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

  1. Abert’s Buckwheat
  2. Abert’s Dome
  3. Ageratina
  4. Alligator Juniper
  5. Annual Goldeneye
  6. Antelope Horns
  7. Arizona Barrel Cactus
  8. Arizona Blue Eyes
  9. Arizona Honeysuckle
  10. Arizona Walnut
  11. Aspen Fleabane
  12. Astragalus thurberi
  13. Baby Asters
  14. Beargrass
  15. Bedstraw
  16. Bee Balm
  17. Bigelow’s Beggarticks
  18. Bigelow’s Tansyaster
  19. Bird’s Foot Morningglory
  20. Blackseed Spurge
  21. Bladderpod
  22. Blanketflower
  23. Blue Dicks
  24. Blue Toad Flax
  25. Bottle Evening Primrose
  26. Brickellia
  27. Buffalo Bur
  28. Buffalo Gourd
  29. Burroweed
  30. Bushy Tick Clover
  31. Calliandra humilis
  32. Calliopsis
  33. Camissonia
  34. Camphorweed
  35. Cane Cholla
  36. Carolina Geranium
  37. Catclaw Acacia
  38. Chaparral Asphead
  39. Chocolate Flower
  40. Clammyweed
  41. Claret Cup Cactus
  42. Cliff-rose
  43. Cockleburr
  44. Common Knotweed
  45. Common Lambsquarters
  46. Common Purslane
  47. Common Sow Thistle
  48. Common Sunflower
  49. Coulter Spiderling
  50. Coyote Melon
  51. Crameria
  52. Creeping Wood Sorrel
  53. Crestrib Morning Glory
  54. Croton
  55. Cuman Ragweed
  56. Datura discolor
  57. Desert Blazing Star
  58. Desert Broom
  59. Desert Ceanothus
  60. Desert Dandelion
  61. Desert Globemallow
  62. Desert Honeysuckle
  63. Desert Mariposa
  64. Desert Paintbrush
  65. Desert Senna
  66. Desert Straw
  67. Desert Willow
  68. Desert Zinnia
  69. Devil’s Claw
  70. Dingy Chamaesaracha
  71. Drummond’s false pennyroyal
  72. Dwarf Milkweed
  73. Eaton’s Penstemon
  74. Eggleaf Stringbean
  75. Emory Oak
  76. Englemann’s Prickly Pear Cactus
  77. Erect Knotweed
  78. Eriogonum wrightii
  79. Evening Snow
  80. Everlasting Cudweed
  81. False Boneset
  82. False Sego Lily
  83. Fairy Duster
  84. Feather Dalea
  85. Fendler’s Dandelion
  86. Fendler’s Groundcherry
  87. Fetid Marigold
  88. Fewflower Beggarticks
  89. Field Bindweed
  90. Filaree
  91. Fineleaf Woolywhite
  92. Fort Bowie Prairie Clover
  93. Fort Huachuca Vervain
  94. Fringed Gromwell
  95. Gaura gracilis
  96. Gilia Minor
  97. Golden Beard Penstemon
  98. Golden Smoke
  99. Globe Amaranth
  100. Graham’s nipple cactus
  101. Green’s Lotus
  102. Groundsel
  103. Hairy Deer Vetch
  104. Hairy Golden Aster
  105. Hartweg Evening Primrose
  106. Heartleaf Goldeneye
  107. Hoary Bindweed
  108. Hopi Tea
  109. Hopi Tea II
  110. Horehound
  111. Horsetail Milkweed
  112. Horseweed
  113. Houstonia
  114. Hyssop spurge
  115. Indian Wheat
  116. Khakiweed
  117. Laceleaf Mustard
  118. Lanceleaved Coreopsis
  119. Linarialeaf Penstemon
  120. Lindheimer’s Lip Fern
  121. Little Yellow Composite [Unidentified]
  122. Lizard-Tail
  123. Longstalk Cinchweed
  124. London Rocket
  125. Lupinus brevicaulis
  126. Lupinus concinnus
  127. Macomb’s Trumpet
  128. Many Flowered Puccoon
  129. Mexican Hat (Yellow)
  130. Mexican Hat (Red)
  131. Mexican Poppy
  132. Mexican Star
  133. Mexican Thistle
  134. Mexican Vervain
  135. Microseris
  136. Mimosa dysocarpa
  137. Miniature Wool Star
  138. Monarda austromontana
  139. Monkey Flower
  140. Mountain Gromwell
  141. Narrowleaf Lambsquarters
  142. Narrowleaf Penstemon
  143. Narrow Leaved Popcorn Flower
  144. Netleaf Oak
  145. New Mexico Fleabane
  146. New Mexico Thistle
  147. New Mexico Vervain
  148. Nodding Groundsel
  149. Nuttall’s Morning Glory
  150. Oak Mistletoe
  151. One-Seed Juniper
  152. Orange Flameflower
  153. Parry’s Agave
  154. Passion Flower
  155. Phacelia Corrugata
  156. Pillpod Sandmat
  157. Pincushion Cactus
  158. Plains Beebalm
  159. Plains Flax
  160. Plumeweed
  161. Pointleaf Manzanita
  162. Polemonium pauciflorum
  163. Polygala obscura
  164. Portulaca suffrutescens
  165. Pricklepoppy
  166. Prickly Lettuce
  167. Prickly Sow Thistle
  168. Prostrate Cinchweed
  169. Puncture Vine
  170. Ragged Jatropha
  171. Rainbow Cactus
  172. Rainbow Cactus 2
  173. Rattlesnake weed
  174. Red Spiderling
  175. Redroot Pigweed
  176. Ribbon Four O’clock
  177. Rock Trumpet
  178. Rocky Mountain Beggarticks
  179. Rosary Bean
  180. Rough Blackfoot
  181. Rabbit Brush
  182. Sacred Datura
  183. San Pedro False Prairie Clover
  184. San Pedro Matchweed
  185. Sawtooth Sage
  186. Scarlet Creeper
  187. Scarlet Gaura
  188. Schott’s Yucca
  189. Shrub Live Oak
  190. Shrubby Copperleaf
  191. Sida
  192. Silver Morning Glory
  193. Silver Wormwood
  194. Silverleaf Nightshade
  195. Skeletonweed
  196. Skunk Bush
  197. Slender Gaillardia
  198. Slimleaf Bursage
  199. Small Headed Cudweed
  200. Small Matweed
  201. Small Sunflower
  202. Snapdragon Vine
  203. Soaptree Yucca
  204. Sonoita Noseburn
  205. Sorrel Eriogonum
  206. Sotol
  207. Spiny Star Cactus
  208. Spotted spurge
  209. Spreading Fleabane
  210. Spreading Snakeherb
  211. Spurred Anoda
  212. Squareseed spurge
  213. Stansbury’s Phlox
  214. Stemless Evening Primrose
  215. Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus
  216. Tansy Mustard
  217. Tansyleaf Spine Aster
  218. Threenerve Goldenrod
  219. Thurber’s Trumpet
  220. Torrey’s Crag Lily
  221. Trailing Four o’Clock
  222. TransPecos Thimblehead
  223. Tuberous Sida
  224. Tufted Milkweed
  225. Tumbleweed
  226. Two Groove Milkvetch
  227. Utah Juniper
  228. Velvet Mesquite
  229. Velvetleaf
  230. Wait A Minute Bush
  231. Wavyleaf Oak
  232. Wavyleaf Thistle
  233. Western Blue Flax
  234. Western Dayflower
  235. Western Pepperweed
  236. Western Spiderwort
  237. Wheelscale Saltbush
  238. Whiplash Daisy
  239. White Ball Acacia
  240. White Cudweed
  241. White Dalea
  242. White Milkwort
  243. White Prairie Aster
  244. White Prairie Aster II
  245. White Prairie Clover
  246. White Primrose
  247. White Tackstem
  248. White Thorn Acacia
  249. Whiterim Milkweed
  250. Whorled Milkweed
  251. Wild Alfalfa
  252. Windmills
  253. Wooly Loco
  254. Wooly Morning Glory
  255. Wright’s Deer Vetch
  256. Yellow Dalea
  257. Yellow Primrose
  258. Yellow Salsify
  259. Yellow Spine Thistle
  260. Yellow Spiny Daisy
  261. Yellow Sweet Clover
  262. Yerba de Pasmo

Fauna

Reptiles and Amphibians

  1. Arizona Alligator Lizard
  2. Big Bend Patchnose Snake
  3. Black-necked Garter Snake (Western)
  4. Clark’s Spiny Lizard
  5. Regal Horned Lizard
  6. Round Tailed Horned Lizard
  7. Red Spotted Toad
  8. Sonoran Gopher Snake
  9. Sonoran Whip Snake
  10. Tree Lizard

Arthropods

  1. Centipede
  2. Scorpion

Birds

  1. Acorn Woodpecker
  2. Bridled Titmouse
  3. Curve-billed Thrasher
  4. Gilded Flicker
  5. Greater Roadrunner
  6. Montezuma Quail
  7. Phainopepla
  8. Pyrrhuloxia
  9. Scaled Quail
  10. Western Bluebird

Mammals

  1. Collared Peccary (Javelina)
  2. Rock Squirrel

Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)

  1. Arizona Sister Butterfly
  2. Black Witch Moth
  3. Checkered White Butterfly
  4. Dull Firetip Skipper Butterfly
  5. Gaura Mimic Moths
  6. Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
  7. Juniper Hairstreak Butterfly
  8. Marine Blue Butterfly
  9. Orange Skipperling Butterfly
  10. Queen Butterfly
  11. Painted Lady Butterfly
  12. Prickle Poppy Mimic Moths
  13. Reakirt’s Butterfly
  14. Rustic Sphinx Moth
  15. Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
  16. Variagated Fritillary Butterfly
  17. Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly
  18. Western White Butterfly
  19. White Lined Sphinx Moth

Insects

  1. Flame Skimmer Dragonfly
  2. Obscure Ground Mantid
  3. Painted Grasshopper
  4. Panther-spotted Grasshopper
  5. Praying Mantis Molting
  6. Tarantula Hawk
  7. Walking Stick
  8. Velvet Mite

Arachnids

  1. Green Lynx Spider
  2. Tarantula

 

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