COMPILED BY KYLE CHAMBERLAIN
ASSORTED PLANTS OF INTEREST FOR NATIVE PRAIRIE GARDENS
PLANTS BY LOCATION
The following general locations are listed in order of a roughly clockwise route around the perimeter of the Columbia Basin, beginning near my home in Kettle Falls. There are also some outlying regions at the end of the list.
Plant species are assigned to locations based on their northeasternmost occurrence (closest to my home). Some species of interest aren’t listed in the locations where they grow, if there is a more convenient access to the northeast. Species listed for sites like Twin Lakes and Grand Coulee are common at other locations further south.
Sherman Creek
-Potentilla#
-Crepis
-Lomatium geyeri
-Hackelia ciliata
-Microseris
-Monardella
-Senecio occidentalis#
-Phlox
-Heterotheca, hairy golden aster sand slopes
Spokane
-Clarkia rhomboidea
-Fritilaria affinis
-Ipomopsis congesta
-Olnysium#
-Trifolium wormskoldii#
-Silene scoulerii*
-Rudbeckia occidentalis?
Steptoe Butte
-Helianthella#
Minerva McCroskey
Moscow Mountain
-”Orogenia” linearifolia
-Rudbeckia occidentalis
Kamiak Butte
-Astragalus arrectus*
-Cirsium brevifolium*
-giant ragweed in Whitman Co
Lower Snake
-Ribes nivea
-Artemisia ludoviciana#
-Cymopterus foeniculaceous
-Dalea ornata
-Elymus wawaiensis#
-Eriogonum microtheca (bush size)
-Erysimum occidental
-Leymus triticoides
-Lomatium papilioniferum
-Penstemon triphyllus
-Ribus niggerimus
-Oenothera elata
-Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Craig Mountain
-Balsamhoriza incana
-Balsamhoriza serrata
-Trifolium plumosa#
-Frasera albicaulis#
-Frasera fastigiata
-Penstemon glandulosa
-Ribes ocycanthoides
-Thermopsis montana, sand??#
-Wyethia amplexicaulis
Cooper’s Ferry
-Penstemon glandulosa
-Phacelia heterophylla (huge)
-Tonella floribunda
White Bird Pass
-Calochortus elegans
-Helianthella
-Lathyrus#
-Opuntia columbiana
-Veronica rubra
White Bird/Riggins
-Asclepias cryptoceras
-Brickellia microphylla
-Calochortus eurycarpus#
-Mirabillis mcfarlani*
-Penstemon eriantherus (low grassland type)
-Ribes velutinum
-Silene spaldingii*
Halfway/West Rim
-Camassia cussikii
Tuccanon River
-Calochortus nitidus#
-Lupinus sulfurous (yellow or purple)#
-Thermopsis montana, sand??#
Pendleton Pass
-Lupinus sabinianus (yellow)#
-Centromadia spikey madia Walla walla
Juniper Dunes
-Elymus lanceolatus#
-Balsamorhiza careyana
Hanford Reach/Saddle Mountain/Priest Rapids
Vascular Plants Hanford w/maps
-Abronia mellifera, sand verbena, anza taxa
-Allium robinsonii SAND ONION
-Balsamhoriza rosea
-Brickellia oblongifolia
-Crocidium multicaule
-Eremothera spp. dwarf sand ev primrose
-Erigeron piperianus, WA endemic, sand
-Erysimum occidental
-Helianthus cusickii#
-Hymenopappus filifolius
-Ladeania lanceolata#
-Lupinus lepidus, prairie lupine#
-Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus, annual#
-Oreocarya leucophylla* rare hot sand borage
-Oreocarya spiculifera xeric borage
-Sphaeralcea grossularifolia
-Balsamorhiza careyana
Wallula Gap
-Peritoma lutea
Bickleton Ridge
-Asclepias fasicularis#
-Lomatium nudicaule
-Eriogonum elatum
-Frasera albicaulis#
-Tritelia hyacinthia#
Oak Creek Wildlife Area
-Frasera speciosa
-Agerantina occidentalis, boneset, robust showy
Stenotus lanuginosus, wooly golden weed#
LT Murray Wildlife Area
Colockum/Quilomene/Whiskey Dick
-Lupinus arbustus#
-Paeonia brownii
-Pediocactus nigrispinus
Moses Coulee/Badger Mountain
-Phemeranthus spinescens
Swakane
-Agastache occidentalis#
-Androsace nivalis
-Trifolium thompsonii# -Phemeranthus spinescens -Eriogonum elatum -Iliamna longisepala
-Lomatium brandeegii
-Melica bulbosa#
Methow/Pearygin
-Helianthus cusikii
Foster Creek
Loomis
-Calochortus lyalii#
-Mirabillis nyctaginea
-Penstemon pruinosus
Tunk/Figlenski Ranch
-Astragalus miser#
Chesaw
Grand Coulee/Banks
A Floristic Study of Sun Lakes State Park in eastern Washington by Brae
-Eriogonum microtheca
-Cymopterus terebinthinus
-Eriogonum compositum, arrow leaf, large yellow
-Ladeania lanceolata#
-Linium lewisii#
-Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
-Salvia dorri
-Sphaeralcea monroana
-Tetradymia canescens (daisy bush)
-Gutierrezia (daisy bush)
-Oenothera pallida, dunes
Twin Lakes
-Arnica sororia, bunch armica#
-Erigeron linearis#
-Lupinus leucophylla#
-Penstemon specious
-Phemeranthus spinescens
-Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides, daggerpod
-Polemonium pectinatum*
-Ribes aureum
-Trifolium variegatum, sand#
-Iris missouriensis
Fish Trap/Turnbull
Pend Orielle
-Calochortus apiculatus#
-Erythronium idahoense
THE GORGE
-Astragalus hoodianus#
-Calochortus longibarbatus
-Dichelostemma congestum#
-Lomatium columbianum
-Madia elegans, the big one
-Trifolium ciliolatum#
-Collinsia rattanii
-Adelina grandis, native hounds tongue#
ZUMWALT
FLATHEAD/BITTEROOT VALLEYS
-Corydalis sempervirens
KOOTENAI TRENCH
-Monarda fistulosa
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
Boise Front plant list INPS
-Allium aaesa SAND ONION??
Birds of Prey Conservation Area
OWYHEES
KLAMATH/GOOSE LAKE
-Wyethia mollis, gray upland species
https://www.taptealnativeplants.com/
NATURAL VEGETATION OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON
Steppe Vegetation of WA by Daubenmire
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN ECOSYSTEMS: LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTS
Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems USGS
Herbibory in the Intermountain West by Burkhardt
Plant Communities, Ethnoecology, and Flora of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Great Basin Vegetation History and Aquatic Systems:
Idaho’s Endemics, video by Mancuso
Resilience Land Care 