Common Name |
Scientific Name |
LB/AC |
PLS/SQFT |
% PLS |
Seed/LB |
Lifeform |
Duration |
Legume |
Pollinator Value |
Benefits to Pollinators |
Pollinators |
Flowering Month |
Height (Ft.) |
Commercially Available |
Desert Needlegrass | Stipa speciosa | 5 | 10 | 57.5 | 150000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | None Known | | Wind | Apr-Jul | 1-2 | Yes |
Burro Weed | Ambrosia dumosa | 15 | 9 | 40 | 64857 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Medium | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Moth) | Jan–Feb | 2-3 | Yes |
Purple Three-Awn | Aristida purpurea | 2 | 9 | 72 | 260000 | 10_TrueGrass | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Low | Nesting and Structure (Bees) | Nesting and Structure (Bees); Wind | Feb-Mar | 1.5-3.3 | Yes |
Fourwing Saltbush | Atriplex canescens | 15 | 9 | 37.87 | 71400 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | Very High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind | May–Jun | 1-10 | Yes |
Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | 3 | 8 | 64.91 | 175000 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Honey Bees; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth) | Jan-May | 1-5 | Yes |
Creosote Bush | Larrea tridentata | 3 | 3 | 58.13 | 80000 | 02_Shrub | Perennial>3Yr | Yes | High | Adult Food; Larval Food | Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds | Apr–May | 3.3-12 | Yes |