Plants of the Preserve

This is a list of the Mojave Desert plants you can see growing at the Preserve. It's probably not a complete list but with this and a field guide you'll have a chance of identifying the plants you see.

Acacia greggii
catclaw acacia
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus
rayless goldenhead
Achnatherum hymenoides
Indian ricegrass
Achnatherum speciosum
desert needlegrass
Adenophyllum cooperi
Cooper's dogweed
Agrostis exarata
spike bentgrass
Alcea rosea
hollyhock
Allionia incarnata
trailing four o'clock
Amaranthus albus
white pigweed
Ambrosia dumosa
white bursage
Ambrosia psilostachya
perennial ragweed
Ambrosia salsola
burrobush
Amsinckia tessellata
western fiddleneck
Amsonia tomentosa
woolly bluestar
Androstephium breviflorum
pink funnel lily
Anemopsis californica
yerba mansa
Arctomecon californica
Las Vegas bearpoppy
Arctomecon merriamii
desert bearpoppy
Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi
blue three-awn
Aristida purpurea var. parishii
Parish threeawn
Astragalus preussii
Preuss' milkvetch
Atriplex argentea
silverscale saltbush
Atriplex canescens
four-wing saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia
shadscale
Atriplex elegans
wheelscale saltbush
Atriplex hymenelytra
desertholly
Atriplex lentiformis
big saltbush
Atriplex polycarpa
cattle saltbush
Atriplex torreyi
Torrey's saltbush
Avena fatua
oatgrass
Baccharis emoryi
Emory's baccharis
Baccharis salicifolia
seepwillow
Baccharis salicina
willow baccharis
Baccharis sarothroides
desert broom
Baccharis sergiloides
desert baccharis
Baileya multiradiata
desert marigold
Blepharidachne kingii
King's desertgrass
Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus
alkali bulrush
Bothriochloa barbinodis
cane bluestem
Bouteloua barbata
six weeks grama
Bouteloua gracilis
blue grama
Brassica juncea
Chinese mustard
Bromus carinatus
California brome
Bromus diandrus
ripgut brome
Camissonia boothii subsp. condensata
shredding suncup
Camissonia brevipes
golden suncup
Carex praegracilis
slim sedge
Castilleja angustifolia
northwestern Indian paintbrush
Centaurium exaltatum
desert centaury
Chaenactis fremontii
Fremont's pincushion
Chaenactis stevioides
desert pincushion
Chamaesyce albomarginata
whitemargin sandmat
Chamaesyce maculata
spotted spurge
Chamaesyce polycarpa
smallseed sandmat
Chenopodium album
lambsquarters
Chenopodium fremontii
Fremont goosefoot
Chenopodium incanum
mealy goosefoot
Chilopsis linearis
desert willow
Chloris virgata
feather fingergrass
Chrysactinia mexicana
damianita
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
yellow rabbitbrush
Coleogyne ramosissima
blackbrush
Conyza canadensis
Canadian horseweed
Cryptantha nevadensis
Nevada cryptantha
Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera
wingnut cryptantha
Cryptantha recurvata
curvenut cryptantha
Cryptantha virginensis
Virgin River cryptantha
Cucurbita foetidissima
buffalo gourd
Cucurbita palmata
coyote gourd
Cupressus arizonica subsp. arizonica
Arizona cypress
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
buckhorn cholla
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
silver cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
diamond cholla
Cyperus esculentus
yellow nutsedge
Cyperus odoratus.
rusty flat sedge
Datura wrightii
sacred datura
Descurainia pinnata
western tansymustard
Distichlis spicata
saltgrass
Echinocactus polycephalus
cottontop cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinochloa crus-galli
barnyard grass
Eleocharis rostellata
beaked spikerush
Encelia farinosa
brittlebush
Encelia frutescens
button brittlebush
Encelia virginensis
Virgin River brittlebush
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
naked-stemmed daisy
Ephedra funerea
Death Valley jointfir
Ephedra nevadensis
Nevada jointfir
Ephedra torreyana
Torrey's jointfir
Ephedra viridis
green jointfir
Equisetum hyemale subsp. affine
scouringrush horsetail
Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis
Mojave rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria paniculata
desert rabbitbrush
Erigeron divergens
spreading fleabane
Eriogonum corymbosum
crisp-leaf wild buckwheat
Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii
Las Vegas buckwheat
Eriogonum deflexum
skeleton weed
Eriogonum fasciculatum
flattop buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Eastern Mojave buckwheat
Eriogonum inflatum
desert trumpet
Eriogonum insigne
ladder buckwheat
Escobaria vivipara
spinystar
Fallugia paradoxa
Apache plume
Ferocactus cylindraceus
desert barrel cactus
Fraxinus velutina
velvet ash
Gaura coccinea
scarlet beeblossom
Glandularia gooddingii
desert vervain
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
wild licorice
Grayia spinosa
spiny hopsage
Guillenia lasiophylla
California mustard
Gutierrezia microcephala
threadleaf snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
broom snakeweed
Hazardia brickellioides
brickellbush goldenweed
Helianthus annuus
common sunflower
Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum
salt heliotrope
Hordeum jubatum
foxtail barley
Hymenoclea salsola
burrobrush
Hymenopappus filifolius
fineleaf hymenopappus
Isocoma acradenia
alkali goldenbush
Isocoma acradenia var. bracteosa
alkali goldenbush
Juncus balticus
Baltic rush
Juncus cooperi
Cooper's rush
Kochia californica
rusty molly
Krameria erecta
littleleaf ratany
Krascheninnikovia lanata
winterfat
Laennecia coulteri
Coulter's horseweed
Langloisia setosissima subsp. setosissima
Great Basin langloisia
Larrea tridentata
creosote bush
Lepidium fremontii
desert pepperweed
Lepidium lasiocarpum
shaggyfruit pepperweed
Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia
Mexican sprangletop
Lesquerella tenella
Moapa bladderpod
Leymus cinereus
basin wildrye
Leymus triticoides
beardless wildrye
Linum lewisii
Lewis' flax
Lycium andersonii
Anderson's wolfberry
Lycium cooperi
Cooper's wolfberry
Machaeranthera canescens
hoary aster
Machaeranthera canescens var. leucanthemifolia
whiteflower tansyaster
Mammillaria tetrancistra
common fishhook cactus
Menodora spinescens
spiny menodora
Mentzelia multiflora var. longiloba
Panamint blazingstar
Mentzelia polita
polished blazingstar
Morus microphylla
Texas mulberry
Nemacladus glanduliferus
glandular threadplant
Oenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima
Hooker's evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa
showy eveningprimrose
Oligomeris linifolia
lineleaf whitepuff
Opuntia basilaris
beavertail pricklypear
Orobanche cooperi
desert broomrape
Parkinsonia aculeata
Mexican palo verde
Pectis papposa
manybristle cinchweed
Pectocarya heterocarpa
chuckwalla combseed
Phacelia crenulata
cleftleaf wildheliotrope
Phacelia pulchella var. gooddingii
Goodding's phacelia
Phoradendron californicum
mesquite mistletoe
Phragmites australis
common reed
Plantago ovata
desert Indianwheat
Pleuraphis rigida
big galleta grass
Pluchea odorata
marsh fleabane
Pluchea sericea
arrowweed
Polygonum lapathifolium
curlytop knotweed
Populus fremontii
Fremont's cottonwood
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
western honey mesquite
Prosopis pubescens
screwbean mesquite
Prosopis velutina
velvet mesquite
Prunus fasciculata
desert almond
Psathyrotes ramosissima
velvet turtleback
Psilostrophe cooperi
whitestem paperflower
Psorothamnus fremontii
Fremont's dalea
Puccinellia fasciculata
saltmarsh alkaligrass
Purshia mexicana
Mexican cliffrose
Rafinesquia neomexicana
desert chicory
Ratibida columnifera
upright prairie coneflower
Salazaria mexicana
Mexican bladdersage
Salix exigua
coyote willow
Salix gooddingii
Goodding's willow
Salvia dorrii
purple sage
Schoenoplectus acutus
hardstem bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
American bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
California bulrush
Schoenoplectus maritimus
cosmopolitan bulrush
Sclerocactus johnsonii
pygmy barrel cactus
Senna armata
desert senna
Setaria parviflora
marsh bristlegrass
Sphaeralcea ambigua subsp. ambigua
apricot globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua subsp. rugosa
desert globemallow
Sporobolus airoides
alkali sacaton
Sporobolus cryptandrus
sand dropseed
Stanleya pinnata
desert prince's plume
Stephanomeria parryi
Parry's wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
brownplume wirelettuce
Streptanthella longirostris
longbeak fiddle mustard
Suaeda moquinii
Mojave seablite
Symphyotrichum divaricatum
southern annual saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum expansum
southwestern annual saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum frondosum
short-rayed alkali aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum
eastern annual saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. ligulatum
southern annual saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum
southwestern annual saltmarsh aster
Taraxacum officinale
common dandelion
Thamnosma montana
turpentinebroom
Thymophylla pentachaeta
fiveneedle pricklyleaf
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium
dogweed
Tiquilia latior
crinklemat
Tridens muticus
slim tridens
Typha domingensis
southern cattail
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
blue water speedwell
Vitis arizonica
canyon grape
Vitis californica
California wild grape
Washingtonia filifera
California fan palm
Xanthium strumarium
rough cocklebur
Xylorhiza tortifolia
Mojave aster
Yucca baccata
banana yucca
Yucca brevifolia
Joshua tree
Yucca schidigera
Mojave yucca
Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens
graythorn