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Native plants in San Tan Valley

39 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

8 of them need no watering beyond San Tan Valley’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii

Photo: Evelyn Lazzaretti 🏳️‍⚧️ · CC0 1.0

Blue Paloverde

Parkinsonia florida

Photo: Augusto Olmos Mercado · CC0 1.0

Yellow Paloverde

Parkinsonia microphylla

No watering needed Photo: Sequoia Janirella Wrens · CC0 1.0

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Photo: John Williams · CC0 1.0

Sugar Hackberry

Celtis laevigata

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Velvet Mesquite

Prosopis velutina

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Jerusalem Thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Photo: mattmsa · CC0 1.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs14

Backbone planting

Desert Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Chuparosa

Justicia californica

No watering needed Photo: Aaron Kreisberg · CC BY 4.0

Yellow Paloverde

Parkinsonia microphylla

No watering needed Photo: Sequoia Janirella Wrens · CC0 1.0

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis

Photo: John Williams · CC0 1.0

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Blackfoot Daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

Photo: Noland Martin · CC BY 4.0

Fourwing Saltbush

Atriplex canescens

No watering needed Photo: Cricket Raspet · CC BY 4.0

Brittlebush

Encelia farinosa

No watering needed Photo: Evelyn Lazzaretti 🏳️‍⚧️ · CC0 1.0

Velvet Mesquite

Prosopis velutina

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Jerusalem Thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Photo: mattmsa · CC0 1.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

No watering needed Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Photo: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Perennials21

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0

Desert Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

No watering needed Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Photo: Tom Kennedy · CC BY 4.0

Blackfoot Daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

Photo: Noland Martin · CC BY 4.0

Desert Marigold

Baileya multiradiata

No watering needed Photo: Casey Flinspach · CC BY 4.0

Blue Dicks

Dipterostemon capitatus

Photo: George Williams · CC0 1.0

Tidy Tips

Layia glandulosa

Photo: Laura Gaudette · CC BY 4.0

Texas Betony

Stachys coccinea

Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz · CC BY 4.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Carolina Geranium

Geranium carolinianum

Photo: Melissa Meadows · CC BY 4.0

Golden Corydalis

Corydalis aurea

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 1.0

Horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Southern Cattail

Typha domingensis

Photo: mattmsa · CC0 1.0

Tufted Evening Primrose

Oenothera caespitosa

Cutleaf Groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Photo: Ryan · CC0 1.0

Palmer Amaranth

Amaranthus palmeri

Photo: Linda Jo Conn · CC BY 4.0

Seaside Petunia

Calibrachoa parviflora

Photo: Lucas Carbone · CC BY 4.0

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents4

Dry and architectural

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Beavertail Cactus

Opuntia basilaris

No watering needed Photo: Eric Alan Isaacson · CC BY 4.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Saguaro

Carnegiea gigantea

Photo: Spooner · CC0 1.0

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