The names and descriptions that follow were taken from the Dark Sun novels.
A
Agafari –tree; have a blue tinted wood and bark; hardwood; marked by deep creases and ribbon-like pleats; grow 30m+ in height; great sweeping fan boughs; canopy of turquoise, heart-shaped leaves; gnarled roots are exposed partially above ground
Arrowweed – shrub; quiver like clusters; yellow; when the stalks are broken they emit a tangy, foul-smelling odor; the stems are lined with razor-sharp ridges.
Ash-Brush – bush; ash-colored; grows in the stony barrens; sweet smelling
B
Black-Jointed Whip Grass – canes
Blade Blossom – an oases flower
Blue Burgrass – ?
Bogo Trees – gnarled, covered with dagger-sized thorns; blue-hued boughs
Brittlebrush – white/silver, thick growth
Burgrass – grass; blue/green (domestic)
C
Catclaw Trees – tree; spindly
Chiffon Tree – tree; ganey white boughs; flowering
Cloud-brush – a yellow spray, found outside of Nibenay
D
Daggerblades – grassy clumps
Damask Cactus – a bud will drug someone to become languid
Desert Willow – tree
E
F
Faro Tree – tree; almost as tall as a man with a handful of scaly stems that rise to a tangled crown of needle-covered boughs. Blossoms once every ten years and each piece of sweet fruit is a delicacy worth almost twice as much as the tree itself. The needles are made into a gruel that is served to slaves. Needles are about 1 cm long. (domestic)
G
Gray Straw – ?
Goldentip – bush; silvery fans
Golden Salt Brush – grows in stony barrens and in the red sands
Golden Smoke Brush – ?
Ground Holly – (domestic) shrub; low-lying ground cover
Groundstar - pink; found in ravines
H
I
J
K
L
M
Milkweed – tall with fleecy, ivory blossoms held aloft on long yellow stems
Mulga – bush; grows in a thicket
Myrrh Tree – gnarled branches
N
O
P
Purple Spikeballs – ?
Q
R
Ratany – yellow, chest-high hedge that grows along the edge of harbors; spindly boughs; used as a crude dust-break
Rockholly – boulder-size (grows near Silver Sandgrass)
Rockstem – grass/cane; leafless, hard skinned
S
Saedra Trees – slender, long-needles conifers that grow with upraised boughs that resemble the arms of a sun-worshipping dwarf. Purple-flowered vines with yellow thorns grow twined around the boles and beards of moss dangle from the branches.
Sand Cactus – carnivorous, the sand-colored needles protrude out of the sand only 1-2 cm and can penetrate thick leather. Once the barbed needles entered the victim’s skin, a secretion into the wound keeps the blood from clotting. The sand cactus then begins draining the life-fluids of the victim into its root. (! A pile of undisturbed bones is a fair indication that the area is the territory of a sand cactus.!)
Silver Sandgrass – ?
Silverthron – bush; blossoms are used as perfume
Silvery Broompipe – cones
Silverbristle – a copse
Smokebrush – (domestic); golden color
Spikeballs – shrub; green or purple; tumbling windblown
Spike-Brush – a single barren stem
Spinifex Bush – ?
T
Tamarisk - bush; grey-green, flowering
Tarbush - bush; amber in color, barbed thickets
Thornstem - shrub
Tinchweed – ground dwelling plant; forage used to feed inxies
Tortoise Bush – brown-tinged
Tumblethistle – yellow, spiked balls
U
V
W
Whip Grass – canes; black joints; used as a weaving material
Wind Spout – ?
Wychwood - unknown; spell component
X
Y
Yara – a tangy oil can be squeezed from the buds; used by elves for certain ceremonies
Yellow Cloudbrush – a spray that grows outside of Nibenay
Yellow Fan – an oases flower
Z
Zaal - tree; barren trunks and fan-like crowns
A
Agafari –tree; have a blue tinted wood and bark; hardwood; marked by deep creases and ribbon-like pleats; grow 30m+ in height; great sweeping fan boughs; canopy of turquoise, heart-shaped leaves; gnarled roots are exposed partially above ground
Arrowweed – shrub; quiver like clusters; yellow; when the stalks are broken they emit a tangy, foul-smelling odor; the stems are lined with razor-sharp ridges.
Ash-Brush – bush; ash-colored; grows in the stony barrens; sweet smelling
B
Black-Jointed Whip Grass – canes
Blade Blossom – an oases flower
Blue Burgrass – ?
Bogo Trees – gnarled, covered with dagger-sized thorns; blue-hued boughs
Brittlebrush – white/silver, thick growth
Burgrass – grass; blue/green (domestic)
C
Catclaw Trees – tree; spindly
Chiffon Tree – tree; ganey white boughs; flowering
Cloud-brush – a yellow spray, found outside of Nibenay
D
Daggerblades – grassy clumps
Damask Cactus – a bud will drug someone to become languid
Desert Willow – tree
E
F
Faro Tree – tree; almost as tall as a man with a handful of scaly stems that rise to a tangled crown of needle-covered boughs. Blossoms once every ten years and each piece of sweet fruit is a delicacy worth almost twice as much as the tree itself. The needles are made into a gruel that is served to slaves. Needles are about 1 cm long. (domestic)
G
Gray Straw – ?
Goldentip – bush; silvery fans
Golden Salt Brush – grows in stony barrens and in the red sands
Golden Smoke Brush – ?
Ground Holly – (domestic) shrub; low-lying ground cover
Groundstar - pink; found in ravines
H
I
J
K
L
M
Milkweed – tall with fleecy, ivory blossoms held aloft on long yellow stems
Mulga – bush; grows in a thicket
Myrrh Tree – gnarled branches
N
O
P
Purple Spikeballs – ?
Q
R
Ratany – yellow, chest-high hedge that grows along the edge of harbors; spindly boughs; used as a crude dust-break
Rockholly – boulder-size (grows near Silver Sandgrass)
Rockstem – grass/cane; leafless, hard skinned
S
Saedra Trees – slender, long-needles conifers that grow with upraised boughs that resemble the arms of a sun-worshipping dwarf. Purple-flowered vines with yellow thorns grow twined around the boles and beards of moss dangle from the branches.
Sand Cactus – carnivorous, the sand-colored needles protrude out of the sand only 1-2 cm and can penetrate thick leather. Once the barbed needles entered the victim’s skin, a secretion into the wound keeps the blood from clotting. The sand cactus then begins draining the life-fluids of the victim into its root. (! A pile of undisturbed bones is a fair indication that the area is the territory of a sand cactus.!)
Silver Sandgrass – ?
Silverthron – bush; blossoms are used as perfume
Silvery Broompipe – cones
Silverbristle – a copse
Smokebrush – (domestic); golden color
Spikeballs – shrub; green or purple; tumbling windblown
Spike-Brush – a single barren stem
Spinifex Bush – ?
T
Tamarisk - bush; grey-green, flowering
Tarbush - bush; amber in color, barbed thickets
Thornstem - shrub
Tinchweed – ground dwelling plant; forage used to feed inxies
Tortoise Bush – brown-tinged
Tumblethistle – yellow, spiked balls
U
V
W
Whip Grass – canes; black joints; used as a weaving material
Wind Spout – ?
Wychwood - unknown; spell component
X
Y
Yara – a tangy oil can be squeezed from the buds; used by elves for certain ceremonies
Yellow Cloudbrush – a spray that grows outside of Nibenay
Yellow Fan – an oases flower
Z
Zaal - tree; barren trunks and fan-like crowns
