Resources
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Do You Know These Native, Water-Wise Plants
- Edible and Poisonous Berries of Shrubs in Wyoming
- Full Foraging Facts and Forays with Foresight Will Keep You Healthy
- How to Identify Trees in Wyoming
- Use Your Smartphone for Plant Identification With These Six Apps
Plant Walk Picture Guides
- Area East of Laramie (East of UW Golf Course)May 2018
- Fen in the Snowy Range, July 2023
- Libby Flats Observation Area Snowy Range-Selected Plants
- Plant Walk McGuire Ranch, June 2023
- Pelton Creek Area in the Snowy Range, 2022 (18MB)
- Blooming Plants of Carbon County, 2018
Websites
- WY Native Tree ID (Wyoming State Forestry Division)
- Wildflowers, Ferns, & Trees of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, & Utah (lots of pics and info of plant which are also in WY)
- Plants Database (USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
- Rocky Mountain Herbarium (Awesome resource - See which plants which have been collected by botanists in your area. Some have high res scans of the pressed plants.)
- Teton Plants (Teton Chapter, Wyoming Native Plant Society)
- Native Plants (Teton Conservation District Page)
- Species Photo Gallery (University of Wyoming, WYNDD, Rocky Mountain Herbarium)
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Native American Ethnobotany Database
Publications/Keys/Guides
- Common 5 Plant Families in WY- Family Characteristics Guide (Rocky Mountain Herbarium & UW Biodiversity Institute)
- Common Herbaceous Plants of the Thunder Basin Grasslands-Thunder Basin Ecology Factsheet #3 (UW Extension Pub B-1288.3, 2018)
- Key to the Conifer Trees of Wyoming (UW Biodiversity Institute)
- Rangeland Plants: Wyoming Tough (UW Extension Pub B-1265, 2014)
- Wyoming Thistle Guide: Native and Non-native (UW Extension Pub B-1316, 2022)
Videos
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Plant walk picture guides
Websites
WY Native Tree ID (answer a series of questions to determine what type of native tree it is)
Wildflowers, Ferns, & Trees of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, & Utah (Lots of pics and info for many plants which are also in Wyoming)
Rocky Mountain Herbarium (Awesome resource - See which plants which have been collected by botanists in your
area. Some have high res scans of the pressed plants.)
Teton Chapter, Wyoming Native Plant Society blog (Great for plants in the NW corner of the state)
Teton Conservation District page (Links to species list, pocket ID guide and more)
WY Species Photo Gallery (University of WY, WYNDD, Rocky Mtn Herbarium)
Publications/Keys/Guides
Common 5 Plant Families in WY - Family Characteristics Guide (Rocky Mountain Herbarium & UW Biodiversity Institute)
Common Herbaceous Plants of the Thunder Basin Grasslands - Checklist of plants (UW Extension, March 2018)
Key to the conifer trees of Wyoming - UW Biodiversity Institute
Rangeland Plants: Wyoming Tough (UW Extension, March 2014)
Videos
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Add Plucky, Pollinator-Friendly Penstemons to Your Garden
- Indian Paintbrush State Wildflower and Challenge to Cultivate!
- Some Native Wildflower Seeds Need Cold Stratification to Sprout
- Starting Plants From Seed Indoors: The Basics
- Ten Rocky Mountain Natives You Can Grow
- The Right Plants in the Right Place: Water-wise Landscaping
- Wild for Wildflowers
UW Extension Publications
- Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens (companion website with the book pdf and additional resources on plant information) (UW Biodiversity Institute, 2014)
- Tips for Wildflower Seedings and Seed Mixes (from Promoting Pollinators on Your Place)
How To Germinate Seed Info Web Pages
- Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens (Germination tips page)
- Germination Guide Instructions (Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plants Society)
- Native Seed Propagation Methods (Missouri Botanical Garden Info)
- Native Plants for the Intermountain West
- American Penstemon Society (has link to spreadsheet with info on germinating various species of Penstemon)
Other Websites
- Visit our Landscaping Resource Page for more info on growing flowers, shrubs, and trees
- Native Plants for the Intermountain West
Videos
- A Few Native Plants for Gardens, video, audio only version (UWyo Extension)
- Native Plants for Gardens (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
The right plants in the right place. Water-wise landscaping (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)
UW Extension Publications
Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens (March 2014)
How to Germinate Seed Info Web pages (also see B&B articles above)
Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens Germination tips page
Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society (natives & non-natives)
American Penstemon Society (has link to spreadsheet with info on germinating various species of Penstemon)
Other Websites
Videos
A Few Native Plants for Gardens Video (~23 min)| Audio only
- Center for Native Plants (Whitefish, MT; retail, wholesale)
- Fort Collins Nursery (Fort Collins, CO; retail)
- Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery (Fort Collins, CO; wholesale only)
- Great Bear Native Plants (Hamilton, MT; restoration, wholesale)
- High Country Gardens (New Mexico; retail online)
- North Fork Native Plants (Rexburg, ID; wholesale)
- One Canopy (Loveland, CO; reforestation, wholesale)
- Sprouts Greenhouse (Lander, WY)
- Wyoming Plant Company (Casper, WY)
- Piney Island Native Plants (Sheridan WY; wholesale and retail through custom orders)
- Plants of the Wild (Tekoa, WA; retail online, wholesale)
- High Plains Environmental Center (Loveland, CO)
- Aquatic and Wetland Nursery L.L.C. (Fort Lupton, CO; wholesale)
Disclaimer- Business or plant variety names used in this publication are used only for the purpose of educational information. The information given herein is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended, and no endorsement of businesses by the University of Wyoming Extension is implied. Nor does it imply approval of businesses to the exclusion of others, which may also be suitable.
- American Penstemon Society Seed Exchange (Must be a member!)
- Beauty Beyond Belief Seed (Boulder, CO)
- Granite Seed and Erosion Control: A Native Seed Company (Utah and Colorado)
- Mesa Garden (Belen, NM)
- Native Seed Group
- North American Rock Garden Society (Must be a member!)
- Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc. (Greeley, CO)
- Prairie Moon Nursery (Winona, MN)
- Western Native Seed (Coaldale, CO)
- Wind River Seed (Manderson, WY)
Disclaimer- Business or plant variety names used in this publication are used only for the purpose
of educational information. The information given herein is supplied with the understanding
that no discrimination is intended, and no endorsement of businesses by the University
of Wyoming Extension is implied. Nor does it imply approval of businesses to the exclusion
of others, which may also be suitable.
