Indicator Species

Scientific Names

triangleleaf bursage

Ambrosia deltoidea, hot desert

white bursage

Ambrosia dumosa, hot desert

blue palo verde

Parkinsonia florida, hot desert

little leaf palo verde

Parkinsonia microphylla, hot desert

creosotebush

Larrea tridentata, hot desert

burroweed

Isocoma tenuisecta, desert grassland

black grama

Bouteloua eriopoda, desert grassland

Rothrock grama

Bouteloua rothrockii, desert grassland

Lehmann lovegrass

Eragrostis lehmanniana, desert grassland

Arizona cottontop

Digitaria californica, desert grassland

ripgut brome

Bromus diandrus, CA annual grassland

soft chess

Bromus hordeaceus, CA annual grassland

purple needlegrass

Nassella pulchra, CA annual grassland

Arizona white oak

Quercus arizonica, AZ oak woodland

Emory oak

Quercus emoryi, AZ oak woodland

Mexican blue oak

Quercus oblongifolia, AZ oak woodland

pinyon ricegrass

Piptochaetium fimbriatum, AZ oak woodland

Wright silktassel

Garrya wrightii, AZ chaparral

shrub live oak

Quercus turbinella, AZ chaparral

seep willow

Baccharis salicifolia, riparian woodland

Arizona walnut

Juglans major, riparian woodland

Arizona ash

Fraxinus velutina, riparian woodland

Arizona sycamore

Platanus wrightii, riparian woodland

Fremont cottonwood

Populus fremontii, riparian woodland

budsage

Artemisia spinescens, salt desert shrub

shadscale saltbush

Atriplex confertifolia, salt desert shrub

big sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata, sagebrush-grass

bluebunch wheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata, sagebrush-grass

Gambel oak

Quercus gambelii, ponderosa pine-grass

ponderosa pine

Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine-grass

leadplant

Amorpha canescens, tallgrass prairie

big bluestem

Andropogon gerardii, tallgrass prairie

prairie cordgrass

Spartina pectinata, tallgrass prairie

corn lily

Veratrum californicum, mountain meadows

tufted hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa, mountain meadows

alpine timothy

Phleum alpinum, mountain meadows

quaking aspen

Populus tremuloides, mountain meadows