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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 grandis | Grand Fir, Giant Fir | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
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 |
Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass, Spiked Bent, Spike Red Top | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia | Thinleaf Alder | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry, Western Serviceberry, Juneberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Anaphalis margaritacea | Western Pearly Everlasting, Pearly-everlasting | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 formosa | Western Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
Arnica cordifolia | Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Artemisia cana | Silver Sagebrush, Coaltown Sagebrush, Dwarf Sagebrush, Hoary Sagebrush, Silvery Sagebrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | 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 hookeri | Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain Balm, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | 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 |
Clematis columbiana | Rock Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | |
Crataegus douglasii | Black Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass, California Wild Oat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Danthonia intermedia | Timber Oatgrass, Timber Wild Oat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium bicolor | Little Larkspur, Flat-head Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium nuttallianum | Twolobe Larkspur, Two-lobe Larkspur, Delphinium | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Ericameria nauseosa var. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | |
Eriogonum umbellatum | Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat, Sulphur Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eriophyllum lanatum | Common Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Festuca idahoensis | Idaho Fescue, Bunchgrass Fescue, Blue Bunchgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
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 |
Geranium richardsonii | Richardson's Geranium | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Iliamna rivularis | Streambank Wild Hollyhock, Wild Hollyhock, Mountain Globemallow | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Ipomopsis aggregata | Scarlet Gilia, Scarlet Standing-cypress, Skyrocket, Skunkflower | Biennial | Herb | 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 |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Larix occidentalis | Western Larch, Western Tamarack | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Linum kingii | King's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
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 |
Mimulus lewisii | Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Minuartia obtusiloba | Twinflower Sandwort, Alpine Stitchwort, Cushion Sandwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Muhlenbergia montana | Mountain Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily, Fragrant Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Hooker's Evening-primrose, Giant Evening-primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Peritoma platycarpa | Golden Bee-plant, Golden Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Phacelia sericea | Silky Phacelia, Purple Fringe | Biennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Phleum alpinum | Alpine Timothy, Mountain Timothy | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Phlox longifolia | Longleaf Phlox, Long-leaf Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Phlox speciosa | Showy Phlox | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
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 flexilis | Limber Pine, Pino Enano | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pinus monticola | Western White Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine, Western Yellow Pine, Pino Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | 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 |
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata | Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Bluebunch-wheat Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir, Blue Douglas Fir | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida | Cutleaf Anemone, Pasqueflower, Wild Crocus | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush, Bitterbrush, Antelope Brush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ranunculus cardiophyllus | Heartleaf Buttercup, Heart-leaf Buttercup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
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 racemosa | Red Elderberry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
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 |
Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow, Caliche Globemallow | Biennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Sphaeralcea munroana | Munro's Globemallow, White-stem Globe-mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Spiraea betulifolia | White Spirea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Trisetum spicatum | Spike Trisetum, Narrow False Oat | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry, Alpine Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Verbena, Hoary Vervain, Tall Vervain, Woolly Verbena | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Viburnum edule | Squashberry, Moosewood Viburnum, Few-flowered Cranberry Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Wyethia amplexicaulis | Mule-ears | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Xerophyllum tenax | Common Beargrass, Western Turkeybeard, Bear Lily, Pine Lily, Elk Grass, Squaw Grass, Beargrass, Turkeybeard | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
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 |
Zinnia grandiflora | Plains Zinnia, Rocky Mountain Zinnia, Prairie Zinnia, Little Golden Zinnia, Yellow Zinnia | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |