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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Idaho. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abies concolor | Balsam fir Colorado fir Concolor fir Oyamel de California Silver fir White balsam White fir | |
| Abies grandis | Giant fir Grand fir | |
| Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine fir | |
| Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain maple | |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth maple Big-toothed maple Canyon maple | |
| Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Actaea rubra | Red baneberry | |
| Agrostis exarata | Spike bentgrass Spiked bent Spike red top | |
| Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia | Thinleaf alder | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Western pearly everlasting Pearly-everlasting | |
| Aquilegia caerulea | Colorado blue columbine Rocky Mountain columbine | |
| Aquilegia flavescens | Yellow mountain columbine Yellow columbine Golden columbine | |
| Aquilegia formosa | Western columbine Crimson columbine Scarlet columbine Red columbine | |
| Aquilegia jonesii | Jones' columbine Blue limestone columbine | |
| Artemisia cana | Silver sagebrush Coaltown sagebrush Dwarf sagebrush Hoary sagebrush Silvery sagebrush | |
| Arnica cordifolia | Heart-leaf leopardbane Heartleaf arnica | |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie sagewort Prairie sagebrush Fringed sage Pasture sage | |
| Artemisia tridentata | Big sagebrush Great Basin sagebrush | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing saltbush Fourwing saltbush Wingscale | |
| Atriplex confertifolia | Shadscale Spiny saltbush Shadscale saltbush Hop sage | |
| Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker's balsamroot Hairy balsamroot | |
| Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf balsamroot Arrow-leaf balsamroot | |
| Betula occidentalis | Mountain birch Water birch | |
| Betula papyrifera | Paper birch Canoe birch White birch | |
| Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell bellflower Bluebell-of-Scotland Harebell | |
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf mountain mahogany Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany | |
| Cercocarpus montanus | Alderleaf mountain mahogany Alder-leaf mountain-mahogany Mountain mahogany Silverleaf mountain mahogany | |
| Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush Snowbrush ceanothus Tobacco-brush Mountain balm Buckbush | |
| Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed Narrow-leaf fireweed Willow herb | |
| Clematis columbiana | Rock clematis | |
| Cleome lutea | Yellow spiderflower Yellow spider-flower Yellow beeplant Yellow caper Golden caper | |
| Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier dogwood Red Osier Dogwood | |
| Crataegus douglasii | Black hawthorn | |
| Danthonia californica | California oatgrass California wild oat grass | |
| Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby cinquefoil Golden-hardhack | |
| Danthonia intermedia | Timber oatgrass Timber wild oat grass | |
| Delphinium bicolor | Flat-head larkspur Little larkspur | |
| Delphinium nuttallianum | Delphinium Two-lobe larkspur Twolobe larkspur | |
| Eriophyllum lanatum | Common woolly sunflower Common woolly-sunflower Oregon sunshine | |
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa | Rabbitbrush Rubber rabbitbrush | |
| Eriogonum umbellatum | Sulphur-flower buckwheat Sulphur-flower wild buckwheat Sulphur buckwheat Sulphur flower | |
| Festuca idahoensis | Blue bunchgrass Bunchgrass fescue Idaho fescue | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Gaillardia aristata | Common gaillardia Great blanketflower Blanketflower Brown-eyed susan | |
| Geranium richardsonii | Richardson's geranium | |
| Iliamna rivularis | Streambank wild hollyhock Wild hollyhock Mountain globemallow | |
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