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Latin Name |
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H X W |
Ornamental Value |
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Arizona Cypress |
Curpessus arizonica |
T |
40' X 15' |
Christmas tree look, evergreen, conical |
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Arizona
Rosewood, Desert Rose |
Vauquelinia californica |
S |
4' X 15' |
In place of oleander, shrub, hedge, or tree, may be
pruned |
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Bay Laurel |
Laurus nobilis |
T |
10' x 10' |
Inconspicuous yellow flowers
December through May, fragrant leaves |
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Bigcone Spruce |
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa |
T |
40' X 20' |
Green, short evergreen needles |
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Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus montanus |
T |
12' X 4' |
White to pink fragrant flowers |
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Black Oak |
Quercus kelloggii |
T |
25' X 25' |
Dapple shade, deciduous, leaves red in fall |
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Blue Eldberberrry |
Sambucus nigra |
T |
12' x 12' |
Small, berrylike drupe, purple-black, and very
juicy |
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Blue Oak |
Quercus douglasii |
T |
25' X 25' |
Dapple shade, deciduous |
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Blue Palo Verde |
Cercidium floridum |
T |
12' X 15' |
Evergreen branches, yellow flowers two weeks in April or
May, fragrant |
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California
Fremontia |
Fremontodendron californicum |
T |
12' X 15' |
1 to 2 inch yellow flowers in spring |
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California
Juniper |
Juniperus californica |
T |
20' X 20' |
Flowers not noticeable, grey/blue berries on female
plants |
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California Laurel |
Umbellularia californica |
T |
40' X 20' |
Inconspicuous yellow flowers
December through May, fragrant leaves |
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California Walnut |
Juglans californica |
T |
20' X 20' |
Yellow blooms the March
through May resulting in edible nuts, full shade |
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Canotia |
Canotia holacantha |
T |
12' X 8' |
Evergreen texture of branching |
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Canyon Live Oak |
Quercus chrysolepis |
T |
30' X 25' |
Shade, evergreen, large acorns |
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Cascalote Tree |
Caesalpinia cacalaco |
T |
12' X 12' |
Light yellow flowers most of
winter, attractive copper pods |
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Catclaw Acacia |
Acacia greggii |
T |
15' X 10' |
Yellow flowers, grey deciduous foliage |
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Coast Live Oak |
Quercus agrifolia |
T |
20' X 40' |
Deep shade, evergreen |
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Coral Bean |
Erythrina flabelliformis |
T |
10' X 8' |
Long bright red flowers in
racemes near end of branches in June followed by foot long gold and
brown pods |
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Coulter Pine |
Pinus coulteri |
T |
40' X 20' |
Long dark green needles |
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Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus ledifolius |
T |
12' X 12' |
Inconspicuous flowers but
eye catching spiral silver-haired seed plumes, plant has spicy aroma |
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Desert Apricot |
Prunus fremontii |
T |
15' X 10' |
Fragrant white/pink flower in February and March |
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Desert Willow |
Chilopsis linearis |
T |
12' X 15' |
Trumpet shaped flowers 2 to 3 inches long in white to
rose to purple, often two toned |
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Gambel Oak |
Quercus gambelii |
T |
30' x 30' |
Deciduous high altitude medium oak |
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Foothill Palo
Verde |
Cercidium microphyllum |
T |
15' X 15' |
Green branches, yellow flowers two weeks in spring, seed
pod matures on late summer |
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Hollyleaf Cherry |
Prunus ilicifolia |
T |
8' X 8' |
White flower spikes in spring, bright red cherries in
fall |
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Honey Mesquite |
Prosopis glandulosa |
T |
20' X 20' |
White flowers with long stamens February through
September, seed pods |
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Huajillo |
Havardia pallens |
T |
20' X 15' |
Fragrant, white, ball shaped
flowers May through August |
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Incense Cedar |
Calocedrus decurrens |
T |
40' X 20' |
Long dark green needles, fragrant |
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Interior Live
Oak |
Quercus wislizenii |
T |
10' X 20' |
Deep shade, evergreen |
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Joshua Tree |
Yucca brevifolia |
T |
15' X 8' |
White to cream colored flowers |
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Limber Pine |
Pinus
flexilis |
T |
30' x 20' |
Long dark blue/green needles |
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Littleleaf Sumac |
Rhus microphylla |
T |
8' X 10' |
White flowers in spring, orange fruits in early summer |
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Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus intricatus |
T |
6' X 6' |
Small yellow flowers, evergreen |
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Lodgepole Pine |
Pinus contorta |
T |
40' X 15' |
Dark green needles, slender conical shape |
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Mescal Bean |
Sophora secundiflora |
T |
20' X 15' |
Distinctive, showy;
pendulous raceme of purple flowers late winter to early spring, fragrant |
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Mexican Tree Ocotillo |
Fouquieria macdougalii |
T |
15' X 10' |
Red flowers mid-spring |
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Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus belutoides |
T |
12' x 4' |
White to pink fragrant flowers,
attractive leaves, inverse conical shape, gains personality with age |
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Netleaf
Hackberry |
Celtis reticulata |
T |
15' X 20' |
Attracts songbirds in fall and winter, good shade tree |
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New Mexico
Locust |
Robinia
neomexicana |
T |
5' X 6' |
Green leaves, purplish to pink flowers are fragrant |
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Ocotillo |
Fouquiera splendens |
T |
12' X 8' |
Red to orange flowers after rain |
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Ponderosa Pine,
Yellow Pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
T |
100' X 30' |
Dark green needles |
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Red Barberry |
Berberis haematocarpa |
T |
6' X 8' |
Fragrant yellow flowers, red berries, purple fall color |
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Redberry |
Rhamnus crocea |
T |
12' X 9' |
White flowers in March and
April, followed by showy red berries, tree looks like scrub oak |
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Rocky
Mountain Douglas Fir |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
T |
40' X 20' |
Long dark green needles, fragrant |
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Roemer Acacia |
Acacia romeriana |
T |
10' X 15' |
White fluffy balls of fragrant white flowers, pinkish
flat beans |
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Screwbean
Mesquite |
Prosopis pubescens |
T |
15' x 15' |
Yellow flowers in late spring, fragrant, interesting
seedpods |
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Scrub Live Oak |
Quercus turbinella |
T |
6' X 6' |
Remains small, evergreen |
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Smoke Tree |
Dalea spinosa |
T |
15' X 30' |
Purple sweet smelling pea flowers in the spring, silver
leaves, green stems, leaves for only a short time |
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Soaptree Yucca |
Yucca elata |
T |
6' X 4' |
Green leaves, bell-shaped white flowers, limbs, dead
leaves hang on limbs |
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Summer Holly |
Comarostaphylis diversifolia |
T |
18' X 15' |
White cup shaped flowers May
and June followed by edible red berries |
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Tecate Cypress |
Curpessus forbesii |
T |
15' X 10' |
Evergreen, grey/green, irregularly conical |
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Texas Persimmon |
Diospyros texana |
T |
20' X 12' |
Green to white-green urn
shaped flowers, edible black fruit on female trees, dioecious,
madrone-like peeling bark |
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Texas Plume |
Bauhinia lunarioides |
T |
12' X 10' |
Fragrant pale pink
orchid-like flowers in spring, butterfly shaped flowers |
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Torrey Mesquite |
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana |
T |
10' X 25' |
Yellow flowers in late spring, fragrant, seedpods are
sometime scarlet |
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Toyon |
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
T |
8' X 5' |
Small white flowers, beautiful red fruit in clusters |
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Velvet Mesquite |
Prosopis velutina |
T |
15' X 15' |
White flowers with long stamens, seed pods |
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Honey Mesquite |
Prosopis glandulosa |
T |
20' X 20' |
White flowers with long stamens, seed pods |
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Western Hackberry |
Celtis occidentalis |
T |
45' x 50' |
Attracts songbirds in fall and winter,
good shade tree, small green flowers in spring |
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Western Redbud |
Cercis occidentalis |
T |
20' X 10' |
Showy pink, purple, or white flowers in April, rosy seed
pods in May |
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Western Soapberry |
Sapindus saponaria var.
drummondii |
T |
40' X 20' |
Large showy flowers in May
and June, deciduous |
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White Fir |
Albies concolor |
T |
30' X 12' |
Evergreen, popular Christmas tree, leaves have lemony
fragrance |
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Whitethorn Acacia |
Acacia constricta |
T |
15' X 10' |
Yellow puffballs in spring, fragrant,
attractive brown pods in fall |