Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Plants

A list of plants in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

All 114

common stork's-bill ¹
Erodium cicutarium

bulrush ²
Typha latifolia

Sonoran scrub oak ³
Quercus turbinella

notch-leaf scorpion-weed ⁴
Phacelia crenulata

western wallflower ⁵
Erysimum capitatum

Fremont cottonwood ⁶
Populus fremontii

rough horsetail ⁷
Equisetum hyemale

field horsetail ⁸
Equisetum arvense

prickly lettuce ⁹
Lactuca serriola

skunkweed ¹⁰
Croton texensis

ribwort plantain ¹¹
Plantago lanceolata

smooth sumac ¹²
Rhus glabra

five-stamen tamarisk ¹³
Tamarix chinensis

red tamarisk ¹⁴
Tamarix ramosissima

rabbitfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis

beavertail cactus ¹⁵
Opuntia basilaris

green ephedra ¹⁶
Ephedra viridis

tumbleweed ¹⁷
Salsola tragus

Colorado pinyon ¹⁸
Pinus edulis

rough cocklebur ¹⁹
Xanthium strumarium

rubber rabbitbrush ²⁰
Ericameria nauseosa

threadleaf groundsel ²¹
Senecio flaccidus

small wirelettuce ²²
Stephanomeria exigua

prince's plume ²³
Stanleya pinnata

fourwing saltbush ¹³
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ²⁰
Atriplex confertifolia

coyote melon ²⁴
Cucurbita palmata

honey mesquite ²⁵
Prosopis glandulosa

white-stem stickleaf ²⁶
Mentzelia albicaulis

Canaigre ²⁷
Rumex hymenosepalus

Pomegranate ²⁸
Punica granatum

sacred thorn-apple ²⁹
Datura wrightii

western poison ivy ³⁰
Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac ³¹
Rhus aromatica

spotted spurge ³²
Euphorbia maculata

Common purslane ³³
Portulaca oleracea

narrowleaf willow ²⁰
Salix exigua

foxtail brome ³⁴
Bromus rubens

desert trumpet ³⁵
Eriogonum inflatum

Western Redbud ⁵
Cercis occidentalis

fringed puccoon ³⁶
Lithospermum incisum

Utah serviceberry ²⁰
Amelanchier utahensis

broadleaf milkweed ³⁷
Asclepias latifolia

smooth horsetail ²⁰
Equisetum laevigatum

pale smartweed ³⁸
Persicaria lapathifolia

black maidenhair fern ³⁹
Adiantum capillus-veneris

puncture vine ⁴⁰
Tribulus terrestris

Russian olive ³⁰
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Mojave Mound Cactus ⁴¹
Echinocereus mojavensis

Palmer's penstemon ⁴²
Penstemon palmeri

firecracker penstemon ²⁰
Penstemon eatonii

desert marigold ¹³
Baileya multiradiata

Blackbrush ⁴³
Coleogyne ramosissima

gilia beardtongue ¹⁰
Penstemon ambiguus

silver wormwood ²⁰
Artemisia ludoviciana

Funastrum ⁴⁴

trailing windmills ⁴⁵
Allionia incarnata

woolly bluestar ⁴⁴
Amsonia tomentosa

willow baccharis ⁴⁶
Baccharis salicina

desert paintbrush ³⁹
Castilleja chromosa

Wyoming Indian paintbrush ¹⁰
Castilleja linariifolia

desert willow ⁴⁷
Chilopsis linearis

Spiny Chloracantha ⁴⁸
Chloracantha spinosa

yellow rabbitbrush ⁴⁹
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Fluffgrass ²⁰
Dasyochloa pulchella

hoary aster ³⁴
Dieteria canescens

Engelmann's hedgehog cactus ⁵⁰
Echinocereus engelmannii

naked-stemmed daisy ³⁴
Enceliopsis nudicaulis

Texas stork's bill ⁵¹
Erodium texanum

Apache plume ⁵²
Fallugia paradoxa

single-leaf ash ³⁴
Fraxinus anomala

broom snakeweed ⁴⁵
Gutierrezia sarothrae

Utah juniper ⁴⁹
Juniperus osteosperma

Mountain Pepperweed ⁴¹
Lepidium montanum

desert tobacco ⁵³
Nicotiana obtusifolia

fragrant evening primrose ⁴¹
Oenothera cespitosa

starvation prickly-pear ⁵⁴
Opuntia polyacantha

mat rock spiraea
Petrophytum caespitosum

woolly plantain ²⁰
Plantago patagonica

arrowweed ³⁵
Pluchea sericea

frosted mint ²⁴
Poliomintha incana

velvet mesquite ⁵⁵
Prosopis velutina

Stansbury's cliffrose ⁴⁶
Purshia stansburyana

gooseberry-leaved globemallow ¹³
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

longbeak streptanthella ⁵⁶
Streptanthella longirostris

parralena ⁵⁷
Thymophylla pentachaeta

spiny goldenweed ⁴⁹
Xanthisma spinulosum

Mojave prickly-pear ⁵⁸
Opuntia polyacantha erinacea

Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf ³⁴
Thymophylla pentachaeta belenidium

narrowleaf yucca ²⁴
Yucca angustissima

Indian ricegrass ⁵⁹
Achnatherum hymenoides

western spiderwort ⁶⁰
Tradescantia occidentalis

woolly locoweed ⁶¹
Astragalus mollissimus

Double Bladderpod ⁴¹
Physaria acutifolia

pale evening primrose ²⁰
Oenothera pallida

Roundleaf buffaloberry
Shepherdia rotundifolia

sand sagebrush ⁶²
Artemisia filifolia

matted crinklemat
Tiquilia latior

fragrant white sand verbena ⁶³
Abronia elliptica

Smallflower Fishhook Cactus ⁶⁴
Sclerocactus parviflorus

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