Section 1

SECTION 1

Dry Ponderosa Pine Forest Habitat (Open Woodland)

This is the most frequently used plant list for the Flagstaff area and includes most Flagstaff communities. Use plants from this list for landscapes in areas in Zone 4 or warmer (minimum temperature –30 to –20 degrees) characterized by open Ponderosa Pine-Arizona Fescue Forest, at elevations above 6500’ and in other areas or microclimates with moderately heavy, seasonally dry soils.

Flagstaff communities include University Heights, Cherry Hill, Downtown, Cheshire, Mountainaire, Kachina, Forest Highlands, Pine Dell, Munds Park, Garland Prairie, Government Prairie, warm parts of Williams, Mormon Lake, Prescott and Seligman and other dry, open pine forests with moderately short growing seasons.

Trees:

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height x width	Water	Light
Abies concolor	White Fir	90’ x 25’	Low to moderate	Sun
Fraxinus velutina	Arizona Ash	35’ x 20’	Low to moderate	Sun
Juniperus deppeana	Alligator Juniper	25’ x 20’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain Juniper	25’ x 20’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Picea pungens glauca	Colorado Blue Spruce	100’ x 40’	Moderate	Sun
Pinus ponderosa	Ponderosa Pine	120’ x 30’	Low	Sun
Quercus gambelli	Gambel Oak	40’ x 20’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Robinia neomexicana	New Mexican Locust	24’ x 12’	Low	Sun to shade

Shrubs:

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height x width	Water	Light
Amelanchier utahensis	Utah Serviceberry	15’ x 12’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Arctostaphylos patula	Green-leaf Manzanita	5’ x 5’	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Kinnickinick	6” x 3’	Moderate	Shade to lt. sun
Artemisia ludoviciana	Louisiana Sagebrush	3’ x spreading	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Ceanothus fendleri	Fendler’s Buckbrush	2’ x 4’	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Cercocarpus ledifolius	Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	25’ x	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Cercocarpus montanus	Alder-leaf Mountain Mahogany	10’ x 10’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Chrysothamnus nauseosus	Rabbitbrush	5’ x 5’	Low	Sun
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus	Rabbitbrush	3’ x 5’	Low	Sun
Eriogonum wrightii	Wright’s Buckwheat	1’ x 2’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Holodiscus dumosus	Mountain Spray	8’ x 5’	Low to moderate	Shade to lt. sun
Pachystima myrsinites	Mountain-Lover	2’ x 3’	Moderate	Shade to lt. sun
Prunus virginiana	Chokecherry	12’ x 8’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Rhus trilobata	Three-leaf Sumac	8’ x 8’	Low	Sun to shade
Ribes cereum	Wax Currant	6’ x 5’	Low	Sun to shade
Ribes pinetorum	Orange Mountain Gooseberry	4’ x 5’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Rosa woodsii var. arizonica	Wild Rose	6’ x spreading	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Sambucus caerulea	Elderberry	15’ x 15’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Tetradymia canescens	Horse-brush	3’ x 3’	Low	Sun to lt. shade

Perennials:

Scientific Name	Common Name	Height x width	Water	Light
Achillea millefolium var. lanulosa	Yarrow	1’ x spreading	Low to moderate	Sun
Antennaria parvifolia	Pussytoes	3” x spreading	Low to moderate	Shade to sun
Antennaria rosulata	Little-leaf Pussytoes	2” x spreading	Low to moderate	Sun
Aster falcatus	Small White Aster	2-1/2’ x 2-1/2’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Castilleja integra	Paintbrush	1’ x 1’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt.shade
Calochortus ambiguus	Sego Lily	2’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Erigeron speciosus	Fleabane		Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Eriogonum racemosum	Red-root Buckwheat	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to shade
Eriogonum umbellatum	Sulfur Buckwheat	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Eriogonum wrightii	Wright’s Buckwheat	1’ x 2’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Erysimum capitatum	Western Wallflower	3’ x 2’	Low to moderate	Shade to sun
Erysimum wheeleri	Wheeler’s Wallflower	3’ x 2’	Low to moderate	Shade to sun
Gentiana affinis	Pleated Gentian	1’ x 2’	Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Geranium caespitosum	Purple Geranium	1’ x 2’	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Geum triflorum	Old Man’s Whiskers	6” x spreading	Low	Sun to shade
Helianthus maximilliani	Maximillian’s Sunflower	8’ x spreading	Low	Sun
Heuchera sp.	Alum Root, Coral Bells	6” x spreading	Low to moderate	Shade to sun (w/more frequent H2O)
Hymenopappus mexicanus	Mexican Woolywhite	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Hymenoxys cooperi	Cooper’s Goldflower	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun
Hymnopappus filifolius	Fine-leaf Woolywhite	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Ipomopsis aggregata	Skyrocket	3’ x 2’	Low	Sun
Iris missouriensis	Western Blue Flag	2’ x clumping	Moderate to high	Sun
Linanthastrum nuttallii	Mountain Phlox	6” x 2’	Low to moderate	Shade to lt. sun
Lithospermum multiflorum	Puccoon	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to shade
Lupinus argenteus	Silvery Lupine	3’ x 3’	Low	Sun to shade
Machaeranthera bigelovii	Bigelow’s Aster	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun
Machaeranthera canescens	Hoary Aster	2-1/2’ x 3’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Macromeria viridiflora	Pearlseed	3’x 3’	Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Mirabilis multiflora	Many-flowered Four O’Clock	2’ x 3’	Low	Sun
Mirabilis oxybaphoides	Four O’Clock	2’ x 1’	Low	Sun
Monardella odoratissima	Coyote Mint	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Oenothera caespitosa	Tufted Evening-Primrose	1’ x 1’	Low	Sun
Oxytropis lambertii	Lambert’s Locoweed	1’ x’ 1’	Low	Sun to lt. shade
Penstemon barbatus	Scarlet Bugler		Low to moderate	Shade to sun
Penstemon clutei	Sunset Crater Penstemon		Low	Sun
Penstemon linarioides	Mat Penstemon		Low	Sun to lt. shade
Penstemon nudiflorus	Flagstaff Penstemon		Low	Sun to lt. shade
Penstemon pseudospectablis	Royal Penstemon		Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade
Penstemon rostriflorus	Bridges’ Penstemon		Low to moderate	Sun to shade
Penstemon virgatus	Wand Penstemon		Low to moderate	Sun to lt. shade