NEW! AZ Native Plant Society is pleased to announce the release of: Grow Native: don't plant a pest Visit the new Grow Native website Also, check the Buffelgrass Action Center

Invasive Species Updates (articles in The Plant Press):
The Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, by Barb Skye Siegel
The Arizona Noxious Weed Program Serves the Citizens, by Cindy Salo

Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) and buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) are spreading through the Sonoran Desert and threatening our distinctive native Sonoran Desert plants. AZNPS has prepared two flyers on invasive nonnative species. PDF versions of these flyers can be downloaded or viewed in your browser.

Fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum)
Buffelgrass (Pennisteum ciliare)

Download a brochure on buffelgrass that explains why it needs to be removed from neighborhoods.