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NMSU: Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands

Diné bikéyah Chi’l nooséłígíí Bąąhą́ą́nosin

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This is a list of all the plants in the database.

(Peganum harmala)

(a.k.a wild rue, rue weed, Syrian rue, Harmal, isband, oz)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Arizona alder)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Berberis trifoliolata)

(a.k.a agarita, agrito, currant-of-Texas, wild currant)

Antelope bitterbrush

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Purshia tridentata)

(a.k.a buckbrush, bitterbrush)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Asclepias asperula)

(a.k.a green-flowered milkweed, spider antelope horns)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Triglochin maritima)

(a.k.a seaside arrowgrass)

Beeplant, Rocky Mountain

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Cleome serrulata)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain beeplant, Navajo spinach)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Cordylanthus wrightii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Lomatium spp.)

(a.k.a Foothill biscuit root, Giant biscuit root, Gray's biscuit root)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hymenoxys spp.)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Coleogyne ramosissima)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Gaillardia spp.)

Blue-eyed-grass

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sisyrinchium spp.)

(a.k.a Arizona blue-eyed grass)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Campanula rotundifolia)

(a.k.a American bellflower, Bluebell bellflower, Harebell)

Bluegrass, kentucky

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Poa pratensis)

Bluestem, little false

(Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

(a.k.a beard grass)

Bottlebrush squirreltail

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Elymus elymoides)

(Bromus racemosus)

(a.k.a Meadow brome, Hairy brome, Hairy chess)

(Bromus arvensis )

(a.k.a Cenchrus incertus)

Brome, Japanese

(Bromus japonicus)

Brome, mountain

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Bromus carinatus)

(a.k.a California brome)

(Bromus rubens)

(Bromus diandrus)

(Bromus inermis)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Eriogonum spp.)

(a.k.a slender buckwheat, sand buckwheat)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Schoenoplectus acutus)

(a.k.a Tule, common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Desmanthus cooleyi)

California burclover

(Medicago polymorpha)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Alhagi camelorum)

(a.k.a Alhagi maurorum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Bromus tectorum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Prunus virginiana)

(Cylindropuntia spp. )

(a.k.a Walking stick cholla, Cane cholla)

Cliff fendlerbush

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Fendlera rupicola)

(Purshia mexicana )

(a.k.a Cowania neomexicana)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Xanthium saccharatum)

Colorado piñon

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Piñon pine, common pinyon, two needle pinyon, twoneedle/two needle pinyon, Colorado pinyon)

Common Mediterranean grass

(Schismus barbatus)

Common purslane

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Portulaca oleracea)

(a.k.a Little hogweed, red root, pursley)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Oxytenia acerosa)

Cordgrass, alkali

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Spartina gracilis)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Heracleum maximum)

(a.k.a Indian celery, indian rhubarb, pushki)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Sandbar willow, Narrowleaf willow)

Curlycup gumweed

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Grindelia squarrosa)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Perityle emoryi)

(a.k.a Emory's rock daisy)

Dalmatian toadflax/ butter and eggs

(Linaria dalmatica)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Taraxacum officinale)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Zigadenus paniculatus)

(a.k.a Foothill deathcamas)

Desert sand verbena

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Chloracantha spinosa)

(a.k.a aster, Aster spinosus, buena mujer, spiny chloracantha)

Dropseed, giant

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sporobolus giganteus)

(a.k.a giant sacaton)

(Sporobolus flexuosus)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Blepharoneuron tricholepis)

(a.k.a hairy dropseed)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sporobolus cryptandrus)

Dropseed, spike

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sporobolus contractus)

(Errazurizia rotundata)

(a.k.a Roundleaf Errazurizia, round dunebroom, roundleaf )

Evening primrose

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Oenothera spp.)

(a.k.a Tufted evening primrose, stemless primrose, fragrant evening primrose, white stemless evening primrose, gumbo lily)

Fescue, Arizona

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Festuca arizonica)

Fescue, six weeks

(Vulpia octoflora)

(a.k.a Sixweeks fescue)

(Convolvulus arvensis)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Erodium cicutarium)

(a.k.a Storksbill, Redstem filaree, Alfilaria, Redstem stork's bill)

(Pennisetum setaceum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Allionia incarnata)

(a.k.a trailing windmills, guapile)

Four-winged saltbush

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Atriplex canescens)

(a.k.a chamiza, fourwing saltbush, fourwinged saltbush)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hordeum jubatum)

(a.k.a bobtail barley, squirreltail barley)

Fremont cottonwood

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Populus fremontii)

(a.k.a Rio Grande cottonwood, Valley cottonwood)

(Poliomintha incana)

(a.k.a rosemary mint, purple sage)

Galleta, James'

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hilaria jamesii)

(a.k.a Galleta)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Quercus gambelii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Geranium spp.)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sphaeralcea spp.)

(a.k.a Scarlet globemallow)

Goatgrass, jointed

(Aegilops cylindrica )

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Bouteloua eriopoda)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Bouteloua gracilis)

Grama, sideoats

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Bouteloua curtipendula)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sarcobatus vermiculatus)

Groundsel, lobeleaf

(Packera multilobata)

(a.k.a Uinta groundsel, basin butterweed, butterweed)

Groundsel, threadleaf

(Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus)

(a.k.a wooly groundsel, Senecio longilobus)

(Halogeton glomeratus)

(Marribium vulgare)

(Tetradymia canescens)

(a.k.a spineless horsebrush, gray horsebrush)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Bee balm, Mountain mint, Oregano de la Sierra)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Equisetum arvense)

Horsetail, smooth

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Equisetum laevigatum)

Indian paintbrush

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Castilleja spp.)

(a.k.a Pepperweed, perennial pepperweed, whitetop, mesa pepperwort)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Iris missouriensis)

(a.k.a Blue flag, Flag lily. Liver lily)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Polemonium foliosissimum)

(a.k.a Jacobs ladder)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Isocoma pluriflora)

(a.k.a Rayless goldenrod, goldenweed)

(a.k.a sacred thorn-apple)

(Sorghum x almum)

Junegrass, prairie

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Koeleria macrantha)

(Juniperus spp.)

(Centaurea spp.)

(a.k.a Spotted knapweed, yellow starthistle)

Knapweed, diffuse

(Centaurea diffusa)

(a.k.a White knapweed, spreading knapweed, tumble knapweed)

Knapweed, Russian

(Acroptilon repens)

(a.k.a Centaurea picris, Rhaponticum repens ,, Turestan thistle, creeping knapweed, mountain bluet, Russian cornflower, hardheads)

Knapweed, squarrose

(Centaurea virgata)

(Bassia scoparia)

(a.k.a Kochia scoparia)

(Chenopodium album var. missouriense)

(a.k.a lamb's quarters, Chenopodium missouriense, Aellen)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Delphinium spp.)

(Euphorbia esula)

(a.k.a Faitours-grass, wolf's milk)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae )

Loco, rattleweed

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Astragalus allochrous)

(a.k.a rattleweed, Half-moon milkvetch)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Astragalus mollissimus)

(a.k.a Patterson loco)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Asclepias spp.)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a tall mormon tea, longleaf ephedra, joint fir, green ephedra)

Mountain mahogany

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Cercocarpus montanus)

Muhly, mountain

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Muhlenbergia montana)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Muhlenbergia torreyi)

Muhly, sandhill

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Muhlenbergia pungens)

(a.k.a wickiup grass)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Muhlenbergia wrightii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Verbascum thapsus)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Brassica spp.)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Poa fendleriana)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Thelesperma megapotamicum)

(a.k.a Thelesperma subnudum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Rumex crispus)

(a.k.a curly dock)

Navajo wild carrot

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Rumex hymenosepalus)

(a.k.a sand dock, dock root, canyaigre, wild rhubarb)

Needle-and-threadgrass

(Hesperostipa comata subsp. comata)

(a.k.a Hesperostipa comata, Stipa comata, Stipa cometa, spear-grass)

Needlegrass, desert

(Pappostipa speciosa)

(a.k.a Stipa speciosa, Achnatherum speciosa)

Needlegrass, Scribner

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Achnatherum scribneri)

New Mexico feathergrass

(Hesperostipa neomexicana)

(a.k.a Stipa neomexicana)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a silver nightshade, western horsenettle)

Nutsedge, yellow

(Cyperus esculentus)

(Berberis aquifolium )

(a.k.a Oregon grape holly, Mahonia aquifolium)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Penstemon spp.)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain penstemon, beardtongue, penstemon strictus)

(Lepidium alyssoides)

(a.k.a Tall whitetop, giant whiteweed, perennial pepperweed, broadleaved pepperweed, clasping pepperweed, Lepidium virginicum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hymenoxys richardsonii)

(Toxicodendron rydbergii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Pinus ponderosa)

(a.k.a Big heavy, black jack, bull pine, ponderosa white )

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Plains prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Tribulus terrestris)

(a.k.a Goathead)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Populus tremuloides)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Ericameria spp.)

(a.k.a rubber rabbitbrush)

Rabbitbrush, green

(Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)

(a.k.a yellow rabbitbrush, Douglas rabbitbrush)

(Saccharum ravennae)

(a.k.a elephant grass)

(Prunus americana)

(a.k.a American plum )

Red stem peavine

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Astragalus emoryanus)

(a.k.a locoweed, Emory's milkvetch)

(Agrostis gigantea )

(a.k.a blackbent, Agrostus gigantea)

(Bromus catharticus)

(a.k.a grazing brome, prairie grass)

Ricegrass, Indian

(Achnatherum hymenoides)

(a.k.a Oryzopsis hymenoides, Stipa hymenoides)

(Chaetopappa ericoides)

(a.k.a Sand aster, heath-leaved chaetopappa)

Roundleaf buffaloberry

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Shepherdia rotundifolia)

(a.k.a silverleaf)

Rubberweed, bitter

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hymenoxys odorata)

(a.k.a Rubberweed)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Elaeagnus angustifolia)

(a.k.a silverberry, oleaster, wild olive, Persian olive)

Sacaton, alkali

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Sporobolus airoides)

(a.k.a Salt grass)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Artemisia tridentata)

Sagebrush, Bigelow

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Artemisia bigelovii)

(a.k.a Flat sagebrush)

Sagebrush, black

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Artemisia nova)

Sagebrush, fringed

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Artemisia frigida)

(a.k.a Prairie sagewort)

Sagebrush, sand

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Artemisia filifolia)

(Tamarix spp. )

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Distichlis spicata)

(Cenchrus spinifex)

(a.k.a Schrader's brome)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Calochortus nuttallii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Ragwort, groundsel)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Atriplex confertifolia)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Rhus trilobata)

(a.k.a Skunkbrush)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Gutierrezia sarothrae)

(a.k.a broom snakeweed)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Helenium autumnale)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Symphoricarpos albus)

(a.k.a Mountain snowberry, Utah snowberry, waxberry, ghostberry)

Spreading wallflower

(Erysimum repandum)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Hypericum perforatum)

(Abies lasiocarpa subsp. Arizonica)

Sulphur cinquefoil

(Potentilla recta )

(a.k.a rough-fruited cinquefoil)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Helianthus annuus)

(Croton texensis)

(Cirsium vulgare)

Thistle, Canada

(Cirsium arvense)

(Carduus nutans)

(a.k.a nodding plumeless thistle)

Thistle, Scotch

(Onopordum acanthium)

(a.k.a scotch cottonthistle )

Three-awns, annual

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Aristida spp.)

Three-awns, perennial

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Aristida spp.)

(Ailanthus altissima)

Tufted horse grass

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Deschampsia cespitosa)

(a.k.a tufted hairgrass)

(Salsola tragus)

(a.k.a Russian thistle, prickly Russian thistle, slender thistle, Salsola kali)

Uruguayan pampas grass

(Cortaderia selloana)

Utah serviceberry

(Amelanchier utahensis)

(a.k.a Shadbush, sarvis, Juneberry)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Betula occidentalis)

(a.k.a Rocky Mountain birch)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Cicuta douglasii)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Achillea lanulosa)

(a.k.a wooly yarrow)

Wheatgrass, crested

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Agropyron cristatum)

Wheatgrass, slender

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Elymus trachycaulus)

Wheatgrass, western

(Pascopyrum smithii)

(a.k.a Agropyron smithii)

(Lepidium draba)

(a.k.a Hoary Cress, Cardaria draba)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

Wildrye, Canadian

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Elymus canadensis)

(a.k.a Nodding wild rye)

Wildrye, Russian

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Psathyrostachys juncea)

(Krascheninnikovia lanata )

(a.k.a White-sage; Eurotia ceratoides, Ceratoides lanata, Eurotia lanata)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Pale wolfberry (one species), Anderson wolfberry (another species))

Wooly Indian wheat

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Plantago patagonica)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(Dysphania ambrosioides)

Navajo Name (shown as image because
some glyphs in Navajo cannot be
conveyed as text)

(a.k.a Banana yucca, narrowleaf yucca, yucca angustissima, yucca baccata)

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