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Native plants in Ogden

33 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

10 of them need no watering beyond Ogden’s own rainfall

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Trees9

Canopy and structure

Colorado Spruce

Picea pungens

Photo: Codrin Bucur · CC BY 4.0

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

White Fir

Abies concolor

Photo: Rod · CC0 1.0

Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa

No watering needed Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Wichita Blue Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue'

No watering needed

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Sugar Hackberry

Celtis laevigata

No watering needed Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Shrubs10

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

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'

No watering needed

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Wichita Blue Juniper

Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue'

No watering needed

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

No watering needed Photo: Susan Berry · CC0 1.0

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Photo: Tony KM · CC BY 4.0

Mammoth Red Raspberry

Rubus idaeus 'Mammoth Red'

Fernbush

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

No watering needed Photo: Kyle Elshoff · CC BY 4.0

Grasses3

Movement and texture

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Photo: Татьяна Горбушина · CC0 1.0

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Photo: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials13

Seasonal colour

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa

No watering needed Photo: Karen Guin · CC BY 4.0

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0

Red Dwarf Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum 'Red Dwarf'

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Nodding Onion

Allium cernuum

Photo: mark-groeneveld · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

White Sagebrush

Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'

No watering needed

Common Camas

Camassia quamash

Photo: John Leszczynski · CC BY 4.0

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo: Elias · CC BY 4.0

Bitterroot

Lewisia rediviva 'Cliff Maids'

No watering needed

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Water Clover

Marsilea vestita

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

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