DECEMBER 2014 BOARD COLOSSAL CAVE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TREES ACACIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OLD VAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL SHRUBS SHRUBS ACCENTS VELVET MESQUITE Prosopis velutina Large Tree PLANT PALETTE WHITETHORN ACACIA Acacia constricta Small Tree LITTLELEAF PALO VERDE Parkinsonia microphylla Large Tree EXISTING VEGETATION DESERT LAVENDER Hyptis emoryi Large Shrub, Purple Flowering FAIRY DUSTER Calliandra eriophylla Medium Shrub, Pink Flowering CREOSOTE BUSH Larrea tridentata Large Shrub JOJOBA Simmondsia chinensis Large Shrub BRITTLEBUSH Encelia farinosa Medium Shrub, Yellow Flowering PAPERFLOWER Psilostrophe cooperi Small Shrub, Yellow Flowering FLAT TOP BUCKWHEAT Eriogonum fasciculatum Medium Shrub, White Flowering EXISTING VEGETATION BEARGRASS Nolina microcarpa Medium Accent BARREL CACTUS Ferocactus wislizeni Medium Accent BANANA YUCCA Yucca baccata Large Accent PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS Opuntia engelmannii Medium Accent ACCENTS SAGUARO Carnegiea gigantea Large Accent OCOTILLO Fouquieria splendens Large Accent, Orange Flowering RED YUCCA Hesperaloe parviflora Small Accent, Red Flowering MURPHY’S AGAVE Agave murpheyi Small Accent