Montana RecommendedCommercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Montana. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state. |
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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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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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Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Andropogon hallii Sand Bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: |
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Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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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 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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Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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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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Coreopsis tinctoria Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Crataegus douglasii Black Hawthorn |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub 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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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 rubra Red Fescue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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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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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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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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Liatris punctata Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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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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Mirabilis nyctaginea Heartleaf Four O'Clock |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot, Beebalm |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Nemophila breviflora Basin Nemophila, Great Basin Baby-blue-eyes, Great Basin Nemophila |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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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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Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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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 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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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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Picea engelmannii Engelmann's Spruce, Engelmann Spruce |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, 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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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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Ratibida columnifera Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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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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Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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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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Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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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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Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar, Western Arborvitae, Canoe Cedar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, 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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Vitis riparia Riverbank Grape, River-bank Grape |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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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 glauca Soapweed Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca, Plains Yucca, Beargrass, Great Plains Yucca |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Subshrub, Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |