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Artemisia tridentata
Great Basin Sage Brush
An evergray shrub. 4 feet tall and wide. Native to dry areas of the western US. Needs full sun. It is very drought tolerant, needs good drainage. Its seeds are edible. Chewed leaves said to aid diges...
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Cercocarpus ledifolius
Desert mountain mahogany
Curl leaf mountain mahogany is an evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 feet tall, that grows in desert mountains of the western U.S. Excellent as a tough screen or accent plant, and an attractive pla...
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Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Fern Bush
Fern bush grows in rocky places in the sagebrush, pinyon-juniper and other mountain communities from California to Utah, Southeast Oregon, Idaho and down into Arizona. Aromatic herbage and a pretty w...
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Holodiscus microphyllus microphyllus
A perennial shrub that hides in rocky crevices at high elevations. Flowers are small and not very showy but the hardiness of the plant along with the grey foliage make it an interesting mix with the l...
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Leptodactylon pungens
Granite Gilia
Granite Gilia is a rock garden plant that lives in the rocky areas of many a western mountain tops. Needs good drainage, and a spot in the rocks. This could be a crack that you can dig into in a rock,...
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Monardella odoratissima
Western Pennyroyal
A 1-2' perennial with 1" white flowers. The fragrant foliage has a very good mint odor. Native to 2000'+ throughout much of the West. It likes part shade to shade where the summers are hot and full su...
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Oryzopsis hymenoides
Indian Rice grass
Indian rice grass is a one foot perennial with a delicate lace work of seed 'pods'. It looks like a bunch grass that was electrocuted. The Indians used the seed for food. Use in small grass garden or...
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Penstemon heterodoxus
Sierra Penstemon
A perennial that is 2\" tall with purple flowers in clusters covering the plant bring the total height of the plant to 6\" with a width of 1\'. Native to the Sierras 8000-12000\' and White Mountains. ...
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Penstemon rostriflorus
Mountain Fountains
(Penstemon rostriflorus,Penstemon bridgesii, penstemon bridgesii amplexicaulis.), Bridges Penstemon is a 1-2' perennial with 2-3' spikes of 2 inch red flowers in summer. It likes moderate to high elev...
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Petrophytum caespitosum
Rock Spiraea
A flat little evergreen perennial that is actually a shrub. It's not very woody. 'Woody plants that seem to be molded over rocks, forming dense mats' (DeDecker,1988) The flowers are on a spike a few i...
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Pinus flexilis
Limber Pine
A slow growing conifer. It has been used for bonsai. It will tolerate sun along the coasts and at higher elevations. If happy a tall tree. In cultivation 20-30 ft. It froze here in Feb of '89 when it ...
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Pinus longaeva
Bristlecone Pine
A conifer, small tree in the west, shrub in the east, a very slow tree, use as a potted tree or a bonsai specimum. In the older works this pine is refered to as a P. aristata. P. aristata occurs in t...
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Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
A deciduous tree to 20 or 30 foot. It does not like to live at lower elevations. It has survived in some spots where it shouldn\'t for a long time. But it is slow compared to its speed at higher eleva...
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