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Native plants in Sapporo

85 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

85 of them need no watering beyond Sapporo’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

No watering needed Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Tree Lilac

Syringa reticulata

No watering needed Photo: Researcher, biologist, wildlife frolicker · CC0 1.0

Downy Japanese Maple

Acer japonicum

No watering needed Photo: pavlaki1968 · CC BY 4.0

Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

No watering needed Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson · CC BY 4.0

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

No watering needed Photo: Valerii Glazunov · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Japanese White Pine

Pinus parviflora

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Sargent Cherry

Prunus sargentii

No watering needed Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0

Japanese White Birch

Betula platyphylla

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Amur Maackia

Maackia amurensis

No watering needed Photo: Tatyana Petrenko · CC BY 4.0

State Street Miyabe Maple

Acer miyabei

No watering needed

Ivyleaf Maple

Acer cissifolium

No watering needed Photo: Timur Kalininsky · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs17

Backbone planting

Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spurge

Pachysandra terminalis

No watering needed Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0

Mountain Hydrangea

Hydrangea serrata

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Tree Lilac

Syringa reticulata

No watering needed Photo: Researcher, biologist, wildlife frolicker · CC0 1.0

Rugosa Rose

Rosa rugosa

No watering needed Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 1.0

Japanese Spirea

Spiraea japonica

No watering needed Photo: bgirardot · CC0 1.0

Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei

No watering needed Photo: Emily Summerbell · CC BY 4.0

Winged Euonymus

Euonymus alatus

No watering needed Photo: the swamp ass · CC BY 4.0

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

No watering needed Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Birchleaf Spirea

Spiraea betulifolia

No watering needed Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 1.0

Weeping Pussy Willow

Salix caprea

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

White Enkianthus

Enkianthus perulatus

No watering needed Photo: Ashwin Srinivasan · CC BY 4.0

Ural False Spirea

Sorbaria sorbifolia

No watering needed Photo: charlie chaviano · CC BY 4.0

Thunberg's Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii

No watering needed Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

No watering needed Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Grasses7

Movement and texture

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

No watering needed

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

No watering needed Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Softstem Bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

No watering needed Photo: Tommy Forrest · CC0 1.0

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

No watering needed Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Mountain Melick

Melica nutans

No watering needed Photo: Marcello Manara · CC BY 4.0

Southern Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

No watering needed Photo: Marco Polo amarillas vargas · CC0 1.0

Perennials39

Seasonal colour

Japanese Spurge

Pachysandra terminalis

No watering needed Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0

Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum

No watering needed Photo: Marianne Hoffmann · CC BY 4.0

Tiger Lily

Lilium lancifolium

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

No watering needed Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Fan Columbine

Aquilegia flabellata

No watering needed Photo: Marco Mussita · CC BY 4.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

No watering needed Photo: rappman · 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

Kamchatka Bugbane

Actaea simplex

No watering needed Photo: Timur Kalininsky · CC BY 4.0

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

No watering needed Photo: Seig · CC BY 4.0

Spotted bellflower

Campanula punctata

No watering needed Photo: Takashi KOIKE · CC0 1.0

Ostrich Plume Astilbe

Astilbe thunbergii 'Ostrich Plume'

No watering needed

Japanese Iris

Iris laevigata

No watering needed Photo: Oleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

No watering needed Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

No watering needed Photo: Timothy McNitt · CC BY 4.0

Small Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum humile

No watering needed Photo: Viola Alekseeva · CC0 1.0

Obovate Peony

Paeonia obovata

No watering needed Photo: Jane Charlen · CC BY 4.0

Great St. John's Wort

Hypericum ascyron

No watering needed Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Yellow Avens

Geum aleppicum

No watering needed Photo: Алёна Осипова · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Spikenard

Aralia cordata

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Soybean

Glycine max

No watering needed Photo: 周铮 · CC0 1.0

Purple-leaved Plantain

Plantago major

No watering needed Photo: Valerii Glazunov · CC BY 4.0

Cursed Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

No watering needed Photo: Linda Jo Conn · CC BY 4.0

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

No watering needed Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed

Japanese Butterbur

Petasites japonicus

No watering needed Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

No watering needed Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Mock Strawberry

Potentilla indica

No watering needed Photo: Clive Freedman · CC BY 4.0

Moorgrun Foamflower

Tiarella polyphylla 'Moorgrun'

No watering needed

Corn Speedwell

Veronica arvensis

No watering needed Photo: Rocco Lieghio · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Mazus

Mazus pumilus

No watering needed Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Tschonoski's trillium

Trillium tschonoskii

No watering needed Photo: ITÔ, Hiroki · CC BY 4.0

Vines4

Verticals and screens

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering needed Photo: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0

Oriental Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

No watering needed Photo: stinger · CC BY 4.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

No watering needed Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Black bindweed

Fallopia convolvulus

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Ferns10

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

No watering needed Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

No watering needed Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0

Hart's Tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

No watering needed Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 1.0

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

No watering needed Photo: Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

No watering needed Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0

Tokyo Wood Fern

Dryopteris tokyoensis

No watering needed

Fern

Dryopteris crassirhizoma

No watering needed Photo: Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

No watering needed Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

Upside-down Fern

Arachniodes standishii

No watering needed Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Japanese Royal Fern

Osmunda japonica

No watering needed Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Stringy Stonecrop

Sedum sarmentosum

No watering needed Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 1.0

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