SUPERSTITION FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PLANT REGULATIONS Also included in the Rules and Regulations beginning on page 20 March 22, 2016
SFCOA PLANT AND LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS Prior to any landscape changes homeowners must submit an All-Inclusive Change Request form to the DRC for approval. All plants and trees on the plan must be fully identified. Plants and trees identified in this section are divided into three categories: Approved, Restricted and Prohibited. Any species of tree or shrub must conform to the Approved Plants and Trees or the Restricted Plants and Trees when the mature height may be visible above patio walls or from adjacent property. APPROVED PLANTS and TREES 1. Plants and Trees contained in the Approved Plant List are believed to be compatible with the Sonoran Desert and within Superstition Foothills. 2. All species of cacti are acceptable for use. 3. All plants within streetscapes, front yards and side yards visible from the street must adhere to the Approved or Restricted Plant List. 4. Plants above six feet (mature height) in rear or side yards or in public view within Superstition Foothills must adhere to the Restricted Plant List. 5. Plants below six feet at mature height in rear yards are open to owner's discretion so long as they are not listed in the Prohibited Plant List. The APPROVED PLANT LIST begins on page 21. This is a list of Cacti, Succulents, Trees, Shrubs, Accents, Groundcover and Vines approved for use by SFCOA. RESTRICTED PLANTS and TREES Species of the following plants and trees which are dwarf varieties or otherwise not expected to exceed mature height of six feet (6 ) are allowed in rear or side yards (private gardens) only if the plant or tree will not be visible from adjacent property or above walls. Palms (Palmae varities) Pines (Pinus), Cypress (Cupressus), False Cypress (Chamaecyparis) Juniper or Cedar (Juniperus) Oleanders (Nerium Oleander), Thevetia (Thevetia species) Citrus PROHIBITED PLANTS and TREES Olive Trees (Olea europaea) Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum). Mulberry Trees (Morus species). Common Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon). Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata). Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana). Buffelgrass (Pennisetum cilare) Ficus Trees (Ficus species)
All CACTI are permitted Common examples Barrel Cereus varieties Hedgehog Mexican Fence Post Ocotillo Pincushion Cactus Prickly Pear Saguaro Ferocactus Cereus species Echinocereus species Stenocereus, pachycerus species Fouquieria splendens Mammillaria species Opuntia species Carnegiea gigantea SUCCULENTS Agave varieties Aloe varieties Candelilla Desert Milkweed Desert Spoon Elephant's Food Hesperaloe varieties Lady Slipper Yucca varieties Agave species Aloe species Euphorbia antisyphilitica Asclepias subulata Dasylirion species Portulacaria afra Hesperaloe species Pedilanthus macrocarpus Yucca species
TREES Acacia varieties Anacacho Orchid Tree Arizona Sycamore Cascalote Chaste Tree Desert Fern Desert Willow Ironwood Mesquite varieties Mexican Ebony Mimosa Palo Verde varieties Tenaza Texas Ebony Acacia species Bauhinia congesta Platanus wrightii Caesalpinia cacalaco Vitex-agnus-castus Lysiloma microphylla v. thomberi Chilopsis linearis Olneya tesota Prosopis species Pithecellobium mexicana Albizia julibrissin Cercidium species Pithecellobium pallens Pithecellobium flexicaule
SHRUBS Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa Bird of Paradise Strelitzia reginae Bird of Paradise / Red, Yellow, Mexican Caesalplnia species Blue Hibiscus Alyogyne huegelli Brittlebush Encelia farinosa Cassia Cassia species (see Senna) Chuparosa Justicia californica Cordia Cordia species Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata Dalea Dalea species Deer Vetch Lotus rigidus Deergrass Muhlenbergia species Desert Hackberry Celtis species Desert Honysuckle Aniscanthus species Dwarft Pomegranate Punica granatum Nana Emu Bush Eremophila species Fairy Duster Calliandra species Flat top Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculation Fremont Lycium Lycium fremontii
SHRUBS - Continued Globe Mallow Goldeneye Gopher Plant Hop Bush Jojoba Justicia Ruellia varieties Sage varieties Saltbush Senna Texas Mountain Laurel Texas Ranger Triangle Leaf Bursage Trixis Turpentine Bush Velvet Honeysuckle Wolfberry Wooly Butterfly Bush Yellow Bells Sphaeralcea species Viguiera deltoidea Euphorbia biglandulosa Dodonaea viscosa varieties Simmondsia chinensis Justicia species Ruellia species Salvia species Atriplex species Senna species Sophora secundiflora Leucophyllum species Ambrosia deltoidea Trixis californica Ericameria laricifolia Dicliptera suberecta Lycium species Buddleja marrubifolia Tecoma species
ACCENTS Angelita Daisy Blackfoot Daisy Bougainvillea Chocolate Flower Deer Vetch Desert Marigold Desert Senna Elephant Food Hummingbird Trumpet Kangaroo Paw Licorice Marigold Mormon Tea Mt Lemmon Marigold Paperflower Penstemon Prairie Zinnia Rain Lily Shrubby Dogwood Verbena Hymenoxys acaulis Melampodium leucanthum Bougainvillea species Berlandiera lyrata Lotus rigidus species Baileya multiradiata Senna covesii Portulacaria afra Zauschneria californica v. Latifolia" Anigozanthos flavid Tagetes lucida Ephedra nevadensis Tagetes lemmoni Psilostrophe cooperi Penstemon species Zinnia grandiflora Zephyranthes species Dyssodia acerosa Verbena species
GROUNDCOVER AND VINES Bat-Faced Cuphea Bush Morning Glory Desert Broom Dwarf Myoporum Dyssodia Evening Primrose Gazania Iceplant Lantana Monkey Flower Myoporum Orchid Vine Pink Trumpet Vine Queen s Wreath Rocky Point Ice Plant Sierra Sundrop Spreading Fleabane Summer Snow Yellow Dot Cuphea llavea Convolvulus cneorum Baccharis hybrid Centennial" only Myoporum parvifolium dwarf Dyssodia pentachaeta Oenothera species Gazania rigens Sun Gold" Drosanthemum speciosum Rosea Lantana species Mimulus cardinalis Myoporum parvifolium Mascagnia species Podranea ricasoliana Antigonon leptopus Malephora lutea Calytophus hartwegii Erigeron divergens Plumbago scandens Wedelia trilobata