(A) Recommended plant species areas for commercial, manufacturing and industrial site developments (i.e., parking lots, streets):
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Brandford pear | Pyrus species |
Honey locust | Gleditsia triacanthos inermis |
Pistachio | Pistacia chinensis |
Red oak Chinese | Quercus species |
(B) Trees for residential, commercial uses, wide landscaped area uses:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Afghan pine | Pinus ‘Afghan’ |
Arizona ash | Fraxinus velutina |
Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica |
Arizona sycamore | Platanus wrightii |
Arizona walnut | Juglans major |
Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
Bradford pear | Pyrus species |
Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa |
California sycamore | Platanus racemosa |
Corkscrew willow | Salix matsudana ‘tortuosa’ |
Coyote willow | Salix exigua |
Creosote tree | Larrea species |
Deodar cedar | Cedrus deodara |
Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis |
Flowering cherry | Prunus serrulata et al |
Flowering crab | Prunus armeniaca |
Flowering peach | Prunus persica |
Gambel oak | Quercus gambelii |
Globe Navajo willow | Salix matsudana ‘Navajo’ |
Golden rain tree | Koelreuteria species |
Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata |
Mesquite | Prosopis glandulosa torreyana |
Mexican elder | Sambucus mexicana |
Mimosa | Albizia julibrissin |
Modesto ash | Fraxinus velutina ‘Modesto’ |
Mountain mahogany | Cercocarpus species |
Netleaf hackberry | Celtis reticulata |
New Mexico locust | Robinia neomexicana |
New Mexico olive | Forestiera neomexicana |
Single-seed juniper | Juniperus monosperma |
(C) Shrubs for residential and non-residential uses:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Abelia | Abelia grandiflora |
Acacia | Acacia species |
Agave | Agave species |
Apache plume | Fallugia paradoxa |
Bar harbor | Juniperus Juniper |
Blue chip juniper | Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Chip’ |
Blue point juniper | Juniperus chinensis ‘Blue Point’ |
Broadmoor juniper | Juniperus sabina ‘Broadmoor’ |
Buffalo juniper | Juniperus sabina ‘Buffalo’ |
Burning bush | Euonymus alatus |
Cherry sage | Larrea species |
Creosote bush | Lagerstroemia indica |
Crepe myrtle | Lagerstroemia indica |
Desert broom | Baccharis sarothroides |
Forsythia | Forsythia species |
Fourwing saltbush | Atriplex canescens |
Fraser’s photinia | Photinia fraseri |
Gold spot euonymus | Euonymous japonica ‘aurea marg.’ |
Gold tip pftizer | Juniper chinenesis ‘pfitzeriana aurea’ |
Green euonymus | Euonymus japonica |
Holly | Ilex species |
Indian hawthorn | Raphiolepis indica |
Lilac | Syringa persica |
Nandina (heavenly bamboo) | Nandina domestica |
Oregon grape holly | Mahonia aquifolium |
Pampas grass | Cortaderia selloana |
Pfitzer juniper | Juniper chinensis ‘pfitzeriana’ |
Pyracantha (firethorn) | Pyracantha lalandei |
Red leaf barberry | Berberis thunbergii ‘atropurperea’ |
Rock cotoneaster | Cotoneaster horizontalis |
Sea green juniper | Juniper chinensis ‘sea green’ |
Silverberry | Eleagnus pungens ‘Gruitlandii’ |
Sotol | Dasylirion wheeleri |
Spanish broom | Spartium junceum |
Spartan juniper | Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’ |
Tam juniper | Juniperus sabina ‘Tam’ |
Texas sage | Artemisia species |
Three leaf sumac | Rhus trilobata |
Torulosa juniper | Juniperus chinensis ‘torulosa’ |
Turpentine bush | Haplopappus laricifolia |
Yucca | Yucca pendula |
(D) Ground covers:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Creeping mahonia | Mahonia repens |
English ivy | Hedera helix |
Green santolina | Santolina chamaecyparissus |
Grey santolina | Santolina virens |
Vinca major | Creeping myrtle (periwinkle) |
Vinca minor | Dwarf periwinkle |
Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
(E) Vines:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Banks’ rose | Rosa banksiae |
Canyon grape | Vitis arizonica |
English ivy | Hedera helix |
Trumpet vine | Campsis radicans |
Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
Wisteria | Wisteria species |
(F) Grasses:
(1) Turf lawn species:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Bermuda | Cynodon dactylon |
Fescue | Festuca species |
Kentucky blue grass | Poa pratensis |
Manhattan rye | Lolium ‘Manhattan’ |
Perennial rye | Lolium perenne |
(2) General use species, low water consumption and erosion control grasses:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Alkali sacaton | Sporobolus airoides |
Blue grama grass | Bouteloua gracilis |
Buffalo grass | Buchloe dactyloides |
Indian ricegrass | Oryzopsis hymenoides |
Needle and thread grass | Stipa comata |
Sand dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus |
(3) Ornamental grasses:
Common Name | Botanical Species/Name |
Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii |
Purple threeawn | Aristida purpurea |
Sacaton | Sporobolus wrightii |
Threadgrass | Stipa tenuissi |
(Ord. 2010-018, passed - -) Penalty, see § 150.999