Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County.

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Jeff Schalau, Agent, Agric. & Nat. Res. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County

 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

Yavapai County, Arizona

Montane Conifer Forests (red) Great Basin Grasslands & Pinyon Juniper Woodland (straw) Desert Communities (blue) Interior Chaparral (green) Semi-Desert Grasslands (peach)

Interior Chaparral Ponderosa Pine Pinyon Juniper Woodlands Great Basin Grasslands

Joshua Tree near Congress Sonoran Desert near BCC Cedar Flats near Camp Verde Riparian Area - Beaver Creek

 Most cacti and desert legumes are protected  Threatened and endangered plant species  See publication: Arizona Native Plant Law: What You Need to Know - on.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1506.pdf

 Warm vs. Cool Season  Sod-forming vs. Bunch  Native vs. Non-natives  Forbs have some similarities

 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

 Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants cals.arizona.edu/yavapaiplants/  Common Plants of the Verde Valley & Sedona  USDA Plants Database plants.usda.gov  SEINet swbiodiversity.org/seinet/