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NMSU: Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

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This is a list of all the plants in the database.

(Peganum harmala)

(a.k.a wild rue, rue weed, Syrian rue, Harmal, isband, oz)

(a.k.a Arizona alder)

(Berberis trifoliolata)

(a.k.a agarita, agrito, currant-of-Texas, wild currant)

Antelope bitterbrush

(Purshia tridentata)

(a.k.a buckbrush, bitterbrush)

(Asclepias asperula)

(a.k.a green-flowered milkweed, spider antelope horns)

(Triglochin maritima)

(a.k.a seaside arrowgrass)

Beeplant, Rocky Mountain

(Cleome serrulata)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain beeplant, Navajo spinach)

(Cordylanthus wrightii)

(Lomatium spp.)

(a.k.a Foothill biscuit root, Giant biscuit root, Gray's biscuit root)

(Hymenoxys spp.)

(Coleogyne ramosissima)

(Gaillardia spp.)

Blue-eyed-grass

(Sisyrinchium spp.)

(a.k.a Arizona blue-eyed grass)

(Campanula rotundifolia)

(a.k.a American bellflower, Bluebell bellflower, Harebell)

Bluegrass, kentucky

(Poa pratensis)

Bluestem, little false

(Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

(a.k.a beard grass)

Bottlebrush squirreltail

(Elymus elymoides)

(Bromus racemosus)

(a.k.a Meadow brome, Hairy brome, Hairy chess)

(Bromus arvensis )

(a.k.a Cenchrus incertus)

Brome, Japanese

(Bromus japonicus)

Brome, mountain

(Bromus carinatus)

(a.k.a California brome)

(Bromus rubens)

(Bromus diandrus)

(Bromus inermis)

(Eriogonum spp.)

(a.k.a slender buckwheat, sand buckwheat)

(Schoenoplectus acutus)

(a.k.a Tule, common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush)

(Desmanthus cooleyi)

California burclover

(Medicago polymorpha)

(Alhagi camelorum)

(a.k.a Alhagi maurorum)

(Bromus tectorum)

(Prunus virginiana)

(Cylindropuntia spp. )

(a.k.a Walking stick cholla, Cane cholla)

Cliff fendlerbush

(Fendlera rupicola)

(Purshia mexicana )

(a.k.a Cowania neomexicana)

(Xanthium saccharatum)

Colorado piñon

(a.k.a Piñon pine, common pinyon, two needle pinyon, twoneedle/two needle pinyon, Colorado pinyon)

Common Mediterranean grass

(Schismus barbatus)

Common purslane

(Portulaca oleracea)

(a.k.a Little hogweed, red root, pursley)

(Oxytenia acerosa)

Cordgrass, alkali

(Spartina gracilis)

(Heracleum maximum)

(a.k.a Indian celery, indian rhubarb, pushki)

(a.k.a Sandbar willow, Narrowleaf willow)

Curlycup gumweed

(Grindelia squarrosa)

(Perityle emoryi)

(a.k.a Emory's rock daisy)

Dalmatian toadflax/ butter and eggs

(Linaria dalmatica)

(Taraxacum officinale)

(Zigadenus paniculatus)

(a.k.a Foothill deathcamas)

Desert sand verbena

(Chloracantha spinosa)

(a.k.a aster, Aster spinosus, buena mujer, spiny chloracantha)

Dropseed, giant

(Sporobolus giganteus)

(a.k.a giant sacaton)

(Sporobolus flexuosus)

(Blepharoneuron tricholepis)

(a.k.a hairy dropseed)

(Sporobolus cryptandrus)

Dropseed, spike

(Sporobolus contractus)

(Errazurizia rotundata)

(a.k.a Roundleaf Errazurizia, round dunebroom, roundleaf )

Evening primrose

(Oenothera spp.)

(a.k.a Tufted evening primrose, stemless primrose, fragrant evening primrose, white stemless evening primrose, gumbo lily)

Fescue, Arizona

(Festuca arizonica)

Fescue, six weeks

(Vulpia octoflora)

(a.k.a Sixweeks fescue)

(Convolvulus arvensis)

(Erodium cicutarium)

(a.k.a Storksbill, Redstem filaree, Alfilaria, Redstem stork's bill)

(Pennisetum setaceum)

(Allionia incarnata)

(a.k.a trailing windmills, guapile)

Four-winged saltbush

(Atriplex canescens)

(a.k.a chamiza, fourwing saltbush, fourwinged saltbush)

(Hordeum jubatum)

(a.k.a bobtail barley, squirreltail barley)

Fremont cottonwood

(Populus fremontii)

(a.k.a Rio Grande cottonwood, Valley cottonwood)

(Poliomintha incana)

(a.k.a rosemary mint, purple sage)

Galleta, James'

(Hilaria jamesii)

(a.k.a Galleta)

(Quercus gambelii)

(Geranium spp.)

(Sphaeralcea spp.)

(a.k.a Scarlet globemallow)

Goatgrass, jointed

(Aegilops cylindrica )

(Bouteloua eriopoda)

(Bouteloua gracilis)

Grama, sideoats

(Bouteloua curtipendula)

(Sarcobatus vermiculatus)

Groundsel, lobeleaf

(Packera multilobata)

(a.k.a Uinta groundsel, basin butterweed, butterweed)

Groundsel, threadleaf

(Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus)

(a.k.a wooly groundsel, Senecio longilobus)

(Halogeton glomeratus)

(Marribium vulgare)

(Tetradymia canescens)

(a.k.a spineless horsebrush, gray horsebrush)

(a.k.a Bee balm, Mountain mint, Oregano de la Sierra)

(Equisetum arvense)

Horsetail, smooth

(Equisetum laevigatum)

Indian paintbrush

(Castilleja spp.)

(a.k.a Pepperweed, perennial pepperweed, whitetop, mesa pepperwort)

(Iris missouriensis)

(a.k.a Blue flag, Flag lily. Liver lily)

(Polemonium foliosissimum)

(a.k.a Jacobs ladder)

(Isocoma pluriflora)

(a.k.a Rayless goldenrod, goldenweed)

(a.k.a sacred thorn-apple)

(Sorghum x almum)

Junegrass, prairie

(Koeleria macrantha)

(Juniperus spp.)

(Centaurea spp.)

(a.k.a Spotted knapweed, yellow starthistle)

Knapweed, diffuse

(Centaurea diffusa)

(a.k.a White knapweed, spreading knapweed, tumble knapweed)

Knapweed, Russian

(Acroptilon repens)

(a.k.a Centaurea picris, Rhaponticum repens ,, Turestan thistle, creeping knapweed, mountain bluet, Russian cornflower, hardheads)

Knapweed, squarrose

(Centaurea virgata)

(Bassia scoparia)

(a.k.a Kochia scoparia)

(Chenopodium album var. missouriense)

(a.k.a lamb's quarters, Chenopodium missouriense, Aellen)

(Delphinium spp.)

(Euphorbia esula)

(a.k.a Faitours-grass, wolf's milk)

(Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae )

Loco, rattleweed

(Astragalus allochrous)

(a.k.a rattleweed, Half-moon milkvetch)

(Astragalus mollissimus)

(a.k.a Patterson loco)

(Asclepias spp.)

(a.k.a tall mormon tea, longleaf ephedra, joint fir, green ephedra)

Mountain mahogany

(Cercocarpus montanus)

Muhly, mountain

(Muhlenbergia montana)

(Muhlenbergia torreyi)

Muhly, sandhill

(Muhlenbergia pungens)

(a.k.a wickiup grass)

(Muhlenbergia wrightii)

(Verbascum thapsus)

(Brassica spp.)

(Poa fendleriana)

(Thelesperma megapotamicum)

(a.k.a Thelesperma subnudum)

(Rumex crispus)

(a.k.a curly dock)

Navajo wild carrot

(Rumex hymenosepalus)

(a.k.a sand dock, dock root, canyaigre, wild rhubarb)

Needle-and-threadgrass

(Hesperostipa comata subsp. comata)

(a.k.a Hesperostipa comata, Stipa comata, Stipa cometa, spear-grass)

Needlegrass, desert

(Pappostipa speciosa)

(a.k.a Stipa speciosa, Achnatherum speciosa)

Needlegrass, Scribner

(Achnatherum scribneri)

New Mexico feathergrass

(Hesperostipa neomexicana)

(a.k.a Stipa neomexicana)

(a.k.a silver nightshade, western horsenettle)

Nutsedge, yellow

(Cyperus esculentus)

(Berberis aquifolium )

(a.k.a Oregon grape holly, Mahonia aquifolium)

(Penstemon spp.)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain penstemon, beardtongue, penstemon strictus)

(Lepidium alyssoides)

(a.k.a Tall whitetop, giant whiteweed, perennial pepperweed, broadleaved pepperweed, clasping pepperweed, Lepidium virginicum)

(Hymenoxys richardsonii)

(Toxicodendron rydbergii)

(Pinus ponderosa)

(a.k.a Big heavy, black jack, bull pine, ponderosa white )

(a.k.a Plains prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)

(Tribulus terrestris)

(a.k.a Goathead)

(Populus tremuloides)

(Ericameria spp.)

(a.k.a rubber rabbitbrush)

Rabbitbrush, green

(Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)

(a.k.a yellow rabbitbrush, Douglas rabbitbrush)

(Saccharum ravennae)

(a.k.a elephant grass)

(Prunus americana)

(a.k.a American plum )

Red stem peavine

(Astragalus emoryanus)

(a.k.a locoweed, Emory's milkvetch)

(Agrostis gigantea )

(a.k.a blackbent, Agrostus gigantea)

(Bromus catharticus)

(a.k.a grazing brome, prairie grass)

Ricegrass, Indian

(Achnatherum hymenoides)

(a.k.a Oryzopsis hymenoides, Stipa hymenoides)

(Chaetopappa ericoides)

(a.k.a Sand aster, heath-leaved chaetopappa)

Roundleaf buffaloberry

(Shepherdia rotundifolia)

(a.k.a silverleaf)

Rubberweed, bitter

(Hymenoxys odorata)

(a.k.a Rubberweed)

(Elaeagnus angustifolia)

(a.k.a silverberry, oleaster, wild olive, Persian olive)

Sacaton, alkali

(Sporobolus airoides)

(a.k.a Salt grass)

(Artemisia tridentata)

Sagebrush, Bigelow

(Artemisia bigelovii)

(a.k.a Flat sagebrush)

Sagebrush, black

(Artemisia nova)

Sagebrush, fringed

(Artemisia frigida)

(a.k.a Prairie sagewort)

Sagebrush, sand

(Artemisia filifolia)

(Tamarix spp. )

(Distichlis spicata)

(Cenchrus spinifex)

(a.k.a Schrader's brome)

(Calochortus nuttallii)

(a.k.a Ragwort, groundsel)

(Atriplex confertifolia)

(Rhus trilobata)

(a.k.a Skunkbrush)

(Gutierrezia sarothrae)

(a.k.a broom snakeweed)

(Helenium autumnale)

(Symphoricarpos albus)

(a.k.a Mountain snowberry, Utah snowberry, waxberry, ghostberry)

Spreading wallflower

(Erysimum repandum)

(Hypericum perforatum)

(Abies lasiocarpa subsp. Arizonica)

Sulphur cinquefoil

(Potentilla recta )

(a.k.a rough-fruited cinquefoil)

(Helianthus annuus)

(Croton texensis)

(Cirsium vulgare)

Thistle, Canada

(Cirsium arvense)

(Carduus nutans)

(a.k.a nodding plumeless thistle)

Thistle, Scotch

(Onopordum acanthium)

(a.k.a scotch cottonthistle )

Three-awns, annual

(Aristida spp.)

Three-awns, perennial

(Aristida spp.)

(Ailanthus altissima)

Tufted horse grass

(Deschampsia cespitosa)

(a.k.a tufted hairgrass)

(Salsola tragus)

(a.k.a Russian thistle, prickly Russian thistle, slender thistle, Salsola kali)

Uruguayan pampas grass

(Cortaderia selloana)

Utah serviceberry

(Amelanchier utahensis)

(a.k.a Shadbush, sarvis, Juneberry)

(Betula occidentalis)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain birch)

(Cicuta douglasii)

(Achillea lanulosa)

(a.k.a wooly yarrow)

Wheatgrass, crested

(Agropyron cristatum)

Wheatgrass, slender

(Elymus trachycaulus)

Wheatgrass, western

(Pascopyrum smithii)

(a.k.a Agropyron smithii)

(Lepidium draba)

(a.k.a Hoary Cress, Cardaria draba)

Wildrye, Canadian

(Elymus canadensis)

(a.k.a Nodding wild rye)

Wildrye, Russian

(Psathyrostachys juncea)

(Krascheninnikovia lanata )

(a.k.a White-sage; Eurotia ceratoides, Ceratoides lanata, Eurotia lanata)

(a.k.a Pale wolfberry (one species), Anderson wolfberry (another species))

Wooly Indian wheat

(Plantago patagonica)

(Dysphania ambrosioides)

(a.k.a Banana yucca, narrowleaf yucca, yucca angustissima, yucca baccata)

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