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Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment Project (MABA)
Species Count: 65
Asteraceae
Ambrosia monogyra
Encelia farinosa
Ericameria laricifolia
Isocoma tenuisecta
Logfia filaginoides
Parthenice mollis
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Amsinckia menziesii
Cryptantha barbigera
Cryptantha pterocarya
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia distans
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Plagiobothrys pringlei
Brassicaceae
Descurainia pinnata
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia versicolor
Echinocereus engelmannii
Ferocactus wislizeni
Mammillaria grahamii
Opuntia engelmannii
Cannabaceae
Celtis pallida
Caryophyllaceae
Herniaria hirsuta
Loeflingia squarrosa
Cucurbitaceae
Marah gilensis
Ephedraceae
Ephedra fasciculata
Euphorbiaceae
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia polycarpa
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Coursetia glandulosa
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Senegalia greggii
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Lamiaceae
Salvia columbariae
Loasaceae
Petalonyx thurberi
Malvaceae
Herissantia crispa
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Cistanthe monandra
Nyctaginaceae
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia coccinea
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja exserta
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon thurberi
Poaceae
Digitaria californica
Eragrostis cilianensis
Heteropogon contortus
Lolium perenne
Muhlenbergia arizonica
Poa bigelovii
Setaria arizonica
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum palmerianum
Eriogonum polycladon
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris lindheimeri
Rhamnaceae
Sarcomphalus obtusifolius
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella arizonica