Nevada native plants
Nevada is the driest state in the country: Great Basin sagebrush steppe over most of it, Mojave in the south, and cold snowy mountain ranges rising out of both. Its natives are built for extreme drought, alkaline soil, and enormous day-night temperature swings.
Bedfellow lists 394 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 394 in search.
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
- Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
- Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)
- California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
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