Desert Grasslands Representative Species

Yucca elata / soaptree yucca

Baccharis sarothroides / desertbroom

Mahonia haematocarpa / algerita; red barberry

Chilopsis linearis / desert willow

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa / buck-horn cholla

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis / pencil cholla

Escobaria vivipara / spinystar

Acacia constricta / White-thorn Acacua

Acacia greggii / Cat-claw Acacia

Mimosa aculeaticarpa / Wait a minute bush

Prosopis glandulosa / Honey mesquite

Krameria erecta / ratany

Ziziphus obtusifolia / gray thorn

Sapindus saponaria / soap berry

Ailanthus altissima / tree of heaven

Celtis reticulata / hackberry

Larrea tridentata / creosote

Gutierrezia microcephala / small-head snakeweed

Melampodium leucanthum / Black-foot daisy

Xanthium strumarium / Cocklebur

Cucurbita foetidissima / wild gourd

Erodium cicutarium / Filaree

Boerhavia coccinea / scarlet spiderling

Argemone pleiacantha / prickly poppy

Proboscidea parviflora / devil's claw, unicorn plant

Avena fatua / wild oats

Cenchrus spinifex / sand bur

Dasyochloa pulchella / fluff grass

Eragrostis lehmanniana / Lehmann's lovegrass

Sorghum halepense / Johnson grass

Eriogonum trichopes / little desert trumpet

Physalis hederifolia / tomatillo

Tribulus terrestris / goat head, puncture vine