Birch-leaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides
Desert Almond
Prunus fasciculata
A chaparral zone large shrub that occasionally finds company with Sonoran Desert flora at the highest elevations, above 1000 m. Cream colored flowers fragrant. Leaves toothed along distal margin. Detailed Description
Shrub of the canyons and foothills in the Mojave Desert - occasionally along western frings of the Sonoran. Leaves clustered into fascicles. Fruit dry when mature. Cream colored flowers small. Detailed Description
Arizona Rosewood
Vauquelinia californica
Blackbrush
Coleogyne ramosissima
Large, evergreen shrub in the foothills mostly above the Sonoran Desert proper. Dense clusters of small white flowers in mid to late spring. Detailed Description
Absent from most of the Sonoran Desert - found on fringes of the Mojave Desert in California and nw AZ. Yellow flowers with numerous stamens. Twigs dark gray/brown. Detailed Description