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