Flora & Fauna
Former resident Karen Strom maintained an amazing catalog of Casas Arroyo flora and fauna on the original website she built and maintained for the community. In honor of Karen’s work, and in memory of such a wonderful resident, we are pleased to host her catalog. Enjoy this collection:
Flora
- Abert’s Buckwheat
- Abert’s Dome
- Ageratina
- Alligator Juniper
- Annual Goldeneye
- Antelope Horns
- Arizona Barrel Cactus
- Arizona Blue Eyes
- Arizona Honeysuckle
- Arizona Walnut
- Aspen Fleabane
- Astragalus thurberi
- Baby Asters
- Beargrass
- Bedstraw
- Bee Balm
- Bigelow’s Beggarticks
- Bigelow’s Tansyaster
- Bird’s Foot Morningglory
- Blackseed Spurge
- Bladderpod
- Blanketflower
- Blue Dicks
- Blue Toad Flax
- Bottle Evening Primrose
- Brickellia
- Buffalo Bur
- Buffalo Gourd
- Burroweed
- Bushy Tick Clover
- Calliandra humilis
- Calliopsis
- Camissonia
- Camphorweed
- Cane Cholla
- Carolina Geranium
- Catclaw Acacia
- Chaparral Asphead
- Chocolate Flower
- Clammyweed
- Claret Cup Cactus
- Cliff-rose
- Cockleburr
- Common Knotweed
- Common Lambsquarters
- Common Purslane
- Common Sow Thistle
- Common Sunflower
- Coulter Spiderling
- Coyote Melon
- Crameria
- Creeping Wood Sorrel
- Crestrib Morning Glory
- Croton
- Cuman Ragweed
- Datura discolor
- Desert Blazing Star
- Desert Broom
- Desert Ceanothus
- Desert Dandelion
- Desert Globemallow
- Desert Honeysuckle
- Desert Mariposa
- Desert Paintbrush
- Desert Senna
- Desert Straw
- Desert Willow
- Desert Zinnia
- Devil’s Claw
- Dingy Chamaesaracha
- Drummond’s false pennyroyal
- Dwarf Milkweed
- Eaton’s Penstemon
- Eggleaf Stringbean
- Emory Oak
- Englemann’s Prickly Pear Cactus
- Erect Knotweed
- Eriogonum wrightii
- Evening Snow
- Everlasting Cudweed
- False Boneset
- False Sego Lily
- Fairy Duster
- Feather Dalea
- Fendler’s Dandelion
- Fendler’s Groundcherry
- Fetid Marigold
- Fewflower Beggarticks
- Field Bindweed
- Filaree
- Fineleaf Woolywhite
- Fort Bowie Prairie Clover
- Fort Huachuca Vervain
- Fringed Gromwell
- Gaura gracilis
- Gilia Minor
- Golden Beard Penstemon
- Golden Smoke
- Globe Amaranth
- Graham’s nipple cactus
- Green’s Lotus
- Groundsel
- Hairy Deer Vetch
- Hairy Golden Aster
- Hartweg Evening Primrose
- Heartleaf Goldeneye
- Hoary Bindweed
- Hopi Tea
- Hopi Tea II
- Horehound
- Horsetail Milkweed
- Horseweed
- Houstonia
- Hyssop spurge
- Indian Wheat
- Khakiweed
- Laceleaf Mustard
- Lanceleaved Coreopsis
- Linarialeaf Penstemon
- Lindheimer’s Lip Fern
- Little Yellow Composite [Unidentified]
- Lizard-Tail
- Longstalk Cinchweed
- London Rocket
- Lupinus brevicaulis
- Lupinus concinnus
- Macomb’s Trumpet
- Many Flowered Puccoon
- Mexican Hat (Yellow)
- Mexican Hat (Red)
- Mexican Poppy
- Mexican Star
- Mexican Thistle
- Mexican Vervain
- Microseris
- Mimosa dysocarpa
- Miniature Wool Star
- Monarda austromontana
- Monkey Flower
- Mountain Gromwell
- Narrowleaf Lambsquarters
- Narrowleaf Penstemon
- Narrow Leaved Popcorn Flower
- Netleaf Oak
- New Mexico Fleabane
- New Mexico Thistle
- New Mexico Vervain
- Nodding Groundsel
- Nuttall’s Morning Glory
- Oak Mistletoe
- One-Seed Juniper
- Orange Flameflower
- Parry’s Agave
- Passion Flower
- Phacelia Corrugata
- Pillpod Sandmat
- Pincushion Cactus
- Plains Beebalm
- Plains Flax
- Plumeweed
- Pointleaf Manzanita
- Polemonium pauciflorum
- Polygala obscura
- Portulaca suffrutescens
- Pricklepoppy
- Prickly Lettuce
- Prickly Sow Thistle
- Prostrate Cinchweed
- Puncture Vine
- Ragged Jatropha
- Rainbow Cactus
- Rainbow Cactus 2
- Rattlesnake weed
- Red Spiderling
- Redroot Pigweed
- Ribbon Four O’clock
- Rock Trumpet
- Rocky Mountain Beggarticks
- Rosary Bean
- Rough Blackfoot
- Rabbit Brush
- Sacred Datura
- San Pedro False Prairie Clover
- San Pedro Matchweed
- Sawtooth Sage
- Scarlet Creeper
- Scarlet Gaura
- Schott’s Yucca
- Shrub Live Oak
- Shrubby Copperleaf
- Sida
- Silver Morning Glory
- Silver Wormwood
- Silverleaf Nightshade
- Skeletonweed
- Skunk Bush
- Slender Gaillardia
- Slimleaf Bursage
- Small Headed Cudweed
- Small Matweed
- Small Sunflower
- Snapdragon Vine
- Soaptree Yucca
- Sonoita Noseburn
- Sorrel Eriogonum
- Sotol
- Spiny Star Cactus
- Spotted spurge
- Spreading Fleabane
- Spreading Snakeherb
- Spurred Anoda
- Squareseed spurge
- Stansbury’s Phlox
- Stemless Evening Primrose
- Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus
- Tansy Mustard
- Tansyleaf Spine Aster
- Threenerve Goldenrod
- Thurber’s Trumpet
- Torrey’s Crag Lily
- Trailing Four o’Clock
- TransPecos Thimblehead
- Tuberous Sida
- Tufted Milkweed
- Tumbleweed
- Two Groove Milkvetch
- Utah Juniper
- Velvet Mesquite
- Velvetleaf
- Wait A Minute Bush
- Wavyleaf Oak
- Wavyleaf Thistle
- Western Blue Flax
- Western Dayflower
- Western Pepperweed
- Western Spiderwort
- Wheelscale Saltbush
- Whiplash Daisy
- White Ball Acacia
- White Cudweed
- White Dalea
- White Milkwort
- White Prairie Aster
- White Prairie Aster II
- White Prairie Clover
- White Primrose
- White Tackstem
- White Thorn Acacia
- Whiterim Milkweed
- Whorled Milkweed
- Wild Alfalfa
- Windmills
- Wooly Loco
- Wooly Morning Glory
- Wright’s Deer Vetch
- Yellow Dalea
- Yellow Primrose
- Yellow Salsify
- Yellow Spine Thistle
- Yellow Spiny Daisy
- Yellow Sweet Clover
- Yerba de Pasmo
Fauna
Reptiles and Amphibians
- Arizona Alligator Lizard
- Big Bend Patchnose Snake
- Black-necked Garter Snake (Western)
- Clark’s Spiny Lizard
- Regal Horned Lizard
- Round Tailed Horned Lizard
- Red Spotted Toad
- Sonoran Gopher Snake
- Sonoran Whip Snake
- Tree Lizard
Arthropods
Birds
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Bridled Titmouse
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Gilded Flicker
- Greater Roadrunner
- Montezuma Quail
- Phainopepla
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Scaled Quail
- Western Bluebird
Mammals
Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
- Arizona Sister Butterfly
- Black Witch Moth
- Checkered White Butterfly
- Dull Firetip Skipper Butterfly
- Gaura Mimic Moths
- Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
- Juniper Hairstreak Butterfly
- Marine Blue Butterfly
- Orange Skipperling Butterfly
- Queen Butterfly
- Painted Lady Butterfly
- Prickle Poppy Mimic Moths
- Reakirt’s Butterfly
- Rustic Sphinx Moth
- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
- Variagated Fritillary Butterfly
- Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly
- Western White Butterfly
- White Lined Sphinx Moth
Insects
- Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
- Obscure Ground Mantid
- Painted Grasshopper
- Panther-spotted Grasshopper
- Praying Mantis Molting
- Tarantula Hawk
- Walking Stick
- Velvet Mite
Arachnids