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12/17/2018 1 Native Plants and Local Ecosystems Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County Yavapai County Factoids Area is 8,125 mi 2 Elevation ranges from 1,900 to 7,979 ft 26% Private 38% USFS 27% State Lands 9% BLM 0.5% Native American Reservations Population estimate 211,061 (2010) Nine incorporated cities/towns 1 2

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Page 1: Native Plants and Local Ecosystems - University of Arizona · Native Plants and Local Ecosystems Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension,

12/17/2018

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Native Plants and Local Ecosystems

Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res.

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County

Yavapai County Factoids

Area is 8,125 mi2

Elevation ranges from 1,900 to 7,979 ft 26% Private 38% USFS 27% State Lands 9% BLM 0.5% Native American Reservations Population estimate 211,061 (2010) Nine incorporated cities/towns

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Yavapai County Vegetation Types

Montane Conifer Forests (red)

Great Basin Grasslands &Pinyon Juniper Woodland (straw)

Desert Communities (blue)

Interior Chaparral (green)

Semi‐Desert Grasslands (peach)

InteriorChaparral

Ponderosa PinePinyon Juniper

Woodlands

Great Basin Grasslands

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Joshua Tree near Congress Sonoran Desert near BCC

Cedar Flats near Camp Verde Riparian Area - Beaver Creek

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Native Plant Law

• Most cacti and desert legumes are protected

• Threatened and endangered plant species

• See publication: Arizona Native Plant Law: What You Need to Know ‐https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1506.pdf

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Grasses 

• Warm vs. Cool Season

• Sod‐forming vs. Bunch

• Native vs. Non‐natives

• Forbs have some similarities

Yavapai County Plant Books

• Arizona Flora (1960), T.H. Kearny and R.H. Peebles

• Seed Plants of Northern Arizona (1973), W.B. McDougall

• A Field Guide to Plants of Arizona (1997), A.O. Epple

• A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (1998), T.F. Niehaus

• Weeds of the West (2006), T.D. Whitson

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Yavapai County Native Plant Web Resources

Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plantscals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/

Common Plants of the Verde Valley & Sedona www.naturesongs.com/vvplants/

USDA Plants Databaseplants.usda.gov

SEINetswbiodiversity.org/seinet/

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