Native plants for erosion control

Slopes and streambanks wash because turf roots stop a few inches down. These natives hold soil with deep or fibrous root systems — many prairie species put more mass below ground than above — and knit together into something that survives a downpour. On a raw slope the first season is the vulnerable one: plant densely, and mulch or use an erosion blanket until the roots take hold.

Bedfellow lists 405 of these.