Arizona Chaparral/Oak Woodland and Riparian

FAMILY
COMMON NAME
SYNONYM
SUBFAMILY/TRIBE 
Scientific Name
     
ANACARDIACEAE CASHEW FAMILY  
Rhus aromatica skunkbrush sumac Rhus trilobata
ASTERACEAE SUNFLOWER FAMILY  
ASTEREAE
ASTER TRIBE
 
Baccharis glutinosa
seep willow
 
CORNACEAE DOGWOOD FAMILY GARRYACEAE
Garrya wrightii Wright silktassel  
ERICACEAE HEATH FAMILY  
Arctostaphylos pungens pointleaf manzanita  
FABACEAE PEA FAMILY LEGUMINOSAE
MIMOSOIDEAE ACACIA SUBFAMILY  
Mimosa biuncifera wait-a-minute bush  
FAGACEAE BEECH FAMILY  
Quercus arizonica Arizona white oak  
Quercus emoryi Emory oak  
Quercus turbinella shrub live oak  
JUGLANDCACEAE WALNUT FAMILY  
Juglans major
Arizona walnut
 
OLEACEAE OLIVE FAMILY  
Fraxinus velutina
Arizona ash
 
PLATANACEAE SYCAMORE FAMILY  
Platanus wrightii
Arizona sycamore
 
POACEAE GRASS FAMILY GRAMINEAE
Poeae Fescue Tribe  
Vulpia octoflora sixweeks fescue Festuca octoflora
Stipeae Needlegrass Tribe  
Piptochaetium fimbriatum pinyon ricegrass  
RHAMNACEAE BUCKTHORN (LILAC) FAMILY  
Ceanothus greggii desert ceanothus  
SALICACEAE WLLOW fAMILY  
Populus fremontii
Fremont cottonwood
 
Salix gooddingii
Goodding willow
 
 
TAMARICACEAE TAMARISK FAMILY  
Tamarix ramosissima
salt cedar
Tamarix pentandra