Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Description
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Creosote Bush
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Larrea Divaricata Salve
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Low desert, large shrub
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Fremont Indigo Bush
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Dalea Fremontii
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Low desert, large shrub
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Sand Sagebrush
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Artemisia Filofolia
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Sand desert, large shrub
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Fourwing Saltbush
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Atriplex Canescens
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Sand desert, large shrub
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Squawbush Sumac
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Rhus Aromatica
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Canyon/wash, large shrub
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Apache Plume
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Fallugia Paradoxa
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Canyon/wash, large shrub
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Fremont Barberry
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Berberis Freomontii
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Canyon/wash, large shrub
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Big Sagebrush
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Artemisia Tridentata
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Rock/outcrops medium shrub
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Brittlebush
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Enceila Frutescens
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Medium shrub, yellow flowering
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Green Mormon Tea
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Ephedra Viridis
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Medium shrub, has small flowers and leaves
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Datil Yucca
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Yucca Baccata
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Medium shrub, 3' high x 5' wide
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Utah Century Plant
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Agave Utahensis
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Rock/outcrops succulent
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Joshua Tree
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Hucca Brevifolia
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Spiny simple branched, slow growth
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Prickly Pear
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Cactacea sp.
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Native to desert, flowers in spring
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Barrel Cactus
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Cactacea sp.
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Slow growth, needs little water
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Ocotillo
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Fouquieria Splendens
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Whip-like stems,thorny, orange flowers
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Oleander
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Nerium sp.
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Tolerant of heat, blooms most part of the summer
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Nandina
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Nandina Domestica
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Small shrubs, bamboo-type plant
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Mock Orange
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Choisya Ternata
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Luscious green leaves, doesn't like alkaline soil
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Trailing Rosemary
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Rosemarinus Officinalis
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Evergreen feathery shrub, fragrant
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Spanish Broom
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Spartium Junceum
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Handles poor soil, yellow blooms, 6-10 ft. high
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Firethorn
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Pyracantha sp.
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Evergreen shrub with bright orange berries
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Cottoneaster
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Cottoneaster sp.
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Low-growing shrub, orange berries
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Rose of Sharon
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Hibiscus Syriacus
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Deciduous shrub, upright growth habit
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Texas Ranger
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Leucophyllum sp.
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Green-grey foliage shrubs with colorful blooms
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Mountain Mahogany
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Cercocarpus sp.
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Evergreen shrub/tree suited to dry rock slopes
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Junipers
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Juniperus sp.
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Many forms of this evergreen shrub
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Oregon Grape
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Magonia Aquifolium
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Bushy plants having glossy green leaves with blue berries. 6ft. high
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