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Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Species expected to be found at the 2016 Lake Mead National Recreation Area Bioblitz

Beavertail Cactus ¹
Opuntia basilaris

Broad-leaved Gilia ²
Aliciella latifolia

Trailing Windmills ²
Allionia incarnata

burrobush ³
Ambrosia dumosa

Cheesebush ²
Ambrosia salsola

Bristly Fiddleneck ⁴
Amsinckia tessellata

Purple three-awn ⁵
Aristida purpurea

Desert Broom ²
Baccharis sarothroides

Sweetbush ⁶
Bebbia juncea

Saharan Mustard ²
Brassica tournefortii

Woolly Brickellia ⁷
Brickellia incana

red brome ⁸
Bromus rubens

Fremont's Pincushion ⁹
Chaenactis fremontii

pebble pincushion ¹⁰
Chaenactis carphoclinia

Desert Willow ⁶
Chilopsis linearis

sagebrush chorizanthe ¹¹
Chorizanthe brevicornu

devil's spineflower ¹²
Chorizanthe rigida

yellow cups ¹²
Chylismia brevipes

narrow-leaved cryptantha ²
Cryptantha angustifolia

wingnut cryptantha ²
Cryptantha pterocarya

Guadalupe Cryptantha ²
Cryptantha maritima

Dodders ¹³
Cuscuta

Bermuda Grass ¹⁴
Cynodon dactylon

Soft prairie clover ¹⁵
Dalea mollissima

Brittlebush ²
Encelia farinosa

skeleton weed ¹⁶
Eriogonum deflexum

Desert Trumpet ¹⁷
Eriogonum inflatum

white woolly daisy ¹⁸
Eriophyllum lanosum

Redstem Filaree ¹⁹
Erodium cicutarium

Silver Dollar Gum ²⁰
Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Smallseed Sandmat ⁶
Euphorbia polycarpa

seaside heliotrope ²¹
Heliotropium curassavicum

Foxtail barley ²²
Hordeum murinum

Creosote Bush ²³
Larrea tridentata

Arizona Lupine ²
Lupinus arizonicus

Annual yellow sweetclover ²⁴
Melilotus indicus

Desert Dandelion ²
Malacothrix glabrata

Common Oleander ²⁵
Nerium oleander

Desert Tobacco ²⁶
Nicotiana obtusifolia

wide-toothed pectocarya ²⁷
Pectocarya platycarpa

Emory's Rock Daisy ¹⁴
Perityle emoryi

pygmy cedar ¹⁶
Peucephyllum schottii

notch-leaf scorpion-weed ¹⁶
Phacelia crenulata

Specter phacelia ²
Phacelia pedicellata

Desert Plantain ²⁸
Plantago ovata

Fremont cottonwood ²⁹
Populus fremontii

Honey Mesquite ³⁰
Prosopis glandulosa

Russian thistle ²
Salsola

Mediterranean grass ²
Schismus arabicus

Common Mediterranean Grass ³¹
Schismus barbatus

London Rocket ²
Sisymbrium irio

Desert Mallow ³²
Sphaeralcea ambigua

brownplume wirelettuce ²
Stephanomeria pauciflora

Salt Cedars ¹⁴
Tamarix

Fan Palms ³³
Washingtonia

Mojave aster ³⁴
Xylorhiza tortifolia

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