LANDSCAPING MATERIAL LIST These plants materials have characteristics that may be suitable for: Xeriscaping Naturescaping Stormwater management techniques, such as infiltration basins or bio-swales, or Rear yard screening. The landscaping material listed below include characteristics, such as, native to North America, drought tolerant, low maintenance, non-invasive, aquatic, or perennial species. FLOWER SPECIES Common Name Botanical Name Characteristics African Daisy Osteospermum Drought Resistant Arizona Columbine Aquilegia desortorum Drought Resistant Perennial Artemisias Artemisia Drought Resistant Perennial Asters Aster Drought Resistant Perennial Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Native to North America Blazing Star Liatris spicata Native to North America Bluebeard Caryopteris Drought Resistant Blue Pineleaf Penstemon pinifolius Drought Resistant Perennial Beardtongue Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Native to North America Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Native to North America Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis Native to North America Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensis Native to North America Canada Milk Vetch Astragalus canadensis Native to North America Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata Drought Resistant Columbine Aquilegia Drought Resistant Perennial Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Native to North America Coreopsis Coreopsis Drought Resistant Perennial Culver s Root Veronicastrum virginicum Native to North America Delphinium Delphinium Drought Resistant Perennial Echinacea Echinacea Drought Resistant Perennial False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Drought Resistant Perennial Fringed Sage Artemisia frigida Native to North America Gaillardia Gaillardia Drought Resistant Perennial Gazania Gazania Drought Resistant Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Native to North America Gomphrena Gomphrena Drought Resistant Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Native to North America Ice Plant Delosperma cooperi Drought Resistant
Lotus Vine Lotus maculatus Drought Resistant Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Native to North America Nierembergia Nierembergia Drought Resistant Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale Native to North America, Perennial Poppy Papaver Drought Resistant Portulaca Portulaca Drought Resistant Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Native to North America Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea Native to North America Scaevola Scaevola aemula Drought Resistant Sea Lavender Limonium latifolium Drought Resistant Perennial Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia Native to North America Showy Fleabane Erigeron speciosis Drought Resistant Perennial Silverweed Argentina anserina Native to North America Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Native to North America Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Native to North America GRASS SPECIES Common Name Botanical Name Characteristics Alpine Bluegrass Poa alpina Native to North America Big Bluestem Andropogon geraldii Native to North America Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis Native to North America Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Native to North America Common Cattail Typha latifolia Aquatic Common Great Schoenoplectus Aquatic Bulrush tabernaemontani Crested June grass Koeleria macrantha Native to North America Fowl Bluegrass Poa palustris Wetland habitat Fringed Bromegrass Bromus ciliatus Native to North America Green Needle Grass Nassella (Stipa) viridula Native to North America Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans Native to North America Indian Ricegrass Oryzopsis hymenoides Native to North America Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Native to North America Karl Foerster Grass Calamagrostis actiflora Tolerant of various soils Karl Foerster Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Native to North America Maiden Grass Miscanthus sinensis Drought Resistant Marsh Reedgrass Calamagrostis canadensis Aquatic Northern Agropyron dasystachyum Native to North America Wheatgrass Nuttall s Alkali Puccinellia nuttalliana Native to North America Grass Plains Rough Festuca hallii Native to North America
Fescue Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Native to North America Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea Aquatic Rough Fescue Festuca scabrella Native to North America Sheep s Fescue Festuca ovina Native to North America Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Native to North America Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus Native to North America Slough Grass Beckmannia syzigachne Aquatic Sweetgrass Hierochloe odorata Native to North America Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Native to North America Tall Manna Grass Glyceria grandis Aquatic Tufted Hair Grass Deschampsia cespitosa Native to North America Water Sedge Carex aquatilis Aquatic Western Pascopyrum smithii Native to North America Wheatgrass Wire Rush Junctus balticus Wetland habitat SHRUB SPECIES Common Name Botanical Name Characteristics & Height Alpine Currant Ribes alpinum Tolerant to various soils Height 3-6 Amur Maple Acer ginnala Hardy, Adaptive to various soils Height 15-18 Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta Native to North America Height 2-8 Beaked Willow Salix bebbiana Native to North America Height 6-18 Bog Cranberry/ Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Common to North America Height 2-10 Swamp/Bracted Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata Native to North America Height 3-10 Russet Buffaloberry Shepherdia canadensis Native to North America, Extremely Cold and Drought Tolerant, Height 6-8 Canada Buffaloberry Shepherdia Canadensis Native to Alberta Dart s Golden Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Dart s Golden Native to North America, Adaptive to various conditions, Hardy, Drought Tolerant, Height 4-8 Flowering Plum Prunus triloba Native to North America, Adaptive to various conditions, Hardy, Drought Tolerant, Height 12-15 Dwarf Birch Betula nana Native to North America Height 2-4
Virginia Rose Rosa virginiana Native to North America Height 4-6 American Elder Sambucus canadensis Native to North America, Fruit Bearing, Drought Tolerant Height 5-12 Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica Native to North America Height 2-6 Globe Cedar Thuja occidentalis Native to North America Height 3-8 Golden Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Luteus Native to North America, Adaptive to various conditions, Hardy, Drought Tolerant, Height 5-9 Golden Dogwood Cornus alba Aurea Native to North America, Adaptive conditions, Height 6-10 Golden-Flowering Currant Ribes aureum Tolerant to various soils Height 6-10 River Alder Alnus tenuifolia Native to Alberta, Height 6-25 Hansa Rose Rosa rugosa Hansa Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Height 3-4 Highbush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum Native to North America, Fruit Bearing, Height 6-12 Horizontal Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Native to Alberta Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Native to North America, Adaptive to various climate conditions, Hardy, Drought Tolerant, Naturescaping material Height 14-16 New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Native to North America Height 2-3 Common Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Drought Resistant, Height 5-9 Pincherry Prunus pensylvanica Native to North America Height 3-15 Pussy Willow Salix discolor Native to North America Height 10-20 Red Osier Dogwood Cornus stolonifera Native to North America, Adaptive conditions, Height 3-6 Sagebrush Artemisia cana Native to North America Height 1-4 Sakhalin Honeysuckle Lonicera maximowiczii Adaptive to various soils, Fragrant Height 2-10 Sandbar Willow Salix exigua Native to North America Height 13-23 Saskatoon Berry Amelanchier alnifolia Native to North America
Savin Juniper Varieties / Cultivars Siberian-Coral Dogwood Silverberry/Wolf Willow Juniperous sabina Cornus alba Sibirica Elaeagnus commutata Height 3-15 Drought Tolerant, Withstands city conditions, Height 4-6 Native to North America, Adaptive conditions, Height 8-10 Native to North America, Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Adaptable to various soils, Height 6-12 Silver Buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea Native to North America, Extremely Cold and Drought Tolerant, Height 6-10 Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Native to North America, Adaptive conditions, Height 10-20 Smokebush Cotinus coggygria Drought Resistant, Height 10-15 Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra Native to North America, Drought Tolerant, Height 9-15 Snowberry/Buckbrush Symphoricarpos albus Native to North America Height 1-3 Spirea Spire sp. Tolerant to various soils 4-5 Rugosa Rose Rosa rugosa Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant Height 4-6 Wild Currant Ribes oxyacanthoides Native to Alberta Yellow Willow Salix lutea Native to Alberta Sageleaf Willow Salix candida Native to Alberta Scouler s Willow Salix scouleriana Native to Alberta Bebb s Willow Salix bebbiana Native to Alberta Winged Euonymus/ Burning Bush Euonymus alatus Adaptive to various soils, Salt Tolerant, Height 15-20 Common Juniper Juniperus communis Drought Tolerant, Withstands city conditions, Height 5-10 Wayfaringtree Viburnum lantana Drought Tolerant, Height 10-15 Viburnum Wild Rose Rosa acicularis Native to North America, Drought Resistant, Height 1-3 TREE SPECIES Common Name Botanical Name Characteristics Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens Glauca Native to North America, Coniferous, Height 40 Colorado Spruce Picea pungens Native to North America,
Coniferous, Height 40 Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta latifolia Native to North America, Highly Adaptable Coniferous, Height 40 Norway Spruce Picea abies Coniferous, Height 49 Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa Native to North America, Coniferous, Height 40 Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Winter Hardy, Adapted to Dry Conditions, Coniferous, Height 40 Tamarack Larch Larix laricina Adaptable to Dry Conditions, High Tolerance to Acid Soils, Winter Hardy, Coniferous, Height 40 White Spruce Picea glauca High Acid Tolerance, Very Winter Hardy, Coniferous, Height 49 American Elm Ulmus americana Native to North America, Extremely Winter Hardy, Deciduous, Height 65 Amur Cherry Prunus maackii Winter Hardy, Adapted to a Variety of Soils, Deciduous, Height 40 Brandon Elm Ulmus americana Brandon Tolerant to Urban Conditions including Air Pollution and Salt, Deciduous, Height 49 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Native to North America, Fire Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Very Hardy, Deciduous, Height 33 Cutleaf Weeping Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica' Deciduous, Height 50-80 Birch Flowering Crabapple Malus species Drought Tolerant, Deciduous, Height 16 Hawthorn Cratageus species Native to North America, Deciduous, Height 10 Laurel-Leaf Willow Salix pentandra Tolerant to Extreme Climate Conditions, Deciduous, Height 49 Little-Leaf Linden Tilia cordata Deciduous, Height 40 Mayday Prunus padus Adaptable to a Variety of Soils, Deciduous, Height 30 Mountain Ash Sorbus americana Adaptable to a Variety of Soils, Tolerant to Dry Conditions, Deciduous, Height 33 Northwest Poplar Populus x Northwest Adaptable to a Variety of Soils, Tolerates Early and Late Frosts, Deciduous, Height 65 Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Native to North America, Deciduous, Height 40 Paper Birch Betula papyrifera Native to North America, Adaptable to a Variety of Soils, Deciduous,
Patmore Green Ash Swedish Columnar Aspen Tower Poplar Fraxinus pennsylvanica Patmore Populus tremula Erecta Populus x canescens Tower Height 60 Tolerates a Variety of Soils, Drought Tolerant, Deciduous, Height 40 Excellent for Screening, Low Maintenance, Deciduous, Height 40 Tolerant to Dry Conditions, Deciduous, Highly Tolerant to Urban Conditions, Height 33