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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 |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass, Indian Millet, Sandgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass, Spiked Bent, Spike Red Top | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Agrostis scabra | Rough Bentgrass, Rough Bent, Ticklegrass, Fly-away Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder, Speckled Alder | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amelanchier utahensis | Utah Serviceberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane, Bitterroot, Flytrap Dogbane | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
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 |
Argentina anserina | Silverweed Cinquefoil, Common Silverweed, Silverweed, Goosefoot | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn, Purple 3-awn, Purple Three-awn, Red Threeawn | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | 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 |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
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 |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bromus carinatus | California Brome | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
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 |
Chamaebatiaria millefolium | Desert Sweet, Fernbush, Tansy Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Chamerion angustifolium | Fireweed, Willow Herb, Great Willow Herb | Perennial | Herb | ||
Clematis columbiana | Rock Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Clematis ligusticifolia | Western White Clematis, Virgin's Bower, Pepper Vine, Hierba De Chivo | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
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 nuttallianum | Twolobe Larkspur, Two-lobe Larkspur, Delphinium | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium ×occidentale | Duncecap Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | ||
Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hair Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ephedra nevadensis | Nevada Jointfir, Nevada Joint-fir | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Ephedra viridis | Mormon Tea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Ericameria nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush, Gray Rabbitbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Dry | |
Erigeron argentatus | Silver Fleabane | Perennial | Herb | ||
Eriogonum inflatum | Desert Trumpet, Indian Pipeweed, Bladderstem, Bottle Stopper | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eriogonum racemosum | Redroot Buckwheat, Red-root Wild Buckwheat | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
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 |
Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana | Mexican Gold Poppy, California Poppy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume, Ponil | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus velutina | Arizona Ash, Velvet Ash, Desert Ash, Leatherleaf Ash, Smooth Ash, Modesto Ash, Toumey Ash, Standley Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower, Yellow Gaillardia, Blanket Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Geranium richardsonii | Richardson's Geranium | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Geum triflorum | Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke, Purple Avens | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom Snakeweed, Kindlingweed, Matchbrush, Texas Snakeweed, Broomweed, Turpentine Weed, Matchweed | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Hedysarum boreale | Utah Sweetvetch, Boreal Sweet-vetch, Northern Sweetvetch | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed, Autumn Sneezeweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora | Showy Goldeneye, Showy False Goldeneye | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Hesperostipa comata | Needle And Thread, Needle-and-thread | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Heuchera parvifolia | Littleleaf Alumroot, Little-leaf Alumroot, Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Heuchera rubescens | Pink Alumroot, Mountain Alumroot, Red Alumroot, Wild Coralbells | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Holodiscus dumosus | Rockspirea, Glandular Oceanspray, Bush Rockspirea, Cream Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Hymenoxys richardsonii | Pingue Rubberweed | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | ||
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 |
Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain Iris, Western Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Juniperus osteosperma | Utah Juniper | Perennial | Tree | 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 | |
Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush, Greasewood, Hediondilla, Governadora, Guamis | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Layia glandulosa | White-daisy Tidytips, White Tidytips | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Leymus cinereus | Basin Wildrye, Great Basin Lyme Grass, Great Basin Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Linum kingii | King's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon, Golden Puccoon, Narrowleaf Puccoon, Narrow-leaved Puccoon, Puccoon, Narrowleaf Gromwell, Fringed Gromwell, Narrowleaf Stoneseed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
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 |
Lycium andersonii | Water Jacket, Red-berry Desert-thorn, Anderson Wolfberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
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 |
Mentzelia laevicaulis | Smoothstem Blazingstar, Giant Blazingstar, Evening Star, Stick Leaf | Biennial | Herb | Sun | |
Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells, Franciscan Lungwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Monardella odoratissima | Mountain Monardella, Alpine Mountainbalm, Coyote Mint, Mountain Pennyroyal | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
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 | Hooker's Evening-primrose, Hooker's Evening Primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun | |
Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Pedicularis groenlandica | Elephanthead Lousewort | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
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 |
Penstemon strictus | Rocky Mountain Penstemon, Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | 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 | ||
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 |
Poa secunda | Sandberg Bluegrass, Curly Blue Grass, Pine Blue Grass, Canby Blue Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Poliomintha incana | Frosted Mint, Hoary Rosemary-mint, Mintbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood, Narrow-leaf Cottonwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet |
Populus fremontii | Fremont Cottonwood, Western Cottonwood, Gila Cottonwood, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen, Golden Aspen, Trembling Aspen, Mountain Aspen, Aspen, Trembling Poplar, Alamo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Potentilla arguta | Tall Cinquefoil, White Cinquefoil, Prairie Cinquefoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir, Blue Douglas Fir | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Purshia mexicana | Mexican Cliffrose, Chinacates, Chivatillo, Romerillo Cimarră³N, Romero, Romero Cedro | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
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 cymbalaria | Alkali Buttercup | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
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 aureum | Golden Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ribes cereum | Wax Currant, White Squaw Currant, Western Red Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rubus parviflorus | Western Thimbleberry, Thimbleberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | 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 |
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 |
Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow, Caliche Globemallow | Biennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia | Gooseberryleaf Globemallow, Current-leaf Globe-mallow, Gooseberry-leaf Globe-mallow | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Symphoricarpos longiflorus | Desert Snowberry, Long-flower Snowberry, Fragrant Snowberry | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Symphyotrichum ciliatum | Rayless Alkali Aster, Alkali American-aster, Rayless Aster | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Tetraneuris acaulis | Stemless Four-nerve Daisy, Stemless Hymenoxys, Bitterweed | Perennial | Herb | ||
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 bracteata | Bigbract Verbena, Carpet Vervain, Prostrate Vervain | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Vulpia octoflora | Sixweeks Fescue, Common Sixweeks Grass | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Wyethia amplexicaulis | Mule-ears | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca, Fleshy-fruited Yucca, Datil | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |