Step 3: Selecting your native plant species
- Zone 4 - Glacier, MT
- Zone 7 - Washington, DC
- Zone 10 - San Diego, CA
Ecological Zone 4 - Glacier, Montana
COMMUNITY 1: MOIST CONDITIONS (average soils) |
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Botanical Name | Common Name | ||
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Tree | Thua plicata | Western Red Cedar |  |
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Shrub | Physocarpus malvaceus | Mallow-leaf Ninebark |  |
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Forb | Xerophyllum tenax | Beargrass |  |
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Grass | Festuca idanoensis | Idaho Fescue |  |
COMMUNITY 2: DRY CONDITIONS (sunny, windy, steep, sandy soils) |
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Botanical Name | Common Name | ||
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Tree | Tsuga heterophylla | Western Hemlock |  |
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Shrub | Symphoricarpus spp | Common Snowberry |  |
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Forb | Thalictrum accidentale | Western meadowrue |  |
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Grass | Carex rossii | Short Sedge |  |
COMMUNITY 3: WET, SATURATED CONDITIONS (wetland, riparian soils) |
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Botanical Name | Common Name | ||
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Tree | larix occendentalis | Western Larch |  |
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Shrub | Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry |  |
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Forb | Linnaea borealis subsp. americana | Twinflower |  |
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Grass | Carex geyeri | Elk Sedge |  |
