UPCOMING EVENTS
View CalendarNative Plants for the Utah Landscape
Many native Utah plants have potential for success in low-water landscapes.
For example, many types of Buckwheat (right) are adapted to arid environments and have showy flowers and seedheads.
Other native Utah plants that have 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