List of flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Joshua Tree
This is a list of flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley (LCRV). The Lower Colorado River Valley is a floristic subdivision of the Sonoran Desert geographic region of the Southwestern United States. It includes plants that grow in the LCRV in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. This area of the Sonoran Desert has unique plant communities because it is it is the most arid part of the desert and it has the highest temperatures, in excess of 120 °F during the summer. The low humidity means that most plants must have mechanisms that deal with severe water loss through evaporation. The soils tend to be typical desert soils, coarse and without well-developed organic horizons, and plants can only obtain soil water during and very soon after the infrequent rains.[1]
Flora common to the LCRV include Lepidoptera (Butterfly & Moth) and Wildflower species.
List of flora
To be added-list
List of cacti
List of bird flora
List of lepidoptera flora
List of lepidoptera
List of trees
List of wildflowers
Beavertail Cactus
Mojave yucca
Flowers: Tree-related, cacti, etc.:
Mojave Desert flowers related with LCRV region:
(Eastern Mojave Desert)
List of Sonoran Desert/LCRV plants by binomial
Unedited Sonoran Desert flora list
- Abronia villosa -- Sand-verbena
- Abronia villosa / (LCRV)-- Sand-verbena
- (Acacia greggii) / (LCRV)- Catclaw_Acacia
- Acourtia nana, (Perezia nana) -- Desert_Holly /#1
- Acourtia wrightii, (Perezia wrightii) -- Perezia
- (Acroptilon repens/Centaurea repens) -- Russian_Knapweed
- Agave. Agave americana -- Century plant
- Agave bracteosa -- Spider_Agave
- Agave lechuguilla -- Lechuguilla
- Agave vilmoriniana -- Octopus agave
- Ailanthus altissima -- Tree of heaven
- Escapee from cultivation, (Phoenix, etc.)
- Allionia incarnata / (LCRV)-- Trailing_Four_O'clock
- Ambrosia trifida, (Heliantheae) -- Buffalo_Weed
- Amsinckia intermedia - Fiddleneck
- Anisocoma acaulis -- Scale Bud
- Androstephium breviflorum -- Funnel_Lily
- Anemone tuberosa -- Desert_Anemone
- Arctostaphylos pringlei -- Pringlei_Manzanita, or Mexican_Manzanita
- Arctostaphylos pungens -- Pointleaf_Manzanita
- Argemone pleiacantha -- Bluestem_Pricklepoppy
- Asclepias asperula -- Antelope_Horns
- Asclepias subulata / (LCRV)-- Rush_Milkweed
- Atriplex canescens ---- Four-wing_Saltbush
- Atriplex hymenelytra / (LCRV)- Desert_Holly_/#2
- Atriplex polycarpa ---- Saltbush(Desert_Saltbush)
- Baccharis salicifolia -- Seepwillow(Mulefat)
- Baccharis sarothroides - Desert_Broom
- Baileya -- Desert_marigold
- Bebbia juncea / (LCRV)-- Chuckwalla's_Delight
- Berberis fremontii/Mahonia fremontii -- Fremont_Barberry
- (Mahonia harrisoniana), Berberis harrisoniana / (LCRV)- Kofa_Mountain_Barberry
- Bumelia lanuginosa - Gum_Bumelia
- Bursera microphylla / (LCRV)-- Elephant_Tree
- Calochortus kennedyi.(Liliaceae) -- Desert_Mariposa
- Canotia holocantha - Crucifixion_Thorn_/#2
- Carnegiea gigantea / (LCRV)-- Saguaro
- Cassia covesii -- Desert senna
- Castela emoryi(Holacantha emoryi) - Crucifixion_Thorn
- Castilleja chromosa -- Indian_Paintbrush
- Centaurea repens /Acroptilon repens -- Russian_Knapweed
- Centaurea solstitialis / (LCRV)-- Yellow_Star_Thistle
- Cercidium .Cercidium floridum -- ---Blue_Palo_Verde
- Cercidium .Cercidium microphyllum -- Foothills_Palo_Verde
- Chaenactis fremontii / (LCRV)-- Fremont's_Pincushion
- Chaenactis stevioides -- Esteve's_Pincushion
- (Chaenactis xantiana) / (LCRV)-- Mojave pincushion
- Chenopodium album -- Fat hen // Lamb'squarters
- Chilopsis .Chilopsis linearis -- Desert-willow
- Chorizanthe rigida / (LCRV)-- Rigid_Spiny-Herb
- Crossosoma bigelovii -- Bigelow_Ragged_Rock Flower, (or_Bigelow's_Crossosoma)
- Cucurbita digitata ------ Finger_Leaved_Gourd
- Cucurbita foetidissima - Buffalo_Gourd
- Cynodon dactylon -- Bermuda_grass
- Dalea albiflora / (LCRV)- Scruffy_Prairie_Clover
- Dalea emoryi ----- Emory_Dalea
- Dalea parryi ---- Parry_Dalea
- Dalea spinosa --- Smoke-Tree
- Dasylirion wheeleri -- Common_Sotol
- Datura inoxia -- Jimson_Weed-Sacred_Datura
- Delphinium scaposum -- Barestem_Larkspur
- Distichlis spp -- Salt-grass
- (Dodonaea viscosa) -- (Florida)-Hopbush/Hopseed/Akeake
- Echinocereus fendleri -- (Fendler)-Hedgehog_Cactus
- (Encelia) - Brittlebush
- (Encelia farinosa) / (LCRV)- Brittlebush
- Ephedra -- Mormon_Tea
- Eremalche rotundifolia -- Desert five-spot
- Eriogonum inflatum -- Desert trumpet
- Eschscholzia mexicana -- Mexican_Gold_Poppy
- Eschscholzia minutiflora -- Little_Gold_Poppy
- Fagonia laevis (Fagonia californica)/ (LCRV)-- Fagonia
- Forestiera neomexicana -- New_Mexican_Forestiera
- Forestiera shrevei-(Forestiera phillyreoides) -- Desert_Olive
- Fouquieria columnaris -- Boojum tree
- Fouquieria splendens / (LCRV)--- Ocotillo
- Frangula californica /Rhamnus californica -- California_Buckthorn
- Fraxinus lowelii -- Lowell_Ash
- Geraea canescens / (LCRV)-- Desert_Sunflower
- Aliciella latifolia (formerly Gilia latifolia) -- Broad-Leaved Gilia
- Gossypium thurberi -- Arizona_Desert_Cotton
- Gutierrezia microcephala -- Broom_Snakeweed
- Heliotropium curassivicum / (LCRV)- Salt_Heliotrope
- Hesperocallis undulata / (LCRV)-- Ajo_Lilly
- Hibiscus denudatus / (LCRV)- Rock_Hibiscus
- Hyptis emoryi / (LCRV)-- Desert_Lavender
- Jatropha cuneata -- Limber_Bush
- Jamesia americana -- Cliffbush/Jamesia
- Justicia californica -- Chuparosa
- Kallstroemia grandiflora - Arizona_Caltrop
- Krameria grayi / (LCRV)- White_Ratany
- Krameria parvifolia -- Range_Ratany
- Larrea tridentata / (LCRV)-- Creosote bush
- (Linanthus demissus) -- Humble_Gilia (Desert_Snow)
- Lithospermum incisum - Fringed_Gromwell
- Lonicera interrupta -- Chaparral_Honeysuckle
- Lotus rigidus -- Desert rock pea
- Mahonia fremontii -- Fremont_Barberry
- (Mahonia harrisoniana), Berberis harrisoniana - Kofa_Mountain_Barberry
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- Mammillaria -- Fishhook cactus
- Mentzelia pumila / (LCRV)- Desert_Blazing_Star
- Mirabilis bigelovii -- Desert_Wishbone_Bush
- (Nicotiana glauca) -- Tree_Tobacco
- Nicotiana trigonophylla / (LCRV)-- Desert_Tobacco
- Oenothera deltoides / (LCRV)-- Dune_Primrose
- Olneya .Olneya tesota -- Desert_Ironwood
- Opuntia basilaris -- Beavertail Cactus
- Opuntia bigelovii -- Teddy-bear Cholla
- Opuntia fulgida ---- Jumping Cholla
- Opuntia imbricata -- Cane Cholla
- Opuntia ramosissima / (LCRV)-- Diamond_Cholla
- Palafoxia arida (Palafoxia linearis)/ (LCRV)- Spanish_Needles
- Pectis angustifolia -- Fetid_Marigold
- (Perezia nana)/ Acourtia nana -- Desert_Holly /#1
- (Perezia wrightii)/Acourtia wrightii -- Perezia
- Phacelia distans -- Blue_Phacelia
- Phalaris -- Canarygrass
- Phragmites -- Common_Reed
- Pinus monophylla -- Single-leaf Pinyon
- Platanus mexicana -- Mexican Plane
- Platanus wrightii -- Arizona_Sycamore
- Populus. Populus fremontii / (LCRV)-- Cottonwood
- Populus tremuloides -- Quaking_Aspen
- Proboscidea parviflora -- Devil's claw/Unicorn plant
- Prosopis glandulosa -- Honey_Mesquite
- Prosopis. Prosopis pubescens -- Screwbean Mesquite
- Purshia. Purshia integra -- Cliff-rose
- Rhamnus californica /Frangula californica -- California_Buckthorn
- Rhus ovata / (LCRV)-- Sugar Sumac
- Rubus neomexicanus - New_Mexican_Raspberry
- Rubus strigosus -- Red_Raspberry
- Rumex hymenosepalus -- Canaigre (Canaigre_Dock)
- Salix bonplandiana -- Bonpland_Willow
- Salix exigua ----- Sandbar(Coyote)_Willow
- Salix gooddingii - Goodding_Willow
- Salsola / (LCRV)-- Thistle
- Thistle
- Salsola iberica(Salsola kali) -- Tumbleweed/Salsola
- (Salvia columbariae) - Chia
- Sambucus mexicana -- Mexican_Elder
- Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii -- Western_Soapberry
- Sarcobatus. Sarcobatus vermiculatus / (LCRV)-- Black greasewood
- Sarcostemma cynanchoides -- Climbing_Milkweed
- Sarcostemma hirtellum / (LCRV)-- Rambling_Milkweed
- Schoenoplectus -- Tule
- Scirpus californicus -- California_Bulrush
- Senecio douglasii -- Threadleaf_Groundsel
- Senecio lemmoni -- Lemmon's_Butterweed
- Senecio neomexicanus -- New_Mexico_Butterweed
- Senecio quercetorum -- Senecio
- Senna covesii -- Desert senna
- Cassia covesii
- Simmondsia chinensis -- Jojoba
- Sisymbrium irio -- London_Rocket
- Sphaeralcea ambigua / (LCRV)-- Desert_Globemallow
- Sphaeralcea parvifolia / (LCRV)-- Little_Leaf_Globemallow
- Stenocereus thurberi -- Organ_Pipe_Cactus
- Stephanomeria pauciflora -- Desert_Straw
- Stephanomeria thurberi -- Thurber's_Stephanomeria
- Stevia lemmoni -- Stevia
- Symphoricarpos rotundifolius -- Roundleaf_Snowberry
- Tamarix Tamarix aphylla / (LCRV)---- Athel_Tamarisk
- Tamarix Tamarix chinensis / (LCRV)- Saltcedar
- Taraxacum (genus) officinale / (LCRV)-- Dandelion
- Tessaria sericea / (LCRV)-- Arrowweed
- Tidestromia lanuginosa -- Woolly_Tidestromia
- Tiquilia canescens / (LCRV)-- Shrubby_Coldenia
- Tiquilia plicate (Coldenia plicate)/ (LCRV)-- Crinkle_Mats
- Tribulus terrestris - Puncture Vine(Goatheads)
- Invasive species
- Typha latifolia -- Cattails
- Urtica -- Nettle
- Verbascum thapsus -- Common Mullein // Mullein
- Viscaceae / (LCRV)-- Desert Mistletoe, Mistletoe, American_Mistletoe
- Viguiera annua -- Annual_Goldeneye
- Viguiera parishii -- Parish_Viguiera
- Xanthium .Xanthium spinosum / (LCRV)-- Cocklebur
- Yucca baccata -- Banana yucca
- Yucca brevifolia / (LCRV)- Joshua Tree
- Yucca elata ----- Soaptree yucca
- ((.Yucca filamentosa - Adam's_needle.))
- ((.Yucca schidigera --- Mojave yucca.))
- ((.Yucca whipplei ----- Our Lord's Candle.))
- Ziziphus obtusifolia -- Gray_Thorn
- Zinnia acerosa -- Wild_Zinnia
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Brittlebush
Beavertail Cactus
Mojave yucca
Banana yucca
Joshua tree
Soaptree yucca
Soaptree yucca