![Saguaro, sunset](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Saguaro-sunset.jpg?resize=980%2C839&ssl=1)
Category: Other Plants
Not every desert plant is a succulent or a cactus. Ocotillo, palms, and wildflowers are desert plants along with various shrubs such as creosote and Prosopis. These plants are important for animal food, shelter, and forage.
![Saguaro, sunset](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Saguaro-sunset.jpg?resize=980%2C839&ssl=1)
![Boophone disticha flower](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Boophone-disticha-flower.jpg?resize=980%2C753&ssl=1)
Boophone disticha
![Prosopis juliflora, Poncho Borquez](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Prosopis_juliflora-poncho-borquez.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Prosopis juliflora, A Conflict of Interest Desert Tree
![Tristerix aphyllus, Patricio Novoa Quezada](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tristerix-aphyllus-Patricio-Novoa-Quezada.jpg?resize=980%2C797&ssl=1)
Tristerix aphyllus, Cactus Mistletoe
![Creosote fruit, Ken-ichi Ueda](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/creosote-fruit-Ken-ichi-Ueda.jpg?resize=980%2C900&ssl=1)
Creosote May Cure What Ails You
![Puya venusta X chilensis, Patricio Novoa Quezada](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Puya-venusta-X-chilensis-pnq.jpg?resize=980%2C799&ssl=1)
Puya
![](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hilaria-rigida-cal-photos3.jpg?resize=683%2C512&ssl=1)
Nurse Plant Hilaria rigida and Agave deserti
![Yellow creosote flowers](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/creosote-2-competion-lance-and-erin.jpg?resize=980%2C683&ssl=1)
Is Creosote Distribution Random?
![Puya raimondii, Peru](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/puya-raimondii.jpg?resize=980%2C478&ssl=1)
World’s Largest Pineapple Relative
![Coral bean flowers, Lars Hammar](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coral-bean-flowers-lars-hammar.jpg?resize=851%2C647&ssl=1)
Erythrina herbacea is a Caudate Plant
![Grass tree, John Tann](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/grass-tree-john-tann2-Copy.jpg?resize=980%2C396&ssl=1)
Xanthorrhoea, Not Exactly a Succulent
![Crinum lineare, biodiversityexplorer](https://i0.wp.com/opuntiads.com/oblog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/crinum-lineare-biodiversityexplorer.org_1.jpg?resize=725%2C606&ssl=1)