Native Plants

Sticky Geranium in bloom showing characteristic pink-purple flowers with darker veins. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Geranium viscosissimum, commonly known as Sticky Geranium or

Prairie Sandreed growing in its characteristic sandy soil habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Calamovilfa longifolia, commonly known as Prairie Sandreed, is a tall,

Indian Ricegrass forming characteristic dense bunchgrass clumps in arid western habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Achnatherum hymenoides (formerly Oryzopsis hymenoides), commonly known as Indian

Showy Goldeneye’s brilliant yellow blooms light up rocky mountain hillsides from midsummer through fall. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Heliomeris multiflora, commonly known as

Narrow-leaf Purple Coneflower’s characteristic drooping pink-purple ray petals surrounding a spiny brown cone. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Echinacea angustifolia, commonly known as Narrow-leaf

Dotted Gayfeather’s vivid purple flower spikes emerge from dry prairie in late summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Liatris punctata, commonly known as Dotted

Blue Grama displaying its iconic comb-shaped seed heads in late summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Bouteloua gracilis, commonly known as Blue Grama, is

Rocky Mountain Juniper — the iconic native evergreen of the Rocky Mountain foothills and dry plains of the West. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Plains Cottonwood growing along a river corridor — the defining tree of the Great Plains riparian landscape. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Populus deltoides