Great Basin Wildrye — one of the largest native bunchgrasses of the Intermountain West, with striking blue-green foliage and tall wheat-like seed heads. Photo: Wikimedia
Dwarf Mountain Ash loaded with bright orange-red berry clusters in late summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Sorbus scopulina, commonly known as Dwarf Mountain
Blue Elderberry in full bloom — large flat-topped flower clusters cover this native shrub in early summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Sambucus cerulea
Apache Plume in bloom — white rose-like flowers give way to spectacular feathery pink seed plumes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Fallugia paradoxa, commonly
Prince’s Plume in full bloom — the tall spikes of bright yellow flowers are a spectacular desert display. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Stanleya
Mountain Mahogany displaying its attractive white-pink flowers and distinctive feathery seed plumes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Cercocarpus montanus, commonly known as Mountain Mahogany,
Four-Wing Saltbush loaded with its distinctive four-winged fruiting bracts. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Atriplex canescens, commonly known as Four-Wing Saltbush, Chamiso, or Shadscale,
Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany — note the distinctive curled, leathery leaves that give this species its name. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Cercocarpus ledifolius, commonly
Bitterbrush in full spring bloom, displaying its characteristic golden-yellow flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Purshia tridentata, commonly known as Bitterbrush or Antelope Bitterbrush,
Green Rabbitbrush with characteristic sticky, bright green foliage and masses of yellow flowers in late summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, commonly
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