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Greasewood
Greasewood, Narrowleaf Buckbrush, Wedgeleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus cuneatus
Hackberry (Celtis)
Common Celtis occidentalis
Desert Celtis pallida
Netleaf, Western Celtis reticulata
Spiny Celtis pallida
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Nevada Greasewood [English]: Glossopetalon spinescens
Nevada Helianthella [English]: Helianthella californica Gray var. nevadensis (Greene) Jeps.
Nevada Helianthella [English]: Helianthella californica var. nevadensis ...

In arid, more alkaline areas sage brush is often replaced by or is growing in combination with black greasewood, spiny hopsage, catclaw horse-brush, and shadscale.

Sarcobatus vermiculatus. Greasewood. Red Gulch Dinosaur Track Site. Near Basin, Wyoming.
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For naturalist large-scall plantings, mix with its associated plants: greasewood, catclaw acacia, paloverde, ironwood and low-growing prickly pear varieties.
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Synonyms: Larrea tridentata, L.divaricata (L), L.glutinosa, creosote bush, greasewood, gobernadora, hediondilla

Order: Zygophyllaceae ...

Other plants in the family include the Russian thistle (Salsola tragus), a of arid regions in the W United States and Eurasia, and greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), a grazing shrub of the alkali plains also used locally as fuel.

See also: Green, Larrea, Rhus, Arctostaphylos, Thistle

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