Northwest Mesa Escarpment Plan

PLANT SPECIES LIST

 

Grasses

Up to 25% of the landscaped area of a residential site may consist of turf.

Agropyron smithii — Western Wheatgrass   

Andropogon gerardli — Big Bluestem   

Bouteloua curtipendula — Sideoats Grama   

Bouteloua eriopoda — Black Grama   

Bouteloua gracilis — Blue Grama   

Buchloe dactyloides — Buffalo Grass  

Hilaria jamesii — Galleta   

Oryzopsis hymnenoides — Indian Rice Grass   

Schizachyrium scoparium — Little Bluestem   

Soprobolus airoides — Alkali Sacaton   

Sporobolus cryptandrus — Sand Dropseed   

Sporobolus flexuosus — Mesa Dropseed   

Festuca arundinaceum  — Tall Fescue Sod   

 

(Note: All of the grasses listed are available commercially except for Mesa Dropseed.)

 

 

Flowers

Ratibida columnifera — Prairie Coneflower   

Gaillardia aristata — Firewheel   

Gaillardia pulchella — Blanket Flower   

Gilia leptantha — Showy Blue Gilia   

Castilleja intergra — Indian Paintbrush   

Bush Penstemon — Beardtongue   

Penstemon strictus — Rocky Mountain Penstemon   

Rudbeckia hirta — Blackeyed Susan   

Achillea millefolium — Yarrow   

Zinnia grandiflora — Rocky Mountain Zinnia   

Oenothera albicaulis — Desert Evening Primrose   

Heliotropium convolvulaceum — Heliotrope   

Aster tanacetifolius — Tansy Aster   

A. pauciflorus — Purple Aster   

Melampodium leucanthum — Blackfoot Daisy   

 

Any other annuals with water and soil requirements compatible with the above.

 

Shrubs

 

Artemisia filifolia — Sand Sagebrush   

Artemisia frigida — Fringed Sagebrush   

Artemisia tridentata — Big Sagebrush   

Atriplex canescens — Fourwing Saltbush (potential allergen)   

Baccharis pularis — Coyote Bush   

Santolina chamaecyparissus — Gray Santolina   

Santolina virens — Green Santolina   

Ceratoides lanata — Winterfat (potential allergen)   

Cercocarpus montanus — Mountain Mahogany   

Ephedra trifurca — Mormon Tea   

Chrysothamnus nauseosus — Rubber Rabbitbrush/Chamisa (potential allergen)   

Fallugia paradoxa — Apache Plume   

Opuntia — Prickly Pear   

Opuntia imbricata — Cholla   

Queras grisea — Gray oak (can become small tree)   

Rhus trilobata — Skunkbush Sumac/Three Leaf Sumac   

Yucca elata — Soaptree Yucca   

Yucca glauca — Small Soapweed   

Potentillo fruticosa — Shrubby Cinquefoil   

Dalea scoparia — Broom Dalea   

 

 

Trees

 

Fruit and ornamental trees which do not typically exceed 30 feet at maturity, are also permitted.

*Elaeagnus angustifolia — Russian Olive   

Juniperus monosperma — One Seed Juniper    

Juniperus deppeana — Alligator Juniper   

Chilopsis linearis — Desert Willow   

*Populus fremontii — Rio Grande Cottonwood   

Celtis occidentalis — Hackberry   

Celtis reticulata — Net Leaf Hackberry   

Robina neomexicana — New Mexico Locust   

*Forestiera neomexicana — New Mexico Olive   

Prosopis glandulosa — Mesquite   

*Fraxinus velutina — Velvet ash   

*Salix amygdaloides — Peachleaf willow   

Cowania stansburiana — Cliff rose (also considered a shrub)   

Fraxinus cuspidata — Fragrant Ash   

*Salix gooddingi — Goodding Willow   

 

(Note: *Indicates potential shade trees.)