Historic Plaza Plants

NPS Photo/Hallie Larsen

Cultivars and native plants found in the Painted Desert Community Complex plaza
QR codes on the plant labels in the plaza will take you to the links below or you can explore by clicking the plant name here.

Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)

Sand Sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias sp.)

Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)

Red Barberry (Berberis haematocarpa)

Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis)

Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)

Hummingbird Trumpet (Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium)

Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

Honey Locust (Gleditsia tricanthos)

Chuparosa (Justicia californica)

Pale Wolfberry (Lycium pallidum)

Crabapple (Malus sp.)

Sycamore (Planatus sp.)

Cliffrose (Purshia stansburiana)

Skunkbush (Rhus aromatica)

Russian Sage (Salvia yangii)

Narrowleaf Yucca (Yucca angustissima)