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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 grandis Grand Fir, Giant Fir |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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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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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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Agrostis exarata Spike Bentgrass, Spiked Bent, Spike Red Top |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia Thinleaf Alder |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: 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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Anaphalis margaritacea Western Pearly Everlasting, Pearly-everlasting |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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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 formosa Western Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Scarlet Columbine, Red Columbine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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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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Arnica cordifolia Heartleaf Arnica, Heart-leaf Leopardbane |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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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 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 hookeri Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb 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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Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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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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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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Clematis columbiana Rock Clematis |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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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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Crataegus douglasii Black Hawthorn |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Danthonia californica California Oatgrass, California Wild Oat Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Danthonia intermedia Timber Oatgrass, Timber Wild Oat Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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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 bicolor Little Larkspur, Flat-head Larkspur |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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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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Eriogonum umbellatum Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat, Sulphur Buckwheat, Sulphur-flower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Eriophyllum lanatum Common Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Festuca idahoensis Idaho Fescue, Bunchgrass Fescue, Blue Bunchgrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: |
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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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Geranium richardsonii Richardson's Geranium |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Iliamna rivularis Streambank Wild Hollyhock, Wild Hollyhock, Mountain Globemallow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ipomopsis aggregata Scarlet Gilia, Scarlet Standing-cypress, Skyrocket, Skunkflower |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb 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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Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Krascheninnikovia lanata Winterfat |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: |
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Larix occidentalis Western Larch, Western Tamarack |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist |
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Linum kingii King's Flax |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Water: |
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Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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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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Mimulus lewisii Purple Monkeyflower, Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkeyflower, Lewis's Monkeyflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Minuartia obtusiloba Twinflower Sandwort, Alpine Stitchwort, Cushion Sandwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Muhlenbergia montana Mountain Muhly |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: 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 elata ssp. hookeri Hooker's Evening-primrose, Giant Evening-primrose |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Pascopyrum smithii Western Wheatgrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Peritoma lutea Yellow Bee-plant, Yellow Spiderflower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Peritoma platycarpa Golden Bee-plant, Golden Spiderflower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: 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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Phacelia sericea Silky Phacelia, Purple Fringe |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: |
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Phleum alpinum Alpine Timothy, Mountain Timothy |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Phlox longifolia Longleaf Phlox, Long-leaf Phlox |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Phlox speciosa Showy Phlox |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Subshrub Light: Water: |
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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 flexilis Limber Pine, Pino Enano |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Pinus monticola Western White Pine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun 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 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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Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Bluebunch-wheat Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir, Blue Douglas Fir |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida Cutleaf Anemone, Pasqueflower, Wild Crocus |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade 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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Ranunculus cardiophyllus Heartleaf Buttercup, Heart-leaf Buttercup |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: |
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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 racemosa Red Elderberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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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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Sphaeralcea coccinea Scarlet Globemallow, Caliche Globemallow |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Sphaeralcea munroana Munro's Globemallow, White-stem Globe-mallow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Spiraea betulifolia White Spirea |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: |
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Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand Dropseed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Trisetum spicatum Spike Trisetum, Narrow False Oat |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Vaccinium uliginosum Bog Blueberry, Alpine Blueberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Verbena stricta Hoary Verbena, Hoary Vervain, Tall Vervain, Woolly Verbena |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Viburnum edule Squashberry, Moosewood Viburnum, Few-flowered Cranberry Bush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Wyethia amplexicaulis Mule-ears |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Xerophyllum tenax Common Beargrass, Western Turkeybeard, Bear Lily, Pine Lily, Elk Grass, Squaw Grass, Beargrass, Turkeybeard |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: |
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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 |
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Zinnia grandiflora Plains Zinnia, Rocky Mountain Zinnia, Prairie Zinnia, Little Golden Zinnia, Yellow Zinnia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |