All plants on this list have been planted in the Conservation Garden Park. Due to the nature of the garden, the plant list is constantly being updated. For the most accurate list as well as additional plant information, visit our plant database at www.conservationgardenpark.org.
Trees Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica New Mexico Locust Robinia neomexicana Bigtooth Maple Acer grandidentatum Pinyon Pine Pinus edulis Blue Spruce Picea pungens Rocky Mountain Juniper Juniperus scopulorum Bristlecone Pine Pinus aristata Rocky Mountain Maple Acer glabrum Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Utah Juniper Juniperus osteosperma Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis Wavyleaf Oak Quercus x pauciloba Gambel Oak Quercus gambelii White Fir Abies concolor
Shrubs Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus Mormon Tea Ephedra viridis Alder-Leaved Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Mountain Lover Pachystima myrsinites Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa Banana Yucca Yucca baccata Navajo Yucca Yucca baileyi Bear Grass Nolina microcarpa New Mexico Privet Forestiera neomexicana Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata Oakleaf Sumac Rhus trilobata Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata Red Berry Mahonia Mahonia haematocarpa Black Sagebrush Artemisia nova Shadscale Atriplex confertifolia Common Juniper Juniperus communis Siberian Peashrub Caragana arborescens Creeping Mahonia Mahonia repens Silver Buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Desert False Indigo Amorpha fruticosa Snakebrush Gutierrezia sarothrae Dorr Sage Salvia dorrii Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Dwarf Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila Thread-Leaf Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa subsp. consimilis Fernbush Chamaebatiaria millefolium Utah Mahonia Mahonia fremontii Four-Wing Saltbrush Atriplex canescens Utah Serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis Golden Currant Ribes aureum Utah Yucca Yucca utahensis Harriman Yucca Yucca harrimaniae Western Sand Cherry Prunus besseyi Littleleaf Mock Orange Philadelphus microphyllus White-Stem Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca Little-Leaf Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus intricatus
Updated 3/16/2007 1 Perennials Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Basket of Gold Aurinia saxatilis Missouri Iris Iris missouriensis Blue Flax Linum perenne subsp. lewisii Mohave Lotus Lotus rigidus Blue Sage Salvia azurea Mountain Daisy Erigeron speciosus Bridge's Penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus Munroe Globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana Colorado Blue Columbine Aquilegia caerulea Orange Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Common Horehound Marrubium vulgare Palmer Penstemon Penstemon palmeri Cushion Globemallow Sphaeralcea caespitosa Pitcher's Blue Sage Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Desert Four O'Clock Mirabilis multiflora Prickly Poppy Argemone munita Firecracker Penstemon Penstemon eatonii Prince's Plume Stanleya pinnata French Tarragon Artemisia dracunculus Rocky Mountain Penstemon Penstemon strictus Fringed Sagebrush Artemisia frigida Showy Goldeneye Viguiera multiflora Garden Sage Salvia officinalis Silver Buckwheat Eriogonum ovalifolium Golden Catspaw Cryptantha flava Sticky Purple Geranium Geranium viscosissimum Gooseberry-Leaf Globemallow Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia Sulfur Flower Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Gray Dusty Penstemon Penstemon comarrhenus Sundancer Daisy Tetraneuris acaulis Greenstem Paperflower Psilostrophe sparsiflora Sweet Penstemon Penstemon angustifolius var. dulcis Hartweg's Sundrops Calylophus hartwegii subsp. fendleri Trailing Daisy Erigeron flagellaris Hopi Blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifida Tufted Evening Primrose Oenothera caespitosa Hummingbird Flower Zauschneria californica subsp. latifolia Utah Columbine Aquilegia scopulorum James Buckwheat Eriogonum jamesii Utah Ladyfinger Astragulus utahensis Jupiter's Beard Centranthus ruber Utah Sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale Lacy Buckwheat Eriogonum corymbosum Wasatch Penstemon Penstemon cyananthus Lavenderleaf Sundrops Calylophus lavandulifolius Western Columbine Aquilegia formosa Longleaf Phlox Phlox longifolia Western Larkspur Delphinium occidentale Mexican Hat Ratibida columnifera Whipple's Penstemon Penstemon whippleanus
Grasses Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Alkali Sacaton Sporobolus airoides Fendler's Bluegrass Poa fendleriana Big Blue Stem Andropogon gerardii Great Basin Wild Rye Elymus cinereus Blue Grama Grass Bouteloua gracilis Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Buffalo Grass Buchloë dactyloides Ravenna Grass Saccharum ravennae Canadian Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula
Ground Covers Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Snow in Summer Cerastium tomentosum Littleleaf Pussytoes Antennaria parvifolia
Cacti and Succulents Climbing Vines Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia erinacea Western White Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia
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