Sierra Vista Area Plant List

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The Sierra Vista Area Plant List, with common name, botanical name, and other plant information
Botanical Name Common Name Size Water Use Sun Exposure Native Plant?sort descending Evergreen? Remarks
Condalia lycioides, mexicana, spathulata Crucillo 8-' H - 10' W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Impenetrable security barrier - Slow growing
Baccharis sarothroides Desert Broom 5' H & W Little to moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Purchase male plants only, females produce messy cottony seed clusters - Extremely drought tolerant and can take poor soil
Celtis pallida Desert Hackberry 10' H & W Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Good choice for screen barrier or erosion control or near buildings
Baileya multiradiata Desert Marigold 1.5' H & 1' W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Annual or Perennial - Flame resistant - Short-lived, but freely reseeds
Phlox tenuifolia Desert Phlox 2' H & W Moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Perennial - Mounded white flowers
Quercus turbinella Desert Scrub Oak 10' H & W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Shrub - Water during dry spells - Can be trained as a small Tree
Dasylirion wheeleri Desert Spoon 3-5' H 4-5' W None to little Full sun, Partial shade Yes Yes

Shrub - Spherical clump - In fall, 9 -15' flower spikes - Prized in dry arrangements
Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow 15-30'H 10-20'W Little to moderate Full sun Yes No

Deciduous Tree or Shrub - Flame resistant - Flowers spring to fall, producing trumpet-shaped blossoms that attract hummingbirds - Sterile varieties not messy - Usually multi-trunked - Thin growth to enhance picturesque shape
Thymophylla spp. Dyssodia (Includes Dogweeds,Dahlberg Daisy and Golden Fleece)) 4"-1'H 4"-1.5'W Moderate Full sun Yes Yes

Perennial, some grown as Annuals - Mounds - Blooms summer to fall - When plants get ragged, pull them out - Can easily be started from seed
Quercus emoryi Emory Oak 50'H 40'W Little Full sun Yes Yes

Semi- Tree - Hollylike leaves - Tolerates a variety of soils - May shed leaves in spring
Opuntia englemannii Engleman's Prickly Pear 4' H 10' W None Full sun Yes Yes

Cactus - Most common prickly pear in Arizona
Euphorbia spp. Euphorbia See remarks Little Partial shade Yes Yes

Water requirements, exposure, and size vary by species - Some native - Some deciduous, some evergreen - Annual, perennial or biennual - Toxic, All euphorbias have a milky -white sap that is toxic on contact, including gopher plants and poinsettas - About 2000 species in genus - Only buy plant species that use moderate or less water - Can also be be trees or shrubs.
Oenothera spp. Evening Primrose See remarks Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Perennial - Flame resistant - Open during day - Stems die back in winter All except Oenothera elata hookeri OK for our area - Sizes variable, check with nursery
Rhus virens Evergreen Sumac 12' H & W Little to moderate Full sun, Partial shade Yes Yes

Shrub - Use as informal hedge or as background for other plants - Good choice for understory beneath tall Trees
Calliandra eriophylla Fairy Duster 1-3' H - 4' W None to little Full sun, Partial shade Yes No

Deciduous Shrub or Groundcover - Flame resistant - No irrigation needed, but blooms will last longer with some summer water

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