Utah Recommended

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Abies concolor
White Fir, Balsam Fir, Colorado Fir, Concolor Fir, Silver Fir, White Balsam, Oyamel De California

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water:

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

Achnatherum hymenoides
Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Agrostis exarata
Spike Bentgrass, Spiked Bent, Spike Red Top

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Agrostis scabra
Rough Bentgrass, Rough Bent, Ticklegrass, Fly-away Grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Alnus incana
Gray Alder, Speckled Alder

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub, Tree
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Amelanchier arborea
Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Amelanchier utahensis
Utah Serviceberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Andropogon gerardii
Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Dogbane, Bitterroot, Flytrap Dogbane

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Dry

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

Arctostaphylos patula
Greenleaf Manzanita, Green-leaf Manzanita

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Argentina anserina
Silverweed Cinquefoil, Common Silverweed, Silverweed, Goosefoot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Shade
Water: Moist

Aristida purpurea
Purple Threeawn, Purple 3-awn, Purple Three-awn, Red Threeawn

Duration: Annual
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Arnica cordifolia
Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane

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

Asclepias speciosa
Showy Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Asclepias tuberosa
Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

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 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

Bouteloua curtipendula
Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Grama

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Bromus carinatus
California Brome

Duration: Annual
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Calamagrostis canadensis
Bluejoint

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Callirhoe involucrata
Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Castilleja linariifolia
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush, Wyoming Indian-paintbrush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Castilleja rhexiifolia
Splitleaf Indian Paintbrush, Rosy Indian Paintbrush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: 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

Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Desert Sweet, Fernbush, Tansy Bush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Chamerion angustifolium
Fireweed, Willow Herb, Great Willow Herb

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Clematis columbiana
Rock Clematis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Clematis ligusticifolia
Western White Clematis, Virgin's Bower, Pepper Vine, Hierba De Chivo

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine
Light: Sun, Shade, 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

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, Potentilla

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Delphinium nuttallianum
Twolobe Larkspur, Two-lobe Larkspur, Delphinium

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Delphinium ×occidentale
Duncecap Larkspur

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hair Grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Elymus canadensis
Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Ephedra nevadensis
Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Joint-fir

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water:

Ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Ericameria nauseosa
Rubber Rabbitbrush, Gray Rabbitbrush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light:
Water: Dry

Erigeron argentatus
Silver Fleabane

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Eriogonum inflatum
Desert Trumpet, Indian Pipeweed, Bladderstem, Bottle Stopper

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Eriogonum racemosum
Redroot Buckwheat, Red-root Wild Buckwheat

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

Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy, California Poppy

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

Fallugia paradoxa
Apache Plume, Ponil

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Forestiera pubescens
Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Fraxinus velutina
Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Desert Ash, Leatherleaf Ash, Smooth Ash, Modesto Ash, Toumey Ash, Standley Ash

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Gaillardia pinnatifida
Red Dome Blanketflower, Yellow Gaillardia, Blanket Flower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Geranium richardsonii
Richardson's Geranium

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Geum triflorum
Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Gutierrezia sarothrae
Broom Snakeweed, Kindlingweed, Matchbrush, Texas Snakeweed, Broomweed, Turpentine Weed, Matchweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Subshrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Hedysarum boreale
Utah Sweetvetch, Boreal Sweet-vetch, Northern Sweetvetch

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Helenium autumnale
Common Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed, Autumn Sneezeweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora
Showy Goldeneye, Showy False Goldeneye

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Hesperostipa comata
Needle And Thread, Needle-and-thread

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light:
Water:

Heuchera parvifolia
Littleleaf Alumroot, Little-leaf Alumroot, Saxifrage

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Heuchera rubescens
Pink Alumroot, Mountain Alumroot, Red Alumroot, Wild Coralbells

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Holodiscus dumosus
Rockspirea, Glandular Oceanspray, Bush Rockspirea, Cream Bush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Hymenoxys richardsonii
Pingue Rubberweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb, Subshrub
Light:
Water:

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

Iris missouriensis
Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Juniperus communis
Common Juniper

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Juniperus osteosperma
Utah Juniper

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
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 polifolia
Bog Laurel, Pale Laurel, Swamp Laurel

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
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:

Larrea tridentata
Creosote Bush, Greasewood, Hediondilla, Governadora, Guamis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Layia glandulosa
White-daisy Tidytips, White Tidytips

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Leymus cinereus
Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lyme Grass, Great Basin Wildrye

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water:

Linum kingii
King's Flax

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Linum lewisii
Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Lithospermum incisum
Fringed Puccoon, Golden Puccoon, Narrowleaf Puccoon, Narrow-leaved Puccoon, Puccoon, Narrowleaf Gromwell, Fringed Gromwell, Narrowleaf Stoneseed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
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

Lupinus argenteus
Silvery Lupine, Silver-stem Lupine

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Lycium andersonii
Water Jacket, Red-berry Desert-thorn, Anderson Wolfberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

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

Mentzelia laevicaulis
Smoothstem Blazingstar, Giant Blazingstar, Evening Star, Stick Leaf

Duration: Biennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Mertensia franciscana
Franciscan Bluebells, Franciscan Lungwort

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Mimulus guttatus
Yellow Monkeyflower, Golden Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkey-flower

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Mimulus lewisii
Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Wet

Mirabilis multiflora
Colorado Four O'Clock

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Monardella odoratissima
Mountain Monardella, Alpine Mountainbalm, Coyote Mint, Mountain Pennyroyal

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

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, Tufted Evening-primrose

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Oenothera elata
Hooker's Evening-primrose, Hooker's Evening Primrose

Duration: Biennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Panicum capillare
Witchgrass

Duration: Annual
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light:
Water:

Pedicularis groenlandica
Elephanthead Lousewort

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Penstemon eatonii
Firecracker Penstemon, Firecracker Beardtongue, Eaton's Penstemon, Eaton's Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Penstemon palmeri
Palmer's Penstemon, Palmer's Beardtongue, Scented Penstemon, Scented Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Rocky Mountain Beardtongue

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

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:

Phleum alpinum
Alpine Timothy, Mountain Timothy

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

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

Picea pungens
Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Pinus contorta
Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Pino De San Pedro Martir

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Pinus edulis
Colorado Pinyon Pine, Colorado Pinyon, Pinyon Pine, Pinyon, Two-needle Pine, Two-needle Pinyon, Two-leaf Pinyon, Nut Pine, Pino Dulce

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Pinus flexilis
Limber Pine, Pino Enano

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine, Pino Blanco

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Poa secunda
Sandberg Bluegrass, Curly Blue Grass, Pine Blue Grass, Canby Blue Grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Poliomintha incana
Frosted Mint, Hoary Rosemary-mint, Mintbush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water:

Populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Narrow-leaf Cottonwood

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Populus fremontii
Fremont Cottonwood, Western Cottonwood, Gila Cottonwood, Alamo

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

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

Potentilla arguta
Tall Cinquefoil, White Cinquefoil, Prairie Cinquefoil

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
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

Purshia mexicana
Mexican Cliffrose, Chinacates, Chivatillo, Romerillo Cimarră³N, Romero, Romero Cedro

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub, Tree
Light:
Water:

Purshia tridentata
Antelope Bitterbrush, Bitterbrush, Antelope Brush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Quercus gambelii
Gambel Oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak, Utah White Oak

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Ranunculus cymbalaria
Alkali Buttercup

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

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

Ribes aureum
Golden Currant

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Ribes cereum
Wax Currant, White Squaw Currant, Western Red Currant

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Rubus parviflorus
Western Thimbleberry, Thimbleberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
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

Sphaeralcea coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow, Caliche Globemallow

Duration: Biennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
Gooseberryleaf Globemallow, Current-leaf Globe-mallow, Gooseberry-leaf Globe-mallow

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Sporobolus airoides
Alkali Sacaton, Zacate Alcalino

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sand Dropseed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Desert Snowberry, Long-flower Snowberry, Fragrant Snowberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light:
Water:

Symphyotrichum ciliatum
Rayless Alkali Aster, Alkali American-aster, Rayless Aster

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth Blue Aster

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Tetraneuris acaulis
Stemless Four-nerve Daisy, Stemless Hymenoxys, Bitterweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Thuja plicata
Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Trisetum spicatum
Spike Trisetum, Narrow False Oat

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Vaccinium uliginosum
Bog Blueberry, Alpine Blueberry

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Verbena bracteata
Bigbract Verbena, Carpet Vervain, Prostrate Vervain

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water:

Vulpia octoflora
Sixweeks Fescue, Common Sixweeks Grass

Duration: Annual
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light:
Water:

Wyethia amplexicaulis
Mule-ears

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Yucca baccata
Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca, Fleshy-fruited Yucca, Datil

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry