Low and Medium Water Use Plant List LOW WATER USE PLANT LIST Plant Type Common Name Scientific Name Trees Shoestring Acacia Acacia stenophylla Sweet Acacia Acacia smallii Desert Museum Palo Verde Cercidium sp. Thornless Mesquite Prosopis chilensis African Sumac Rhus lancea Large Shrubs Green Cassia Cassia nemophila Desert Honeysuckle Anisacanthus quadrifidus Texas Mountain Laurel Sophora secundiflora Medium Shrubs Texas Ranger Leucophyllum langmaniae Goldman’s Senna Senna polyantha Red Salvia Salvia greggii Small Shrubs Green Carpet Natal Plum Carissa macrocarpa Purple Spreading Lantana Lantana montevidensis Acacia Acacia redolens Golden mound lantana Lantana montevidensis Dwarf Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Accent Shrubs Century plant Agave Americana Bougainvillea Bougainvillea sp. Red Bird of Paradise Caesalpinia pulcherrima Golden Barrel Echinocactus grusonii Red Yucca Hesperaloe parviflora Regal Mist Muhlenbergia capillaries Firecracker Penstemon Penstemon eatonii Yucca Yucca pendula Desert spoon (Grey) Dasylirion wheeleri MEDIUM WATER USE PLANT LIST Plant Type Common Name Scientific Name Trees California Fan Palm California Fan Palm California Pepper California Pepper Large Shrubs Shiny Xylosma Xylosma congestum Wax Leaf Privet Ligustrum japonicum Medium Shrubs Mexican Sage Mexican Sage Dwarf Mock Orange Dwarf Mock Orange India Hawthorne India Hawthorne Small Shrubs Weeping Bottlebrush Calistemon viminalis Mexican Bush Sage Salvia leucantha Vines Lavender Trumpet Vine Clytostoma callistegioides Queen’s Wreath Antigonon leptopus .