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Native plants in Anchorage

23 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

23 of them need no watering beyond Anchorage’s own rainfall

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Trees5

Canopy and structure

Saskatoon Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

No watering needed Photo: John Gaskin · CC0 1.0

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

No watering needed

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

No watering needed Photo: Braden J. Judson · CC0 1.0

White Spruce

Picea glauca

No watering needed Photo: robinlanark · CC0 1.0

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed

Shrubs7

Backbone planting

Saskatoon Serviceberry

Amelanchier alnifolia

No watering needed Photo: John Gaskin · CC0 1.0

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'

No watering needed

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

No watering needed Photo: Daryl Nolan · CC0 1.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

No watering needed

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

No watering needed

Mammoth Red Raspberry

Rubus idaeus 'Mammoth Red'

No watering needed

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

No watering needed Photo: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

No watering needed Photo: mullerecology · CC BY 4.0

Perennials9

Seasonal colour

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

No watering needed Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

No watering needed Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Goat's Beard

Aruncus dioicus

No watering needed Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 1.0

Marsh Marigold

Caltha palustris

No watering needed Photo: Alan Prather · CC BY 4.0

Bigleaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

No watering needed Photo: Teemu Väisänen · CC BY 4.0

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

No watering needed Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Heavenly Habit Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium boreale 'Heavenly Habit'

No watering needed

American False Hellebore

Veratrum viride 'Great White Hellebore'

No watering needed

Ferns3

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

No watering needed Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

No watering needed Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

No watering needed Photo: Andrew Lewis · CC BY 4.0

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