Montana Recommended Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Montana. 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.
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	Abies grandis Grand Fir, Giant 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, Uvalde Bigtooth Maple, Southwestern Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Sabinal Maple, Western Sugar Maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil	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
	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
	Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Andropogon hallii Sand Bluestem	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water:
	Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Aquilegia coerulea 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 Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	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, Wing-scale	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 Water Birch, Mountain 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
	Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ceanothus velutinus Snowbrush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain Balm, Buckbrush	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, Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany, 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
	Coreopsis tinctoria Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Crataegus douglasii Black Hawthorn	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Delphinium bicolor Little Larkspur, Flat-head Larkspur	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Delphinium nuttallianum Twolobe Larkspur, Two-lobe Larkspur, Delphinium	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	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, Oregon Sunshine	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Festuca rubra Red Fescue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington 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
	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, Mountain Red Cedar, Colorado Red Cedar, Western Red Cedar, River Juniper, Western Juniper, Cedro Rojo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Kalmia microphylla Alpine Laurel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Wet
	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
	Liatris punctata Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Lonicera involucrata Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry, Bearberry Honeysuckle, Four-line Honeysuckle	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Tahoka Daisy, Tansy-aster, Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster, Tansyleaf Tansyaster	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 Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Mirabilis nyctaginea Heartleaf Four O'Clock	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Nemophila breviflora Basin Nemophila, Great Basin Baby-blue-eyes, Great Basin Nemophila	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Oenothera caespitosa Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily, Fragrant Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening-primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Peritoma lutea Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Peritoma serrulata Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Phacelia sericea Silky Phacelia, Purple Fringe	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Phlox longifolia Longleaf Phlox, Long-leaf Phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Phlox speciosa Showy Phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Subshrub Light: Water:
	Picea engelmannii Engelmann's Spruce, Engelmann Spruce	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pinus contorta Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Pino De San Pedro Martir	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Pinus flexilis Limber Pine, Pino Enano	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, Western Yellow Pine, Pino Blanco	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Mountain Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Poplar, Alamo Blanco	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
	Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir, Blue 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 Heartleaf Buttercup, Heart-leaf Buttercup	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rhus trilobata Skunkbush, Skunkbush Sumac, Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Scented Sumac, Ill-scented Sumac, Basketbush, Squawbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rubus parviflorus Western Thimbleberry, Thimbleberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan	Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower, Greenhead Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow, Sochan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Shepherdia argentea Silver Buffaloberry, Buffaloberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Sorbus scopulina Greene's Mountain Ash, Cascade Mountain-ash, Western Mountain-ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	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:
	Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Vaccinium uliginosum Bog Blueberry, Alpine Blueberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Verbena stricta Hoary Verbena, Hoary Vervain, Tall Vervain, Woolly 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
	Vitis riparia Riverbank Grape, River-bank Grape	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Xerophyllum tenax Common Beargrass, Western Turkeybeard, Bear Lily, Pine Lily, Elk Grass, Squaw Grass, Beargrass, Turkeybeard	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Yucca glauca Soapweed Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Plains Yucca, Beargrass, Great Plains Yucca	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Subshrub, Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry

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