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§1 Plant
Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville
vernacular creosote bush — species · Zygophyllaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Larrea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 57 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 57 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Brewster 48043
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dimmit 48127
- El Paso 48141
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- La Salle 48283
- Loving 48301
- Maverick 48323
- McMullen 48311
- Midland 48329
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Terrell 48443
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Webb 48479
- Winkler 48495
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Utah view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LATR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7568403 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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