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Item ID: 25 Family: Agavaceae Genus: Yucca Species: elata Common Name: Soaptree yucca Habitat: Commonly seen in the Desert Grasslands and extending into the high desert from approximately 1,500 to 6,500 feet in elevation. Range: This Yucca is found in western Texas, southern New Mexico and southern Arizona. It is also in northern Sonora and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Care: Small plants are commonly found in many nurseries. The small plants can be easily planted and require only extra water during the hotter months of the year. Plants after establishment need very little if any extra care except for sometimes clean-up of the dying leaves. This is a very hardy species and can tolerate temperatures below zero. It can also survive in full sun and hot summer heat as well. Propagation: The Soaptree yucca can be grown from seed. Propagating this plant in any other way is not advised. Size: Commonly found to reach a height of about 10 to 20 feet. Taller plants are quite rare but do exist. Shape: Rosette Flowers: White, fragrant flowers are formed at the top of a tall stalk and can be a very rewarding sight.

Photo Courtesy of Mark Dimmitt ©1970 Description The flexible leaves of this Yucca are quite long and thin. Along the leaf margins are many white curling fibers that appear to look like hair. In age the plant will form a trunk that is well anchored to the ground by the strong, deeply penetrating roots. Author Comments Being called the Soaptree yucca, this plant was used by native americans in many ways. The roots were dug up and used as a detergent or soap, called amole. The leaf fibers were used to make a variety of items valuable for daily survival including baskets and rope. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=y.elata Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 27 Family: Cactaceae Genus: Cylindropuntia Species: spinosior Common Name: Cane Cholla Habitat: Found in desert valleys and grassland areas from 2,000 to 7,000 ft. elevation. Range: This cholla is found through many areas of southern Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Care: This is a very easy species to grow and is very hardy. In areas of the southeastern United States it is very tolerant of wet and cold weather where it survives and grows very well. Propagation: Seed and stem cuttings Size: Plants are variable in growth but can easily attain 8 feet in height and several feet wide. Shape: Padded/Jointed Flowers: Variations from light red to dark red, orange to yellow and rarely a creamy white

Photo Courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©2000 Description This is a very beautiful cholla that has the distinct dark green stems with short white/gray spines and tuberous areoles. It is commonly seen with red flowers in and around the Tucson area. A real favorite target for the notorious Cactus beetle, Moneilema armata. The beetle as you may find it is not the problem but the larvae of the beetle is what really destroys the plant from the inside. Usually you may not know the plant has been attacked until it begins to die. Author Comments Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=c.spinosior Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 28 Family: Agavaceae Genus: Agave Species: parryi var. huachucensis Common Name: Huachuca Agave Habitat: Usually found from 4,000 to 8,000 feet elevation from the desert grasslands to the oak woodland and pine forest in mountainous areas. Range: Southeastern Arizona, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico Care: A very easy Agave to grow in and around the Tucson area and can be grown in full sun or partial shade. This Agave requires very little care except for the occasional summer watering prior to the monsoonal rainy season. Propagation: By seed and offsets Size: From 25 inches wide and 30 inches tall Shape: Rosette Flowers: The inflorescence of this plant can be quite spectacular. The color of the flowers are a bright yellow.

Photo courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©2001 Description This Agave is a very attractive species that is common in many gardens around Arizona. The tight clustered blue/gray green leaves are an eye catching favorite and no garden should be without this Agave. It can take temperatures down to around 12 degrees farenheit. Author Comments Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=a.parryi-var.huachucensis Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 29 Family: Cactaceae Genus: Opuntia Species: santa-rita Common Name: Santa-Rita Prickly Pear, Purple prickly pear Habitat: Found native to desert areas, grasslands and Oak Woodlands at 2,500 to 5,500 feet elevation. Range: Opuntia santa-rita can be found in southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, and in northern Sonora, Mexico. Care: A very easy Opuntia to grow and maintain in and around Tucson. This cactus is very tolerant of the heat and dry conditions seen around southern Arizona. Rooted cuttings can easily produce a mature plant within several years with little effort or special care. This plant is well suited for a place in your sunny garden. Propagation: This plant is easily propagated by stem cuttings and by seed. Size: Mature specimens of this cactus can be at least 5 to 6 feet wide and over 5 feet in height. Shape: Padded/Jointed Flowers: The flower color is a light lemon yellow and usually opens in the month of May.

Photo Courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©2003 Description The purple prickly pear is noted for the waxy bluish gray stem color and the purple colorings along the edges of the stems. It also has a distinct main trunk with numerous flat stems or pads. The name Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita was once used but now it is known as just Opuntia santa-rita. Author Comments This has been a favorite plant of mine for many years. I have easily grown it from seed and have always had several specimens in my garden. Often the stems will be seen infested with the Cochineal insect that is enclosed in a white web material. Removal of this insect can be done with soap and the spray from a garden hose. Please understand that this purple favorite should be happy in your garden today! Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=o.santa-rita Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 30 Family: Cactaceae Genus: Astrophytum Species: myriostigma Common Name: Bishop's Cap, Bonete de Obispo Habitat: Occurs from 1,500 to around 8,300 feet elevation in rocky or stony soils. Range: This species is found in several of the more central Mexican states such as Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. Care: This is a very easy plant to grow and care for in and around Tucson. It requires very little attention and can reward the owner with an abundant display of flowers during the summer months. It is easy to handle and easy to keep in the garden. Propagation: Seed Size: 8 inches wide and to 10 inches in height Shape: Globular Flowers: Sometimes more of a creamy yellow or very Light Yellow

Photo Courtesy of Gene Joseph ©2002 Description The Bishop's Cap is an easy plant to identify mainly because of the lack of spines and the numerous white or gray velvety tufts that cover the stem surface. There is also a nudum form that has none of the white tufted characteristics. This genus has also been hybridized extensively and numerous forms are now available to growers and collectors. Author Comments This species was first identified by Lemaire in 1839. The name is from Greek translation, aster meaning star and Phyton meaning plant. The hairlike tufts that cover the plant surface give it a white or gray appearance and are typical in this genus. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=a.myriostigma Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 31 Family: Cactaceae Genus: Cylindropuntia Species: versicolor Common Name: Staghorn Cholla Habitat: Found at 1,500 to 3,500 feet elevation in †he Sonoran desert. Range: This plant is found in large populations in Pima county, Arizona and in and around the city of Tucson. Smaller isolated populations are found in Gila, Pinal, Maricopa and western Cochise counties. It is also found south of the Arizona border in Sonora, Mexico. Care: This is a very easy plant to grow in any area around Tucson and requires little maintenance or care. A very hardy plant that is also a favorite for producing the choice cholla buds that are eaten by native americans as well as foraging animals. Propagation: Seed or stem cuttings Size: From 8 feet in height to more than 10 feet wide Shape: Padded/Jointed Flowers: Flowering starts in May. Flower color varies from shades of yellow, yellow/green, orange to red. Often one plant can have several flower colors. The species name, versicolor, reflects this flower color variation.

Photo Courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©1993 Description This is an easy cholla to identify mainly because of the dark gray/green stem color. This plant will change stem color during drought or during the winter and this change turns the stems to a rather attractive dark purple color. Author Comments C. versicolor has been cultivated in many areas in and around Tucson as it will make a very attractive specimen in a desert landscape. It does hybridize with Cylindropuntia spinosior and plants with similar characteristics can be found. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=c.versicolor Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 32 Family: Agavaceae Genus: Dasylirion Species: wheeleri Common Name: Sotol, Desert Spoon Habitat: Widely distributed in grasslands, pine, juniper and oak woodlands from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Range: Found in south and southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western Texas and extends south into Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Care: Cultivated plants can be easily found at most garden centers around Tucson and are easily transplanted. This plant is cold hardy to around 0 degrees farenheit and is quite tolerant of extreme heat and full sun. It is also tolerant of a more shady location in the garden and can be watered rather frequently although this is seldom needed. Propagation: Propagated by seed. Size: Bushy single stem plants may exceed 5 feet in height and 4 feet wide. Shape: Rosette Flowers: Flowers appear from May through August and the sandy, light beige clusters are not typically attractive.

Photo Courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©2003 Description This is an attractive, very hardy plant that has many prickly edged linear grayish blue/green leaves. It is long living under most desert conditions and some plants will branch to form very large specimens although this is not often seen. Author Comments Dasylirion wheeleri is used more and more as a cultivated garden plant and can be seen in many areas throughout Arizona and other states. It has been used as food, cattle feed and in the production of a distilled beverage known as "Sotol." In some areas the leaves have been used to make baskets, mats and other items of daily use. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=d.wheeleri Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 33 Family: Cactaceae Genus: Echinopsis Species: eyriesii Common Name: Easter Lily Cactus Habitat: Largest natural habitat is from Entre Rios to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the general low plains and along some of the higher plateaus. Range: Southern Brazil into the northeastern plains of Argentina. Care: This is one of the easiest of plants to acquire and to grow in any garden around Tucson. It is rather undemanding and will reward the owner with beautiful tall white flowers typical of this species. It is easily grown as a container plant or as an addition to the garden. E. eyriesii has little protection from predators so please be cautious and add the protection of a screen barrier if you live near hungry nibblers. Propagation: Commonly by offsets or from seed. Size: Grows to 12 inches in height and to 6 inches wide. Shape: Globular Flowers: Tall trumpet shaped white flowers occur in the summer just after sunset and they stay open until the next day, a few hours after morning sunrise.

Description This is a green plant but has been known to turn a slight yellow/green during stress or dryer times. It will produce offsets in time and become a beautiful cluster of many stems. It has very short gray/black spines that are set in the white tufted areoles. Author Comments This is a long-known species and is usually much stronger than most Echinopsis that have been hybridized with other plants such as Trichocereus and Lobivia or with other varieties of Echinopsis. The name comes from a french gardener named Alexander Eyries of Havre, France. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=e.eyriesii Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 34 Family: Agavaceae Genus: Nolina Species: microcarpa Common Name: Bear Grass, Sotol Chiquito Habitat: Found in the grasslands and oak woodlands from 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation. Range: This Nolina is native to the southern regions of Arizona, New Mexico and also western Texas. It is also seen in Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Care: This southern Arizona native is easily grown in very sunny locations or in shaded areas. It is drought tolerant when well established but may need extra water during exceptionally dry months. The question of cold tolerance should be no problem for plants here in and around Tucson as this species of Nolina can survive temperatures as low as -20 degrees farenheit. Propagation: Propagated by seed or by separating and re-planting the offsets. Size: Bear Grass can become a large bushy cluster approximately 5 feet in height and 6 or more feet wide. Shape: Clustering Flowers: Flowers are seen during the summer months and are very small. Flowers are a light beige in color.

Photo Courtesy of Dick Wiedhopf ©2003 Description This plant is widely known as "Bear Grass" as it does look like a huge clump of yellow-green grass. The leaves are armed with a very sharply jagged edging and some extra caution should be taken during handling. The long leaves cascade beautifully from the base and are usually split and dusty brown toward the tips. Author Comments Bear Grass has been cultivated over many years and is seen very often along the streets of Tucson and surrounding areas. It can add a nice composition to any garden and is easily found in many garden centers. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=n.microcarpa Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

Item ID: 35 Family: Agavaceae Genus: Hesperaloe Species: funifera Common Name: Giant Hesperaloe, Coahuilan Hesperaloe Habitat:  Range: Found in the states of Coahuila through Nuevo Leon and into San Luis Potosi. Care: This is a very drought tolerant plant but the addition of extra summer moisture is encouraged to keep the plant in good form. Hesperaloe funifera is also a very cold tolerant species and can withstand temperatures as low as 5 degrees farenheit. For gardens in Tucson this is an excellent addition, but be sure to allow for the large size expansion. Propagation: Propagated by seed or by offset removal. Size: Plant may be 6 feet in height and 6 feet wide with very long rather rigid leaves. Shape: Rosette Flowers: Flowers are somewhat greenish white and are displayed on the tall flower stalk

Photo Courtesy of Vonn Watkins ©2003 Description Leaf color is a rather yellow-green and can be approximately 2 inches wide and over 6 feet in length. Leaves have long curly hair like strings attached to the side margins. The rather stiff leaf tends to cascade toward the tip which adds to the attractive form of this increasingly popular species. Author Comments Over the years this plant has been studied as an excellent source of natural fibers. In recent years it has been gaining popularity and is now easily found in many good garden centers in Arizona. Additional Information About This Plant: http://tucsoncactus.org/cgi-bin/MySQLdb/DisplayCollection.php?Collection=h.funifera Feedback Encouraged: Provide feedback about this plant

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