BIG BEND
The Impact of Human Use Upon the Chisos Basin and Adjacent Lands
NPS Scientific Monograph No. 4
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APPENDIX:
Scientific and Common Names of Plants Used in Text
Scientific nameCommon name
Acacia biuncifera
A. constrictaMescat acacia
A. roemerianaRoemer acacia
Acer grandidentatumBigtooth maple
Agave chisoensisChisos agave
A. lecheguillaLechuguilla
A. scabraAgave
Aloysia lycioidesWhitebrush
A. WrightiiWright aloysia
Alternanthera peploidesMat chaff-flower
Andropogon gerardiBig bluestem
Anisacanthus insignisDwarf anisacanth
Aquilegia longissimaLongspur columbine
Aristida divaricataPoverty threeawn
A. glaucaBlue threeawn
A. orcuttianaSingle threeawn
Artemesia ludovicianaLouisiana sagewort
Atriplex canescensFourwing saltbush
Baccharis glutinosaSeepwillow baccharis
Baileya multiradiataDesert baileya
Boerhaavia coccineaScarlet spiderling
Bothriochloa barbinodisCane bluestem
Bouteloua brevisetaChina grama
B. curtipendulaSideoats grama
B. eriopodaBlack grama
B. gracilisBlue grama
B. hirsutaHairy grama
Bouvardia ternifoliaScarlet bouvardia
Bromus unioloidesRescuegrass
Carya sp.Hickory
Ceanothus greggiDesert ceanothus
Celtis reticulataNetleaf hackberry
Cenchrus incertusCoast sandbur
Cercocarpus montanusTrue mountainmahogany
Cheilanthes eatoniEaton lipfern
Chloris virgataShowy chloris
Chrysactinia mexicanaDamianita
Clematis drummondiTexas virgins bower
Conyza canadensisHorsetail conyza
Croton pottsiiLeatherweed croton
Cupressus arizonicaArizona cypress
Cynodon dactylonBermudagrass
Dalea frutescensBlack dalea
DasylirionSotol
D. leiophyllumSmooth sotol
Digitaria californicaArizona cottontop
Diospyrus texanaTexas persimmon
Echinochloa crusgalliBarnyardgrass
Eragrostis barrelieriMediterranean lovegrass
E. intermediaPlains lovegrass
Erioneuron grandiflorumLarge flowered tridens
E. pulchellumFluffgrass
Euphorbia strictosporaSlimseed euphorbia
Eysenhardtia texanaTexas kidneywood
Fouquieria splendensOcotillo
Fraxinus greggiiGregg ash
Galium wrightiiWright buttonweed
Garrya lindheimeriLindheimer silktassel
Glossopetalon spinescensSpiny greasebush
Heteropogon contortusTanglehead
Hilaria muticaTobosa
Juniperus deppeanaAlligator juniper
J. flaccidaDrooping juniper
J. pinchotiRedberry juniper
Larrea tridentataCreosotebush
Leptochloa dubiaGreen sprangletop
Lycurus phleoidesWolftail
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
Marrubium vulgareCommon harehound
Melampodium leucanthumPlains blackfoot
Mimosa biunciferaCatclaw mimosa
Muhlenbergia emersleyiBullgrass
M. porteriBush muhly
M. rigidaPurple muhly
NolinaNolina
N. erumpensFoothill nolina
OpuntiaPrickly pear
O. engelmanniiEngelman pricklypear
O. kleiniaeCandle cholla
O. leptocaulisPencil cholla
Panicum halliiHalls panicum
P. obtusumVine mesquite
Parthenium incanumMariola parthenium
Peganum harmalaHarmal peganum
Pellaea intermediaCreeping cliffbrake
Perezia nanaDesertholly perezia
Phanerophlebia umbonata
Pinus cembroidesMexican pinyon
Piptochaetium fimbriatumPinyon-ricegrass
Polygala albaWhite milkwort
P. scoparioidesBroom milkwort
Porophyllum scopariumPore leaf
Prosopis glandulosaHoney mesquite
Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas fir
Quercus emoryiEmory oak
Q. gravesiiGraves oak
Q. griseaGray oak
Q. intricataDwarf oak
Q. pungensSandpaper oak
Rhamnus betulaefoliaBirchleaf buckthorn
Rhus aromaticaFragrant sumac
R. microphyllaLittleleaf sumac
R. virensEvergreen sumac
Rivina humilisBloodberry
Salix sp.Willow
Salsola kaliRussianthistle
Salvia reglaMountain sage
Schizachyrium scopariumLittle bluestem
Senecio longilobusThreadleaf groundsel
S. millelobatusManybract groundsel
Setaria macrostachyaPlains bristlegrass
Solanum elaeagnifoliumSilverleaf nightshade
Sorghum halpenseJohnsongrass
Sphaeralcea angustifoliaNarrowleaf globemallow
Sporobolus cryptandrusSand dropseed
Stipa sp.Needlegrass
S. eminensSouthwestern needlegrass
S. tenuissimaFinestem needlegrass
Tamarix gallicaSaltcedar
T. pentandraTamarisk
Tribulus terrestrisPuncturevine
Trixis californicaAmerican trixis
Vauquelina angustifoliaSlimleaf vanquelinia
Viguiera stenolobaSkeleton goldeneye
XanthocephalumBroomweed
X. microcephalumThreadleaf sagewort
X. sarothraeBroom snakeweed
Ximenesia encelioidesGolden crownbeard
Yucca thompsonianaThompson yucca
Y. torreyiSpanish dagger
Zexmenia brevifoliaSouthern zexmenia


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