Plants:
Mojave Desert Shrubs
Shrubs & Bushes List
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Family |
| Big sage Brush | Artemisia tridentata | Sunflower |
| Bud Sage | Artemisia spinescens | Sunflower |
| Dwarf Sage | Artemisia arbusculo nova | Sunflower |
| White Bursage | Ambrosia dumosa | Sunflower |
| Woolly Fruited Bursage | Franseria eriocentra | Sunflower |
| Baccharis - Seep Willow | Baccharis sp. | Sunflower |
| Sweet Bush | Bebbia juncea aspera | Sunflower |
| Brickell Bush | Brickellia sp. | Sunflower |
| Black Banded Rabbit Bush | Chrysothamnus paniculatas | Sunflower |
| Golden Rabbit Bush | Chrysothamnus nauseous | Sunflower |
| Brittle Bush | Encelia farinosa | Sunflower |
| Rayless Encelia | Encelia frutescens | Sunflower |
| Snake Weed | Gutierrezia sp. | Sunflower |
| Golden Bush | Haplopappus sp. | Sunflower |
| Cheese Bush | Hymenoclea salsola | Sunflower |
| Mohave Aster | Aster abatus | Sunflower |
| Pygmy Cedar | Peucaphyllum schottii | Sunflower |
| Arrow Leaf | Hoffmeisteria pluriseta | Sunflower |
| Paper Flower | Psilostroph cooperi | Sunflower |
| Groundsel | Senecio sp. | Sunflower |
| Horse Brush | Tetradymia sp. | Sunflower |
| Golden Eye | Viguiera deltoidea | Sunflower |
| Four Wing Saltbush | Atriplex canescens | Goosefoot |
| All Scale | Atriplex polycarpa | Goosefoot |
| Shad Scale | Atriplex confertifolia | Goosefoot |
| Desert Holly | Atriplex hymenolytra | Goosefoot |
| Spiny Hopsage | Grayia spinosa | Goosefoot |
| Greasewood | Sarcobatus vermiculata | Goosefoot |
| Winter Fat | Eurotia lanata | Goosefoot |
| Mahonia - Barberry | Berberis sp. | Barberry |
| Desert Senna - Cassia | Cassia armata | Pea |
| Indigo Bush | Dalea fremontii | Pea |
| Ratany | Krameria sp. | Pea |
| Cliff Rose | Cowania mexicana | Rose |
| Apache Plume | Fallugia paradoxa | Rose |
| Antelope Bush | Purshia tridentata | Rose |
| Black Brush | Coleogyne ramossissima | Rose |
| Range Almond | Prunus fasciculata | Rose |
| Mormon Tea - Ephedra | Ephedra sp. | Joint Fir |
| Yerba Santa | Eriodictyon angustifolia | Water Leaf |
| California Buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculata | Buckwheat |
| Heerman's Buckwheat | Eriogonum heermannii | Buckwheat |
| Ocotillo - Coach Whip | Fourquieria splendens | Fourquiera |
| Desert Olive - Forestiera | Forestiera neo mexicana | Olive |
| Single Leaf Ash | Fraxinus anomola | Olive |
| Spiny Menodora | Menodora spinescens | Olive |
| Silk Tassel | Garrya flavescens | Garrya |
| Coffee Berry - Pigeon Berry | Rhamnus californica | Buckthorn |
| Evergren Buckthorn | Rhamnus crocea | Buckthorn |
| California Lilac | Ceanothus vestita | Buckthorn |
| Bladder Pod | Isomeris arborea | Caper |
| Bush Penstamen | Penstamen microphylla | Snapdragon |
| Creosote Bush | Larrea tridentata | Caltrop |
| Desert Thorn | Lycium sp. | Potato |
| Jimson Weed - Datura | Datura sp. | Potato |
| Sandpaper Plant | Petalonyx thurberi | Loasa |
| Squaw Bush | Rhus trilobata | Cashew |
| Turpentine Broom | Thamnosma montana | Rue |
| Mohave Sage | Salvia mohavensis | Sage |
| Great Basin Blue Sage | Salvia carnosa | Sage |
| Rose Sage | Salvia pachyphylla | Sage |
| Chia | Salvia columbarie | Sage |
| Mohave Yucca | Yucca schidigera | Lily |
| Bear Grass - Nolina | Nolina sp. | Lily |
| Century Plant | Agave deserti | Lily |
Shrub Dominated Ecosystems
A Shrub-Dominated Habitat is an area with greater than 10% covered by shrub species and less than ...Featured Shrubs
Creosote bush
Creosotebush occurs throughout the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts. Its distribution extends from ...Mojave yucca
Mojave yucca can be arborescent or shrublike, with single or clumped ...California juniper
It occurs on desert slopes from the western edge of the Colorado Desert and Joshua Tree National Park to ...Wildflowers
Cat claw, (acacia greggii)