Our Native Plants

Trees:

Picea englemannii – Engelmann Spruce

Picea glauca – White Spruce

Pinus contorta – Lodgepole Pine

Pinus flexilis – Limber Pine

Populus balsamifera – Balsam Poplar

Populus tremuloides – Quaking Aspen

Populus deltoides – Cottonwood

Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas Fir

Shrubs:

Alnus crispa – Green Alder

Alnus tenufolia – Mountain Alder

Amelanchier alnifolia – Saskatoon

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Kinnikinnick

Artemesia cana – Silver Sagebrush

Artemesia tridentata – Big Sagebrush

Betula glandulosa – Dwarf Birch

Betula occidentalis – Water Birch

Betula papyrifera – Paper Birch

Cornus sericea – Red-Osier Dogwood

Corylus cornuta – Western Hazelnut

Elaeagnus commutata – Wolf Willow/Silverberry

Juniperus communis – Common Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis – Creeping Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum – Rocky Mountain Juniper

Lonicera dioica – Twinning Honeysuckle

Lonicera involucrata – Bracted Honeysuckle

Mahonia repens – Creeping Oregon Grape

Potentilla fruticosa – Shrubby Cinquefoil (Diasphora fruticosa)

Prunus virginiana – Chokecherry

Rhododendron groenlandicum – Labrador Tea

Ribes aureum – Golden Flowering Currant

Ribes lacustre – Black Gooseberry

Ribes hudsonianum – Northern Black Currant

Ribes oxyacanthoides – Canadian Gooseberry

Rosa acicularis – Wild Rose

Rosa arkansana – Prairie Rose

Rosa woodsii – Woods Rose

Rubus idaeus – Wild Raspberry

Rubus parviflorus – Thimbleberry

Rubus pubescens – Dwarf Red Raspberry

Salix bebbiana – Bebb’s Willow

Salix discolor – Discolor Willow

Salix drummondii – Drummond’s Willow

Salix exigua – Sandbar Willow

Salix glauca – Greyleaf Willow

Salix lucida – Shining Willow

Salix lutea – Yellow Willow

Salix petiolaris – Slender Willow

Salix scouleriana – Scouler’s Willow

Sambucus racemosa – Red Elderberry

Shepherdia argentea – Silver Buffaloberry

Shepherdia canadensis – Canadian Buffaloberry

Spiraea betulifolia – White Spirea

Symphoricarpos alba – Snowberry

Symphoricarpos occidentalis – Buckbrush

Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Lingonberry

Forbs:

Achillea millefolium – Yarrow

Agastache foeniculum – Giant Hyssop

Agrostis glauca – False Dandelion

Allium cernuum – Nodding Onion

Anaphalis margaritacea – Pearly Everlasting

Anemone cylindrica – Candle Anemone

Anemone multifida – Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone occidentalis – Western Anemone

Anemone patens – Prairie Crocus

Antennaria lanata – Wolly Pussytoes

Antennaria parvifolia – Pussytoes

Antennaria rosea – Rosy Pussytoes

Aquilegia flavescens – Yellow Columbine

Arnica cordifolia – Shining Arnica

Arnica latifolia – Broadleaf Arnica

Artemesia frigida – Pasture Sagebrush

Artemeisa ludoviciana – White Sagebrush

Asclepsia speciosa – Showy Milkweed

Asclepsia tuberosa – Butterfly Milkweed

Balsamorhiza saggitata – Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell

Cornus canadensis – Creeping Dogwood

Dryas drummondii – Mountain Avens

Chamaenerion angustifolium (Epilobium) – Fireweed

Chamaenerion latifolium (Epilobium) – Boardleaf Fireweed

Erigeron caespitosus – Tufted Fleabane

Erigeron compositus – Cutleaf Daisy

Erigeron peregrinus – Subalpine Fleabane

Erigeron glabellus – Fleabane

Eriogonum flavum – Pipers Buckwheat

Eupatorium purpureum – Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eurbyia conspicua – Showy Aster

Fragaria virginiana – Wild Strawberry

Gaillardia aristata – Gaillardia

Galium boreale – Northern Bedstraw

Geranium viscossissimum – Sticky Purple Geranium

Geum macrophyllum – Largeleaf Avens

Geum triflorum – Prairie Smoke

Grindelai squarrosa – Gumweed

Hedysarum alpinum – Alpine Sweetvetch

Hedysarum boreale – Northern Sweetvetch

Hedysarum sulphurescens – Yellow Sweetvetch

Heterotheca villosa – Hairy Goldenaster

Heuchera cylindrica – Coral Bells

Iliamna rivularis – Wild Hollyhock

Lathyrus ochroleucus – Creamy Peavine

Liatris punctata – Dotted Blazing Star

Linum lewisii – Wild Blue Flax

Luetkea pectinata – Partridge Foot

Lupinus arcticus – Arctic Lupine

Lupinus sericeus – Silky Lupine

Maianthemum stellatum – Solomon’s Seal

Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot

Oxytropis sericea – White Locoweed

Oxytropis splendens – Early Yellow Locoweed

Penstemon confertus – Yellow Penstemon

Penstemon eriantherus – Fuzzytongue Penstemon

Penstemon nitidus – Smooth Blue Beardtongue

Potentilla gracilis – Graceful Cinquefoil

Sedum lanceolatum – Stonecrop

Senecio canus – Wooly Groundsel

Senecio paupercaulus – Balsam Groundsel

Sisyrinchium montanum – Strict Blue-eyed Grass

Solidago canadensis – Canada Goldenrod

Solidago missouriensis – Missouri Goldenrod

Solidago multriadata – Rocky Mtn Goldenrod

Symphyotrichum laeve – Showy Aster

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum – Lindley’s Aster

Thalictrum venulosum – Veiny Meadowrue

Vicia americana – American Vetch

Grasses:

Agrostis scabra – Tickle Garss

Bromus carinatus – Mountain Brome

Bouteloua grama – Blue Grama Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis – Bluejoint Grass

Calamagrostis purpurascens – Purple Reedgrass

Calamagrostis rubescens – Pinegrass

Danthonia intermedia – Timber Oatgrass

Danthonia parryii – Parry Oatgrass

Deschampsia caespitosa - Tufted Hairgrass

Elymus innovatus – Hairy Wild Rye

Elymus canadansis – Canada Wild Rye

Elymus lanceolatum – Northern Wheatgrass

Elymus trachycaulus – Slender Wheatgrass

Elymus trachycaulus ssp subsecundus – Awned Wheatgrass

Festuca campestris – Rough Fescue

Festuca hallii – Plains Rough Fescue

Festuca idahoensis – Idaho Fescue

Festuca rubra arctica – Arctic Red Fescue

Festuca saximontana – Rocky Mountain Fescue

Hierochloe odorata – Sweetgrass

Koeleria macrantha – Prairie Junegrass

Oryzopsis asperfolia – Roughleaf Ricegrass

Pipatatheum pungens – Mountain Ricegrass

Poa arctica – Arctic Alkali Grass

Poa glauca – Alpine Bluegrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata – Bluebunch Wheatgrass

Puccinellia arctica – Arctic Alkali Grass

Schizachne purpurascens – False Melic

Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem

Stipa columbiana – Columbia Needlegrass (Achnatherum columbiana)

Stipa curtiseta – Western Porcupine Grass

Stipa richardsonii – Richardson Needlegrass (Achnatherum richardsonii)

Trisetum spicatum – Spike Trisetum

Wetland Species:

Carex aquatalis – Water Sedge

Carex atherodes – Wheat Sedge

Carex obnupta – Slough Sedge

Carex raymondii – Raymond’s Sedge

Carex utriculata – Beaked Sedge

Carex viridula – Little Green Sedge

Eleocharis palustris – Common Spikerush

Glyceria grandis – Tall Manna Grass

Juncus arcticus – Arctic Rush

Juncus balticus – Baltic Rush

Juncus nodosus – Knotted Rush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani – Soft stemmed Bulrush

Schoenoplectus acutus – Hard stemmed Bulrush

Scirpus mircrocarpus – Small-fruited Bulrush

Typha latifolia – Bulrush

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