Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands
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This is a list of all the plants in the database.
African rue
(Peganum harmala)
(a.k.a wild rue, rue weed, Syrian rue, Harmal, isband, oz)
Noxious, Invasive
Toxic to livestock and humans

Algerita
Tsinłitsoi
(Berberis trifoliolata)
(a.k.a agarita, agrito, currant-of-Texas, wild currant)
Edible berries
Good for wildlife
May cause injury

Antelope bitterbrush
Tsék’ina’ałch’ízhii
(Purshia tridentata)
(a.k.a buckbrush, bitterbrush)
Good livestock forage

Antelopehorn
Azee’l̷a’dilt’éhé
(Asclepias asperula)
(a.k.a green-flowered milkweed, spider antelope horns)
Poisonous to livestock

Beeplant, Rocky Mountain
Waa’
(Cleome serrulata)
(a.k.a Rocky Mountain beeplant, Navajo spinach)
Edible seeds and seedpods

Biscuitroot
Nímasiichilí
(Lomatium spp.)
(a.k.a Foothill biscuit root, Giant biscuit root, Gray's biscuit root)
Provides wildlife forage and habitat

Bluebells
Dahiitiíhídą́ą́’dootł’izhí
(Campanula rotundifolia)
(a.k.a American bellflower, Bluebell bellflower, Harebell)

Bulrush
Lók’aatł’ohtsoh
(Schoenoplectus acutus)
(a.k.a Tule, common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush)
Provides wildlife habitat and forage
Potentially invasive

Colorado piñon
Chá’oł
(Pinus edulis)
(a.k.a Piñon pine, common pinyon, two needle pinyon, twoneedle/two needle pinyon, Colorado pinyon)
Provides wildlife forage

Common purslane
Tsiighájiłchíí
(Portulaca oleracea)
(a.k.a Little hogweed, red root, pursley)
Edible leaves
Weedy

Cow parsnip
Azee’haagai
(Heracleum maximum)
(a.k.a Indian celery, indian rhubarb, pushki)
Provides wildlife and livestock forage
Potential skin irritant

Coyote willow
K’ei’łibáhí
(Salix exigua)
(a.k.a Sandbar willow, Narrowleaf willow)
Provides wildlife and livestock forage and habitat
Provides erosion control

Death camas
Yiíłtsíniitsoh
(Zigadenus paniculatus)
(a.k.a Foothill deathcamas)
Poisonous to livestock

Devilweed
Ni’ ił tł’ hii
(Chloracantha spinosa)
(a.k.a aster, Aster spinosus, buena mujer, spiny chloracantha)

Dropseed, pine
Tł’ohyilzólí
(Blepharoneuron tricholepis)
(a.k.a hairy dropseed)
Provides livestock forage
Indicator of healthy rangeland

Evening primrose
Tł’é’yiigáhii
(Oenothera spp.)
(a.k.a Tufted evening primrose, stemless primrose, fragrant evening primrose, white stemless evening primrose, gumbo lily)

Filaree
Dahįįtiíhídą́ą́’łikaní
(Erodium cicutarium)
(a.k.a Storksbill, Redstem filaree, Alfilaria, Redstem stork's bill)
Provides wildlife and livestock forage
Noxious

Four o'clock
K’ińeeshdlíshiidą́ą́’łigai
(Allionia incarnata)
(a.k.a trailing windmills, guapile)

Four-winged saltbush
Díwózhiiłbéíí
(Atriplex canescens)
(a.k.a chamiza, fourwing saltbush, fourwinged saltbush)
Good livestock forage

Foxtail barley
Azéé’iilwo’iitsoh
(Hordeum jubatum)
(a.k.a bobtail barley, squirreltail barley)
May injure grazing animals

Globemallow
Azeenitł’inii
(Sphaeralcea spp.)
(a.k.a Scarlet globemallow)
Wildlife and livestock forage

Grama, black
Tł’ohnást’ąsłizhiní
(Bouteloua eriopoda)
Good livestock forage
Easily killed by overgrazing
Groundsel, lobeleaf
(Packera multilobata)
(a.k.a Uinta groundsel, basin butterweed, butterweed)
Potentially toxic to livestock

Groundsel, threadleaf
Azeehááldzidí
(Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus)
(a.k.a wooly groundsel, Senecio longilobus)
Toxic to livestock

Halogeton
Chil’bit’ą́ą́h t’ó
(Halogeton glomeratus)
Poisonous, especially to sheep
Noxious, Invasive

Horsemint
Kétłoh
(Monarda spp.)
(a.k.a Bee balm, Mountain mint, Oregano de la Sierra)
Provides good insect forage
Hummingbirds like it

Indian paintbrush
Dahiitįį́hídą́ą́’tsoh
(Castilleja spp.)
(a.k.a Pepperweed, perennial pepperweed, whitetop, mesa pepperwort)

Jimmyweed
K’iiłtsoiłizhiní
(Isocoma pluriflora)
(a.k.a Rayless goldenrod, goldenweed)
Poisonous to livestock
May cause illness in humans from meat or milk

Jimsonweed
Ch’óhojiééh
(Datura spp.)
(a.k.a sacred thorn-apple)
Poisonous to humans and livestock
Potential skin irritant

Johnsongrass
Akál
(Sorghum x almum)
Noxious, may suppress other plants
Sometimes toxic to livestock, especially cattle

Knapweed
Ch’it Bilat’a dootłizhigí
(Centaurea spp.)
(a.k.a Spotted knapweed, yellow starthistle)
Invasive, Noxious
Spiny

Knapweed, diffuse
Ch’il lat’á dei nínigí
(Centaurea diffusa)
(a.k.a White knapweed, spreading knapweed, tumble knapweed)
May injure livestock
May decrease range value
Introduced, Noxious

Knapweed, Russian
Ch’ildích’l’iłibáhí
(Acroptilon repens)
(a.k.a Centaurea picris, Rhaponticum repens ,, Turestan thistle, creeping knapweed, mountain bluet, Russian cornflower, hardheads)
Toxic to horses; potentially toxic to other livestock
Noxious

Kochia
Ch’il nilt’ǫlí
(Bassia scoparia)
(a.k.a Kochia scoparia)
Potentially toxic to livestock
Introduced, Noxious

Lambsquarters
Tł’oh dei hałgaí
(Chenopodium album var. missouriense)
(a.k.a lamb's quarters, Chenopodium missouriense, Aellen)

Leafy spurge
Ch’il abcí tsoh
(Euphorbia esula)
(a.k.a Faitours-grass, wolf's milk)
Noxious, Introduced
Toxic to cattle
Skin and eye irritation in humans
Poisonous

Loco, rattleweed
Dá’ághálii
(Astragalus allochrous)
(a.k.a rattleweed, Half-moon milkvetch)
Toxic to livestock

Mormon tea
Tł’ohozihii
(Ephedra spp.)
(a.k.a tall mormon tea, longleaf ephedra, joint fir, green ephedra)
Potentially toxic to sheep and cows

Mountain mahogany
Tsé’ásdaazii
(Cercocarpus montanus)
Provides forage for wildlife and livestock
Provides wildlife habitat

Muhly, sandhill
Béé’ézhóó’
(Muhlenbergia pungens)
(a.k.a wickiup grass)
Controls wind erosion on sand

Navajo tea
Ch’ilgohwéhí’deí
(Thelesperma megapotamicum)
(a.k.a Thelesperma subnudum)
Useful to humans

Navajo tobacco
Dziłnát’oh
(Rumex crispus)
(a.k.a curly dock)
Introduced
Toxic to livestock and poultry

Navajo wild carrot
Chaasht’ezhiitsoh
(Rumex hymenosepalus)
(a.k.a sand dock, dock root, canyaigre, wild rhubarb)
Useful to humans
Needle-and-threadgrass
Ch'il Bilata dee'ni'ni'
(Hesperostipa comata subsp. comata)
(a.k.a Hesperostipa comata, Stipa comata, Stipa cometa, spear-grass)
Cures well on the stalk
Sharp awn may injure livestock

Needlegrass, desert
Tł’ohtsahí
(Pappostipa speciosa)
(a.k.a Stipa speciosa, Achnatherum speciosa)
May injure livestock

New Mexico feathergrass
Tł’ohdit’ódítsoh
(Hesperostipa neomexicana)
(a.k.a Stipa neomexicana)
Seeds may injure livestock
Withstands heavy use in spring and fall

Nightshade
Ma’iidą́ą́’
(Solanum spp.)
(a.k.a silver nightshade, western horsenettle)
Toxic to livestock
May cause injury

Oregon grape
Tséch’ilndtł’izíyilt ’ą́ą ’í
(Berberis aquifolium )
(a.k.a Oregon grape holly, Mahonia aquifolium)

Penstemon
Tsédídééh
(Penstemon spp.)
(a.k.a Rocky Mountain penstemon, beardtongue, penstemon strictus)
Good for wildlife

Pepperweed
Os si tsóh
(Lepidium alyssoides)
(a.k.a Tall whitetop, giant whiteweed, perennial pepperweed, broadleaved pepperweed, clasping pepperweed, Lepidium virginicum)
Invasive

Ponderosa pine
Ńdíshchíí’
(Pinus ponderosa)
(a.k.a Big heavy, black jack, bull pine, ponderosa white )
Good wildlife forage
Potential danger to cattle

Prickly pear
Hoshniteelí
(Opuntia spp.)
(a.k.a Plains prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)
Potentially invasive
Forage for wildlife

Rabbitbrush
Ch’ildiilyésiits’óóz
(Ericameria spp.)
(a.k.a rubber rabbitbrush)
Useful for soil stabilization and restoration

Rabbitbrush, green
Ch’ildiilyésiits’ǫ́ǫ́z
(Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)
(a.k.a yellow rabbitbrush, Douglas rabbitbrush)
Potentially invasive

Red stem peavine
Ch’ilna’át’ó’í
(Astragalus emoryanus)
(a.k.a locoweed, Emory's milkvetch)
Toxic to livestock

Redtop
Tł’ohlátahyíchii’í
(Agrostis gigantea )
(a.k.a blackbent, Agrostus gigantea)
Introduced
Palatable to cattle and horses

Ricegrass, Indian
Ndídlídii
(Achnatherum hymenoides)
(a.k.a Oryzopsis hymenoides, Stipa hymenoides)
Good livestock and wildlife forage
Edible grain

Roundleaf buffaloberry
Dibédą́ą́’
(Shepherdia rotundifolia)
(a.k.a silverleaf)
Wildlife forage and habitat

Rubberweed, bitter
Né’éshjaa’yilkee’é
(Hymenoxys odorata)
(a.k.a Rubberweed)
Toxic to livestock, particularly sheep

Russian olive
Tsin łibáhá
(Elaeagnus angustifolia)
(a.k.a silverberry, oleaster, wild olive, Persian olive)
Noxious

Sacaton, alkali
Tl̷ohdá’ákáłiitsoh
(Sporobolus airoides)
(a.k.a Salt grass)
Good forage
Stabilizes soil

Sagebrush, Bigelow
Ts’ahłibáhí
(Artemisia bigelovii)
(a.k.a Flat sagebrush)
Wildlife and livestock forage

Sagebrush, sand
Ch’ilzhóó’
(Artemisia filifolia)
Potentially toxic to horses
Provides erosion control

Snakeweed
Ch’il Diilyésii dzaa
(Gutierrezia sarothrae)
(a.k.a broom snakeweed)
Potentially toxic to livestock

Sneezeweed
Nií’ii’nił
(Helenium autumnale)
Potentially toxic to livestock and humans
Butterfly forage

Snowberry
Didzé
(Symphoricarpos albus)
(a.k.a Mountain snowberry, Utah snowberry, waxberry, ghostberry)
Early spring forage

St. Johnswort
Biłhaazhch’ih
(Hypericum perforatum)
Toxic to livestock
Pollen source for bees and wasps

Sulphur cinquefoil
Azee tsoxíí, Chil di tsoxíí
(Potentilla recta )
(a.k.a rough-fruited cinquefoil)
Noxious

Thistle, musk
Azee’okani’whooshí, Azee’okani’deniní
(Carduus nutans)
(a.k.a nodding plumeless thistle)
Invasive, Noxious
May cause injury

Thistle, Scotch
Zéé hókanííł béí, Whosh Waa’
(Onopordum acanthium)
(a.k.a scotch cottonthistle )
Noxious

Three-awns, annual
Azéé’iilwo’iiyázhí
(Aristida spp.)
Fleece damage to sheep
Irritates livestock skin, eyes, nostrils

Tumbleweed
Ch’ildeeníní
(Salsola tragus)
(a.k.a Russian thistle, prickly Russian thistle, slender thistle, Salsola kali)
Sign of unhealthy rangeland
May cause injury

Utah serviceberry
Dídzéi dit’odi
(Amelanchier utahensis)
(a.k.a Shadbush, sarvis, Juneberry)
Edible berries

Water birch
K’ishchíí
(Betula occidentalis)
(a.k.a Rocky Mountain birch)
Stabilizes streambanks
Provides wildlife habitat

Western yarrow
Tééhch’ihóózhood
(Achillea lanulosa)
(a.k.a wooly yarrow)
Wildlife and livestock forage

Wheatgrass, slender
Tł’ooléyilts’oozí
(Elymus trachycaulus)
Wildlife and livestock forage
Erosion control

Wheatgrass, western
Tł’oolé
(Pascopyrum smithii)
(a.k.a Agropyron smithii)
Early spring forage is palatable to all livestock

Winterfat
Gahtsohdą́ą́’
(Krascheninnikovia lanata )
(a.k.a White-sage; Eurotia ceratoides, Ceratoides lanata, Eurotia lanata)
Forage for sheep and wildlife
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