HPP Recommended Plant List - native to Intermountain West

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1		Golden Eagle Audubon's Habitat Patch Program - Recommended Plant List - native the the Intermountain West
2		GROUND LAYER/FORBS
3		common name	scientific name	notes
4	A	Sulphurflower Buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum	most readily available, lots of native buckwheat options
5	A	Strict Buckwheat	Eriogonum strictum	Boise foothills native, fall blooming
6	A	Shrubby Penstemon	Penstemon fruticosus	lots of species varieties, hummingbird favorite
7	A	Bee Balm	Monarda fistulosa	bumblebees, hummingbirds and hawk moths love it
8	A	Showy Milkweed	Asclepias speciosa	monarchs, insects
9	A	Scarlet Gilia	Ipomopsis aggregata
10	A	Western Columbine	Aquilegia formosa
11	A	Prairie Smoke	Geum triflorum
12	A	Cutleaf Daisy	Erigeron compositus
13	A	Western Goldenrod	Euthamia occidentalis	fall blooming, insects
14	A	Gooseberryleaf Globemallow	Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia	40-50 species
15	A	Tufted Evening Primrose	Oenothera caespitosa
16	A	Desert Purple Sage	Salvia dorrii
17	B	Blazing Stars	liatris sp	multiple species, insects love it, attracts monarchs
18	B	Blanket Flowers	gaillardia sp	bees, birds love the seeds
19	B	Purple Coneflower	echinacea purpurea	avoid double-headed hybrids
20	B	Sunset Hyssop, hummingbird mints	Agastache rupestris	lots of varieties, hummingbird favorite
21	B	Hummingbird Trumpet	Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii	hummingbird favorite
22	B	Snow Flurry Aster	Aster ericoides	low growing dense groundcover, fall blooming, insects love it
23	B	Texas Red Yucca	Hesperaloe parviflora	hummingbird favorite
24	B	Chocolate Flower	Berlandiera lyrata	AZ, TX
25	B	Mojave Sage	Salvia pachyphylla	CA, NV, AZ, easier to grow
26	B	Colorado Four O'clock	Mirabilis multiflora	fast growing, short and wide sprawling plant, long flowering season
27	B	Asters		great fall-blooming flowers for pollinators, birds love the seeds
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29		SHRUBS
30		common name	scientific name	notes
31	A	Gray Rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus	Idaho native
32	A	Green Rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus	Idaho native
33	A	Red-twig Dogwood	Cornus sericea	Idaho native, riparian
34	A	Wood's Rose	Rosa woodsii	Idaho native, suckers
35	A	Three-leaf Sumac	Rhus trilobata	Idaho native
36	A	Golden Currant	Ribes aureum	Idaho native
37	A	Oregon Grape	Mahonia aquifolium	Idaho native
38	A	Snowberry	Symphoricarpos albus
39	A	Fernbush	Chamaebatiaria millefolium	Idaho native
40	A	Apache Plume	Fallugia paradoxa	Utah and southwest
41	A	Oceanspray	Holodiscus discolor	great butterfly shrub
42	A	Antelope Bitterbrush	Purshia tridentata	for large native garden
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44		UNDERSTORY TREES
45		common name	scientific name	notes
46	A	Lewis' Mockorange	Philadelphus lewisii	large shrub, state flower
47	A	Chokecherry	Prunus virginiana	suckers, fruit
48	A	Serviceberry	amelanchier alnifolia	fruit
49	A	Gambel Oak	Quercus gambelii	Utah
50	A	Black Hawthorn	Crataegus douglasii	fruit
51	A	Blue Elderberry	Sambucus cerulea	fruit
52	A	Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	large shrub
53	A	Netleaf Hackberry	Celtis reticulata	great for birds, not very ornamental
54	A	Bigtooth Maple	Acer grandidentatum	large shrub
55	A	Western Mountain Ash	Sorbus scopulina	moist shade, fruit
56	A	Rocky Mountain Juniper	Juniperus scopulorum	don't plant in foothills
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58		OVERSTORY TREES
59		common name	scientific name	notes
60	A	Ponderosa Pine	Pinus ponderosa
61	A	Single-leaf Pinyon Pine	Pinus monophylla	NM, AZ, UT, edible nuts, 10-30 feet
62	B	Western Larch	Larix occidentalis	Valley County and north
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