Monsoon Season Species (August 2020 EcoQuest Guide)

This guide will help with identification of the plants, animals and insects included in the August 2020 EcoQuest.

Observing these plants and animals in metro Phoenix increases our understanding of how these Sonoran Desert species are connected to the monsoon season, and encourages ...more ↓

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creosote bush ¹
Larrea tridentata

Arizona spikemoss ²
Selaginella arizonica

velvet mesquite ³
Prosopis velutina

honey mesquite ⁴
Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite ⁵
Prosopis pubescens

Chilean Mesquite ⁶
Prosopis chilensis

little-leaved palo verde ⁷
Parkinsonia microphylla

blue palo verde ⁴
Parkinsonia florida

Prickly pears ⁸
Opuntia

Desert Hackberry ⁹
Celtis pallida

desert unicorn-plant ²
Proboscidea althaeifolia

Doubleclaw ¹⁰
Proboscidea parviflora

desert rosemallow ¹¹
Hibiscus coulteri

Arizona poppy ¹²
Kallstroemia grandiflora

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Monsoon Season Species (August 2020 EcoQuest Guide)

creosote bush 1 Larrea tridentata

Arizona spikemoss 2 Selaginella arizonica

velvet mesquite 3 Prosopis velutina

honey mesquite 4 Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite 5 Prosopis pubescens

Chilean Mesquite 6 Prosopis chilensis

little-leaved palo verde 7 Parkinsonia microphylla

blue palo verde 4 Parkinsonia florida

Prickly pears 8 Opuntia

Desert Hackberry 9 Celtis pallida

desert unicorn-plant 2 Proboscidea althaeifolia

Doubleclaw 10 Proboscidea parviflora

desert rosemallow 11 Hibiscus coulteri

Arizona poppy 12 Kallstroemia grandiflora