Superstarters List Range Days

Grasses G1 basin wildrye PNCD Leymus cinereus G2 blue grama PNWI Bouteloua gracilis G3 bluebunch wheatgrass PNCD Pseudoroegneria spicata G4 cheatgrass AICV Bromus tectorum G5 crested wheatgrass PICV Agropyron cristatum G6 foxtail PNCI jubatum G7 green needlegrass PNCD Nassella viridula G8 Indian ricegrass PNCD Achnatherum hymenoides G9 Japanese brome AICV Bromus arvensis G10 Kentucky bluegrass PICV Poa pratensis G11 needleandthread PNCI Hesperostipa comata G12 prairie junegrass PNCI Koeleria macrantha G13 red threeawn PNWI Aristida longiseta G14 Sandberg bluegrass PNCI Poa secunda G15 smooth brome PICV Bromus inermis G16 thickspike wheatgrass PNCI Elymus lanceolatus G17 timothy PICV Phleum pratense G18 western wheatgrass PNCI Pascopyrum smithii

Grasslike GL1 needleleaf sedge PNCI Carex duriuscula GL2 threadleaf sedge PNCI Carex filifolia

Cacti C1 pricklypear PNCI Opuntia polyacantha

Half Shrubs, Shrubs & Trees S1 big sagebrush PNWI Artemisia tridentata S2 broom snakeweed PNWI Gutierrezia sarothrae S3 creeping juniper PNXX Juniperus horizontalis S4 currant PNCI Ribes spp. S5 Douglas fir PNXX Pseudotsuga menziesii S6 fringed sagewort PNWI Artemisia frigida S7 limber pine PNXX Pinus flexilis S8 narrowleaf cottonwood PNCD Populus angustifolia S9 grape PNCD Berberis repens S10 plains cottonwood PNCD Populus deltoides S11 ponderosa pine PNXI P Pinus ponderosa S12 Rocky Mountain juniper PNXX Juniperus scopulorum S13 rose spp. PNWI Rosa spp. S14 silver sagebrush PNWI Artemisia cana S15 PNCI Yucca glauca

Forbs F1 alfalfa PICV Medicago sativa F2 American vetch PNCD Vicia americana F3 arrowleaf balsamroot PNCI Balsamorhiza sagittata F4 PNCI Lewisia rediviva F5 blue flax PNCI Linum lewisii F6 Canada thistle PICV N Cirsium arvense F7 cinquefoil PNCI Pontentilla spp. F8 common starlily PNCI Leucocrinum montanum F9 cudweed sagewort PNWI Artemisia ludoviciana F10 curlycup gumweed BNWV Grindelia squarrosa F11 dandelion PICV Taraxacum officinale F12 dense clubmoss PNXI Selaginella densa F13 dotted gayfeather PNWD Liatris punctata F14 green sagewort PNWI Artemisia dracunculus F15 hairy goldenaster PNWI Heterotheca villosa F16 heartleaf arnica PNCI Arnica cordifolia F17 Hood's phlox PNCI Phlox hoodii F18 leafy spurge PICV N Euphorbia esula F19 low larkspur PNCI P Delphinium bicolor F20 lupine PNCI P Lupinus SPP. F21 meadow deathcamas PNCI P Zygadenus venenosus F22 goldenrod PNWI missouriensis F23 penstemon PNCI Penstemon spp. F24 prairie onion PNCI allium textile F25 prairie thermopsis PNCI Thermopsis rhombifolia F26 purple prairieclover PNWD Dalea purpurea F27 pussytoes PNCI Antennaria spp. F28 rush skeletonweed PNWI Lygodesmia juncea F29 salsify BICV Tragopogon dubius F30 scarlet globemallow PNCI Sphaeralcea coccinea F31 slimflower scurfpea PNWI Psoralidium tenuiflorum F32 spotted knapweed P/BIWV NCentaurea maculosa F33 wavyleaf thistle P/BNWV Cirsium undulatum F34 western yarrow PNWI Achillea millefolium F35 white pointloco PNCI P Oxytropis sericia F36 woolly mullein BIWV Verbascum thapsus F37 yellow sweetclover BICV Melilotus officinalis common names from Extension Bulletin 355, scientific names from USDA database Lifespan: P=perennial, B= biennial, A=annual Origin: N=native, I=introduced to Season of growth: C=cool, W=warm, X=inappropriate Grazing Response: D=decreaser, I=increaser, V=invader, X+inappropriate Poisonous = P Noxious = N