Nevada native plants
Nevada is the driest state in the country: Great Basin sagebrush steppe over most of it, Mojave in the south, and cold snowy mountain ranges rising out of both. Its natives are built for extreme drought, alkaline soil, and enormous day-night temperature swings.
Bedfellow lists 373 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 373 in search.
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa)
- Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
- Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii)
- Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
- Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula)
- Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
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