Native Plants of Idaho
Native plants of Idaho are adapted to the state's continental climate with cold winters and warm, dry summers. These species support native wildlife and require less water.
4-Wing Saltbrush
Atriplex canescens
Antelope bitterbrush
Purshia tridentata
Arrowleaf balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Arroyo willow
Salix lasiolepis
Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Aspen fleabane
Erigeron speciosus
Baldhip Rose
Rosa gymnocarpa
Birchleaf Spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia
Bitter Cherry
Prunus emarginata
Blue-bunch Wheatgrass
Agropyron spicatum
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus cerulea
Blue Mountain Penstemon
Penstemon venustus
Blue Mountain prairie clover
Dalea ornata
Blue Wildrye
Elymus glaucus
Bottlebrush Squirreltail
Sitanion hystrix
Boxwood, Oregon Boxleaf
Paxistima myrsinites
Buffaloberry
Shepherdia canadensis
Canadian milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis
Cascade Mountain Ash
Sorbus scopulina
Cascara
Rhamnus purshiana
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Common woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis repens
Creeping Wildrye
Elymus triticoides
Desert Eveningprimrose
Oenothera caespitosa
Douglas' dustymaiden
Chaenactis douglasii
Douglas fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Elk Sedge
Carex geyeri
Fairy Bells
Disporum trachycarpum
False Huckleberry
Menziesia ferruginea
Fern-leaved Lomatium
Lomatium dissectum
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Grand collomia
Collomia grandiflora
Grand fir
Abies grandis
Gray Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Gray’s Desertparsley
Lomatium grayii
Great Basin Wildrye
Elymus cinereus
Green Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Grouse Whortleberry
Vaccinium scoparium
Hairy false goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
Heartleaf Arnica
Arnica cordifolia
Hoary tansyaster
Dieteria canescens
Hood’s Sedge
Carex hoodii
Idaho blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Indian Ricegrass
Oryzopsis hymenoides
Lewis flax
Linum lewisii
Lewis' mock orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta
Longleaf Phlox
Phlox longifolia
Low Sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula
Mallow ninebark
Physocarpus malvaceus
Menzies' fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
Mexican whorled milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis
Mountain monardella
Monardella odoratissima
Mountain Snowberry
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Munro's globemallow
Sphaeralcea munroana
Narrowleaf Skullcap
Scutellaria angustifolia
Needle and Thread
Stipa comata
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Nevada Bluegrass
Poa nevadensis
Nodding onion
Allium cernuum
Nuttall's sunflower
Helianthus nuttallii
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
Old Man’s Whiskers, Red Avens
Geum triflorum
Oniongrass
Melica bulbosa
Pale evening primrose
Oenothera pallida
Pine Bluegrass
Poa scabrella
Pinegrass
Calamagrostis rubescens
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria cristata
Queen’s Cup Lily
Clintonia uniflora
Red-osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Redstem ceanothus
Ceanothus sanguineus
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Ross’s Sedge
Carex rossii
Rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Sandberg’s Bluegrass
Poa secunda
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Serviceberry-tall
Amelanchier alnifolia
Shaggy Fleabane
Erigeron pumilus
Showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Shrubby Penstemon
Penstemon fruticosus
Silky lupine
Lupinus sericeus
Silverleaf phacelia
Phacelia hastata
Silvery lupine
Lupinus argenteus
Slender/Bearded Wheatgrass
Agropyron trachycaulum
Smoothstem blazingstar
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
“Squaw” Apple
Peraphyllum ramosissimum
Starry False Solomon’s Seal
Smilacina stellata
Sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa
Sticky Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
Stickystem Penstemon
Penstemon glandulosus
Stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum
Strict Buckwheat
Eriogonum strictum
Sweet Cicely
Osmorhiza chilensis
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflora
Three-leaved Biscuitroot
Lomatium triternatum
Thurber’s Needlegrass
Stipa thurberiana
Twin Arnica
Arnica sororia
Twinflower
Linnaea borealis
Utah Honeysuckle
Lonicera utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
Western coneflower
Rudbeckia occidentalis
Western Juniper
Juniperus occidentalis
Western Larch
Larix occidentalis
Western Meadowrue
Thalictrum occidentale
Wilcox’s Penstemon
Penstemon wilcoxii
Wood’s Rose
Rosa woodsii
Wyeth’s Buckwheat
Eriogonum heracleoides