Appendix A – Landscape Plant List

APPENDIX A – LANDSCAPE PLANT LIST

This list does not include all of the possible low water use/drought-tolerant plants; rather it lists those that the city of Maricopa would prefer to have used within the public rights-of-way. Nor does this list imply that every plant listed is suited to every right-of-way or low water use landscape situation. It is the responsibility of the landscape designer, architect or contractor to determine which plants are suitable for a specific location and situation.

TreesAcacia smallii – Desert Sweet Acacia

A. greggii – Catclaw Acacia

A. willardiana – Palo Blanco

A. saligna – Wattle

A. schaffneri – Twisted Acacia

Cercidium floridum – Blue Palo Verde

C. praecox – Palo Brea

C. microphyllum – Foothills Palo Verde, Little Leaf Palo Verde

Celtis reticulata – Western Hackberry

C. pallida – Desert Hackberry

Chilopsis linearis – Desert Willow

Dalbergia sissoo – Sissoo Tree

Lysiloma thornberi – Desert Fern, Fern-of-the-desert

Olneya tesota – Ironwood

Pithecellobium flexicaule – Texas Ebony

Prosopis velutina – Velvet Mesquite

P. glandulosa – Texas/Honey Mesquite

P. pubescens – Screwbean Mesquite

Schinus molle – California Pepper Tree

Ulmus parvifolia cv. ‘Sempervirens’ – Chinese Evergreen Elm

Cacti and SucculentsAgave – many species

Carnegiea gigantea – Saguaro

Echinocactus grusonii – Golden Barrel

Echinocereus engelmannii – Hedgehog Cactus

Ferocactus acanthodes – Compass Barrel

Opuntia violacea – Purple Prickly Pear

O. basilaris – Beavertail Prickly Pear

Yucca elata – Soaptree Yucca

Y. brevifolia – Joshua Tree

Y. baccata – Banana Yucca

GroundcoversBaileya multiradiata – Desert Marigold

Dalea greggii – Trailing Indigo Bush

Lantana spp. – Trailing Lantana

Melampodium leucanthum – Blackfoot Daisy

Oenothera berlandiere – Mexican Evening Primrose

Stachys coccinea – Texas Betony

Zauschneria californica – Hummingbird Trumpet

ShrubsAmbrosia deltoidea – Triangleleaf Bursage

Atriplex lentiformis – Quail Bush

Caesalpinia mexicana – Mexican-bird-of-paradise

C. pulcherrima – Red bird-of-paradise

C. gilliesii – Yellow bird-of-paradise

Calliandra californica – Baja Red Fairy Duster

C. eriophylla – Pink Fairy Duster

Cassia wislizeni – Shrubby Senna

Dalea frutescens – Black Dalea

D. pulchra – Pea Bush

D. versicolor – Indigo Bush

Dodonaea viscosa – Hopbush

Encelia farinosa – Brittlebush

Fouquieria splendens – Ocotillo

Hesperaloe parviflora – Hesperaloe

Justicia californica – Chuparosa

J. spicigera – Orange Hummingbird Bush

Larrea tridentata – Creosote

Leucophyllum frutescens – Texas Sage or Green Cloud

L. candidum – Silver Cloud

L. laevigatum – Chihuahuan Sage

Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon

P. parryi – Parry’s Penstemon

P. pseudospectabilis – Desert Penstemon

P. superbus – Superb Penstemon

Ruellia spp. – Ruellia

Salvia spp. – Sage

Senna spp. – Cassia

Simmondsia chinensis – Jojoba

Sphaeralcea ambigua – Globe Mallow

Tecoma stans – Arizona Yellow Bells [Ord. 06-18 § 1(Appendix A); Res. 06-42.]