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Arizona Native Plants Resources
Arboretums, Herbariums, and Organizations
- University of Arizona Herbarium
- Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- The Arboretum at Arizona State University
- Northern Arizona University's Native Plants of Northern Arizona class web site
- University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
- Yavapai County Cooperative Extension: Horticulture
- The Arboretum at Flagstaff
- Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pima County
- Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute
- Sonoran Desert Naturalist Home Page
- Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson
- Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Superior
- Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
- McDowell Sonoran Land Trust
- Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council
- U.S. Geological Survey Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program/
Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
- Forgotten Pollinators Campaign AZ-Sonora Desert Museum
- The Nature Conservancy, Arizona chapter
- Audubon Society in the State of Arizona Links to Arizona chapters of the Audubon Society
- Cochise County Master Gardeners
- Arizona Sierra Club
- Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society
- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Arizona
- Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista
- Navajo Nation Natural Heritage Program
- Southeast Arizona Butterfly Association
Documents, Informational Sites
- Arizona Master Gardener Manual. Detailed reference for Southwestern gardening, not specifically geared to native plants, however.
- Desert Foothills Scenic Drive Plant Guide: Guide to plants seen along a favorite drive in the Scottsdale area.
- Northern Arizona Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants
- Low-Water Use/Drought-Tolerant Plants: Official regulatory list from Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Landscape Water Conservation: Low 4 Program is a landscape water conservation program which provides education and training to members of the Green Industry, property managers and the Tucson residential community.
- Water Wise, a U of A Cooperative Extension Water Conservation Education Program located in the Sierra Vista Sub Watershed.
- National Resources Conservation Service (USDA):
- Los Lunas Plant Materials Center: covers Northern AZ, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and west Texas
- Tucson Plant Materials Center: covers Southern AZ, parts of Nevada and California
Legislation; Government Planning
- Arizona Native Plant laws: Department of Agriculture: Native Plants
- City of Scottsdale Native Plant Ordinance
- Pima County Native Plant Preservation Code
- Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan: The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan combines short-term actions to protect and enhance the natural environment with long-range planning to ensure that our natural and urban environments not only coexist but develop an interdependent relationship, where one enhances the other.
Mailing Lists
- AZPLANTS: Listserv list for Plants of Arizona and the Greater Southwest
Publications
- The Arid Lands Newsletter Home Page
- Desert Plants, a unique botanical journal published by The University of Arizona for Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum.
- University of Arizona Press Nature and Environment
- Native Plants for High-Elevation Western Gardens by Janice Busco and Nancy R. Morin, Photography by Gene Balzer, Published in partnership with The Arboretum at Flagstaff and available for purchase at The Arboretum and the link shown.
Native Plant Information and Photographs
- University of Arizona Herbarium
- Medicinal Plant Images from the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine; a number are from Arizona and New Mexico
- Wildflowers at Organ Pipe N.M., March 1998 by Robert Dahl
- Sonoran Desert Naturalist Includes wildflower updates
- Southwestern Cacti by Andrew Cooper. Photos and proper descriptions of each of the 152 species of cactus found in the American Southwest
- Travels in the Desert Southwest by Andrew Cooper.
- Common Plants of the Verde Valley and Sedona This Naturesongs page attempts to assist locals in the visual identification of the most common native and "feral" or escapee plants of the Verde Valley of central Arizona.
- Destination: Forever Ranch and Gardens A group dedicated to the creation of a desert botanical garden and sustainable living resource center in the Arizona desert near Yucca, Arizona.