo verticillata
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Cistanthe monandra
Claytonia perfoliata
Moraceae
Morus microphylla
Nyctaginaceae
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia coulteri
Boerhavia erecta
Boerhavia gracillima
Boerhavia intermedia
Boerhavia spicata
Commicarpus scandens
Mirabilis albida
Mirabilis linearis
Mirabilis longiflora
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea mexicana
Nymphaea odorata
Oleaceae
Forestiera phillyreoides
Forestiera pubescens
Fraxinus velutina
Onagraceae
Eremothera chamaenerioides
Eulobus californicus
Gaura
Ludwigia palustris
Oenothera albicaulis
Oenothera curtiflora
Oenothera flava
Oenothera primiveris
Oenothera rosea
Oenothera speciosa
Oenothera suffrutescens
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja exserta
Castilleja lanata
Castilleja minor
Castilleja nelsonii
Orobanche cooperi
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis albicans
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Papaveraceae
Argemone pleiacantha
Corydalis aurea
Passifloraceae
Passiflora arizonica
Passiflora foetida
Passiflora mexicana
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe cardinalis
Erythranthe floribunda
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe rubella
Phytolaccaceae
Rivina humilis
Pinaceae
Pinus cembroides
Plantaginaceae
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Mecardonia procumbens
Nuttallanthus texanus
Penstemon barbatus
Penstemon parryi
Plantago major
Plantago patagonica
Plantago virginica
Sairocarpus nuttallianus
Schistophragma intermedium
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Veronica peregrina
Platanaceae
Platanus wrightii
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbago zeylanica
Poaceae
Alopecurus carolinianus
Aristida adscensionis
Aristida purpurea
Aristida schiedeana
Aristida ternipes
Avena fatua
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bothriochloa laguroides
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bouteloua chondrosioides
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua eludens
Bouteloua eriopoda
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua repens
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus carinatus
Bromus catharticus
Bromus marginatus
Bromus porteri
Bromus rubens
Cenchrus spinifex
Chloris radiata
Chloris virgata
Cottea pappophoroides
Cynodon dactylon
Dasyochloa pulchella
Digitaria californica
Digitaria cognata
Digitaria insularis
Digitaria sanguinalis
Dinebra viscida
Disakisperma dubium
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elionurus barbiculmis
Elymus elymoides
Elymus trachycaulus
Enneapogon desvauxii
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis echinochloidea
Eragrostis intermedia
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis pectinacea
Eriochloa acuminata
Eriochloa aristata
Heteropogon contortus
Heteropogon melanocarpus
Hilaria belangeri
Hilaria mutica
Hopia obtusa
Hordeum murinum
Hordeum pusillum
Leersia oryzoides
Leptochloa crinita
Leptochloa panicea
Leymus triticoides
Lycurus setosus
Melinis repens
Microchloa kunthii
Muhlenbergia arizonica
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Muhlenbergia dumosa
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Muhlenbergia fragilis
Muhlenbergia microsperma
Muhlenbergia porteri
Muhlenbergia rigens
Muhlenbergia tenuifolia
Panicum antidotale
Panicum hallii
Panicum hirticaule
Pappophorum vaginatum
Paspalum distichum
Phalaris caroliniana
Poa annua
Poa bigelovii
Poa compressa
Poa pratensis
Polypogon monspeliensis
Polypogon viridis
Schismus barbatus
Schizachyrium cirratum
Setaria arizonica
Setaria grisebachii
Setaria leucopila
Setaria macrostachya
Setaria parviflora
Setariopsis auriculata
Sorghum halepense
Sphenopholis interrupta
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus contractus
Sporobolus coromandelianus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus wrightii
Trachypogon spicatus
Tridens muticus
Triticum aestivum
Urochloa arizonica
Vulpia octoflora
Zuloagaea bulbosa
Polemoniaceae
Allophyllum gilioides
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia flavocincta
Gilia mexicana
Gilia ophthalmoides
Ipomopsis longiflora
Leptosiphon chrysanthus
Linanthus bigelovii
Phlox gracilis
Polygalaceae
Hebecarpa barbeyana
Hebecarpa macradenia
Hebecarpa obscura
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum abertianum
Eriogonum polycladon
Eriogonum thurberi
Eriogonum trichopes
Eriogonum wrightii
Persicaria lapathifolia
Persicaria maculosa
Persicaria pensylvanica
Persicaria punctata
Polygonum aviculare
Rumex crispus
Rumex hymenosepalus
Pontederiaceae
Heteranthera limosa
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca suffrutescens
Portulaca umbraticola
Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton foliosus
Potamogeton pusillus
Stuckenia pectinata
Zannichellia palustris
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Astrolepis cochisensis
Astrolepis integerrima
Astrolepis sinuata
Bommeria hispida
Myriopteris aurea
Myriopteris fendleri
Myriopteris lindheimeri
Myriopteris pringlei
Myriopteris rufa
Myriopteris wootonii
Myriopteris wrightii
Notholaena aschenborniana
Notholaena grayi
Notholaena standleyi
Pellaea atropurpurea
Pellaea truncata
Pellaea wrightiana
Ranunculaceae
Anemone tuberosa
Aquilegia longissima
Clematis drummondii
Clematis ligusticifolia
Delphinium scaposum
Myosurus cupulatus
Myosurus minimus
Ranunculus fasciculatus
Ranunculus hydrocharoides
Ranunculus macranthus
Thalictrum fendleri
Rhamnaceae
Condalia correllii
Condalia warnockii
Frangula californica
Rhamnus crocea
Sageretia wrightii
Rosaceae
Cercocarpus montanus
Potentilla rivalis
Prunus serotina
Rubus arizonensis
Vauquelinia californica
Rubiaceae
Bouvardia ternifolia
Galium aparine
Galium microphyllum
Galium proliferum
Galium stellatum
Galium wrightii
Hexasepalum teres
Mitracarpus hirtus
Rutaceae
Ptelea trifoliata
Salicaceae
Populus fremontii
Salix babylonica
Salix exigua
Salix gooddingii
Salix taxifolia
Salviniaceae
Azolla cristata
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Sapindaceae
Dodonaea angustifolia
Sapindus marginatus
Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Saururaceae
Anemopsis californica
Saxifragaceae
Heuchera sanguinea
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Calibrachoa parviflora
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Datura discolor
Datura wrightii
Lycium andersonii
Lycium berlandieri
Lycium exsertum
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis acutifolia
Physalis angulata
Physalis crassifolia
Physalis hederifolia
Physalis latiphysa
Physalis longifolia
Physalis pubescens
Physalis solanacea
Solanum adscendens
Solanum douglasii
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum lumholtzianum
Talinaceae
Talinum aurantiacum
Talinum paniculatum
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix aphylla
Tamarix chinensis
Typhaceae
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Urticaceae
Parietaria floridana
Parietaria hespera
Verbenaceae
Aloysia gratissima
Aloysia wrightii
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Glandularia gooddingii
Phyla cuneifolia
Verbena bracteata
Verbena gracilis
Verbena neomexicana
Viburnaceae
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus cerulea
Violaceae
Hybanthus attenuatus
Hybanthus verticillatus
Vitaceae
Vitis arizonica
Woodsiaceae
Woodsia phillipsii
Woodsia scopulina
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia californica
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Tribulus terrestris