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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
White Sands National Monument
NPS-CHDN
Species Count: 231
Aizoaceae
Trianthema portulacastrum
Amaranthaceae
Allenrolfea occidentalis
Amaranthus blitoides
Amaranthus retroflexus
Atriplex canescens
Bassia hyssopifolia
Salsola kali
Salsola tragus
Suaeda calceoliformis
Suaeda nigra
Suaeda suffrutescens
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Anacardiaceae
Rhus aromatica
Rhus microphylla
Rhus trilobata
Apocynaceae
Asclepias arenaria
Asclepias brachystephana
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias subverticillata
Asparagaceae
Yucca baccata
Yucca elata
Asteraceae
Acourtia nana
Acroptilon repens
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia monogyra
Aphanostephus ramosissimus
Artemisia bigelovii
Artemisia filifolia
Baccharis bigelovii
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis salicina
Bahia absinthifolia
Bahia pedata
Baileya multiradiata
Brickellia laciniata
Calycoseris wrightii
Centaurea melitensis
Chrysothamnus pulchellus
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Cirsium wheeleri
Clappia suaedifolia
Conyza canadensis
Dicranocarpus parviflorus
Dieteria canescens
Engelmannia peristenia
Ericameria nauseosa
Erigeron arenarius
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron tracyi
Flourensia cernua
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus petiolaris
Hymenoxys odorata
Isocoma pluriflora
Iva dealbata
Laennecia coulteri
Machaeranthera linearis
Machaeranthera parviflora
Machaeranthera scabrella
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Malacothrix fendleri
Parthenium incanum
Pectis angustifolia
Pseudoclappia arenaria
Psilostrophe tagetina
Ratibida columnifera
Sartwellia flaveriae
Senecio riddellii
Senecio spartioides
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Verbesina encelioides
Xanthisma spinulosum
Zinnia grandiflora
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha fulvocanescens
Heliotropium curassavicum
Heliotropium greggii
Nama carnosa
Nama hispida
Phacelia crenulata
Phacelia integrifolia
Phacelia robusta
Tiquilia canescens
Tiquilia hispidissima
Brassicaceae
Descurainia pinnata
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Lepidium montanum
Nerisyrenia camporum
Nerisyrenia linearifolia
Physaria fendleri
Physaria gordonii
Sisymbrium irio
Cactaceae
Coryphantha macromeris
Coryphantha vivipara
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia macrorhiza
Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia pottsii
Peniocereus greggii
Sclerocactus papyracanthus
Convolvulaceae
Cressa truxillensis
Evolvulus sericeus
Ipomoea purpurea
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita foetidissima
Ibervillea tenuisecta
Cupressaceae
Juniperus monosperma
Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Schoenoplectus americanus
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Ephedraceae
Ephedra torreyana
Ephedra trifurca
Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce lata
Chamaesyce serrula
Croton dioicus
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia villifera
Fabaceae
Astragalus allochrous
Dalea formosa
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Medicago sativa
Melilotus officinalis
Prosopis glandulosa
Psorothamnus scoparius
Senna lindheimeriana
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Frankeniaceae
Frankenia jamesii
Gentianaceae
Eustoma exaltatum
Eustoma grandiflorum
Zeltnera calycosa
Zeltnera maryanniana
Zeltnera texensis
Juncaceae
Juncus torreyi
Koeberliniaceae
Koeberlinia spinosa
Lamiaceae
Hedeoma nana
Poliomintha incana
Loasaceae
Cevallia sinuata
Mentzelia integra
Mentzelia multicaulis
Mentzelia multiflora
Mentzelia pumila
Malvaceae
Malvella lepidota
Malvella leprosa
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Sphaeralcea hastulata
Sphaeralcea incana
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea parviflora
Nitrariaceae
Peganum harmala
Nyctaginaceae
Abronia angustifolia
Acleisanthes chenopodioides
Acleisanthes diffusa
Acleisanthes lanceolata
Allionia choisyi
Allionia incarnata
Cyphomeris gypsophiloides
Mirabilis multiflora
Onagraceae
Calylophus hartwegii
Oenothera albicaulis
Oenothera curtiflora
Oenothera suffrutescens
Papaveraceae
Argemone polyanthemos
Plantaginaceae
Linaria dalmatica
Plumbaginaceae
Limonium limbatum
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Aristida purpurea
Arundo donax
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bouteloua breviseta
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua eriopoda
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Chloris virgata
Dasyochloa pulchella
Distichlis spicata
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eriocoma hymenoides
Hilaria mutica
Leptochloa crinita
Muhlenbergia arenacea
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Muhlenbergia porteri
Muhlenbergia pungens
Phragmites australis
Schizachyrium scoparium
Scleropogon brevifolius
Setaria leucopila
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus contractus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus flexuosus
Sporobolus giganteus
Sporobolus nealleyi
Sporobolus wrightii
Polemoniaceae
Ipomopsis longiflora
Ipomopsis pumila
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum rotundifolium
Rumex hymenosepalus
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca pilosa
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Rhamnaceae
Condalia spathulata
Rosaceae
Fallugia paradoxa
Rubiaceae
Galium proliferum
Ruppiaceae
Ruppia maritima
Salicaceae
Populus angustifolia
Populus deltoides
Populus fremontii
Salix gooddingii
Solanaceae
Datura wrightii
Lycium pallidum
Lycium torreyi
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Tamarix gallica
Typhaceae
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
Verbenaceae
Aloysia wrightii
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Phyla nodiflora
Verbena bracteata
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia hirsutissima
Larrea tridentata