WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
PLANTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
PLANTS
AlfalfaBlue Flax (Linum Lewisii)
Buckhorn Cholla Cactus (Opuntia Acanthocarpa)
California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Acanthodes)
Cliffrose (Cowania Mexicana)
Corn
Cotton
Creosote (Larrea Tridentata)
Desert Globemallow (Shaeralcea Ambigua)
Desert Tobacco (Nicotiana Trigonophylla)
Dwarf Bearclaw Poppy (Arctomecon Humilis)
Englemann Prickly Pear (Opuntia Phaecantha)
Fourwing Saltbrush (Atriplex Canescens)
Galetta (Hilaria Jamesii)
Gierisch Mallow (Sphaeralcea Gierischii)
Gooseberryleaf Globemallow (Sphaeralcea Grossulariifolia)
Holmgren Milkvetch (Astragalus-holmgreniorum)
Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopsis Hymenoides)
Indigo Bush (Psorothamnus Fremontii)
Joshua Tree (Yucca Brevifolia)
Mexican Bladdersage (Salazaria Mexicana)
Mormon Tea (Ephedra Viridis)
Mulberry Trees
Needle and Threadgrass (Stipa Comata)
Nevada Indian Tea (Ephedra Nevadensis)
Palmer's Penstemon (Penstemon Palmeri)
Plains Pricklypear Cactus (Opuntia Polyacantha)
Prince's Plume (Stanleya Pinnata)
Purple Sage; Desert Sage (Salvia Dorrii)
Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus Cryptandrus)
Sand Sagebrush (Artemisia Filifolia)
Sandberg Bluegrass (Poa Secunda)
Sego Lilies
Shivwits Milkvetch (Astragalus Ampullarioides)
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula)
Siler's Pincushion (Pediocactus Sileri)
Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus Trilobata)
Small Burnett (Sanguisorba Minor)
Torre Mesquite (Prosopis Glandulosa; Torreyana)
Torry Indian Tea (Ephedra Torreyana)
Turpentine Broom (Thamnosma Montana)
Wild Rhubard; Doch (Rumex Hymenosepalus)
Wolfberry (Lycium Pallidium)
Yucca (Yucca Brevifolia)
REFERENCES
Botany Tour - Kaibab Paiutesby Angela Bulletts, Kaibab Paiute Tribe
A list of local plants and what they were used for by the Paiutes
Southwestern Utah Native Plants
by Southwest Utah National Conservation Lands Friends (SUNCLF)
Why is Yucca Brevifolia called Joshua Tree
Research by Richard R. Kohler, Washington County Historical Society
For his discussion of this at the Utah State Historical Society 68th Annual Conference
in September of 2020, click here.