Resources
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
The right plants in the right place. Water-wise landscaping (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)
UW Extension Publications
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)
OneCanopy (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 (Loveland, CO)
Aquatic and Wetland Nursery (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.
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.
Alplains (CO)
American Penstemon Society seed exchange - Must be a member!
Beauty Beyond Belief (Boulder, CO)
Granite Seed and Erosion Control (Utah and Colorado)
Mesa Garden (Belen, NM)
North American Rock Garden Society - Must be a member!
Pawnee Buttes Seed (Greeley, CO)
Prairie Moon Nursery (Winona, MN)
Western Native Seeds (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.
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.
