Shrubs and trees

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Picture	Common name	Scientific name	Height	Color	Flowering Period	Light Requirement	Moisture Requirement	Description
	Wyoming big Sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata ss. wyomingensis	2-3’	yellow	June			Evergreen shrub with strongly aromatic leaves. Essential wildlife plant of the high desert.
	Fringed sage	Artemisia frigida	4 - 16"	green - yellow	July - August			Spreading, fragrant shrublet with grayish green, velvety leaves.
	Basin big sage	Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata	3-6’	yellow	June			Evergreen shrub with strongly aromatic leaves. Essential wildlife plant of the high desert.
	Mountain mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	3-15’; up to 35’	white	May-July			Broadleaf, evergreen shrub to small tree with shiny foliage. Small tubular flowers occur in clusters of 2-3. Feathery plumes on seeds.
	Gray (rubber) rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseousus	2-4’	yellow	Late summer			Common deciduous shrub of sagebrush –steppe. Attracts butterflies.
	Green (yellow) rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus	1-4’	yellow	Late summer			Evergreen to deciduous shrub. Small, sticky, yellow flowers in rounded clusters.
	Desertspray	Holodiscus dumosus	20-60”	white	June-August			Deciduous shrub with multiple arching branches. Creamy white flower drooping in clusters. Bronze fall foliage.
	Antelope bitterbrush	Purshia tridentata	2-6’	yellow	April - July			Evergreen or deciduous shrub with rounded growth form.
	Wax currant	Ribes cereum	<3'	pinkish white	April - June			Spreading, erect and rounded deciduous shrub. Urn shaped flowers occur in drooping clusters of 2-8. Numerous bright red berries post flowering.
	Purple sage	Salvia dorrii	12-36”	purple	May - July			Small woody shrub with silvery gray, semi-evergreen, aromatic foliage and abundant blooms.