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Figure 1. Oak woodland and pine-oak forest vegetation in the Sierra la Elenita. Photo by Thomas R. Van Devender. Preliminary Flora and Vegetation of the Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Complex, , by Susan D. Carnahan1, Thomas R. Van Devender2, Ana-Lilia Reina-Guerrero2, John L. Anderson3, José Jesús Sánchez-Escalante4, and Guillermo Molina-Padilla5

Abstract Introduction We present a preliminary vascular flora for the Sierra la In the 1860s, geologist and raconteur Raphael Pumpelly Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island complex near Cananea, described the isolated mountain ranges in , New Sonora, Mexico. Expeditions and collecting trips between Mexico, and Sonora as “islands from the sea” (Wallace 1965). 2009 and 2018, along with historical collections, recorded 320 These Sky Islands (Islas Serranas in Spanish) are surrounded taxa in 65 families, with (55 taxa), Poaceae (41 by “seas” of grassland, desertscrub, thornscrub, or tropical taxa), and (36 taxa) as the most diverse families. deciduous forest. Here we present the preliminary vascular flora for the Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island complex in northern Sonora, Mexico. 1 University of Arizona Herbarium, 1140 E. South Campus Dr., Tucson, The two sierras directly west and northwest of the town of AZ 85721. 2GreaterGood.org, 6262 N. Swan Rd., Suite 150, Tucson, AZ Cananea are connected by a belt of oak woodland at 1,862 m. 85718. 3PO Box 20911, Wickenburg, AZ 85358. 4Herbario USON, Universidad de Sonora-DICTUS Edificio 1A, Niños Héroes entre (6,108 ft.) elevation in Puerto Cananea, 34 kilometers (21.2 y Pino Suárez, Col. Centro, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, CP mi) south of the Arizona border. The elevations are 1,307– 83000. 5Av. Juarez No. 14, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, CP 84620. continued next page 6 The Press Arizona Native Plant Society Fall 2018 Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island Complex continued

2,486 m. (4,288–8,156 ft., range of 1,179 m. [3,868 ft.]) in the convergent lady beetles (Hippodamia convergens) that gather Sierra la Elenita (Figure 1) and 1,230–2,498 m. (4,035–8,196 on its peak (Figure 3B). ft., range of 1,268 m. [4,161 ft.]) in the Sierra la Mariquita. Numerous collecting trips and expeditions to Sierra la The eastern slopes of the mountain complex are in the Elenita–la Mariquita mountain complex have resulted in the headwaters of the San Pedro River that flows northward into establishment of a rich databank of plant and animal Arizona. The western slopes of both ranges drain toward the specimens and observations. Dale and Allan Zimmerman Arroyo Cuitaca, which joins the Río Cocóspera and collected in la Mariquita in 1972, and eventually the Río Magdalena. The south end Victor Steinmann, Michael Wilson, and of the Sierra la Elenita drains to the Río Jared Shortman collected plants there in Bacanuchi, which flows into the Río 1996. Aaron D. Flesch and Jeremy Sonora. Russell recorded on bird The Sierra la Elenita is owned by the transects in la Mariquita in May– private mining company Mina June 2009 and the Sierra la Elenita Buenavista del Cobre, with in May 2011. Madrean Archipelago inholdings by Ejido Vicente Biodiversity Assessment (MABA) Guerrero, Mina Frisco, and other trips to la Mariquita in June 2009, private interests. General Ignacio September 2010, and August 2013 Pesqueira, the Governor of Sonora, documented plants. Madrean relocated to Cananea in the 1860s and Discovery Expedition (MDE) Sierra la reopened many silver and gold mines Elenita documented plants in April–May abandoned by the Spanish. He reportedly named 2016; other visits took place in September 2015 and the mountain range the Sierra la Elenita for his wife Elena. August 2016. La Catalina, on the east slope of the Sierra la The Sierra la Mariquita is owned by the Instituto Nacional de Elenita, was visited ten times from 2016 to 2018 by MDE. Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) and features the Although the results of these studies were not formally Observatorio Astrofísico Guillermo Haro (Figure 2), published, details about their collections and observations are inaugurated in 1987 and named in honor of Mexican available through SEINet and MABA/MDE portals. astronomer Guillermo Haro-Barraza (1913–1988). In 2015 the Sierra la Mariquita was designated a Voluntary Land continued next page Conservation Area in the Comisión de Áreas Naturales Protegidas federal system (Van Devender and Reina-G. 2015, Figure 2. Observatorio Astrofísico Guillermo Haro on the Sierra la Van Devender 2017). It is named for the mariquitas or Mariquita. Photo courtesy of INAOE.

Figure 3. Southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) in the Sierra la Mariquita. A. Branch with cones. B. Branch with needles and convergent lady beetles (Hippodamia convergens). Photos by Thomas R. Van Devender. www.aznativeplantsociety.org The Plant Press Arizona Native Plant Society 7 Figure 4. Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Sierra la Mariquita. Photo by Ana Lilia Reina-G. Figure 5. Huachuca Mountain Indian paintbrush ( patriotica) in the Sierra la Mariquita. Photo by J. Jesús Sánchez-E.

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Flora plants in the study area are mostly shared with Arizona, such as: Huachuca Mountain Indian paintbrush (Castilleja A total of 320 plant taxa in 65 families are recorded for Sierra patriotica (Figure 5), lesser Indian paintbrush (C. minor var. la Elenita–la Mariquita complex, 207 (65%) of which have minor), Heller’s draba (Draba helleriana) (Figure 6), Sonoran been vouchered or photographed. Dominant families are bird’s-foot trefoil (Hosackia alamosana) (Figure 7), Wilcox Asteraceae (55 taxa, including 2 non-natives), Poaceae (41 nipple (Mammillaria wrightii var. wilcoxii) (Figure 8), taxa, including 11 non-natives), Fabaceae (36 taxa, including 2 mutton grass (Poa fendleriana), Navajo cinquefoil (Potentilla non-natives), (9 taxa), (8 taxa), subviscosa var. ramulosa), and ponderosa violet (Viola Amaranthaceae (7 taxa, including one non-native), umbraticola). Perilla (Lopezia gracilis) is an annual member of Asparagaceae (7 taxa), Brassicaceae (7 taxa, including 2 non- the with delicate white and pink flowers (Figure natives), (7 taxa, including 2 non-natives), and 9) found in the and reaching its Solanaceae (7 taxa). The most diverse genera are Aristida (6 northern distribution limit in the Sierra la Mariquita. taxa), Euphorbia (6 taxa), Ipomoea (6 taxa), (5 taxa), Pinus (5 taxa), Quercus (5 taxa), and Eragrostis (4 taxa). Although the Sierra la Mariquita is a federally-protected Twenty-six species (8.1%) are non-native. The vegetative range, the Sierra la Elenita is entirely privately owned and communities of this Sky Island complex include scrub continued next page grassland at the lowest elevations, oak woodland on the slopes, and pine-oak forest at the highest elevations. The summits feature regionally significant populations of southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) (Figure 3) as well as Apache pine (P. engelmannii), Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii), and quaking aspen/álamo temblón (Populus tremuloides) (Figure 4). These high-elevation are familiar features of Arizona Sky Islands but are much rarer in Sonora. Other noteworthy Figure 6. Heller’s draba (Draba helleriana). Figure 7. Sonoran bird’s-foot trefoil (Hosackia alamosana). Photos by Susan D. Carnahan. 8 The Plant Press Arizona Native Plant Society Fall 2018 Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island Complex continued faces grave threats from human activities, including mineral Chris Roll, Gertrudis Yanes-A., Jeff Sartain, Maria de la Paz exploration, deforestation, tailings accumulation, and Montañez-A., Robert A. Villa, Eric Wallace, Vera Markgraf, pollution. In 2014, 40 million liters (approx. 11,000 gallons) of and Toby Van Devender helped in the field. Jeff Sartain a copper sulfate solution spilled from a Buenavista del Cobre provided his image of Lopezia gracilis. GreaterGood.org leaching pond into the Ríos Bacanuchi and Sonora. The spill sponsored several expeditions to the Sierra la Elenita–la jeopardized the water source for approximately 25,000 people Mariquita complex. in seven municipalities. Guillermo Molina reports that as of a May 2018 much of the east flank of the Sierra la Elenita was being actively deforested; there have been few or no biological Literature Cited surveys of this part of the mountain. Bowers, J.E., and S.P. McLaughlin. 1996. Flora of the Huachuca The Huachuca Mountains in Arizona are the sister range of Mountains, a botanically rich and historically significant Sky Island the Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita complex. Bowers and in Cochise County, Arizona. J. Arizona- Academy of Science McLaughlin (1996) published the flora of the Huachucas with 29:66–107. 994 taxa. Additional taxa from the Huachuca Mountains, Reina-G., A.L., and T.R. Van Devender. 2005. Floristic comparison of discovered in floristic inventories by the Coronado National an Arizona “sky island” and the Sierra Madre Occidental in eastern Forest and the Coronado National Memorial, are available in Sonora: The Huachuca Mountains and the Yécora area. Pp. 154– the SEINet databases (http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/ 157 in G.J. Gottfried, B.S. Gebow, L.G. Eskew, and C.B. Edminster collections/index.php). A total of 281 species in Sierra la (compilers). Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. Elenita–la Mariquita flora (89.0%) are shared with the Proceedings RMRS-P-36, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Huachuca Mountains. This similarity is not surprising Research Station, Ft. Collins, . considering that the northern edge of the Sierra la Mariquita is only 28 km south-southeast of Montezuma Pass. Van Devender, T.R., and A.L. Reina-G. 2015. Sierra la Mariquita – A new Sky Island reserve. The Plant Press 38:22-23. Exploration of the northern Sierra la Mariquita should increase the similarity. Van Devender, T.R., and A.L. Reina-G. 2016. The tropical Madrean flora of Yécora, Sonora, Mexico. Phytoneuron 7:1–23. The preliminary flora of the Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita is Van Devender, T.R. 2017. Another milestone for the Sky Islands. The an important contribution to our knowledge of the floristic Plant Press 40:27. diversity of the Sonoran Sky Islands. Wallace, A. (ed.). 1965. Pumpelly’s Arizona: An excerpt from across Acknowledgements America and Asia by Raphael Pumpelly, comprising those chapters which concern the Southwest. Palo Verde Press, Tucson. Excerpted George Ferguson reviewed and improved a draft of the from Raphael Pumpelly (1870), Across America and Asia: Notes of manuscript. Russell Kleinman at Western a five years’ journey around the world and of residence in Arizona, University provided a scan of a Mammillaria specimen sheet. Japan and China, Leypoldt & Holt, New York.

Figure 8. Wilcox nipple cactus (Mammillaria wrightii var. wilcoxii). Photo by Susan D. Carnahan. Figure 9. Perilla (Lopezia gracilis) in the Sierra la Mariquita. Photo by Jeff Sartain.

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An asterisk (*) denotes non-native Chenopodium neomexicanum Standl. Carminatia tenuiflora Dc. status. Dysphania graveolens (Willd.) Carphochaete bigelovii A. Gray Mosyakin & Clemants Pteridophytes arizonicum (A. Gray) Petr. Gomphrena nitida Rothr. Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng. DENNSTAEDTIACEAE Guilleminea densa (Humb. & Bonpl. Cosmos parviflorus (Jacq.) Pers. Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ex Willd.) Moq. Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray ANACARDIACEAE EQUISETACEAE Erigeron neomexicanus A. Gray Rhus aromatica Ait. Equisetum hyemale L. Galinsoga parviflora Cav. Rhus virens Lindh. ex A. Gray var. PTERIDACEAE Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton choriophylla (Wooton & Standl.) L.D. & Rusby Argyrochosma limitanea (Maxon) Benson Windham Gutierrezia wrightii A. Gray Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze Bommeria hispida (Mett. ex Kuhn) var. divaricatum (Greene) Barkl. Helianthus annuus L. Underwood APIACEAE parvifolia A. Gray aurea (Poir.) Grusz & pinnatum Cav. Windham Eryngium lemmonii J.M. Coult. & Rose fendleri Sch. Bip. Myriopteris fendleri (Hook.) E. Fourn. APOCYNACEAE A. Gray Myriopteris lindheimeri (Hook.) J. Sm. Apocynum androsaemifolium L. Iostephane heterophylla (Cav.) Benth. Myriopteris rufa Fée Asclepias elata Benth. * Lactuca serriola L. atropurpurea (L.) Link Asclepias lemmonii A. Gray podocephala (A. Gray) Pellaea wrightiana Hook. ARALIACEAE K.M. Becker Gymnosperms Aralia humilis Cav. Leibnitzia lyrata (Sch. Bip.) G.L. Nesom ASTERACEAE CUPRESSACEAE Melampodium longicorne A. Gray Ageratina herbacea (A. Gray) R.M. Juniperus deppeana Steud. King & H. Rob. Packera neomexicana (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve PINACEAE Aldama cordifolia (A. Gray) E.E. Schill. Pinus arizonica Engelm. & Panero Psacalium decompositum (A. Gray) H. Rob. & Brettell Pinus chihuahuana Engelm. dissecta (A. Gray) Rydb. Pseudognaphalium arizonicum (A. Ambrosia confertiflora DC. Pinus discolor D.K. Bailey & Gray) Anderb. Hawksworth parvifolia Nutt. Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum Pinus engelmannii Carr. Artemisia dracunculus L. (A. Gray) Anderb. Pinus strobiformis Engelm. Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Roldana hartwegii (Benth.) H. Rob. & salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Brettell var. carlomasonii (B.L. Turner & T.M. Barkley) Funston Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray Senecio wootonii Greene Baccharis thesioides Kunth resupinata (Vahl) Juss. wrightii A. Gray Bidens pilosa L. [B. odorata Cav.] Dyschoriste decumbens (A. Gray) Stevia salicifolia Cav. Brickellia betonicifolia A. Gray Kuntze lemmonii A. Gray Brickellia californica (Torr. & A. Gray) AMARANTHACEAE A. Gray Tagetes micrantha Cav. * Alternanthera caracasana Kunth Brickellia floribunda A. Gray Tagetes minuta L. Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. Brickellia rusbyi A. Gray * Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. Chenopodium arizonicum Standl. Brickellia simplex A. Gray Verbesina longifolia (A. Gray) A. Gray

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Viguiera dentata (Cav.) Spreng. Silene antirrhina L. Astragalus nuttallianus DC. Xanthisma gracile (Nutt.) D.R. Morgan Silene laciniata Cav. humilis Benth. var. humilis & R.L. Hartm. COMANDRACEAE Calliandra humilis var. reticulata (A. Xanthisma spinulosum (Pursh) D.R. Gray) L.D. Benson Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Morgan & R.L. Hartm. Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench CONVOLVULACEAE Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides Cologania angustifolia Kunth (A. Gray) Benth. & Hook. f. Ipomoea costellata Torr. Cologania obovata Schltdl. grandiflora Nutt. Ipomoea cristulata Hallier f. Crotalaria pumila Ortega Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. Ipomoea longifolia Benth. albiflora A. Gray BIGNONIACEAE Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth Dalea filiformis A. Gray Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet Ipomoea ternifolia Cav. var. leptotoma Dalea pringlei A. Gray (Torr.) J.A. McDonald BORAGINACEAE Dalea versicolor Zucc. Ipomoea thurberi A. Gray Lithospermum cobrense Greene Desmodium batocaulon A. Gray Jacquemontia agrestis (Mart. ex BRASSICACEAE Choisy) Meisn. flabelliformis Kearney * Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. CUCURBITACEAE orthocarpa (A. Gray) S. Watson Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Draba helleriana Greene Hosackia alamosana Rose ERICACEAE Hesperidanthus linearifolius (A. Gray) Lathyrus graminifolius (S. Watson) T.G. Rydb. Arbutus arizonica (A. Gray) Sarg. White Noccaea fendleri (A. Gray) Holub Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth Lupinus argenteus Pursh Pennellia longifolia (Benth.) Rollins EUPHORBIACEAE Lupinus huachucanus M.E. Jones * Sisymbrium irio L. Acalypha neomexicana Müll. Arg. Lupinus neomexicanus Greene angustidens Torr. Mariosousa millefolia (S. Watson) CACTACEAE Seigler & Ebinger Euphorbia chamaesula Boiss. Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) * Medicago lupulina L. F.M. Knuth Euphorbia cuphosperma (Engelm.) * Medicago polymorpha L. fendleri (Engelm.) Boiss. Sencke ex J.N. Haage Euphorbia densiflora (Klotzsch & Mimosa dysocarpa Benth. Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) Garcke) Klotzsch Mimosa grahamii A. Gray Engelm. ex J.N. Haage Euphorbia heterophylla L. Phaseolus grayanus Wooton & Standl. Echinocereus santaritensis W. Blum & Euphorbia pediculifera Engelm. Prosopis velutina Wooton Rutow Euphorbia prostrata Aiton Robinia neomexicana A. Gray Mammillaria wrightii Engelm. var. Tragia nepetifolia Cav. Tephrosia tenella A. Gray wilcoxii (Toumey ex K. Schum.) W.T. Marshall FABACEAE Tephrosia thurberi (Rydb.) C.E. Wood Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & J.M. Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton Vicia pulchella Kunth & Rose Bigelow Acmispon greenei (Wooton & Standl.) CAMPANULACEAE Quercus arizonica Sarg. Brouillet Lobelia cardinalis L. Quercus emoryi Torr. Acmispon oroboides (Kunth) Brouillet CARYOPHYLLACEAE Quercus gambelii Nutt. Aeschynomene villosa Poir. Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb. A. Camus Amorpha fruticosa L. subsp. saxosa (A. Gray) Maguire Torr. Astragalus nothoxys A. Gray Cerastium texanum Britton www.aznativeplantsociety.org The Plant Press Arizona Native Plant Society 11 CHECKLIST: Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island Complex page 3 of 4

GARRYACEAE linearis (Pursh) Heimerl parryi (A. Gray) A. Gray Garrya wrightii Torr. Mirabilis longiflora L. Penstemon stenophyllus A. Gray OLEACEAE * Plantago major L. * Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér. ex Ait. Fraxinus velutina Torr. caespitosum E. James ONAGRACEAE wrightii S. Watson Geranium richardsonii Fisch. & Trautv. Lopezia gracilis S. Watson POLEMONIACEAE HYDRANGEACEAE elata Kunth subsp. Ipomopsis thurberi (A. Gray) V.E. Grant Philadelphus microphyllus A. Gray hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) W. Dietr. POLYGALACEAE JUGLANDACEAE Oenothera podocarpa (Wooton & Monnina wrightii A. Gray Juglans major (Torr.) A. Heller Standl.) Krakos & W.L. Wagner [Gaura hexandra Ortega subsp. gracilis LAMIACEAE abertianum Torr. (Wooton & Standl.) P.H. Raven & D.P. Agastache pallida (Lindl.) Cory Greg] Eriogonum polycladon Benth. Hedeoma dentata Torr. Oenothera primiveris A. Gray Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. * Lamium amplexicaule L. Oenothera toumeyi (Small) Tidestr. * Polygonum aviculare L. * Marrubium vulgare L. * Rumex crispus L. Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lag. var. Brachystigma wrightii (A. Gray) PORTULACACEAE austromontana (Epling) B.L. Turner Pennell * Portulaca oleracea L. Salvia betulifolia Epling Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray var. RANUNCULACEAE coccinea Ortega minor Aquilegia chrysantha A. Gray LINACEAE Castilleja patriotica Fernald Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex A. Gray Linum lewisii Pursh Castilleja tenuiflora Benth. alpina Liebm. var. LYTHRACEAE mexicana (A. Gray ex S. Watson) R.R. Ceanothus buxifolius Willd. ex Schult. Cuphea wrightii A. Gray var. wrightii Haynes f. OXALIDACEAE betulifolia (Greene) Grubov Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl. Oxalis corniculata L. ROSACEAE Ayenia filiformis S. Watson Oxalis decaphylla Kunth Cercocarpus montanus Raf. var. Sida abutilifolia Mill. Oxalis cf. latifolia Kunth paucidentatus (S. Watson) F.L. Martin fendleri A. Gray Oxalis metcalfei (Small) R. Knuth Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. Potentilla subviscosa Greene var. Sphaeralcea incana Torr. ex A. Gray ramulosa (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles pleiacantha Greene Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. virens parviflora (Wooton) Corydalis aurea Willd. (Wooton & Standl.) McVaugh Wooton & Standl. PHRYMACEAE MONTIACEAE Erythranthe guttata (DC.) G.L. Nesom ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl. Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. microphyllum A. Gray Nuttallanthus texanus (Scheele) D.A. Boerhavia coccinea Mill. Sutton Populus fremontii S. Watson Boerhavia erecta L. Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth Populus tremuloides Michx. Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl Penstemon campanulatus (Cav.) Salix bonplandiana Kunth Willd. 12 The Plant Press Arizona Native Plant Society Fall 2018 CHECKLIST: Sierra la Elenita–la Mariquita Sky Island Complex page 4 of 4

Salix exigua Nutt. COMMELINACEAE * Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. SAXIFRAGACEAE Commelina dianthifolia Delile Elymus arizonicus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould Heuchera sanguinea Engelm. Commelina erecta L. Tradescantia pinetorum Greene Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey SIMAROUBACEAE * Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex * Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle CYPERACEAE Janch. Carex praegracilis W. Boott SOLANACEAE Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc. Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Calibrachoa parviflora (Juss.) D’Arcy * Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees Cyperus pallidicolor (Kük.) G.C. Tucker Datura inoxia Mill. Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link Cyperus sphaerolepis Boeckl. Physalis caudella Standl. Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. ex Cyperus squarrosus L. Roem. & Schult. Physalis hederifolia A. Gray Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P. Beauv Physalis pubescens L. * Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. JUNCACEAE Muhlenbergia alopecuroides (Griseb.) Solanum fendleri A. Gray Juncus mexicanus Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. P.M. Peterson & Columbus Juncus saximontanus A. Nelson Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Muhlenbergia longiligula Hitchc. Tronc. POACEAE Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc. chiricahensis Umber Aristida adscensionis L. * Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Glandularia gooddingii (Briq.) Solbrig Aristida havardii Vasey Piptochaetium fimbriatum (Kunth) Aristida pansa Wooton & Standl. Glandularia latilobata (L.M. Perry) Hitchc. G.L. Nesom Aristida schiedeana Trin. & Rupr. var. * Poa annua L. orcuttiana (Vasey) Allred & Valdés- VIOLACEAE Reyna Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey Viola umbraticola Kunth Aristida ternipes Cav. var. gentilis * Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr. VITACEAE (Henrard) Allred Setaria liebmannii E. Fourn. Vitis arizonica Engelm. Aristida ternipes Cav. var. ternipes * Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. * Avena fatua L. Monocots Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn. Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Zuloagaea bulbosa (Kunth) E. Bess AMARYLLIDACEAE Nash Allium plummerae S. Watson Bothriochloa barbinodis (Lag.) Herter Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. ASPARAGACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. Agave palmeri Engelm. Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn. & Agave parryi Engelm. var. Merr. huachucensis (Baker) Little * Bromus catharticus Vahl Dasylirion wheeleri S. Watson ex Rothr. Bromus inermis Leyss. Echeandia flavescens (Schult. & Chloris virgata Sw. Schult. f.) Cruden * Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Milla biflora Cav. Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Nolina microcarpa S. Watson Rydb. Yucca madrensis Gentry Disakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow

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