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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
arums
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
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
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Pat Hills Desert Grassland
Chris Roll
Species Count: 470
Acanthaceae
Anisacanthus thurberi
Carlowrightia arizonica
Aizoaceae
Trianthema portulacastrum
Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera caracasana
Amaranthus blitoides
Amaranthus palmeri
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex elegans
Atriplex wrightii
Bassia scoparia
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodium berlandieri
Chenopodium desiccatum
Chenopodium fremontii
Chenopodium incanum
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Chenopodium neomexicanum
Chenopodium watsonii
Froelichia arizonica
Gomphrena caespitosa
Gomphrena nitida
Guilleminea densa
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Salsola tragus
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Amaryllidaceae
Allium kunthii
Habranthus longifolius
Apiaceae
Daucus pusillus
Eryngium heterophyllum
Lomatium nevadense
Lomatium orientale
Spermolepis lateriflora
Vesper multinervatus
Apocynaceae
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias brachystephana
Asclepias nummularia
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias uncialis
Funastrum crispum
Funastrum heterophyllum
Mandevilla brachysiphon
Araceae
Lemna minor
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia watsonii
Asparagaceae
Agave palmeri
Dasylirion wheeleri
Dichelostemma capitatum
Echeandia flavescens
Yucca elata
Asteraceae
Acourtia nana
Acourtia wrightii
Aldama cordifolia
Almutaster pauciflorus
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia monogyra
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia ludoviciana
Baccharis pteronioides
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis sarothroides
Baccharis wrightii
Bahia absinthifolia
Baileya multiradiata
Berlandiera lyrata
Bidens leptocephala
Brickellia californica
Brickellia coulteri
Brickellia eupatorioides
Brickellia floribunda
Brickellia venosa
Calycoseris wrightii
Chaenactis stevioides
Chaetopappa ericoides
Cirsium neomexicanum
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Conyza canadensis
Diaperia verna
Dyssodia papposa
Ericameria laricifolia
Ericameria nauseosa
Erigeron arisolius
Erigeron decrescens
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron incomptus
Erigeron tracyi
Flourensia cernua
Gaillardia pulchella
Gamochaeta stagnalis
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hedosyne ambrosiifolia
Helianthus petiolaris
Heliomeris longifolia
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hymenothrix wislizeni
Isocoma tenuisecta
Lactuca serriola
Laennecia coulteri
Laennecia sophiifolia
Layia glandulosa
Leuciva dealbata
Logfia filaginoides
Machaeranthera tagetina
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Malacothrix fendleri
Parthenium incanum
Pectis filipes
Pectis papposa
Pectis prostrata
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Psilactis brevilingulata
Psilactis gentryi
Ratibida columnifera
Sanvitalia abertii
Schkuhria pinnata
Senecio flaccidus
Sonchus asper
Stephanomeria exigua
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Stephanomeria tenuifolia
Stylocline sonorensis
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Thymophylla acerosa
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Trixis californica
Uropappus lindleyi
Verbesina encelioides
Verbesina rothrockii
Xanthisma gracile
Xanthisma spinulosum
Xanthium strumarium
Zinnia acerosa
Zinnia grandiflora
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Bixaceae
Amoreuxia palmatifida
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia tessellata
Cryptantha crassisepala
Cryptantha cycloptera
Cryptantha nevadensis
Eremocarya micrantha
Eucrypta micrantha
Nama hispida
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia arizonica
Phacelia crenulata
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Descurainia pinnata
Descurainia sophia
Draba cuneifolia
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Lepidium oblongum
Lepidium thurberi
Lepidium virginicum
Physaria gordonii
Planodes virginicum
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Cactaceae
Coryphantha vivipara
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis x spinosior
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Echinocereus fendleri
Echinocereus rigidissimus
Ferocactus wislizeni
Mammillaria heyderi
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia macrocentra
Opuntia phaeacantha
Cannabaceae
Celtis reticulata
Caryophyllaceae
Loeflingia squarrosa
Silene antirrhina
Characeae
Chara vulgaris
Commelinaceae
Commelina erecta
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus equitans
Cuscuta odontolepis
Evolvulus alsinoides
Evolvulus arizonicus
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Evolvulus sericeus
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea cristulata
Ipomoea hederacea
Cucurbitaceae
Apodanthera undulata
Cucurbita digitata
Cucurbita foetidissima
Marah gilensis
Cyperaceae
Cyperus acuminatus
Cyperus difformis
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus flavicomus
Cyperus odoratus
Cyperus sphaerolepis
Cyperus squarrosus
Eleocharis atropurpurea
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis parishii
Fimbristylis annua
Elatinaceae
Bergia texana
Elatine rubella
Ephedraceae
Ephedra trifurca
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha neomexicana
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce micromera
Chamaesyce serrula
Chamaesyce stictospora
Croton pottsii
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia abramsiana
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia davidii
Euphorbia dioica
Euphorbia exstipulata
Euphorbia fendleri
Euphorbia serpillifolia
Tragia nepetifolia
Tragia ramosa
Fabaceae
Acacia angustissima
Acacia constricta
Acacia greggii
Acaciella angustissima
Acmispon brachycarpus
Astragalus allochrous
Astragalus arizonicus
Astragalus mollissimus
Astragalus nothoxys
Astragalus nuttallianus
Astragalus thurberi
Caesalpinia drepanocarpa
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Calliandra eriophylla
Chamaecrista nictitans
Crotalaria pumila
Dalea albiflora
Dalea brachystachya
Dalea formosa
Dalea jamesii
Dalea lachnostachys
Dalea nana
Dalea pogonathera
Desmanthus cooleyi
Desmodium neomexicanum
Galactia wrightii
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Lupinus concinnus
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
Marina calycosa
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
Ottleya greenei
Pediomelum pentaphyllum
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Pomaria jamesii
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis velutina
Rhynchosia senna
Senna bauhinioides
Sophora nuttalliana
Tephrosia tenella
Vicia ludoviciana
Fagaceae
Quercus emoryi
Quercus turbinella
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium texanum
Juncaceae
Juncus bufonius
Juncus interior
Krameriaceae
Krameria lanceolata
Lamiaceae
Clerodendrum coulteri
Salvia subincisa
Linaceae
Linum pratense
Loasaceae
Cevallia sinuata
Mentzelia albicaulis
Mentzelia montana
Mentzelia multiflora
Lythraceae
Ammannia auriculata
Ammannia robusta
Malpighiaceae
Cottsia gracilis
Malvaceae
Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon mollicomum
Abutilon parvulum
Anoda cristata
Anoda pentaschista
Ayenia filiformis
Hibiscus denudatus
Malvella lepidota
Rhynchosida physocalyx
Sida abutilifolia
Sida spinosa
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Sphaeralcea hastulata
Sphaeralcea laxa
Marsileaceae
Marsilea mollis
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea altheifolia
Proboscidea parviflora
Molluginaceae
Glinus radiatus
Mollugo cerviana
Mollugo verticillata
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Cistanthe monandra
Talinum aurantiacum
Moraceae
Morus microphylla
Nyctaginaceae
Allionia choisyi
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia coulteri
Boerhavia erecta
Boerhavia pterocarpa
Boerhavia triquetra
Boerhavia wrightii
Mirabilis longiflora
Oleaceae
Fraxinus velutina
Onagraceae
Eremothera chamaenerioides
Gaura hexandra
Oenothera albicaulis
Oenothera flava
Oenothera primiveris
Oenothera suffrutescens
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja integra
Papaveraceae
Argemone pleiacantha
Corydalis aurea
Eschscholzia californica
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe cordata
Plantaginaceae
Bacopa rotundifolia
Nuttallanthus texanus
Penstemon fendleri
Plantago elongata
Plantago patagonica
Plantago virginica
Veronica peregrina
Platanaceae
Platanus wrightii
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Aristida havardii
Aristida purpurea
Aristida ternipes
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Bothriochloa springfieldii
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bouteloua chondrosioides
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua eriopoda
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua radicosa
Bromus catharticus
Cenchrus spinifex
Chloris virgata
Cynodon dactylon
Dasyochloa pulchella
Digitaria californica
Dinebra viscida
Diplachne fusca
Disakisperma dubium
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elymus elymoides
Enneapogon cenchroides
Enneapogon desvauxii
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis intermedia
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis pectinacea
Eriochloa acuminata
Heteropogon contortus
Hilaria belangeri
Hilaria mutica
Hopia obtusa
Hordeum pusillum
Lycurus setosus
Muhlenbergia arenacea
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Muhlenbergia fragilis
Muhlenbergia pauciflora
Muhlenbergia porteri
Muhlenbergia repens
Panicum antidotale
Panicum capillare
Panicum hirticaule
Paspalum distichum
Pennisetum ciliare
Schismus arabicus
Schismus barbatus
Schizachyrium cirratum
Scleropogon brevifolius
Setaria leucopila
Setaria macrostachya
Sorghum halepense
Sphenopholis interrupta
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus contractus
Sporobolus coromandelianus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus wrightii
Tragus berteronianus
Tridens muticus
Urochloa arizonica
Vulpia octoflora
Polemoniaceae
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia mexicana
Ipomopsis longiflora
Leptosiphon chrysanthus
Linanthus bigelovii
Polygalaceae
Hebecarpa barbeyana
Hebecarpa obscura
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum abertianum
Eriogonum polycladon
Eriogonum trichopes
Eriogonum wrightii
Persicaria bicornis
Polygonum argyrocoleon
Polygonum aviculare
Rumex hymenosepalus
Pontederiaceae
Heteranthera limosa
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca suffrutescens
Portulaca umbraticola
Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton foliosus
Potamogeton nodosus
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Astrolepis sinuata
Bommeria hispida
Myriopteris rufa
Notholaena grayi
Pellaea truncata
Ranunculaceae
Anemone tuberosa
Clematis drummondii
Delphinium wootonii
Myosurus cupulatus
Myosurus minimus
Rhamnaceae
Sarcomphalus obtusifolius
Rosaceae
Fallugia paradoxa
Rubiaceae
Houstonia rubra
Salicaceae
Populus fremontii
Salix exigua
Salix gooddingii
Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum virgatum
Solanaceae
Chamaesaracha coronopus
Chamaesaracha sordida
Datura wrightii
Lycium andersonii
Lycium pallidum
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis acutifolia
Physalis angulata
Physalis hederifolia
Physalis solanacea
Solanum douglasii
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum jamesii
Solanum rostratum
Talinaceae
Talinum paniculatum
Ulmaceae
Ulmus pumila
Verbenaceae
Aloysia wrightii
Verbena bracteata
Verbena gracilis
Verbena plicata
Violaceae
Hybanthus verticillatus
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia californica
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Kallstroemia hirsutissima
Kallstroemia parviflora
Larrea tridentata
Tribulus terrestris