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View CalendarNative Plants for the Utah Landscape
Many other native Utah plants show potential for success in low-water landscapes.
For example, there are many types of Buckwheat (right) that are adapted to arid environments and have showy flowers and seedheads.
Other native Utah plants that show potential in low-water landscapes include:
- Serviceberries
- Buckwheats (Eriogonum corymbosum shown at right)
- Utah holly (Mahonia fremontii)
- Mountain lover (Paxistima myrsinites)
- Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis and P. monophylla)
- Globemallows
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- CWEL Fact Sheets
- Utah Native Plant Society
- USDA PLANTS Database
- USU Extension Range Plants of Utah (use the search bar to look up plants / not all plants listed are native)
RELATED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Morphological and genetic variation among Sphaeralcea Species in a high desert environment, Chalita Sriladda, Heidi A. Kratsch, Steven R. Larson, and Roger K. Kjelgren; HortScience
Evaluating Eriogonum Corymbosum Tolerance to Frequent Irrigation and Evaluating Its Significant Morphological Variations for Potential Cultivars Graham C. Hunter
RELATED EXTENSION FACT SHEETS & PUBLICATIONS
Nurturing Native Plants: A Guide to Vegetative Propagation of Native Woody Plants in Utah, Larry Rupp and Adrea Wheaton