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Plant
  habit
   shrubs
   herbaceous
   grass-like
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
  leaf attachment
   sessile or nearly so
   leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
   sheathing
Inflorescence
  flowering month
   Jan.
   Feb.
   March
   April
   May
   June
   July
   Aug.
   Sept.
   Oct.
   Nov.
   Dec.
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   inconspicuous
Fruit or Cone
  mature fruit dehiscence
   opening along 1-2 seams
   opening along 3 to many seams
   does not split open to release seed
Misc.
  vegetation type
   tropical
   tropical deciduous forest
   tropical oak woodland
   thornscrub
   woodland
   desert
   grassland
   chaparral
   tropical montane

Tucson SOS Crew Target Species

Emma Knapp
Species Count: 31

Amaranthaceae

Apocynaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae

Malvaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Papaveraceae

Poaceae

Polygonaceae

Solanaceae

Verbenaceae

Zygophyllaceae