Idaho native plants
Idaho runs from the northern panhandle's inland rainforest to the southern Snake River Plain's sagebrush steppe, which is nearly the whole range of western conditions in one state. Most of its natives handle cold winters, dry summers, and alkaline soil.
Bedfellow lists 383 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 383 in search.
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
- Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
- Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
- Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
- Blue Elderberry (Sambucus cerulea)
- Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
- Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
- American Germander (Teucrium canadense)
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