Forbs and Woody Plants 25 Major Rangeland Plants By Karen Launchbaugh

Forbs & Woody Plant FORBS Desert MerigoldPerennialNative Leafy SpurgePerennialIntroduced & Noxious Tailcup LupinePerennialNative Tall LarkspurPerennialNative Spotted KnapweedPerennialIntroduced & Noxious Western YarrowPerennialNative WOODY PLANTS Big SagebrushPerennialNative Coyote WillowPerennialNative CreosotePerennialNative DeerbrushPerennialNative Honey MesquitePerennialNative JuniperPerennialNative Salt CedarPerennialIntroduced & Noxious Shadscale SaltbrushPerennialNative WinterfatPerennialNative

Hairy Leaves Mostly Basal Leaves Desert Marigold Perennial Native Composite flower with Disk flowers and Ray flowers Page from North American Wildland Plants by Stubbendieck, Hatch and Landholt

Desert Marigold Desert wildflower High ornamental value Composite flower with Disk flowers and Ray flowers High ornamental value

Leafy Spurge Introduced Perennial University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( )

Leafy Spurge Milky resin Noxious Weed Thad Berrett

Tailcup Lupine Perennial Native Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish Raceme seed heads Palmate compound leaves University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( )

Tailcup Lupine Poisonous plant contains alkaloids Jennifer Peterson

Tall Larkspur Perennial Native Palmate divided leaves Raceme seed heads University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Tall Larkspur Poisonous plant contains alkaloids ** Poisonous – This plant contains a potent alkaloid. More animals die from this plant than from any other in North America Purple flowers Palmately divided leaves Sheri Hagwood, BLM

Spotted Knapweed Perennial Introduced K. Launchbaugh Jen Peterson K. Launchbaugh Composit Seedhead with Disk flowers Montana State University Herbarium (

Spotted Knapweed Noxious weed Distinct “spots” K. Launchbaugh Jen Peterson K. Launchbaugh

Western Yarrow Perennial Native Umbrella-shaped inflorescence rhizomatous University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Western Yarrow Widely range of occurrence Medicinal Value deeply divided fern-like leaves Jennifer Peterson J. Peterson

Big Sagebrush Perennial Native Leaves with 3-tipped ends Montana State University Herbarium ( Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Big Sagebrush Several sagebrush obligate species like Sage-grouse and Sage Thrashers Narrow wedge-shaped leaves with 3 tips Flowers have no petals; same color as leaves

Coyote (Sandbar) Willow Perennial Native K. Launchbaugh University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( Britton, N.L., and A. Brown An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 594.

Coyote (Sandbar) Willow Important Riparian Plant K. Launchbaugh

Creosote Perennial Native K. Launchbaugh Leaves with 2 leaflets Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers, by Margaret Armstrong Fuzzy Seeds Utah Valley Sate College Herbarium (

Creosote Desert Shrub Leaves with 2 leaflets K. Launchbaugh Yellow flowers with hairy seeds K. Launchbaugh

Deerbrush Perennial Native Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers, by Margaret Armstrong Leaves have 3 main veins Western Washington University Herbarium (

Deerbrush Chaparral Shrub Sclerophyllous leaves

Honey Mesquite Perennial Native Utah Valley State College Herbarium ( Pinately Compound Leaves Britton, N.L., and A. Brown An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 333

Honey Mesquite Legume Shrub of SW Desert Nutritious Seed Pods

Juniper Perennial Native University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium ( Leaves look like overlapping scales Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Juniper Invasive on rangelands Important winter wildlife habitat Evergreen (non-deciduous) Jen Peterson

Saltcedar Perennial Introduced as ornamental K. Launchbaugh Utah Valley State College Herbarium (

Saltcedar Introduced as ornamental Highly invasive riparian plant. K. Launchbaugh

Shadscale Saltbrush Perennial Native Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission – drawing by Beverly Jaquish Alternate leaves University of Idaho Stillinger Herbarium (

Shadscale Saltbrush Major plant of salt-desert shrub region Ovate or obovate leaves; circular like a rounded scale

Winterfat Perennial Native Suffrutescent (“half-shrub”) that dies back to woody base each season Montana State University Herbarium ( Backpack Guide to Idaho Range Plants

Winterfat Important half-shrub for winter forage value Enrolled leaf margin Hairy leaf surface