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Native Plants and Local Ecosystems
Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res.
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County
Yavapai County Factoids
Area is 8,125 mi2
Elevation ranges from 1,900 to 7,979 ft 26% Private 38% USFS 27% State Lands 9% BLM 0.5% Native American Reservations Population estimate 211,061 (2010) Nine incorporated cities/towns
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Yavapai County Vegetation Types
Montane Conifer Forests (red)
Great Basin Grasslands &Pinyon Juniper Woodland (straw)
Desert Communities (blue)
Interior Chaparral (green)
Semi‐Desert Grasslands (peach)
InteriorChaparral
Ponderosa PinePinyon Juniper
Woodlands
Great Basin Grasslands
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Joshua Tree near Congress Sonoran Desert near BCC
Cedar Flats near Camp Verde Riparian Area - Beaver Creek
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Native Plant Law
• Most cacti and desert legumes are protected
• Threatened and endangered plant species
• See publication: Arizona Native Plant Law: What You Need to Know ‐https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1506.pdf
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Grasses
• Warm vs. Cool Season
• Sod‐forming vs. Bunch
• Native vs. Non‐natives
• Forbs have some similarities
Yavapai County Plant Books
• Arizona Flora (1960), T.H. Kearny and R.H. Peebles
• Seed Plants of Northern Arizona (1973), W.B. McDougall
• A Field Guide to Plants of Arizona (1997), A.O. Epple
• A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (1998), T.F. Niehaus
• Weeds of the West (2006), T.D. Whitson
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Yavapai County Native Plant Web Resources
Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plantscals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/
Common Plants of the Verde Valley & Sedona www.naturesongs.com/vvplants/
USDA Plants Databaseplants.usda.gov
SEINetswbiodiversity.org/seinet/
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