Plants of the American Desert Southwest

This list covers the desert flats, plateaus, and canyons of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. The mountain ranges are mostly covered in the Great Basin list, although some, like the Mojave desert ranges are true desert and are covered here.

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Types
Ttree
Sshrub
Vvine
Hherb
Ffern
Ufungus
BBird
-x  exotic
Locations
SSan Rafael Desert, UT
-c  Capitol Reef
-d  Dirty Devil River
-s  San Rafael Swell
MMojave Desert, CA
-g  Granite Mountains
-p  Providence Mountains
-j  Joshua Tree Nat Park
GGrand Canyon, AZ
-r  along the river
BBig Bend Nat Park
Habitats
CChihuahuan
SSonoran
MMojave
PPainted
GGreat Basin
-l  low flats
-s  slopes, plateaus
-f  flood plains
-a  salt flats
-r  riparian
-b  springs, bogs

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