Desert Plants
Cactus - Grasses - Shrubs - Trees - Wildflowers
What's Blooming - Wildflower Reports
Wildflowers | Cactus & Succulents | Trees, Shrubs
Desert Landscape
How Do Plants Survive the Desert? -- Desert flora have adapted to the extremes of heat and aridity by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms, much like desert animals. The ingenuity and variety of these many adaptations are explored in Desert Plant Survival and the Desert Food Chain. Below are links to the flora found in the deserts, with photos and information about each plant.
What Plants Live in the Desert? -- Plants that live in the desert include cactus such as cholla and saguaro, wildflowers like desert paintbrush and phacelia, trees and shrubs like ocotillo Joshua trees, and palo verde trees, and yucca and agave. See the list below for more!
What's Blooming Now - Check the Wildflower Reports
Desert Flora:
Wildflowers | Cactus & Succulents | Trees, Shrubs & Grasses
Gardening & Related Articles
WILDLFLOWERS
Beautiful Centaury (Canchalagua)
Charming Centaury (Canchalagua)
Datura (POISONOUS)
Dogbane (POISONOUS)
Eaton Firecracker, Eaton Penstemon
Jimson Weed (POISONOUS)
Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta)
Parry's Nolina (Parry's Beargrass)
Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta ssp. venusta)
Round Leafed Phacelia, Roundleaf Phacelia
San Bernardino Mountains Liveforever
Whitemargin Beardtongue, White-margined Beardtongue
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CACTUS & SUCCULENTS
TREES, SHRUBS & GRASSES
DESERT GARDENING
Gardening the Desert in Southern New Mexico
How to Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies to Your Garden
My Brown Thumb: Attempts at Gardening in the Desert
Why is the Desert Turning Brown: Overseeding
Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden
Arboretums & Botanical Gardens of Arizona
Chihuahuan Desert | Great Basin Desert | Mojave Desert | Sonoran Desert
RELATED INFORMATION
Wildflower Articles
When Will the Wildflowers Bloom?
4 Drives into the Heart of the Desert
Other Related Articles
Indian Uses of Desert Plants (book)
General Information
Animal
Classification:
Putting the Plants and Animals in Their
Places.
Desert Food Chain: An Introduction
Spring Rattles In:
Rattlesnake Season
Debunking Myths About Rattlesnakes, Scorpions and Tartantulas.
Common Reptiles of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Cetaceans: Marine Mammals in the Sea of Cortez
Hantavirus: Virus Carried by Deer Mice
Looking for Birds in the Southwest? Follow the Water
Videos of Desert Animals
Why K-12 Students Read DesertUSA.com
The Desert Environment
The North American Deserts
Desert Geological Terms