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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 |
Abronia fragrans | Fragrant Sand-verbena, Snowball Sand Verbena, Sweet Sand-verbena, Prairie Snowball, Sand Verbena, Heart's Delight | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Aconitum columbianum | Columbian Monkshood | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder, Speckled 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 |
Amelanchier utahensis | Utah Serviceberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | 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 formosa | Western Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita, Green-leaf Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red Three-awn, Fendler Three-awn, Purple Threeawn | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Arnica cordifolia | Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort, Prairie Sagebrush, Fringed Sage, Pasture Sage | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Artemisia nova | Black Sagebrush | 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 |
Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, 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 |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Cosmopolitan Bulrush, Saltmarsh Club-rush, Alkali Bulrush, Prairie Bulrush, Bayonet Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
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 |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Calochortus nuttallii | Sego Lily, Mariposa Lily, Sego-lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Caltha leptosepala | White Marsh-marigold, Elks-lip | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Carex aquatilis | Water Sedge, Leafy Tussock Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Carex nebrascensis | Nebraska Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Carex rostrata | Beaked Sedge, Swollen Beaked Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Castilleja linariifolia | Wyoming Indian Paintbrush, Wyoming Indian-paintbrush | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Castilleja rhexiifolia | Splitleaf Indian Paintbrush, Rosy Indian Paintbrush | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Ceanothus velutinus | Snowbrush, Snowbrush Ceanothus, Tobacco-brush, Mountain Balm, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Western Hackberry, Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Palo Blanco, Acibuche | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
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 |
Cheilanthes gracillima | Lace Lipfern, Lace Lip Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Claytonia lanceolata | Western Spring Beauty, Lanceleaf Spring Beauty, Spring Beauty, Indian Potato | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Clematis ligusticifolia | Western White Clematis, Virgin's Bower, Pepper Vine, Hierba De Chivo | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Collomia grandiflora | Grand Collomia, Large-flower Mountain-trumpet, Collomia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle Bladderfern, Brittle Bladder Fern, Fragile Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Moist |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil, Golden Hardhack, Potentilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium glaucum | Sierra Larkspur, Tower Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hair Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Elaeagnus commutata | Silverberry, American Silverberry, Wild Olive, Wolf Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Eleocharis palustris | Common Spikerush, Common Spike-rush, Creeping Spikesedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus | Thickspike Wheatgrass, Wild Rye, Stream Bank Wheatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Ephedra viridis | Mormon Tea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Chamisa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Erigeron speciosus | Aspen Fleabane, Showy Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Eriogonum umbellatum | Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat, Sulphur Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Erysimum capitatum | Sand-dune Wallflower, Western Wallflower, Prairie Rocket | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume, Ponil | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Festuca idahoensis | Idaho Fescue, Bunchgrass Fescue, Blue Bunchgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Geranium viscosissimum | Sticky Purple Geranium, Sticky Wild Geranium | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Geum triflorum | Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Glyceria grandis | American Mannagrass, American Manna Grass, Tall Manna Grass, Reed Meadowgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Hedysarum boreale | Utah Sweetvetch, Boreal Sweet-vetch, Northern Sweetvetch | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Hesperostipa comata | Needle And Thread, Needle-and-thread | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Heterotheca villosa var. villosa | Hairy False Goldenaster, Golden-aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Heuchera parvifolia | Littleleaf Alumroot, Little-leaf Alumroot, Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata | Scarlet Gilia, Skyrocket | Biennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juniperus communis var. depressa | Common Juniper, Old Field Juniper, Prostrate Juniper | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | 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 polifolia | Bog Laurel, Pale Laurel, Swamp Laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Lewisia rediviva | Bitter Root, Oregon Bitter-root | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lonicera involucrata | Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry Honeysuckle, Black Twinberry, Bearberry Honeysuckle, Four-line Honeysuckle | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine, Silver-stem Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Lupinus caudatus | Tailcup Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry, Creeping Oregon-grape | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley, False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Smilacina | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Mertensia ciliata | Tall Fringed Bluebells, Tall Fringe Bluebells, Mountain Bluebells | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Mimulus guttatus | Yellow Monkeyflower, Golden Monkeyflower, Seep Monkeyflower, Common Monkeyflower, Seep Monkey-flower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Mimulus lewisii | Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Mirabilis multiflora | Colorado Four O'Clock | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Nemophila breviflora | Basin Nemophila, Great Basin Baby-blue-eyes, Great Basin Nemophila | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose, Gumbo Evening Primrose, Gumbo Lily, Fragrant Evening Primrose, Tufted Evening-primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom, Scarlet Gaura | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pedicularis groenlandica | Elephanthead Lousewort | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon, Pink Plains Beardtongue, Gilia Penstemon, Gilia Beardtongue, Sand Penstemon, Sand Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon deustus | Scabland Penstemon, Scabland Beardtongue, Hot-rock Penstemon, Hot-rock Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon, Firecracker Beardtongue, Eaton's Penstemon, Eaton's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon palmeri | Palmer's Penstemon, Palmer's Beardtongue, Scented Penstemon, Scented Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
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 | |
Physocarpus malvaceus | Mallow Ninebark, Mallow-leaf Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Picea engelmannii | Engelmann's Spruce, Engelmann Spruce | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Poa alpina | Alpine Bluegrass, Alpine Blue Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Polemonium occidentale | Western Polemonium, Western Jacob's Ladder | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Polemonium viscosum | Sticky Polemonium, Sky Pilot, Sticky Jacob's-ladder | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
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 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 |
Purshia stansburiana | Stansbury Cliffrose, Quininebush, Cliffrose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
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 |
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 |
Ribes cereum | Wax Currant, White Squaw Currant, Western Red Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rosa woodsii | Woods' Rose, Western Wild Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | Grayleaf Red Raspberry, Red Raspberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry, Thimbleberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow, Peach-leaf Willow, Almond-leaf Willow, Almond Willow, Peach Willow, Southwestern Peach Willow, Wright Willow, Wright Peachleaf Willow | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salix bebbiana | Bebb Willow, Gray Willow, Long-beaked Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salix scouleriana | Scouler's Willow, Western Pussy Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sarcobatus vermiculatus | Greasewood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Saxifraga caespitosa | Tufted Alpine Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry, Buffaloberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Solidago missouriensis | Missouri Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Missouri Basin Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
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 |
Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton, Zacate Alcalino | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Stanleya pinnata | Desert Princes' Plume, Golden Princes' Plume, Golden Desert Plume, Sentinel Of The Plains | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Symphoricarpos oreophilus | Mountain Snowberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Thermopsis montana | Mountain Goldenbanner, Montane Golden-banner, Golden Pea, Buckbean | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Townsendia exscapa | Stemless Townsend Daisy, Stemless Townsend-daisy, Easter Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Veratrum californicum | California False Hellebore, Corn Lily, Cebadilla | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Verbena, Hoary Vervain, Tall Vervain, Woolly Verbena | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Viola nuttallii | Nuttall's Violet, Yellow Prairie Violet, Prairie Yellow Violet | Perennial | Herb | ||
Yucca brevifolia | Joshua Tree, Tree Yucca, Cactus-yucca, Yucca-palm | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun |