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Shrubs

Woody perennials without a trunk or with multiple, small trunks.

Some shrubs are also subshrubs: low-growing shrubs, usually under 1.5 ft (0.5 m) and never over 3 ft (1 m) tall. These are marked “Subshrub” or “Shrub or subshrub” below and on their pages, following USDA PLANTS.

Desert Biome

Whitethorn AcaciaVachellia constrictaCanyon RagweedAmbrosia ambrosioidesShrub or subshrubTriangle Bur RagweedAmbrosia deltoideaShrub or subshrubDesert BroomBaccharis sarothroidesSweetbushBebbia junceaShrub or subshrubFairy DusterCalliandra eriophyllaShrub or subshrubJavelina BushCondalia warnockiiBrittlebushEncelia farinosaShrub or subshrubThreadleaf RagwortSenecio flaccidus var. flaccidusSubshrubLittleleaf BrittlebushEncelia frutescensMormon TeaEphedra trifurcaDesert CottonGossypium thurberiBurroweedIsocoma tenuisectaSubshrubDesert LavenderHyptis emoryiHummingbird BushJusticia californicaCreosote BushLarrea tridentataWolfberryLycium exsertumDesert SennaSenna covesiiSubshrubJojobaSimmondsia chinensisAmerican ThreefoldTrixis californicaShrub or subshrubDesert ZinniaZinnia acerosaSubshrubGraythornZiziphus obtusifoliaSnakeweedGutierrezia sarothraeShrub or subshrubDesert Hackberry. Spiny HackberryCeltis ehrenbergianaCatclaw AcaciaSenegalia greggiiYellow TrumpetbushTecoma stansLittleleaf False TamarindLysiloma watsoniiSlender PoreleafPorophyllum gracileSubshrubDesert MistletoePhoradendron californicumShrub or subshrub

Chaparral Biome

Mexican Blue OakQuercus oblongifoliaHopbushDodonaea viscosaPointleaf ManzanitaArctostaphylos pungensShrub or subshrubSkunkbushRhus trilobata