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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abies concolor | White Fir, Balsam Fir, Colorado Fir, Concolor Fir, Silver Fir, White Balsam, Oyamel De California | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | |
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple, Big-toothed Maple, Uvalde Bigtooth Maple, Southwestern Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Sabinal Maple, Western Sugar Maple | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Moist |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder, Mountain Alder, Speckled Alder, River Alder, Thin-leafed Alder | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry, Juneberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Anaphalis margaritacea | Western Pearly Everlasting, Pearly-everlasting | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Aquilegia coerulea | Colorado Blue Columbine, Rocky Mountain Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Aquilegia flavescens | Yellow Mountain Columbine, Yellow Columbine, Golden Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Aquilegia jonesii | Jones' Columbine, Blue Limestone Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Artemisia cana | Silver Sagebrush, Coaltown Sagebrush, Dwarf Sagebrush, Hoary Sagebrush, Silvery Sagebrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush, Silver Sagebrush, Silvery Wormwood, Sand Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort, Prairie Sagebrush, Fringed Sage, Pasture Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush, Great Basin Sagebrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Atriplex canescens | Chamiso, Four-wing Saltbush, Wing-scale | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Atriplex confertifolia | Shadscale, Spiny Saltbush, Shadscale Saltbush, Hop Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Arrow-leaf Balsamroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Betula occidentalis | Water Birch, Mountain Birch | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Betula papyrifera | Paper Birch, Canoe Birch, White Birch | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Caltha leptosepala | White Marsh-marigold, Elks-lip | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Campanula uniflora | Arctic Bellflower | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain Balm, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celtis occidentalis | Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, American Hackberry, Nettle Tree, Beaverwood, False Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany, Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cercocarpus montanus | Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany, Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany, Mountain Mahogany | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | |
Dalea purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover, Violet Prairie Clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium barbeyi | Subalpine Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Shade | |
Delphinium nuttallianum | Twolobe Larkspur, Two-lobe Larkspur, Delphinium | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | |
Erigeron speciosus | Aspen Fleabane, Showy Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Fendlera rupicola | Cliff Fendlerbush, False Mock-orange | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia aristata | Common Gaillardia, Great Blanketflower, Blanketflower, Brown-eyed Susan | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom Snakeweed, Kindlingweed, Matchbrush, Texas Snakeweed, Broomweed, Turpentine Weed, Matchweed | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping Juniper, Creeping Savin | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | 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 | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Kalmia microphylla | Alpine Laurel | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Wet |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Linum kingii | King's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Lonicera involucrata | Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry, Bearberry Honeysuckle, Four-line Honeysuckle | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy, Tansy-aster, Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster, Tansyleaf Tansyaster | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry, Creeping Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily, Fragrant Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera nuttallii | Nuttall's Evening-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Penstemon angustifolius | Broadbeard Penstemon, Broadbeard Beardtongue, Whorled Penstemon, Whorled Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Penstemon deustus | Scabland Penstemon, Scabland Beardtongue, Hot-rock Penstemon, Hot-rock Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon strictus | Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma multicaulis | Slender Bee-plant, Slender Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Picea engelmannii | Engelmann's Spruce, Engelmann Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Picea pungens | Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus contorta | Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Pino De San Pedro Martir | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine, Colorado Pinyon, Pinyon Pine, Pinyon, Two-needle Pine, Two-needle Pinyon, Two-leaf Pinyon, Nut Pine, Pino Dulce | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus flexilis | Limber Pine, Pino Enano | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine, Pino Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Narrow-leaf Cottonwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Mountain Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Poplar, Alamo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pulsatilla patens | Eastern Pasqueflower, American Pasqueflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush, Bitterbrush, Antelope Brush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak, Rocky Mountain White Oak, Utah White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ranunculus cardiophyllus | Heartleaf Buttercup, Heart-leaf Buttercup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush, Skunkbush Sumac, Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Scented Sumac, Ill-scented Sumac, Basketbush, Squawbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry, Thimbleberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower, Greenhead Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow, Sochan | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry, Buffaloberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Sorbus scopulina | Greene's Mountain Ash, Cascade Mountain-ash, Western Mountain-ash | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum opulus | European Cranberrybush | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca, Fleshy-fruited Yucca, Datil | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Yucca glauca | Soapweed Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Plains Yucca, Beargrass, Great Plains Yucca | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | Dry |