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Serviceberry |
Amelanchier alnifolia |
6-10’ |
white |
April - June |
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Tall shrub with blue-green foliage in summer and reddish orange in the fall. Purple fruit provides summer wildlife food source. |
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Basin big sage |
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata |
3-6’ |
yellow |
June |
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Evergreen shrub with strongly aromatic leaves. Essential wildlife plant of the high desert. |
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Redosier dogwood |
Cornus sericea |
4-20’ |
white |
June-August |
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Deciduous shrub. Red to purple bark and twigs provide beautiful winter landscape. White berries provide fall and winter food source for wildlife. Prefers seasonally moist areas. |
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Oceanspray |
Holodiscus discolor |
6-20’ |
white |
May-July |
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Deciduous shrub with arching multi-branched, reddish gray bark. Flowers drooping on 4-7” clusters. Red fall foliage. |
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Twinberry |
Lonicera involucrata |
<9’ |
yellow |
summer |
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Erect, deciduous shrub. Tubular flowers in pairs. Black ‘twin’ berries not edible. |
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Mockorange |
Philadelphus lewisii |
3-10’ |
white |
late May to early July |
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Erect, deciduous, spreading shrub. Showy white flowers are fragrant and occur in clusters of 3 to 15. Useful to plant in drier areas of riparian zones. |
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Pacific ninebark |
Physocarpus capitatus |
6-12’ |
white |
April - July |
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Erect, deciduous, spreading shrub with peeling bark. Maple-leaved foliage turns Reddish brown in fall. Rounded clusters of creamy white flowers. |
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Quaking aspen |
Populus tremuloides |
16-50’ |
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May-June |
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White bark and brilliant, yellow fall foliage. Provides food and habitat for wildlife. |
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Stinky currant |
Ribes hudsonianum |
<5’ |
white |
May - July |
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Erect deciduous shrub. Flowers growing on up to 6” stalks in clusters of 6-15. |
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Prickly currant |
Ribes lacustre |
3-4’ |
white |
May-June |
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Deciduous shrub with prickly stems. Bell-shaped flowers occur in drooping cluster of 5-15. |
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Golden currant |
Ribes aureum |
3-9’ |
yellow |
April - June |
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Fragrant tubular flowers occur in drooping clusters of 5-10. Yellow to red fall foliage. Dark purple fruit provides summer food source for songbirds and other wildlife. |
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Snow currant |
Ribes niveum |
<8’ |
white |
spring |
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Deciduous shrub with edible berry. |
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Red flowering currant |
Ribes sanguineum |
3-12’ |
Red – bright pink |
May-June |
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Beautiful tubular flowers occur in drooping cluster of 10-25. Attracts hummingbirds. Berries provide food for wildlife. |
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Woods rose |
Rosa woodsii |
<5’ |
pink |
June - August |
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Multi-branched deciduous shrub with red stems, prickly on the lower portion. Orange-red rosehips remain throughout winter, providing food source for birds. Prefers moist soil but may be found in drier, open areas. Rhizomatous growth; excellent for stream stabilization or erosion control. |
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Blue elderberry |
Sambucus cerulea |
10-20’ |
white |
May - September |
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Deciduous shrub or small tree. Abundant, small creamy white flowers in large, conical shaped clusters. Blue berries are edible. Excellent food source for wildlife. Important species in riparian plant communities. |
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Alpine spirea |
Spiraea densiflora |
<36” |
pink |
June |
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Deciduous shrub with pink dome-shaped flowers. Found in wet meadows and streams at high elevations. |