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	Abies concolor Balsam fir, Colorado fir, Concolor fir, Oyamel de California, Silver fir, White balsam, White fir	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water:
	Abies grandis Giant fir, Grand fir	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Acer glabrum Rocky Mountain maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water:
	Acer grandidentatum Bigtooth maple, Big-toothed maple, Canyon maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Achillea millefolium Common yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil, Western yarrow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Actaea rubra Red baneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Agrostis exarata Spike bentgrass, Spiked bent, Spike red top	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia Thinleaf alder	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon serviceberry, Western serviceberry, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Anaphalis margaritacea Western pearly everlasting, Pearly-everlasting	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Aquilegia caerulea Colorado blue columbine, Rocky Mountain columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Aquilegia flavescens Yellow mountain columbine, Yellow columbine, Golden columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Aquilegia formosa Western columbine, Crimson columbine, Scarlet columbine, Red columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Aquilegia jonesii Jones' columbine, Blue limestone columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnick, Red bearberry, Kinnikinnik	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Arnica cordifolia Heart-leaf leopardbane, Heartleaf arnica	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Artemisia cana Silver sagebrush, Coaltown sagebrush, Dwarf sagebrush, Hoary sagebrush, Silvery sagebrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Artemisia frigida Prairie sagewort, Prairie sagebrush, Fringed sage, Pasture sage	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Artemisia tridentata Big sagebrush, Great Basin sagebrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed, Pink Milkweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Atriplex canescens Chamiso, Four-wing saltbush, Fourwing saltbush, Wingscale	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Atriplex confertifolia Shadscale, Spiny saltbush, Shadscale saltbush, Hop sage	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Balsamorhiza hookeri Hooker's balsamroot, Hairy balsamroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Balsamorhiza sagittata Arrowleaf balsamroot, Arrow-leaf balsamroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Betula occidentalis Mountain birch, Water birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Betula papyrifera Paper birch, Canoe birch, White birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell bellflower, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Harebell	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ceanothus velutinus Snowbrush, Snowbrush ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain balm, Buckbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cercocarpus ledifolius Curl-leaf mountain mahogany, Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Cercocarpus montanus Alderleaf mountain mahogany, Alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, Mountain mahogany, Silverleaf mountain mahogany	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf fireweed, Willow herb	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Clematis columbiana Rock clematis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Cleome lutea Yellow spiderflower, Yellow spider-flower, Yellow beeplant, Yellow caper, Golden caper	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea Redosier dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water:
	Crataegus douglasii Black hawthorn	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Danthonia californica California oatgrass, California wild oat grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Danthonia intermedia Timber oatgrass, Timber wild oat grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden-hardhack	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Delphinium bicolor Flat-head larkspur, Little larkspur	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Delphinium nuttallianum Delphinium, Two-lobe larkspur, Twolobe larkspur	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa Rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water:
	Eriogonum umbellatum Sulphur-flower buckwheat, Sulphur-flower wild buckwheat, Sulphur buckwheat, Sulphur flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Eriophyllum lanatum Common woolly sunflower, Common woolly-sunflower, Oregon sunshine	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Festuca idahoensis Blue bunchgrass, Bunchgrass fescue, Idaho fescue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water:
	Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash, Red ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Gaillardia aristata Common gaillardia, Great blanketflower, Blanketflower, Brown-eyed susan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Geranium richardsonii Richardson's geranium	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Iliamna rivularis Streambank wild hollyhock, Wild hollyhock, Mountain globemallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ipomopsis aggregata Scarlet gilia, Scarlet standing-cypress, Skyrocket, Skunkflower	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Juniperus communis Common juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Juniperus horizontalis Creeping juniper, Creeping savin	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain juniper, Rocky Mountain red cedar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Kalmia microphylla Alpine laurel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Krascheninnikovia lanata Winterfat	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water:
	Larix occidentalis Western larch, Western tamarack	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Linum kingii King's flax	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Water:
	Linum lewisii Wild blue flax, Prairie flax, Lewis flax	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Lonicera involucrata Twinberry honeysuckle, Four-line honeysuckle, Black twinberry, Bear berry honeysuckle	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Tanseyleaf tansyaster, Tahoka Daisy, Tansy Aster	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Mahonia repens Creeping barberry, Creeping Oregon-grape	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Mimulus lewisii Great purple monkey-flower, Lewis monkey-flower, Purple monkeyflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Minuartia obtusiloba Alpine stitchwort, Cushion sandwort, Twinflower sandwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Muhlenbergia montana Mountain muhly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Oenothera caespitosa Tufted evening primrose, Gumbo evening primrose, Gumbo lily, Fragrant evening primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri Hooker's evening-primrose, Giant evening-primrose	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Pascopyrum smithii Western wheatgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Phacelia sericea Purplefringe, Silky phacelia	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Phleum alpinum Alpine timothy, Mountain timothy	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Phlox longifolia Long-leaf phlox, Longleaf phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Phlox speciosa Showy phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Water:
	Physocarpus opulifolius Atlantic ninebark, Common ninebark	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Picea engelmannii Engelmann spruce	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Picea pungens Blue spruce, Colorado spruce	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pinus contorta Beach pine, Lodgepole pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Pinus flexilis Limber pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pinus monticola Western white pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Populus tremuloides Quaking aspen, Aspen	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Prunus americana American plum, Wild plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common chokecherry, Choke cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata Bluebunch wheatgrass, Bluebunch-wheat grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Pseudotsuga menziesii Blue Douglas fir, Douglas-fir	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida Cutleaf anemone, Pasqueflower, Wild crocus	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Purshia tridentata Antelope bitterbrush, Bitterbrush, Antelope brush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Ranunculus cardiophyllus Heart-leaf buttercup, Heartleaf buttercup	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Rhus glabra Smooth sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rhus trilobata Skunkbush sumac, Scented sumac, Ill-scented sumac, Squawbush, Basketbush, Skunkbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry, Western thimble-berry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia laciniata Cutleaf coneflower, Green-head coneflower, Cut-leaf coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea Blue elder, Black elder, Blue (Mexican) elderberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sambucus racemosa Red elderberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Shepherdia argentea Silver buffaloberry, Buffaloberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Sorbus scopulina Cascade mountain-ash, Greene's mountain ash, Western mountain-ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sphaeralcea coccinea Scarlet globemallow, Caliche globemallow	Duration: Biennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Sphaeralcea munroana Munro's globemallow, White-stem globe-mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Spiraea betulifolia White spirea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand dropseed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Thuja plicata Western arborvitae, Western red cedar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Trisetum spicatum Narrow false oat, Spike trisetum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Vaccinium uliginosum Alpine blueberry, Bog blueberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Verbena stricta Hoary verbena, Hoary vervain, Tall vervain, Woolly verbena, Wooly verbena	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Viburnum edule Squashberry, Moosewood viburnum, Few-flowered cranberry bush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Wyethia amplexicaulis Mule-ears	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Xerophyllum tenax Common beargrass, Western turkeybeard, Bear lily, Pine lily, Elk grass, Squaw grass, Beargrass, Turkeybeard	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Yucca baccata Banana yucca, Blue yucca, Fleshy-fruited yucca, Datil	Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Yucca glauca Soapweed yucca, Narrowleaf yucca, Plains yucca, Beargrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Zinnia grandiflora Rocky Mountain zinnia, Little golden zinnia, Yellow zinnia, Plains zinnia, Prairie zinnia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry

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