Riparian Trees and Shrubs on the UA
Campus
Donald ShieldsSWES 574
Campus Plant Walk Maphttp://arboretum.arizona.edu/CampusPlantWalk.html
Texas Red OakQuercus buckleyi
• Location #3
Mexican Fan Palm Washingtonia robusta
• Location #4
Catclaw Acacia Acacia greggii
• Location #11• lesser riparian areas, washes
Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana
• Location #16• riparian forest buffer zones
Calotrope Calotropis procera
• Location #17
Vara Prieta or Palo PiojoBrongniartia alamosana
• Location #18
California Fan PalmWashingtonia filifera
• Location #18• native to oases in CA and northern Baja
Cat's ClawMacfadyena unguis-cati
• Location #21• invasive species in riparian areas of
Queensland
California Incense CedarCalocedrus decurrens
• Location #23• facilitative riparian plant
South American MesquiteProsopis alba
• Location #24
Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis
• Location #25
Jojoba Simmondsia chinensis
• Location #26• Gila River Resource Area in Eastern AZ
Arizona Mesquite Prosopis velutina
• Location #28
Smooth-Bark Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizona glabra
• Location #29• protected canyons on the Mogollon Rim
Multi-Trunked Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera
• Location #31• oases in Iraq
Sissoo Dalbergia sissoo
• Location #40• found in the margins around lakes, streams,
rivers, & hammocks
White Bark Cottonwood Populus brandegeei
• Location #41
Rio Yaqui Cottonwood Populus mexicana dimorpha
• Location #42
Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum
• Location #44
Thornless Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
• Location #45
Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis
• Location #47• invasive riparian plant
Mount Atlas Pistache Pistacia atlantica
• Location #48• invasive riparian plant
Mexican Blue Palm Brahea armata
• Location #49• isolated riparian canyons of Baja
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
• Location #50
Velvet Ash Fraxinus velutina
• Location #51• native Arizona Tree
Hindu Laurel Cocculus laurifolius
• Location #52
Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica
• Location #57• invasive riparian species in CA
Western Hackberry Celtis reticulata
• Location #59
Sabal Palmetto Sabal palmetto
• Location #65
Bunya Bunya Araucaria bidwillii
• Location #69
Tree of HeavenAilanthus altissima
• Location #70• invasive riparian species in CA
Sonoran Palmetto Sabal uresana
• Location #71• found in riparian canyons of Sonora
Sand Paper Tree Ehretia anacua
• Location #73• shrubs on hillsides, trees in riparian zones
Yellow Oleander Thevetia peruviana
• Location #74
Sinaloan Silk Tree Albizia sinaloensis
• Location #75
Fish-Poison TreePiscidia mollis
• Location #76
Trumpet Bush Tecoma stans stans
• Location #77
Floss Silk Tree Chorisia insignis and Chorisia species • Location #81• native to riparian zones in S. America
Weeping Bottlebrush Callistemon viminalis
• Location #82
Texas Honey Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa glandulosa
• Location #83
Willow Acacia Acacia salicina
• Location #84• located on the fringe areas of riparian zones