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trees
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herbaceous
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
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composites
legumes
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
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unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
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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
winged petiolate
sheathing
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
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inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
NAU-BIO414-Desert Grasslands
Tina Ayers
Species Count: 39
Asparagaceae
Yucca elata
Asteraceae
Baccharis sarothroides
Baileya multiradiata
Chloracantha spinosa
Gutierrezia microcephala
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Isocoma acradenia
Melampodium leucanthum
Xanthium strumarium
Berberidaceae
Mahonia haematocarpa
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Cactaceae
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cannabaceae
Celtis reticulata
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita foetidissima
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Acacia greggii
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
Prosopis glandulosa
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Krameriaceae
Krameria erecta
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea parviflora
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia coccinea
Papaveraceae
Argemone pleiacantha
Poaceae
Avena fatua
Cenchrus spinifex
Dasyochloa pulchella
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Hilaria belangeri
Hilaria mutica
Sorghum halepense
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum trichopes
Rhamnaceae
Sarcomphalus obtusifolius
Sapindaceae
Sapindus saponaria
Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus altissima
Solanaceae
Physalis hederifolia
Verbenaceae
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Zygophyllaceae
Larrea tridentata
Tribulus terrestris