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Native plants in Billings

38 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

7 of them need no watering beyond Billings’s own rainfall

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Trees7

Canopy and structure

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Grey Alder

Alnus incana

Photo: Полина Полежанкина · CC BY 4.0

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Photo: Ryan Sorrells · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Photo: Justin Donahue · CC BY 4.0

Silver buffaloberry

Shepherdia argentea

Photo: Colin Croft · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs13

Backbone planting

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Photo: Jeff D Hansen · CC BY 4.0

Creeping Oregon-Grape

Mahonia repens

Photo: Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0

Skunkbush Sumac

Rhus trilobata

No watering needed Photo: Kevin Floyd · CC BY 4.0

Redosier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0

Rubber rabbitbrush

Ericameria nauseosa

No watering needed Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

No watering needed Photo: Daughter Dad · CC BY 4.0

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Photo: Antonina · CC BY 4.0

Silver buffaloberry

Shepherdia argentea

Photo: Colin Croft · CC BY 4.0

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Euphorbia marginata

Plains Yellow Primrose

Oenothera serrulata

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

Grasses2

Movement and texture

Blue Grama Grass

Bouteloua gracilis

No watering needed Photo: Matt Lavin · CC BY 4.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

No watering needed Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Perennials19

Seasonal colour

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Photo: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 1.0

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

Photo: Karen Guin · CC BY 4.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera

Photo: Theresa Strickler · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana

Photo: Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum

Photo: Tom Erler · CC0 1.0

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Giant goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Photo: Sofia Voynovskaya · CC BY 4.0

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

Photo: Timothy McNitt · CC BY 4.0

Lewis Flax

Linum lewisii

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Hemp Dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum

Photo: Séraphin Poudrier · CC0 1.0

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Euphorbia marginata

Slender Yellow Woodsorrel

Oxalis dillenii

Photo: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0

Horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Tufted Evening Primrose

Oenothera caespitosa

No watering needed

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Photo: David Anderson · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Soapweed Yucca

Yucca glauca

Photo: Emily Geest · CC BY 4.0

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