Utah native plants
Utah is Great Basin desert, Colorado Plateau, and Wasatch mountains, with alkaline soil and very little rain across most of it. Its natives handle drought, salt, intense sun, and the elevation swings that come with a state this vertical.
Bedfellow lists 447 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 447 in search.
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
- Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
- Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
- Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
- Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
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