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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Plants

A list of plants in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

five-stamen tamarisk 1
Tamarix chinensis
red tamarisk 2
Tamarix ramosissima
beavertail cactus 3
Opuntia basilaris
tumbleweed 4
Salsola tragus
fourwing saltbush 1
Atriplex canescens
Shadscale 5
Atriplex confertifolia
Canaigre 6
Rumex hymenosepalus
Common purslane 7
Portulaca oleracea
desert trumpet 8
Eriogonum inflatum
pale smartweed 9
Persicaria lapathifolia
Mojave Mound Cactus 10
Echinocereus mojavensis
trailing windmills 11
Allionia incarnata
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus 12
Echinocereus engelmannii
starvation prickly-pear 13
Opuntia polyacantha
Mojave prickly-pear 14
Opuntia polyacantha erinacea
fragrant white sand verbena 15
Abronia elliptica
Smallflower Fishhook Cactus 16
Sclerocactus parviflorus
crispleaf buckwheat 17
Eriogonum corymbosum
Grand Canyon beavertail 10
Opuntia basilaris longiareolata
Starvation Cactus
Opuntia polyacantha polyacantha
navajo bridge pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha nicholii

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