Chokecherry – Prunus virginiana Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A tree up to 25 ft for full sun, with mid-spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Utah native plants
USDA PLANTS records 271 plants as native to Utah (UT) and routinely sold by nurseries. Each one is mapped by county, so you can see which grow wild where you live.
Utah native plant list
This list has 271 Utah natives that nurseries routinely sell: 41 trees, 56 shrubs, 81 wildflowers, 87 grasses and sedges, 3 ferns and 3 vines. The most widespread include American Speedwell, Antelope Bitterbrush and Basin Big Sagebrush, each recorded as native in all 29 Utah counties. Checked against USDA PLANTS on June 13, 2026.
Antelope Bitterbrush – Purshia tridentata Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub up to 6 ft for sun or part shade, with showy fruit.
American Speedwell – Veronica americana Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with midsummer flowers.
Common Spikerush – Eleocharis palustris Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Field Horsetail – Equisetum arvense Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A horsetail for sun or part shade.
Western Virgin's Bower – Clematis ligusticifolia Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A vine for sun or part shade, with midsummer flowers.
Douglas Fir – Pseudotsuga menziesii Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen tree up to 200 ft for sun or part shade.
Basin Big Sagebrush – Artemisia tridentata tridentata Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 9 ft for full sun, with late summer flowers.
Canada Goldenrod – Solidago canadensis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with late summer flowers.
Indian Rice Grass – Stipa hymenoides Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Western Brackenfern – Pteridium aquilinum Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A fern that tolerates shade.
Virginia Creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A vine for sun or part shade, with fall colour.
Engelmann Spruce – Picea engelmannii Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen tree up to 120 ft that tolerates shade.
Big Sagebrush – Artemisia tridentata Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 4 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Cinquefoil – Potentilla gracilis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with early summer flowers.
Indian Ricegrass – Achnatherum hymenoides Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Common Maidenhair – Adiantum capillus-veneris Native
Native in 8 of Utah’s 29 counties. A fern that tolerates shade.
Trumpet Vine – Campsis radicans Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A vine for full sun, with summer flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Mountain Maple – Acer glabrum Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A tree up to 30 ft for sun or part shade, with fall colour.
Creeping Barberry – Mahonia repens Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen shrub up to 2 ft that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Hooker's Evening Primrose – Oenothera elata Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and fall colour.
Nebraska Sedge – Carex nebrascensis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Narrowleaf Cottonwood – Populus angustifolia Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A tree up to 60 ft for full sun, with spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany – Cercocarpus ledifolius Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 20 ft for sun or part shade, with early spring flowers.
Largeleaf Avens – Geum macrophyllum Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with late spring flowers.
Slender Wheatgrass – Elymus trachycaulus trachycaulus Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Quaking Aspen – Populus tremuloides Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A tree up to 65 ft for full sun.
Mountain Snowberry – Symphoricarpos oreophilus Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub up to 5 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Lewis Flax – Linum lewisii Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with showy flowers.
Toad Rush – Juncus bufonius Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An annual rush for full sun and wet soil.
Rocky Mountain Juniper – Juniperus scopulorum Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen tree up to 50 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Narrowleaf Willow – Salix exigua Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 10 ft for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Scarlet Gilia – Ipomopsis aggregata aggregata Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A wildflower for full sun, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
California Field Sedge – Carex praegracilis Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Utah Juniper – Juniperus osteosperma Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. An evergreen tree up to 26 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Red Osier Dogwood – Cornus sericea sericea Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 12 ft for full sun and wet soil, with spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Seep Monkeyflower – Mimulus guttatus Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A wildflower that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers.
Fowl Mannagrass – Glyceria striata Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Water Birch – Betula occidentalis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A tree up to 25 ft for sun or part shade.
Red-Barked Dogwood – Cornus alba Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 12 ft for full sun and wet soil, with spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Showy Milkweed – Asclepias speciosa Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with early summer flowers and showy fruit.
Mountain Brome – Bromus marginatus Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Box Elder – Acer negundo Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 60 ft that tolerates shade, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Redosier Dogwood – Cornus sericea sericea Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 12 ft for full sun and wet soil, with spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Wild Mint – Mentha arvensis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with spring flowers.
Smallwing Sedge – Carex microptera Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Subalpine Fir – Abies lasiocarpa Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 90 ft that tolerates shade.
Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat – Eriogonum umbellatum Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub up to 1 ft for full sun, with early summer flowers.
Columbian Monkshood – Aconitum columbianum Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with early summer flowers.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass – Pseudoroegneria spicata spicata Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
White Fir – Abies concolor Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 120 ft for sun or part shade.
Utah Service Berry – Amelanchier utahensis Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 15 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Darkthroat Shootingstar – Dodecatheon pulchellum Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Spike Trisetum – Trisetum spicatum Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade.
Bigtooth Maple – Acer grandidentatum Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 38 ft for sun or part shade, with spring flowers.
Western Service Berry – Amelanchier alnifolia Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub or small tree up to 15 ft for sun or part shade, with early summer flowers and showy fruit.
Idaho Blue-Eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium idahoense Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers.
Basin Wild Rye – Elymus cInereus Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Pacific Willow – Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 53 ft for full sun and wet soil, with fall colour.
Woods' Rose – Rosa woodsii Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Sticky Cinquefoil – Potentilla glandulosa Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
Basin Wildrye – Leymus cinereus Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Pinyon Pine – Pinus edulis Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 50 ft for full sun.
Yellow Rabbitbrush – Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Native
Native in all 29 of Utah’s counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for full sun, with spring flowers and showy fruit.
Arrowleaf Balsam Root – Balsamorhiza sagittata Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
June Grass – Koeleria macrantha Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade.
Ponderosa Pine – Pinus ponderosa Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 223 ft for full sun.
Golden Currant – Ribes aureum Native
Native in 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 10 ft for sun or part shade, with mid-spring flowers and showy fruit.
Utah Sweetvetch – Hedysarum boreale Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with late spring flowers.
Meadow Barley – Hordeum brachyantherum Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Western Cottonwood – Populus fremontii Native
Native in 22 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 90 ft for full sun, with fall colour.
Common Juniper – Juniperus communis Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 10 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Silverweed – Potentilla anserina Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with spring flowers.
Needle and Thread – Hesperostipa comata comata Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun, with showy fruit.
Colorado Spruce – Picea pungens Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 100 ft for sun or part shade.
Mountain Mahogany – Cercocarpus montanus Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 15 ft for sun or part shade.
Silverweed Cinquefoil – Argentina anserina Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with spring flowers.
Needle and Thread Grass – Stipa comata Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun, with showy fruit.
Peachleaf Willow – Salix amygdaloides Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 60 ft for full sun.
Skunkbush Sumac – Rhus trilobata Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 4 ft for sun or part shade, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Rydberg's Penstemon – Penstemon rydbergii Native
Native in 22 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and fall colour.
Salt Grass – Distichlis spicata Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Thinleaf Alder – Alnus incana Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 25 ft for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Wax Currant – Ribes cereum Native
Native in 27 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for full sun, with early summer flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Gray Aster – Eurybia glauca Native
Native in 21 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and fall colour.
Torrey's Rush – Juncus torreyi Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for full sun.
Sugarberry – Celtis laevigata Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 80 ft that tolerates shade, with fall colour.
Black Sagebrush – Artemisia nova Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 2 ft for full sun.
Sticky Purple Geranium – Geranium viscosissimum Native
Native in 21 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers and showy fruit.
Blue Wildrye – Elymus glaucus Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Balsam Poplar – Populus balsamifera Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 80 ft for full sun.
Shadscale Saltbush – Atriplex confertifolia Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for full sun.
White Marsh Marigold – Caltha leptosepala Native
Native in 21 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with late spring flowers.
Canada Wildrye – Elymus canadensis Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade.
Black Cottonwood – Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 100 ft for full sun.
Winterfat – Krascheninnikovia lanata Native
Native in 26 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 2 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Broadleaf Cattail – Typha latifolia Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for sun or part shade and wet soil, with showy fruit.
Longstyle Rush – Juncus longistylis Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Black Cottonwood – Populus trichocarpa Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 100 ft for full sun.
Gooseberry Currant – Ribes montigenum Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 1 ft for sun or part shade, with early summer flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Longbeak Buttercup – Ranunculus longirostris Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with late spring flowers.
Sand Dropseed – Sporobolus cryptandrus Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Honey Locust – Gleditsia triacanthos Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 70 ft for full sun, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Russet Buffaloberry – Shepherdia canadensis Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 6 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Nuttall's Sunflower – Helianthus nuttallii Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and showy fruit.
Golden Sedge – Carex aurea Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Beach Pine – Pinus contorta Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 99 ft for full sun.
Twinberry – Lonicera involucrata Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 10 ft that tolerates shade, with summer flowers and showy fruit.
Alpine Mountainsorrel – Oxyria digyna Native
Native in 18 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for sun or part shade.
Western Wheatgrass – Pascopyrum smithii Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Green Ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 80 ft that tolerates shade, with fall colour.
Yellow Willow – Salix lutea Native
Native in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 16 ft for sun or part shade.
Nodding Beggartick – Bidens cernua Native
Native in 18 of Utah’s 29 counties. An annual wildflower for sun or part shade, with late summer flowers and fall colour.
Alkalai Sacaton – Sporobolus airoides Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Western Catalpa – Catalpa speciosa Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 60 ft for full sun, with early summer flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Fourwing Saltbush – Atriplex canescens Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 4 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Salt Spring Checkerbloom – Sidalcea neomexicana Native
Native in 18 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers.
Fringed Brome – Bromus ciliatus Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade.
Common Hackberry – Celtis occidentalis Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 60 ft that tolerates shade, with fall colour.
Prairie Sagewort – Artemisia frigida Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 2 ft for sun or part shade.
Water Knotweed – Polygonum amphibium Native
Native in 18 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun and wet soil.
Alpine Timothy – Phleum alpinum Native
Native in 22 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade.
Eastern Black Walnut – Juglans nigra Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 100 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Shining Willow – Salix lucida Native
Native in 24 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 13 ft for sun or part shade.
American Alpine Speedwell – Veronica wormskjoldii Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with summer flowers.
Glaucous Bluegrass – Poa glauca Native
Native in 22 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Goodding's Black Willow – Salix gooddingii Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 40 ft for full sun and wet soil.
Booth's Willow – Salix boothii Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 24 ft that tolerates shade.
Common Cowparsnip – Heracleum maximum Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with early summer flowers.
Nuttall's Alkaligrass – Puccinellia nuttalliana Native
Native in 21 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Arizona Ash – Fraxinus velutina Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 40 ft for full sun, with fall colour.
Whitestem Gooseberry – Ribes inerme Native
Native in 23 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 8 ft that tolerates shade, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Common Selfheal – Prunella vulgaris Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with midsummer flowers.
Bluejoint – Calamagrostis canadensis Native
Native in 20 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Bean Tree – Catalpa bignonioides Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 66 ft for sun or part shade, with mid-spring flowers and showy fruit.
Greenleaf Manzanita – Arctostaphylos patula Native
Native in 22 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 6 ft for sun or part shade, with showy fruit.
Elephanthead Lousewort – Pedicularis groenlandica Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
Fowl Bluegrass – Poa palustris Native
Native in 20 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade.
Osage-Orange – Maclura pomifera Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 35 ft for full sun, with showy fruit.
Drummond's Willow – Salix drummondiana Native
Native in 21 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 12 ft for sun or part shade.
Rocky Mountain Iris – Iris missouriensis Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with spring flowers and showy fruit.
Water Sedge – Carex aquatilis Native
Native in 20 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
American Persimmon – Diospyros virginiana Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 55 ft that tolerates shade, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Silver Sagebrush – Artemisia cana Native
Native in 20 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 5 ft for full sun.
Subalpine Fleabane – Erigeron peregrinus Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
Alkali Cordgrass – Spartina gracilis Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Desert Willow – Chilopsis linearis Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 25 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
Silver Buffaloberry – Shepherdia argentea Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 18 ft for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Western Polemonium – Polemonium occidentale Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade and wet soil, with late spring flowers.
Blue Grama – Bouteloua gracilis Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Eastern Cottonwood – Populus deltoides Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 190 ft for full sun and wet soil, with showy fruit.
Geyer Willow – Salix geyeriana Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 15 ft that tolerates shade, with spring flowers and fall colour.
Arumleaf Arrowhead – Sagittaria cuneata Native
Native in 15 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun and wet soil, with showy flowers.
Colorado Rush – Juncus confusus Native
Native in 19 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Mackenzie's Willow – Salix prolixa Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 45 ft for full sun and wet soil, with early spring flowers and showy fruit.
Thinleaf Alder – Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 20 ft for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Wasatch Beardtongue – Penstemon cyananthus Native
Native in 15 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with late spring flowers.
James' Galleta – Pleuraphis jamesii Native
Native in 18 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
New Mexico Locust – Robinia neomexicana Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 25 ft for full sun, with late spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Western Hackberry – Celtis reticulata Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 20 ft for full sun.
Tanseyleaf Tansyaster – Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Native
Native in 14 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower for full sun, with late spring flowers.
Mertens' Rush – Juncus mertensianus Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Screwbean Mesquite – Prosopis pubescens Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A tree up to 25 ft for sun or part shade, with early spring flowers and showy fruit.
Utah Honeysuckle – Lonicera utahensis Native
Native in 15 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 5 ft that tolerates shade, with early summer flowers and showy fruit.
Common Duckweed – Lemna minor Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun and wet soil.
Panicled Bulrush – Scirpus microcarpus Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Southern Live Oak – Quercus virginiana Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen tree up to 50 ft for sun or part shade, with showy fruit.
Diamondleaf Willow – Salix planifolia Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 8 ft for full sun.
Rocky Mountain Penstemon – Penstemon strictus Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun, with fall colour.
Softleaf Sedge – Carex disperma Native
Native in 17 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Kinnikinnick – Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 6 in for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers, showy fruit and fall colour.
Canadian Milkvetch – Astragalus canadensis Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers.
Beardless Wildrye – Leymus triticoides Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Smooth Sumac – Rhus glabra Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 12 ft for full sun, with showy fruit and fall colour.
Coon's Tail – Ceratophyllum demersum Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Creeping Wild Rye – Elymus triticoides Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
American Plum – Prunus americana Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 24 ft for full sun, with mid-spring flowers and showy fruit.
Oregon Checkerbloom – Sidalcea oregana Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade and wet soil, with late spring flowers.
Drummond's Rush – Juncus drummondii Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade.
Park Willow – Salix monticola Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub or small tree up to 12 ft for full sun and wet soil, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Arrowleaf Ragwort – Senecio triangularis Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with midsummer flowers.
Slenderbeak Sedge – Carex athrostachya Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Western Labrador Tea – Ledum glandulosum Native
Native in 8 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 5 ft that tolerates shade, with early spring flowers.
Common Sneeze Weed – Helenium autumnale Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with fall flowers.
Timber Oatgrass – Danthonia intermedia Native
Native in 16 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade.
Bog Blueberry – Vaccinium uliginosum Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 2 ft for sun or part shade, with early summer flowers and showy fruit.
Devil's Beggartick – Bidens frondosa Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. An annual for sun or part shade, with showy fruit.
Sierra Rush – Juncus nevadensis Native
Native in 15 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Eightpetal Mountain-Avens – Dryas octopetala Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 4 in for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Greater Creeping Spearwort – Ranunculus flammula Native
Native in 11 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with midsummer flowers.
Needle Spikerush – Eleocharis acicularis Native
Native in 14 of Utah’s 29 counties. A sedge for full sun.
Mule Fat – Baccharis salicifolia Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 10 ft for full sun, with mid-spring flowers.
Star Duckweed – Lemna trisulca Native
Native in 10 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun and wet soil.
Softstem Bulrush – Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Native
Native in 14 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Western Snowberry – Symphoricarpos occidentalis Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for sun or part shade, with showy fruit.
Longleaf Pondweed – Potamogeton nodosus Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun and wet soil.
Slender Hairgrass – Deschampsia elongata Native
Native in 13 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Alderleaf Buckthorn – Rhamnus alnifolia Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 3 ft that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Broadfruit Bur-Reed – Sparganium eurycarpum Native
Native in 8 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Analogue Sedge – Carex simulata Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Desert Bitterbrush – Purshia glandulosa Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. An evergreen shrub up to 5 ft for full sun, with spring flowers.
American Water Horehound – Lycopus americanus Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Silvery Sedge – Carex canescens Native
Native in 12 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Sandcherry – Prunus pumila Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 6 ft that tolerates shade, with late spring flowers and showy fruit.
Great Blanket Flower – Gaillardia aristata Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with spring flowers.
Knotted Rush – Juncus nodosus Native
Native in 10 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for full sun.
Western Sand Cherry – Prunus besseyi Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 3 ft for full sun, with early spring flowers and showy fruit.
Rainier Pleated Gentian – Gentiana calycosa Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with late summer flowers.
Sideoats Grama – Bouteloua curtipendula Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Big Saltbush – Atriplex lentiformis Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 10 ft for full sun and wet soil.
Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun and wet soil, with fall flowers.
Spike Muhly – Muhlenbergia wrightii Native
Native in 9 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Gardner's Saltbush – Atriplex gardneri Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A shrub up to 4 ft for full sun.
Camas – Camassia quamash Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with mid-spring flowers.
California Oatgrass – Danthonia californica Native
Native in 8 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Mexican Hat – Ratibida columnifera Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and showy fruit.
Big Bluestem – Andropogon gerardii Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Buckbean – Menyanthes trifoliata Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with mid-spring flowers.
Little Bluestem – Schizachyrium scoparium Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with midsummer flowers and showy fruit.
Switchgrass – Panicum virgatum Native
Native in 7 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Cardinalflower – Lobelia cardinalis Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with summer flowers.
Black Grama – Bouteloua eriopoda Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Common Duckmeat – Spirodela polyrrhiza Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with late summer flowers.
Cane Bluestem – Bothriochloa barbinodis Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Mexican Cardinal Flower – Lobelia fulgens Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with summer flowers.
Dwarf Spikerush – Eleocharis parvula Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Rocky Mountain Pond-Lily – Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with spring flowers.
Green Needlegrass – Nassella viridula Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Black-Eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower for full sun, with summer flowers.
Poverty Rush – Juncus tenuis Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade.
California Poppy – Eschscholzia californica Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower for sun or part shade, with late spring flowers.
Vine Mesquite – Panicum obtusum Native
Native in 6 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Canada Germander – Teucrium canadense Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with summer flowers.
Jointleaf Rush – Juncus articulatus Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Primrose Monkeyflower – Mimulus primuloides Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with spring flowers.
Little Green Sedge – Carex viridula Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Tinker's Penny – Hypericum anagalloides Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower for sun or part shade, with early summer flowers.
Mountain Sedge – Carex scopulorum Native
Native in 5 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Boraxweed – Nitrophila occidentalis Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun.
Annual Hairgrass – Deschampsia danthonioides Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. An annual grass for sun or part shade.
Cutleaf Coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with late summer flowers and fall colour.
Prairie Cordgrass – Spartina pectinata Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Robbins' Pondweed – Potamogeton robbinsii Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for full sun and wet soil.
Swordleaf Rush – Juncus ensifolius Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial rush for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Wild Bergamot – Monarda fistulosa Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade and wet soil, with summer flowers.
Yellow Indian Grass – Sorghastrum nutans Native
Native in 4 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Yerba Mansa – Anemopsis californica Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun and wet soil, with early spring flowers.
Awlfruit Sedge – Carex stipata Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Crimsoneyed Rosemallow – Hibiscus moscheutos Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A wildflower for full sun and wet soil, with summer flowers.
Bushy Bluestem – Andropogon glomeratus Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil, with fall colour.
Giant Goldenrod – Solidago gigantea Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with showy flowers and fall colour.
Cloaked Bulrush – Scirpus pallidus Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Illinois Bundleflower – Desmanthus illinoensis Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for full sun, with early summer flowers.
Pinegrass – Calamagrostis rubescens Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Jerusalem Artichoke – Helianthus tuberosus Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower for sun or part shade, with late summer flowers and fall colour.
Rice Cutgrass – Leersia oryzoides Native
Native in 3 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Kurapia – Phyla nodiflora Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial for sun or part shade.
Big Galleta – Pleuraphis rigida Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Nodding Waternymph – Najas flexilis Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. An annual for sun or part shade and wet soil.
Big Galleta Grass – Hilaria rigida Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Scarlet Monkeyflower – Mimulus cardinalis Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with spring flowers and fall colour.
Knotgrass – Paspalum distichum Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun and wet soil.
Sierra Larkspur – Delphinium glaucum Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial wildflower that tolerates shade, with early spring flowers and showy fruit.
Mexican Muhly – Muhlenbergia mexicana Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for sun or part shade.
Wheat Sedge – Carex atherodes Native
Native in 2 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun and wet soil.
Arizona Fescue – Festuca arizonica Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial grass for full sun.
Bebb's Sedge – Carex bebbii Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Broom Sedge – Carex scoparia Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge that tolerates shade and wet soil.
Fall Panicgrass – Panicum dichotomiflorum Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. An annual grass for full sun and wet soil.
Strawcolored Flatsedge – Cyperus strigosus Native
Native in 1 of Utah’s 29 counties. A perennial sedge for full sun, with showy fruit.
No plant on this page matches that.
USDA records 122 of these 271 plants as native in fewer than half of Utah’s counties. The map on each card shows where. A county with no record may never have been surveyed for that plant, so look at the counties around yours too, or use the county checker for an address-level answer.
Utah’s own list regulates 52 plants. None of them is on this page. Utah noxious weeds has each one, with the rule cited.
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| Plant | Scientific name | Type | Light | Native counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderleaf Buckthorn | Rhamnus alnifolia | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 2 of 29 |
| Alkalai Sacaton | Sporobolus airoides | Grass | Full sun | 23 of 29 |
| Alkali Cordgrass | Spartina gracilis | Grass | Full sun | 19 of 29 |
| Alpine Mountainsorrel | Oxyria digyna | Perennial | Sun or part shade | 18 of 29 |
| Alpine Timothy | Phleum alpinum | Grass | Sun or part shade | 22 of 29 |
| American Alpine Speedwell | Veronica wormskjoldii | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 17 of 29 |
| American Persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | Tree | Tolerates shade | 1 of 29 |
| American Plum | Prunus americana | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| American Speedwell | Veronica americana | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 29 of 29 |
| American Water Horehound | Lycopus americanus | Perennial | Tolerates shade | 7 of 29 |
| Analogue Sedge | Carex simulata | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 12 of 29 |
| Annual Hairgrass | Deschampsia danthonioides | Grass | Sun or part shade | 4 of 29 |
| Antelope Bitterbrush | Purshia tridentata | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Arizona Ash | Fraxinus velutina | Tree | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Arizona Fescue | Festuca arizonica | Grass | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Arrowleaf Balsam Root | Balsamorhiza sagittata | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Arrowleaf Ragwort | Senecio triangularis | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 11 of 29 |
| Arumleaf Arrowhead | Sagittaria cuneata | Wildflower | Full sun | 15 of 29 |
| Awlfruit Sedge | Carex stipata | Sedge | Tolerates shade | 3 of 29 |
| Balsam Poplar | Populus balsamifera | Tree | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Basin Big Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata tridentata | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Basin Wild Rye | Elymus cInereus | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Basin Wildrye | Leymus cinereus | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Beach Pine | Pinus contorta | Tree | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Bean Tree | Catalpa bignonioides | Tree | Sun or part shade | 3 of 29 |
| Beardless Wildrye | Leymus triticoides | Grass | Full sun | 16 of 29 |
| Bebb's Sedge | Carex bebbii | Sedge | Tolerates shade | 1 of 29 |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Grass | Full sun | 7 of 29 |
| Big Galleta | Pleuraphis rigida | Grass | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Big Galleta Grass | Hilaria rigida | Grass | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Big Sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Big Saltbush | Atriplex lentiformis | Shrub | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Bigtooth Maple | Acer grandidentatum | Tree | Sun or part shade | 26 of 29 |
| Black Cottonwood | Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa | Tree | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Black Cottonwood | Populus trichocarpa | Tree | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Black Grama | Bouteloua eriopoda | Grass | Full sun | 6 of 29 |
| Black Sagebrush | Artemisia nova | Shrub | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Wildflower | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Blue Grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | Full sun | 19 of 29 |
| Blue Wildrye | Elymus glaucus | Grass | Tolerates shade | 25 of 29 |
| Bluebunch Wheatgrass | Pseudoroegneria spicata spicata | Grass | Full sun | 27 of 29 |
| Bluejoint | Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass | Full sun | 20 of 29 |
| Bog Blueberry | Vaccinium uliginosum | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 5 of 29 |
| Booth's Willow | Salix boothii | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 23 of 29 |
| Boraxweed | Nitrophila occidentalis | Perennial | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Box Elder | Acer negundo | Tree | Tolerates shade | 27 of 29 |
| Broadfruit Bur-Reed | Sparganium eurycarpum | Perennial | Sun or part shade | 8 of 29 |
| Broadleaf Cattail | Typha latifolia | Perennial | Sun or part shade | 19 of 29 |
| Broom Sedge | Carex scoparia | Sedge | Tolerates shade | 1 of 29 |
| Buckbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 5 of 29 |
| Bushy Bluestem | Andropogon glomeratus | Grass | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa | Wildflower | Full sun | 5 of 29 |
| California Field Sedge | Carex praegracilis | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 28 of 29 |
| California Oatgrass | Danthonia californica | Grass | Full sun | 8 of 29 |
| California Poppy | Eschscholzia californica | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 3 of 29 |
| Camas | Camassia quamash | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 6 of 29 |
| Canada Germander | Teucrium canadense | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 3 of 29 |
| Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Canada Wildrye | Elymus canadensis | Grass | Tolerates shade | 25 of 29 |
| Canadian Milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | Wildflower | Full sun | 12 of 29 |
| Cane Bluestem | Bothriochloa barbinodis | Grass | Full sun | 6 of 29 |
| Cardinalflower | Lobelia cardinalis | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 4 of 29 |
| Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana | Tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Cinquefoil | Potentilla gracilis | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Cloaked Bulrush | Scirpus pallidus | Sedge | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Colorado Rush | Juncus confusus | Rush | Sun or part shade | 19 of 29 |
| Colorado Spruce | Picea pungens | Tree | Sun or part shade | 19 of 29 |
| Columbian Monkshood | Aconitum columbianum | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 28 of 29 |
| Common Cowparsnip | Heracleum maximum | Wildflower | Full sun | 17 of 29 |
| Common Duckmeat | Spirodela polyrrhiza | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 4 of 29 |
| Common Duckweed | Lemna minor | Perennial | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Common Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | Tree | Tolerates shade | 7 of 29 |
| Common Juniper | Juniperus communis | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 27 of 29 |
| Common Maidenhair | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Fern | Tolerates shade | 8 of 29 |
| Common Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Common Sneeze Weed | Helenium autumnale | Wildflower | Full sun | 11 of 29 |
| Common Spikerush | Eleocharis palustris | Sedge | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Coon's Tail | Ceratophyllum demersum | Perennial | Sun or part shade | 12 of 29 |
| Creeping Barberry | Mahonia repens | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 29 of 29 |
| Creeping Wild Rye | Elymus triticoides | Grass | Full sun | 16 of 29 |
| Crimsoneyed Rosemallow | Hibiscus moscheutos | Wildflower | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Curl-Leaf Mountain Mahogany | Cercocarpus ledifolius | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Cutleaf Coneflower | Rudbeckia laciniata | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 2 of 29 |
| Darkthroat Shootingstar | Dodecatheon pulchellum | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 28 of 29 |
| Desert Bitterbrush | Purshia glandulosa | Shrub | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Desert Willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Devil's Beggartick | Bidens frondosa | Annual | Sun or part shade | 11 of 29 |
| Diamondleaf Willow | Salix planifolia | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 12 of 29 |
| Douglas Fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | Tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Drummond's Rush | Juncus drummondii | Rush | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Drummond's Willow | Salix drummondiana | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 21 of 29 |
| Dwarf Spikerush | Eleocharis parvula | Sedge | Full sun | 6 of 29 |
| Eastern Black Walnut | Juglans nigra | Tree | Full sun | 5 of 29 |
| Eastern Cottonwood | Populus deltoides | Tree | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Eightpetal Mountain-Avens | Dryas octopetala | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 4 of 29 |
| Elephanthead Lousewort | Pedicularis groenlandica | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Engelmann Spruce | Picea engelmannii | Tree | Tolerates shade | 29 of 29 |
| Fall Panicgrass | Panicum dichotomiflorum | Grass | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Field Horsetail | Equisetum arvense | Horsetail | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Fourwing Saltbush | Atriplex canescens | Shrub | Full sun | 24 of 29 |
| Fowl Bluegrass | Poa palustris | Grass | Sun or part shade | 20 of 29 |
| Fowl Mannagrass | Glyceria striata | Grass | Tolerates shade | 28 of 29 |
| Fringed Brome | Bromus ciliatus | Grass | Tolerates shade | 23 of 29 |
| Gardner's Saltbush | Atriplex gardneri | Shrub | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Geyer Willow | Salix geyeriana | Shrub or small tree | Tolerates shade | 17 of 29 |
| Giant Goldenrod | Solidago gigantea | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Glaucous Bluegrass | Poa glauca | Grass | Full sun | 22 of 29 |
| Golden Currant | Ribes aureum | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 28 of 29 |
| Golden Sedge | Carex aurea | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 24 of 29 |
| Goodding's Black Willow | Salix gooddingii | Tree | Full sun | 5 of 29 |
| Gooseberry Currant | Ribes montigenum | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Gray Aster | Eurybia glauca | Wildflower | Full sun | 21 of 29 |
| Great Blanket Flower | Gaillardia aristata | Wildflower | Full sun | 7 of 29 |
| Greater Creeping Spearwort | Ranunculus flammula | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 11 of 29 |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tree | Tolerates shade | 9 of 29 |
| Green Needlegrass | Nassella viridula | Grass | Full sun | 6 of 29 |
| Greenleaf Manzanita | Arctostaphylos patula | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 22 of 29 |
| Honey Locust | Gleditsia triacanthos | Tree | Full sun | 11 of 29 |
| Hooker's Evening Primrose | Oenothera elata | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Idaho Blue-Eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium idahoense | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 26 of 29 |
| Illinois Bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | Wildflower | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Indian Rice Grass | Stipa hymenoides | Grass | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Indian Ricegrass | Achnatherum hymenoides | Grass | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| James' Galleta | Pleuraphis jamesii | Grass | Full sun | 18 of 29 |
| Jerusalem Artichoke | Helianthus tuberosus | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Jointleaf Rush | Juncus articulatus | Rush | Sun or part shade | 5 of 29 |
| June Grass | Koeleria macrantha | Grass | Tolerates shade | 26 of 29 |
| Kinnikinnick | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 11 of 29 |
| Knotgrass | Paspalum distichum | Grass | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Knotted Rush | Juncus nodosus | Rush | Full sun | 10 of 29 |
| Kurapia | Phyla nodiflora | Perennial | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Largeleaf Avens | Geum macrophyllum | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 29 of 29 |
| Lewis Flax | Linum lewisii | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass | Full sun | 7 of 29 |
| Little Green Sedge | Carex viridula | Sedge | Full sun | 5 of 29 |
| Longbeak Buttercup | Ranunculus longirostris | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 19 of 29 |
| Longleaf Pondweed | Potamogeton nodosus | Perennial | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Longstyle Rush | Juncus longistylis | Rush | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Mackenzie's Willow | Salix prolixa | Tree | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Meadow Barley | Hordeum brachyantherum | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Mertens' Rush | Juncus mertensianus | Rush | Sun or part shade | 17 of 29 |
| Mexican Cardinal Flower | Lobelia fulgens | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 4 of 29 |
| Mexican Hat | Ratibida columnifera | Wildflower | Full sun | 6 of 29 |
| Mexican Muhly | Muhlenbergia mexicana | Grass | Sun or part shade | 2 of 29 |
| Mountain Brome | Bromus marginatus | Grass | Full sun | 28 of 29 |
| Mountain Mahogany | Cercocarpus montanus | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 27 of 29 |
| Mountain Maple | Acer glabrum | Tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Mountain Sedge | Carex scopulorum | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 5 of 29 |
| Mountain Snowberry | Symphoricarpos oreophilus | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Mule Fat | Baccharis salicifolia | Shrub | Full sun | 4 of 29 |
| Narrowleaf Cottonwood | Populus angustifolia | Tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Narrowleaf Willow | Salix exigua | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Nebraska Sedge | Carex nebrascensis | Sedge | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Needle and Thread | Hesperostipa comata comata | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Needle and Thread Grass | Stipa comata | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Needle Spikerush | Eleocharis acicularis | Sedge | Full sun | 14 of 29 |
| New Mexico Locust | Robinia neomexicana | Tree | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Nodding Beggartick | Bidens cernua | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 18 of 29 |
| Nodding Waternymph | Najas flexilis | Annual | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Nuttall's Alkaligrass | Puccinellia nuttalliana | Grass | Full sun | 21 of 29 |
| Nuttall's Sunflower | Helianthus nuttallii | Wildflower | Full sun | 19 of 29 |
| Oregon Checkerbloom | Sidalcea oregana | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 12 of 29 |
| Osage-Orange | Maclura pomifera | Tree | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Pacific Willow | Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra | Tree | Full sun | 23 of 29 |
| Panicled Bulrush | Scirpus microcarpus | Sedge | Full sun | 17 of 29 |
| Park Willow | Salix monticola | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Peachleaf Willow | Salix amygdaloides | Tree | Full sun | 19 of 29 |
| Pinegrass | Calamagrostis rubescens | Grass | Tolerates shade | 3 of 29 |
| Pinyon Pine | Pinus edulis | Tree | Full sun | 23 of 29 |
| Ponderosa Pine | Pinus ponderosa | Tree | Full sun | 23 of 29 |
| Poverty Rush | Juncus tenuis | Rush | Sun or part shade | 6 of 29 |
| Prairie Cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | Grass | Full sun | 4 of 29 |
| Prairie Sagewort | Artemisia frigida | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 24 of 29 |
| Primrose Monkeyflower | Mimulus primuloides | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 3 of 29 |
| Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides | Tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Rainier Pleated Gentian | Gentiana calycosa | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 7 of 29 |
| Red Osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea sericea | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Red-Barked Dogwood | Cornus alba | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Redosier Dogwood | Cornus sericea sericea | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Rice Cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides | Grass | Full sun | 3 of 29 |
| Robbins' Pondweed | Potamogeton robbinsii | Perennial | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Rocky Mountain Iris | Iris missouriensis | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Rocky Mountain Juniper | Juniperus scopulorum | Tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Rocky Mountain Penstemon | Penstemon strictus | Perennial | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Rocky Mountain Pond-Lily | Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala | Wildflower | Full sun | 4 of 29 |
| Russet Buffaloberry | Shepherdia canadensis | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Rydberg's Penstemon | Penstemon rydbergii | Wildflower | Full sun | 22 of 29 |
| Salt Grass | Distichlis spicata | Grass | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Salt Spring Checkerbloom | Sidalcea neomexicana | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 18 of 29 |
| Sand Dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus | Grass | Full sun | 25 of 29 |
| Sandcherry | Prunus pumila | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 2 of 29 |
| Scarlet Gilia | Ipomopsis aggregata aggregata | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Scarlet Monkeyflower | Mimulus cardinalis | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 1 of 29 |
| Screwbean Mesquite | Prosopis pubescens | Tree | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Seep Monkeyflower | Mimulus guttatus | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 29 of 29 |
| Shadscale Saltbush | Atriplex confertifolia | Shrub | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Shining Willow | Salix lucida | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 24 of 29 |
| Showy Milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Wildflower | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Sierra Larkspur | Delphinium glaucum | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 1 of 29 |
| Sierra Rush | Juncus nevadensis | Rush | Sun or part shade | 15 of 29 |
| Silver Buffaloberry | Shepherdia argentea | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 19 of 29 |
| Silver Sagebrush | Artemisia cana | Shrub | Full sun | 20 of 29 |
| Silverweed | Potentilla anserina | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 23 of 29 |
| Silverweed Cinquefoil | Argentina anserina | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 23 of 29 |
| Silvery Sedge | Carex canescens | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 12 of 29 |
| Skunkbush Sumac | Rhus trilobata | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 27 of 29 |
| Slender Hairgrass | Deschampsia elongata | Grass | Full sun | 13 of 29 |
| Slender Wheatgrass | Elymus trachycaulus trachycaulus | Grass | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Slenderbeak Sedge | Carex athrostachya | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Smallwing Sedge | Carex microptera | Sedge | Full sun | 28 of 29 |
| Smooth Sumac | Rhus glabra | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 11 of 29 |
| Softleaf Sedge | Carex disperma | Sedge | Sun or part shade | 17 of 29 |
| Softstem Bulrush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Sedge | Full sun | 14 of 29 |
| Southern Live Oak | Quercus virginiana | Tree | Sun or part shade | 1 of 29 |
| Spike Muhly | Muhlenbergia wrightii | Grass | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Spike Trisetum | Trisetum spicatum | Grass | Sun or part shade | 27 of 29 |
| Star Duckweed | Lemna trisulca | Perennial | Full sun | 10 of 29 |
| Sticky Cinquefoil | Potentilla glandulosa | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 26 of 29 |
| Sticky Purple Geranium | Geranium viscosissimum | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 21 of 29 |
| Strawcolored Flatsedge | Cyperus strigosus | Sedge | Full sun | 1 of 29 |
| Subalpine Fir | Abies lasiocarpa | Tree | Tolerates shade | 27 of 29 |
| Subalpine Fleabane | Erigeron peregrinus | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Sugarberry | Celtis laevigata | Tree | Tolerates shade | 16 of 29 |
| Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum | Shrub | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Wildflower | Full sun | 7 of 29 |
| Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum | Grass | Full sun | 7 of 29 |
| Swordleaf Rush | Juncus ensifolius | Rush | Sun or part shade | 4 of 29 |
| Tanseyleaf Tansyaster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Wildflower | Full sun | 14 of 29 |
| Thinleaf Alder | Alnus incana | Tree | Sun or part shade | 17 of 29 |
| Thinleaf Alder | Alnus incana subsp. tenuifolia | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 17 of 29 |
| Timber Oatgrass | Danthonia intermedia | Grass | Sun or part shade | 16 of 29 |
| Tinker's Penny | Hypericum anagalloides | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 3 of 29 |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius | Rush | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Torrey's Rush | Juncus torreyi | Rush | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Trumpet Vine | Campsis radicans | Vine | Full sun | 4 of 29 |
| Twinberry | Lonicera involucrata | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 25 of 29 |
| Utah Honeysuckle | Lonicera utahensis | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 15 of 29 |
| Utah Juniper | Juniperus osteosperma | Tree | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Utah Service Berry | Amelanchier utahensis | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Utah Sweetvetch | Hedysarum boreale | Wildflower | Full sun | 25 of 29 |
| Vine Mesquite | Panicum obtusum | Grass | Sun or part shade | 6 of 29 |
| Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Vine | Sun or part shade | 6 of 29 |
| Wasatch Beardtongue | Penstemon cyananthus | Wildflower | Full sun | 15 of 29 |
| Water Birch | Betula occidentalis | Tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Water Knotweed | Polygonum amphibium | Perennial | Full sun | 18 of 29 |
| Water Sedge | Carex aquatilis | Sedge | Full sun | 20 of 29 |
| Wax Currant | Ribes cereum | Shrub | Full sun | 27 of 29 |
| Western Brackenfern | Pteridium aquilinum | Fern | Tolerates shade | 19 of 29 |
| Western Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa | Tree | Full sun | 9 of 29 |
| Western Cottonwood | Populus fremontii | Tree | Full sun | 22 of 29 |
| Western Hackberry | Celtis reticulata | Shrub or small tree | Full sun | 16 of 29 |
| Western Labrador Tea | Ledum glandulosum | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 8 of 29 |
| Western Polemonium | Polemonium occidentale | Wildflower | Tolerates shade | 16 of 29 |
| Western Sand Cherry | Prunus besseyi | Shrub | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| Western Service Berry | Amelanchier alnifolia | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Western Snowberry | Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 4 of 29 |
| Western Virgin's Bower | Clematis ligusticifolia | Vine | Sun or part shade | 24 of 29 |
| Western Wheatgrass | Pascopyrum smithii | Grass | Full sun | 24 of 29 |
| Wheat Sedge | Carex atherodes | Sedge | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
| White Fir | Abies concolor | Tree | Sun or part shade | 27 of 29 |
| White Marsh Marigold | Caltha leptosepala | Wildflower | Full sun | 21 of 29 |
| Whitestem Gooseberry | Ribes inerme | Shrub | Tolerates shade | 23 of 29 |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 2 of 29 |
| Wild Mint | Mentha arvensis | Wildflower | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Winterfat | Krascheninnikovia lanata | Shrub | Full sun | 26 of 29 |
| Woods' Rose | Rosa woodsii | Shrub | Sun or part shade | 29 of 29 |
| Yellow Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | Grass | Full sun | 4 of 29 |
| Yellow Rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Shrub | Full sun | 29 of 29 |
| Yellow Willow | Salix lutea | Shrub or small tree | Sun or part shade | 25 of 29 |
| Yerba Mansa | Anemopsis californica | Wildflower | Full sun | 2 of 29 |
Where this comes from
- Native range
- USDA PLANTS county distribution layer, the same records behind the county checker.
- Sold by nurseries
- USDA PLANTS plant characteristics, Commercial Availability “Routinely Available”. It is a national flag, so a plant here can still be hard to find at a garden centre near you.
- Plant details
- USDA PLANTS: growth habit and duration from the plant profile; shade and wet-soil tolerance, bloom period, mature height and showy flowers, fruit or fall colour from the plant characteristics.
- Left out
- Any plant a state regulates as invasive or noxious, or that GRIIS flags as invasive in the lower 48, even where it is native. So is any species USDA records as both native and introduced in the lower 48, because the form nurseries sell is usually the introduced one.
- Photos
- Public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA, credited under each photo.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov), retrieved June 13, 2026. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Questions
What plants are native to Utah?
This page lists the 271 plants that USDA PLANTS records as native to Utah and routinely available from nurseries: 41 trees, 56 shrubs, 81 wildflowers, 87 grasses and sedges, 3 ferns and 3 vines. They are a small part of Utah's native flora, chosen because you can buy them. Each one carries a map of the Utah counties where USDA records it growing wild.
What trees are native to Utah?
This page lists 41 trees native to Utah that nurseries routinely sell. The most widespread include Chokecherry, Douglas Fir and Engelmann Spruce, each recorded as native in all 29 Utah counties.
What shrubs are native to Utah?
This page lists 56 shrubs native to Utah that nurseries routinely sell. The most widespread include Antelope Bitterbrush, Basin Big Sagebrush and Big Sagebrush, each recorded as native in all 29 Utah counties.
What wildflowers are native to Utah?
This page lists 81 wildflowers native to Utah that nurseries routinely sell. The most widespread include American Speedwell, Canada Goldenrod and Cinquefoil, each recorded as native in all 29 Utah counties.
Is my plant native to Utah?
Search this page by common or scientific name. A plant missing from it can still be native to Utah: the page lists only natives that nurseries routinely sell, and it leaves out any plant a state regulates as invasive. For a county-level answer on any plant, enter its name in Ezina's checker. Every answer links the record it came from.
Is a plant native to Utah native everywhere in Utah?
Not necessarily. USDA records nativity county by county, and 122 of the 271 plants on this page are recorded as native in fewer than half of Utah's 29 counties. A county with no record may simply never have been surveyed for that plant, so read each card's map as where the plant is known to grow wild rather than as a boundary.
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Add a plant
Snap a photo or type the name. Ezina matches it to a library of about 40,000 species and starts a care plan tailored to your zone, the local weather, and the time of year.
Get a care plan
A schedule built from local rain, temperature, and sun, not a fixed weekly cadence. You get a single notification when a plant actually needs water. Easily add treatments for diseases and pests.
Explore new options
Our garden planner Dig helps you understand what works best for your location and makes suggestions based off your long term goals.
Compiled from peer-reviewed research, USDA documentation,
and direct scientific observation across the United States.