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
Symphyotrichum laeve (syn. Aster laevis), commonly known as Smooth Blue Aster, is one of the most beautiful and ecologically valuable native wildflowers of the northern
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
Physocarpus malvaceus, commonly known as Mallow Ninebark or Malva-leaved Ninebark, is a compact, deciduous native shrub of the northern Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest —
Spiny Phlox — one of the earliest wildflowers of the spring prairie, covering itself in a sheet of white to lavender blooms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Scarlet Globemallow lights up dry prairies and roadsides with its brilliant orange-red blooms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Sphaeralcea coccinea, commonly known as Scarlet
Plains Pricklypear in full bloom — brilliantly colored flowers light up the summer prairie. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Opuntia polyacantha, commonly known as
Woolly Cinquefoil with its characteristic bright yellow five-petaled flowers and densely hairy silvery leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Potentilla hippiana, commonly known as
Silverleaf Phacelia blooming on an open rocky slope — the coiled flower clusters unfurl as each blossom opens. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Phacelia hastata, commonly
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