EPA Level III Ecoregion
Central Basin and Range
849 native plants for the Central Basin and Range ecoregion (Reno area).
The Central Basin and Range is sagebrush country: the high desert between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Front, including Reno, Carson City, and the Salt Lake Valley’s western edges. Cold winters, hot dry summers, and alkaline soils rule out most conventional landscaping. Natives like basin wildrye, rabbitbrush, and firecracker penstemon evolved for exactly these conditions.
Conditions: Alkaline, often salty basin soils, under 12 inches of rainfall, cold winters and hot arid summers.
Cities and areas: Reno, Salt Lake City, Carson City, Elko, Bishop.
849 Native Plants for the Central Basin and Range
HOA-friendly picks listed first. Pet-safety status varies by species; each plant page shows its sourced ASPCA status. Native range data from vouchered herbarium specimen records and regional native plant society lists.
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
American Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Aromatic Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Red-osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Bear-grape
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Alpine Strawberry
Fragaria vesca
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Solomon's-plume
Maianthemum racemosum
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Canoe Birch
Betula papyrifera
California-poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Pacific Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
California Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Sulfur-buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Foothill Lupine
Lupinus albifrons
Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Star False Solomon's-seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Firecracker penstemon
Penstemon eatonii
Apricot globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Antelope Horn Milkweed
Asclepias asperula
Common Juniper
Juniperus communis
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus mexicana
Western Redbud
Cercis occidentalis
California Honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata
Bush Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
California Rose
Rosa californica
Banana yucca
Yucca baccata
Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Woolly Sedge
Carex pellita
Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
Douglas' Sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana
Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum
Canadian Buffalo-berry
Shepherdia canadensis
Three-nerve Goldenrod
Solidago velutina
Basin Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
Seep Monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis
California Black Oak
Quercus kelloggii
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
Mountain Monardella
Monardella odoratissima
Narrowleaf Mule-ears
Wyethia angustifolia
Oregongrape
Mahonia repens
Blue Elderberry
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Indian Ricegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides
California Oat Grass
Danthonia californica
Showy Tarweed
Madia elegans
Rocky Mountain Red-cedar
Juniperus scopulorum
Nuttall's Pussytoes
Antennaria parvifolia
Early-blue Violet
Viola adunca
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
Tufted Evening-primrose
Oenothera cespitosa
River Hawthorn
Crataegus douglasii
Catalina Nightshade
Solanum xanti
Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus
Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
Slimflower scurfpea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Desert Wishbone-bush
Mirabilis laevis
Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum
Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Colorado Blue Columbine
Aquilegia coerulea
Utah Ash
Fraxinus anomala
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Meadow Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
Big sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
Oregon Checkerbloom
Sidalcea oregana
Beardless Wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Oneflower Helianthella
Helianthella uniflora
Arizona Cypress
Cupressus arizonica
Hairy woollygrass
Erioneuron pilosum
Iris-Leaved Rush
Juncus xiphioides
Pennsylvania Cinquefoil
Potentilla pensylvanica
Snowbrush Ceanothus
Ceanothus velutinus
Cushion Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Mat Penstemon
Penstemon caespitosus
White Sage
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Graceful Cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
Pine Violet
Viola purpurea
Beardless Wild Rye
Elymus triticoides
Texas Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Brittle Bladder Fern
Cystopteris fragilis
Southwestern mock vervain
Glandularia gooddingii
Wright's Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii
Singleleaf Pinyon Pine
Pinus monophylla
Sierra Currant
Ribes nevadense
Stemless Four-nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Western Wheat Grass
Elymus smithii
Hoary Tansyaster
Dieteria canescens
Rosy Pussytoes
Antennaria rosea
Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus
Seashore Bentgrass
Agrostis pallens
Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Littleleaf Pussytoes
Antennaria microphylla
Glandular Labrador Tea
Ledum glandulosum
Showy Goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora
Desert Milkweed
Asclepias erosa
Sanddune Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
Slender Hairgrass
Deschampsia elongata
Rocky Mountain Iris
Iris missouriensis
Dwarf Bilberry
Vaccinium cespitosum
Purple Reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens
Subalpine Fleabane
Erigeron glacialis
Long-Leaved Or Intermountain Or Western Aster
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Valley Sedge
Carex vallicola
Narrow Small-reed
Calamagrostis stricta
Spearleaf stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum
Liddon Sedge
Carex petasata
Large Mountain Fleabane
Erigeron coulteri
Spike Fescue
Festuca kingii
Burro Grass
Scleropogon brevifolius
Yellow Evening Primrose
Oenothera flava
Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
Tufted Fleabane
Erigeron caespitosus
California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
Abrupt-Beaked Sedge
Carex abrupta
Smooth-Fruit Sedge
Carex heteroneura
Hot-rock Penstemon
Penstemon deustus
Glaucantha Bluegrass
Poa glauca
Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Winged Four O'clock
Mirabilis alipes
Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
False Rock-loving Cinquefoil
Drymocallis pseudorupestris
Parry'S Goldenbush
Ericameria parryi
Alpine Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
Bolander'S Sedge
Carex bolanderi
Sawatch Knotweed
Polygonum sawatchense
Dwarf Goldenbush
Ericameria nana
Raynolds' Sedge
Carex raynoldsii
Desert Gooseberry
Ribes velutinum
Cushion Phlox
Phlox pulvinata
Umber Pussytoes
Antennaria umbrinella
Common & Small-Fruited Yellow-Sedge
Carex oederi
Black Sagebrush
Artemisia nova
Nevada Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium halophilum
Intermediate Oat Grass
Danthonia intermedia
Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Royal Penstemon
Penstemon speciosus
Claret Cup Cactus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
River Hawthorn
Crataegus rivularis
Western Sedge
Carex occidentalis
King's Sandwort
Eremogone kingii
Desert Almond
Prunus fasciculata
Perennial Rockcress
Arabis perennans
Silky Sophora
Sophora nuttalliana
American Parsley Fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Whipple's Penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus
Alpine Gold
Hulsea algida
Woolly Mule-Ears
Wyethia mollis
Pale Serviceberry
Amelanchier pallida
Northern Singlespike Sedge
Carex scirpoidea
Mountain Hollyfern
Polystichum scopulinum
Dwarf Yellow Fleabane
Erigeron chrysopsidis
Hayden's Sedge
Carex haydeniana
Lava Aster
Ionactis alpina
James' Galleta
Hilaria jamesii
Camash
Camassia quamash
Parry's Buckwheat
Eriogonum brachypodum
Brewer's Monkeyflower
Mimulus breweri
Mountain-pride
Penstemon newberryi
Richardson's Geranium
Geranium richardsonii
Alpine Ladyfern
Athyrium americanum
Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Stemless Goldenweed
Stenotus acaulis
Bear River Fleabane
Erigeron ursinus
Crested Hairgrass
Koeleria pyramidata
Bush Muhly
Muhlenbergia porteri
Lemmon's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii
Small-flower Wood-rush
Luzula parviflora
Inland Bluegrass
Poa interior
Jointed-Spike Sedge
Carex athrostachya
Northern Hollyfern
Polystichum lonchitis
Scouler's St. Johnswort
Hypericum scouleri
Bush Penstemon
Penstemon ambiguus
Orpine Stonecrop
Sedum debile
Hairy Hedgenettle
Stachys pilosa
White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida
Creamflower Rockcress
Arabis pycnocarpa
Big-leaf avens
Geum macrophyllum
Mountain Spruce
Picea engelmannii
Broadbeard Beardtongue
Penstemon angustifolius
Longleaf Phlox
Phlox longifolia
Inland Sedge
Carex interior
Alkali Aster
Symphyotrichum frondosum
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus leichtlinii
Common Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Panamint Penstemon
Penstemon floridus
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Green-flower Wintergreen
Pyrola chlorantha
Cream Cinquefoil
Drymocallis convallaria
Pinemat Manzanita
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Aspen Sunflower
Helianthella quinquenervis
Rocky Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
Cut-Leaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
Brown Sedge
Carex subfusca
Threadleaf Sedge
Carex filifolia
Foetid Sedge
Carex vernacula
Mountain Goldenbanner
Thermopsis montana
Engelmann'S Daisy
Erigeron engelmannii
Leafy Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium foliosissimum
Utah Fendlerbush
Fendlerella utahensis
Fendler'S Euphorbia
Euphorbia fendleri
Manybranched Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis polycladon
Fee'S Lipfern
Cheilanthes feei
Wolf's Currant
Ribes wolfii
Alpine Timothy
Phleum alpinum
Mountain Pepperwort
Lepidium montanum
Ross Sedge
Carex rossii
Mallow Ninebark
Physocarpus malvaceus
Needle-Leaf Sedge
Carex duriuscula
Northern Black Currant
Ribes hudsonianum
Alkali Muhly
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Beautiful Sagebrush Bluebells
Mertensia oblongifolia
Redroot Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum racemosum
Northern Bog Violet
Viola nephrophylla
Thrifty Goldenweed
Stenotus armerioides
Richardson'S Muhly
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Marsh Alkali Aster
Almutaster pauciflorus
Analogue Sedge
Carex simulata
Tiny Trumpet
Collomia linearis
Variegated-bract Blazingstar
Mentzelia montana
Rocky Mountain Pussytoes
Antennaria media
Slender Wheatgrass
Elymus violaceus
Red Cinquefoil
Potentilla concinna
Moss Phlox
Phlox hoodii
Leafy Arnica
Arnica chamissonis
Wild Hollyhock
Iliamna rivularis
Coves' cassia
Senna covesii
New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii
Fernbush
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Idaho Bentgrass
Agrostis idahoensis
Golden Sedge
Carex aurea
Holm'S Rocky Mountain Sedge
Carex scopulorum
Thurber Needlegrass
Achnatherum thurberianum
American Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Greek Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Bitter-berry
Prunus virginiana
Goose Plum
Prunus americana
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Louisiana Sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana
Lewis's Flax
Linum lewisii
Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Duck-potato
Sagittaria latifolia
Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Prairie Cordgrass
Spartina pectinata
American Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
Elbowbush
Forestiera pubescens
Common Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
Canada Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis
Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo
Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra
Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
Clustered Field Sedge
Carex praegracilis
Canada Milk-vetch
Astragalus canadensis
Old-man's-beard
Clematis ligusticifolia
California Figwort
Scrophularia californica
Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua
Hemp Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum
Clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra
Fowl Manna Grass
Glyceria striata
Creambush
Holodiscus discolor
Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis
Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
Broadfruit Bur-reed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Fringed-sage
Artemisia frigida
Canby'S Bluegrass
Poa secunda
Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Russian Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
American Mannagrass
Glyceria grandis
Apache-beads
Anemopsis californica
Leafy Tussock Sedge
Carex aquatilis
Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides
Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata
Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
Grey Alder
Alnus incana
Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale
Darkthroat Shootingstar
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Fernleaf Desert-Parsley
Lomatium dissectum
Wild Mint
Mentha arvensis
Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Silverweed Cinquefoil
Argentina anserina
Fringe Brome
Bromus ciliatus
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
Buffalo-berry
Shepherdia argentea
Great Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
American Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
American Bugleweed
Lycopus americanus
Amphibious Bistort
Persicaria amphibia
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Spike Redtop
Agrostis exarata
White Camas
Zigadenus elegans
Tansy-aster
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata
American Cow-parsnip
Heracleum maximum
Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Arroyo Willow
Salix lasiolepis
Aleutian Maidenhair
Adiantum aleuticum
Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana
Douglas' Drymocallis
Drymocallis glandulosa
Red Willow
Salix laevigata
Lodgepole Pine
Pinus contorta
Scouler's Willow
Salix scouleriana
Bladder Sedge
Carex vesicaria
Fremont's Cottonwood
Populus fremontii
Sticky Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia
Curly-cup Gumweed
Grindelia squarrosa
American Figwort
Scrophularia lanceolata
Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
Cuban-spinach
Claytonia perfoliata
Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
Bine
Humulus lupulus
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Grassland Agoseris
Agoseris grandiflora
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Smooth Scouring-rush
Equisetum laevigatum
Rydberg's Beardtongue
Penstemon rydbergii
White Hawkweed
Hieracium albiflorum
Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Water-parsley
Sium suave
Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii
Chilean Sweet-Cicely
Osmorhiza berteroi
Coast Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
Arum-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria cuneata
American Willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Sand Sagebrush
Artemisia filifolia
Pleated Gentian
Gentiana affinis
Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis
Prairie Agoseris
Agoseris glauca
Peachleaf Willow
Salix amygdaloides
Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa
Joint-leaf Rush
Juncus articulatus
Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra
Pasture Thistle
Cirsium undulatum
Annual Agoseris
Agoseris heterophylla
Lemmon's Willow
Salix lemmonii
Sea Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima
Bastard Toadflax
Comandra umbellata
Scarlet Gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata
Cliff Prickly-pear
Opuntia polyacantha
Tall Mannagrass
Glyceria elata
Geyer Willow
Salix geyeriana
Summer Coralroot
Corallorhiza maculata
Brown's Peony
Paeonia brownii
Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare
Nebraska Sedge
Carex nebrascensis
Willow Dock
Rumex salicifolius
Wild Cucumber
Echinocystis lobata
Woollyhead Parsnip
Sphenosciadium capitellatum
Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis
Bush Seepweed
Suaeda nigra
Bottlebrush Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
Foxtail Barley
Hordeum jubatum
Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Beehive Cactus
Coryphantha vivipara
Sweet Brome
Bromus carinatus
Smooth-stem Blazingstar
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Bigtooth Maple
Acer grandidentatum
Northwest Territory Sedge
Carex utriculata
Slough Grass
Beckmannia syzigachne
Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Bebb Willow
Salix bebbiana
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis aurea
Hairy Clematis
Clematis hirsutissima
Edible Valerian
Valeriana edulis
Common Horsetail
Equisetum arvense
Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita
Avalanche-lily
Erythronium grandiflorum
Common Moonwort
Botrychium lunaria
Hyssop-leaf Sandmat
Euphorbia hyssopifolia
Alkali-mallow
Malvella leprosa
Stiff Tumbleweed
Amaranthus albus
Marsh Speedwell
Veronica scutellata
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata
California Strawflower
Collomia grandiflora
American Dragonhead
Dracocephalum parviflorum
False Mermaid
Floerkea proserpinacoides
Tufted Forget-me-not
Myosotis laxa
Rusty Lupine
Lupinus pusillus
Sea Club-rush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Meadow Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys scouleri
King's-crown
Rhodiola integrifolia
Painted Milkvetch
Astragalus ceramicus
California Mustard
Guillenia lasiophylla
Desert Dicoria
Dicoria canescens
Siskiyou Hawk's-beard
Crepis modocensis
Dwarf Groundsmoke
Gayophytum humile
Wedgescale Saltbush
Atriplex truncata
Cotton-batting-plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Common Sandweed
Athysanus pusillus
Pursh Milk-Vetch
Astragalus purshii
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris
Woolly Plantain
Plantago patagonica
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Wyeth Biscuitroot
Lomatium ambiguum
Lesser Spearwort
Ranunculus flammula
Lesser Sweet-cicely
Osmorhiza depauperata
Annual Gentian
Gentianella amarella
Lance-leaf Goldenweed
Pyrrocoma lanceolata
Alpine Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulis
Marsh Arrow-grass
Triglochin palustris
Cut-leaf Nightshade
Solanum triflorum
Gray Hawk's-beard
Crepis occidentalis
Gray Tansy Mustard
Descurainia incana
Few-Seeded Draba
Draba oligosperma
American Sea-Blite
Suaeda calceoliformis
Lobeleaf Groundsel
Packera multilobata
Desert Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja chromosa
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Rydberg's Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Spiny Milkvetch
Astragalus kentrophyta
California Veratrum
Veratrum californicum
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
Sago Pondweed
Potamogeton pectinatus
Lance-Fruit Draba
Draba lonchocarpa
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Spreading Alkaliweed
Cressa truxillensis
Beaked Tasselweed
Ruppia maritima
American Golden Dock
Rumex fueginus
Common Alp-lily
Lloydia serotina
Juniper Haircap
Polytrichum juniperinum
Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata
Spiny Sheepbur
Lappula occidentalis
Broad-leaf Fireweed
Chamaenerion latifolium
Showy Stickseed
Hackelia floribunda
Whitestem Blazingstar
Mentzelia albicaulis
Alpine Pearlwort
Sagina saginoides
Shortray Fleabane
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Nodding Microseris
Microseris nutans
Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Tickle Grass
Agrostis scabra
Yellow Bell
Fritillaria pudica
Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla
Utah Juniper
Juniperus osteosperma
Torrey'S Desert-Dandelion
Malacothrix torreyi
Bristly Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
Copper-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil
Hosackia oblongifolia
Mare's-tail
Hippuris vulgaris
Pinyon Groundsmoke
Gayophytum ramosissimum
European Bur-reed
Sparganium emersum
Shining Willow
Salix lucida
Wavy-leaf Paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei
Lesser Bladderwort
Utricularia minor
Mousetail
Myosurus minimus
Northern Green Orchid
Platanthera hyperborea
Yellowstone Draba
Draba incerta
Slender Pedicularis
Pedicularis attollens
Beetberry
Blitum capitatum
Tall Annual Willowherb
Epilobium brachycarpum
Pale False Mannagrass
Torreyochloa pallida
Northern Linanthus
Linanthus septentrionalis
Floating Bur-reed
Sparganium angustifolium
Manybranched Pepperweed
Lepidium ramosissimum
Eastern White Water-Crowfoot
Ranunculus longirostris
Linear-leaf Phacelia
Phacelia linearis
Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache urticifolia
Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica
Hoary Goosefoot
Chenopodium incanum
Marsh Bluegrass
Poa leptocoma
Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata
Duckweed
Lemna minor
Menzies' Campion
Silene menziesii
Western-cedar
Juniperus occidentalis
Creeping Love Grass
Eragrostis hypnoides
Showy Rushpink
Lygodesmia grandiflora
Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
Doveweed
Croton setigerus
Mountain Tarweed
Madia glomerata
Alpine Stitchwort
Minuartia obtusiloba
Few-flower Spike-rush
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Rosy Gilia
Gilia sinuata
Arrowleaf Butterweed
Senecio triangularis
Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina
Carolina Draba
Draba reptans
Water Minerslettuce
Montia chamissoi
Plains Evening Primrose
Camissonia contorta
Long-stalk Starwort
Stellaria longipes
Silver-Leaved Milkvetch
Astragalus argophyllus
Nuttall'S Sunflower
Helianthus nuttallii
Pimpernel Willowherb
Epilobium anagallidifolium
Small Bedstraw
Galium trifidum
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Hairy Arnica
Arnica mollis
Spreading Yellow-Cress
Rorippa sinuata
Twin Arnica
Arnica sororia
Nuttall's Monolepis
Monolepis nuttalliana
Purple Locoweed
Astragalus mollissimus
Rush Skeletonplant
Lygodesmia juncea
Columbia Aconite
Aconitum columbianum
Field Milk-Vetch
Astragalus agrestis
Redstem Springbeauty
Claytonia rubra
Upland Brittle Bladderfern
Cystopteris tenuis
Arizona Popcorn-flower
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Bud Sagebrush
Picrothamnus desertorum
Limestone Hawksbeard
Crepis intermedia
Dandelion Hawksbeard
Crepis runcinata
Creeping Nailwort
Paronychia sessiliflora
Loose Prickly-pear
Opuntia fragilis
Mojave Brickellbush
Brickellia oblongifolia
Northern Reedgrass
Calamagrostis inexpansa
Slendertube Skyrocket
Ipomopsis tenuituba
Black Saltwort
Lysimachia maritima
Northern Starwort
Stellaria calycantha
Bearded Cryptantha
Cryptantha barbigera
Chambers' Twinpod
Physaria chambersii
Mingan Island Grapefern
Botrychium minganense
Alva Day'S Pincushionplant
Navarretia sinistra
Bristly Mousetail
Myosurus apetalus
Giant Sumpweed
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Widow's Milkvetch
Astragalus layneae
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Pacific Azolla
Azolla filiculoides
Annual Hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides
Eschscholtz's Buttercup
Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Mojave Kingcup Cactus
Echinocereus mojavensis
Rough Bugelweed
Lycopus asper
Plains Cactus
Pediocactus simpsonii
American Bugseed
Corispermum americanum
Softleaf Sedge
Carex disperma
Biennial Cinquefoil
Potentilla biennis
Wild Begonia
Rumex venosus
Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis
American Pillwort
Pilularia americana
Oenothera Gayophytum Diffusa
Gayophytum diffusum
Rocky Mountain Butterweed
Packera streptanthifolia
Horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Nineleaf Biscuitroot
Lomatium triternatum
Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Boreal Locoweed
Oxytropis borealis
Serrated-wintergreen
Orthilia secunda
White-stem Evening-primrose
Oenothera albicaulis
Small Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea alpina
Marine Naiad
Najas marina
Hornemann's Willowherb
Epilobium hornemannii
Mountain Brome
Bromus marginatus
Skeleton-weed
Eriogonum deflexum
Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri
Brewer's Navarretia
Navarretia breweri
Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Stout Meadow Groundsel
Senecio hydrophiloides
Clammy Hedgehyssop
Gratiola neglecta
Bolander's Quillwort
Isoetes bolanderi
Maiden Blue Eyed Mary
Collinsia parviflora
Cluster Broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata
Texas Croton
Croton texensis
Northern Water-plantain
Alisma triviale
Fineleaf Pondweed
Stuckenia filiformis
Bristly Haircap
Polytrichum piliferum
Water Whorl-grass
Catabrosa aquatica
Drummond'S Campion
Silene drummondii
Annual Muhly
Muhlenbergia minutissima
Yellow-Eyed Cryptantha
Oreocarya flavoculata
Tall Mountain Larkspur
Delphinium scaposum
Nuttall'S Rockcress
Arabis nuttallii
Paiute False Bindweed
Calystegia longipes
Narrow-leaf Montia
Montia linearis
Single Delight
Moneses uniflora
Sticky Phacelia
Phacelia glandulifera
Arctic Rush
Juncus arcticus
Marsh Foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Harkness' Flaxflower
Leptosiphon harknessii
Elkweed
Frasera speciosa
Schott's Calico
Loeseliastrum schottii
Narrow-leaf Duckweed
Lemna trisulca
Yelloweyes
Lupinus flavoculatus
Sacramento Waxydogbane
Cycladenia humilis
Hoary Groundsel
Packera werneriifolia
Threadleaf Crowfoot
Ranunculus trichophyllus
Mojave Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys jonesii
Longhorn Plectritis
Plectritis macrocera
Small Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua
Doublehorn Calicoflower
Downingia bicornuta
Northwestern Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja angustifolia
Grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia palustris
Ragleaf Bahia
Bahia dissecta
Pale evening primrose
Oenothera pallida
Antelope Bitterbrush
Purshia tridentata
Western Buttercup
Ranunculus occidentalis
Short Woollyheads
Psilocarphus brevissimus
Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior
Douglas's Knotweed
Polygonum douglasii
Western Gromwell
Lithospermum ruderale
Slender Gilia
Aliciella leptomeria
Moth Combseed
Pectocarya setosa
Bractpod Chickweed
Cerastium brachypodum
Snowline Wintergreen
Pyrola minor
Lance-Leaved Cottonwood
Populus acuminata
Varileaf Phacelia
Phacelia heterophylla
Mexican Dock
Rumex triangulivalvis
Blunt-leaf Yellowcress
Rorippa curvipes
Mountain Agoseris
Agoseris aurantiaca
Arizona Mousetail
Myosurus cupulatus
Western Yarrow
Achillea lanulosa
Freckled Milkvetch
Astragalus lentiginosus
Creeping Sibbaldia
Sibbaldia procumbens
American Yellowrocket
Barbarea orthoceras
Holboell's Rockcress
Arabis holboellii
Nevada Pea
Lathyrus lanszwertii
Vernal Water-starwort
Callitriche palustris
Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Gaugeplant
Senecio integerrimus
Biennial Wormwood
Artemisia biennis
Fat-hen
Atriplex prostrata
Utah Ligusticum
Ligusticum filicinum
Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus
Sixweeks Grama
Bouteloua barbata
Tumble Grass
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Modoc Bog Orchid
Platanthera stricta
Plains Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
California-bur
Xanthium strumarium
Hooked Groundstar
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Northern Green Orchid
Platanthera aquilonis
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
American Brooklime
Veronica americana
Brown'S Larkspur
Delphinium glaucum
Lesser Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus
Hairy Evening Primrose
Oenothera villosa
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Ghostpipes
Aphyllon uniflorum
Slender Draba
Draba albertina
Desert Pincushion
Chaenactis stevioides
Spreadingpod Rockcress
Boechera divaricarpa
Little Western Bittercress
Cardamine oligosperma
Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia
Dwarf Lousewort
Pedicularis centranthera
Desert Goosefoot
Chenopodium pratericola
Cushion Cryptantha
Cryptantha circumscissa
Little Grapefern
Botrychium simplex
Irish Lady's-tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Cut-leaf Anemone
Anemone multifida
Basin Cryptantha
Cryptantha ambigua
Fendler's Cat's-eye
Cryptantha fendleri
Liver-leaf Wintergreen
Pyrola asarifolia
Marsh Scullcap
Scutellaria galericulata
Brewer's Bittercress
Cardamine breweri
Yellow-spine Thistle
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Mountain Cottonwood
Populus angustifolia
Waxy Checkerbloom
Sidalcea glaucescens
Rock-goldenrod
Petradoria pumila
Mountain Bluebells
Mertensia ciliata
Tall Ragwort
Senecio serra
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine
Pinus longaeva
Steer's-head
Dicentra uniflora
Milk Kelloggia
Kelloggia galioides
Hooker's Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri
Nevada Cinquefoil
Drymocallis lactea
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Wingnut Catseye
Cryptantha pterocarya
Ditch Rabbitsfoot Grass
Polypogon interruptus
Saltbush
Atriplex argentea
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Wasatch Desertparsley
Lomatium bicolor
Alaska Orchid
Platanthera unalascensis
Dwarf Alpine Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja nana
Sweet-scent Bedstraw
Galium triflorum
Longstyle Rush
Juncus longistylis
Tuber Starwort
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Payson Roundspike Cryptantha
Oreocarya humilis
Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum
Drummond Milkvetch
Astragalus drummondii
Stalked Popcornflower
Plagiobothrys stipitatus
Alkali Buttercup
Halerpestes cymbalaria
Boreal Bog Orchid
Platanthera dilatata
California Damasonium
Damasonium californicum
Longleaf Brickellbush
Brickellia longifolia
Manyflowered Stoneseed
Lithospermum multiflorum
White Marsh Marigold
Caltha leptosepala
Pale Desert-thorn
Lycium pallidum
Indian Biscuitroot
Lomatium piperi
Bolander's Yampah
Perideridia bolanderi
Sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula
Pennsylvania Bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica
Rocky Mountain Cowlily
Nuphar polysepala
Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum
Cobwebby Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja arachnoidea
Orange Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis
Nuttall Alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca
Parachute Plant
Atrichoseris platyphylla
Northern Mannagrass
Glyceria borealis
White Mariposa Lily
Calochortus eurycarpus
Branched Lagophylla
Lagophylla ramosissima
Greater Bladderwort
Utricularia vulgaris
Utah Milkvetch
Astragalus utahensis
Wright's Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Mudwort
Limosella aquatica
Diffuse-Flower Evening Primrose
Taraxia subacaulis
Sego Lily
Calochortus nuttallii
Drummond Rockcress
Boechera stricta
Fragrant Sand-verbena
Abronia fragrans
California Amaranth
Amaranthus californicus
Scarlet Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata
Bog Saxifrage
Micranthes oregana
Broad-lip Twayblade
Neottia convallarioides
Greenmolly
Kochia americana
Pink-elephants
Pedicularis groenlandica
Gordon'S Ivesia
Ivesia gordonii
Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora
American Corn Mint
Mentha canadensis
Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia
False Buffalo-Grass
Munroa squarrosa
Saltmarsh Sandspurry
Spergularia marina
Nevada Greasewood
Glossopetalon spinescens
Powell's Amaranth
Amaranthus powellii
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus
Fremont'S Goosefoot
Chenopodium fremontii
Yellow Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja flava
Heart-leaf Arnica
Arnica cordifolia
Pale Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Geyer's Milkvetch
Astragalus geyeri
Subalpine Larkspur
Delphinium barbeyi
Pine-drops
Pterospora andromedea
Parry'S Arnica
Arnica parryi
Hooker's Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Drummond's Cinquefoil
Potentilla drummondii
Streambank Springbeauty
Claytonia parviflora
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
Fremont Pincushion
Chaenactis fremontii
Water-blinks
Montia fontana
Talus Willowherb
Epilobium clavatum
Milkflower Willowherb
Epilobium lactiflorum
Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Common Duckmeat
Spirodela polyrhiza
Nodding Beggar-ticks
Bidens cernua
Hoary Pincushion
Chaenactis douglasii
Broom-like Ragwort
Senecio spartioides
Browse Milkvetch
Astragalus cibarius
Curvepod Milkvetch
Astragalus curvicarpus
Longleaf Hawk's-beard
Crepis acuminata
Weakstem Cryptantha
Cryptantha flaccida
Staining Collomia
Collomia tinctoria
Slender Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa
Ternate-leaf Cinquefoil
Potentilla norvegica
Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Parish Spikerush
Eleocharis parishii
Floating-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton natans
Awl-leaf Lilaea
Triglochin scilloides
Mountain Oxytrope
Oxytropis oreophila
Wallflower Phoenicaulis
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Whitehead Navarretia
Navarretia leucocephala
Shortstem Buckwheat
Eriogonum brevicaule
Deceptive Groundsmoke
Gayophytum decipiens
Roundleaf Phacelia
Phacelia rotundifolia
Hooded Coralroot
Corallorhiza striata
Newberry'S Milkvetch
Astragalus newberryi
Glaucus Willowherb
Epilobium glaberrimum
Lemon Sagewort
Artemisia michauxiana
Pearly everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
Old-man's-whiskers
Geum triflorum
Red-berry elder
Sambucus racemosa
Idaho fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Woods's rose
Rosa woodsii
Purple monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisii
Desert mock orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
Chaparral whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
Vine maple
Acer circinatum
Bluewitch nightshade
Solanum umbelliferum
Big saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
Silvery lupine
Lupinus argenteus
Western balsam poplar
Populus trichocarpa
Narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia
Siberian peatree
Caragana arborescens
Gardener's-garters
Phalaris arundinacea
Bush beardtongue
Keckiella breviflora
California brickellbush
Brickellia californica
Fremont's bush mallow
Malacothamnus fremontii
California mountain pine
Pinus monticola
Sambucus cerulea
Sambucus cerulea
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Dense False Gilyflower
Allophyllum gilioides
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Hooker's onion
Allium acuminatum
Colorado blue spruce
Picea pungens
American deerweed
Acmispon americanus
Western-goldenrod
Solidago californica
Goodding's black willow
Salix gooddingii
Gambel oak
Quercus gambelii
Rocky mountain penstemon
Penstemon strictus
Pacific willow
Salix lasiandra
Hairy gumweed
Grindelia hirsutula
Bitter cherry
Prunus emarginata
Spiny hopsage
Grayia spinosa
American vetch
Vicia americana
Anglestem buckwheat
Eriogonum angulosum
Joshua-tree
Yucca brevifolia
California buckthorn
Frangula californica
Ashy silk-tassel
Garrya flavescens
False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia
California incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
Horsetail Milkweed
Asclepias subverticillata
Desert peach
Prunus andersonii
Sierra live oak
Quercus wislizeni
Shadscale saltbush
Atriplex confertifolia
Grape soda lupine
Lupinus excubitus
Silver sagebrush
Artemisia cana
Munro's globemallow
Sphaeralcea munroana
Davidson's penstemon
Penstemon davidsonii
Iodine-bush
Allenrolfea occidentalis
Arizon ash
Fraxinus velutina
Mexican manzanita
Arctostaphylos pungens
Cobweb thistle
Cirsium occidentale
Indian-hyacinth
Dipterostemon capitatus
Rocky Mountain columbine
Aquilegia caerulea
White fir
Abies concolor
Tundra aster
Oreostemma alpigenum
Shortpod lotus
Acmispon brachycarpus
Utah serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
British columbia red cedar
Thuja plicata
Goldback fern
Pentagramma triangularis
Fall care in the Central Basin and Range
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Little bluestem
Fall is the show. The blades turn coppery red and the fluffy seed heads catch the low light. Leave everything standing for winter interest and wildlife.
- Swamp milkweed
Fall is seed time and cleanup. Pods dry and split to release fluffy seeds, and once the stems yellow you can cut back for a neat winter look.
Build a plan for the Central Basin and Range
Pollinator Patch turns plants like these into a front-yard plan tuned for the soil, climate, and HOA expectations of the Reno area.