This is a "starter" list of native plants for Montana and Wyoming. It is intended for residential or commercial landscapers who want to create attractive and varied native landscapes.
Montana and Wyoming Trees
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun
Soil Moisture
Heights
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
F
W-A
25'-35'
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
P-F
A
15'-20'
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
P-F
A-D
20'-30'
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
F
A
15'-20'
Black Cottonwood
P. balsamif. trichocarpa
F
W-A
40'-50'
Plains Cottonwood
P. deltoides - monilifera
F
W-A
40'-50'
Colorado Spruce
Picea pungens
P-F
A
16'-20'
Limber Pine
Pinus flexilis
F
A
12'-20'
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
F
W-A
16'-20'
Narrowleaf Cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
F
W-A
30'-40'
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
F
W-A
15'-20'
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
P-F
A
12'-18'
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
F
A
18'-25'
Western Mountain Ash
Sorbus sitchensis
P-F
A
10'-15'
Montana and Wyoming Shrubs
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun
Soil Moisture
Heights
Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
P-F
A
6'-8'
Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
F
D
3'-6'
Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex X aptera
F
D
1'-3'
Curlleaf Mt. Mahogany
Cerocarpus ledifolius
P-F
D
4'-8'
Redosier Dogwood
Corn. sericea - servicea
P-F
H
6'-8'
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Dasiphora floribunda
P-F
A
1'-3'
Silverberry
Elaeagnus commutata
P-F
A
4'-8'
Common Juniper
Juniperus communis
F
A
3'-5'
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
F
D
10'-12'
Winterfat
Krascheninn. lanata
F
D
1'-3'
Lewis' Mockorange
Philadelphus lewisii
P-F
A
3'-6'
Mallow Ninebark
Physocarpus malvaceus
P-F
A
2'-3'
American Plum
Prunus americana
P-F
A
8'-10'
Western Sandcherry
Prun. pumila v. besseyi
F
A
3'-5'
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
P-F
A
10'-12'
Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
P-F
D
3'-6'
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
P-F
D
8'-10'
Golden Current
Ribes aurenum
P-F
A
3'-5'
Woods' Rose
Rosa woodsii
P-F
A
4'-5'
Silver Buffaloberry
Shepherdia argentea
F
D
6'-12'
Canada Buffaloberry
Shepherdia canadensis
P-F
A
3'-5'
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
P-F
A
1'-3'
Montana and Wyoming Ground Cover and Vines
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun
Soil Moisture
Heights
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Juniperus horizontalis
S-P-F
A
3"-6"
Horizontal Juniper
Mahonia repens
F
A
6"-18"
Oregon Grape
Pertheno. quinquefolia
P-F
A
6"-12"
Virginia Creeper
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Juniperus horizontalis
P-F
A
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Montana and Wyoming Wildflowers
Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun
Soil Moisture
Heights
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
P-F
D
1'-2'
Pearlyeverlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
P-F
D
1'-2'
Little Pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla
F
A
1'
White Prarieclover
Dalea candida
F
A
1'-3'
Purple Prarieclover
Dalea purpurea
P-F
A
1'-2'
Echinacea
Echinacea angustifolia
F
A
2'-3'
Sulphur Buckwheat
Erigonum umbellatum
F
D
1'
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
F
D
3'
Sticky Geranium
Gerani. viscosissimum
P-F
A
2'-3'
Boreale Sweetvetch
Hedysarum boreale
F
A
1'-2'
Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
F
A
4'-6'
Showy Goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora
F
A
3'
Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
F
D
1'-2'
Lewis Flax
Linum lewisii
P-F
D
1'-2'
Lupine
Lupinus
S-P-F
A
1'-2'
Wildbergamot Beebalm
Monardo fistulosa
P-F
A
2'-4'
Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
F
D
—
Beardtongue
Penstemon
S-P-F
D
1'-4'
Silverleaf Phacelia
Phacelia hastata
F
D
1'-2'
Spiny Phlox
Phlox hoodii
F
D
—
Woolly Cinquefoil
Potentilla hippiana
F
A
1'-2'
Prarie Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
F
D
1'-3'
Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
F
D
1'
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
P-F
A
2'-3'
Prarie Thermopsis
Thermopsis rhombifolia
F
D
1'-2'
American Vetch
Vicia americana
F
D
1'
Soapweed Yucca
Yucca glauca
F
D
1'-2'
Montana and Wyoming Grasses—Ground Cover and Lawns
