Lewis & Clark Native Plant List
The following is a list of plants collected by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their 1804-1806 expedition from St. Louis, Missouri to the Pacific Ocean and back. An article in Zone 4 No. 13 on the Lewis & Clark Native Plant Garden, part of the Idaho Botanical Garden, in Boise, Idaho, did not have space for the entire list, which is herewith presented.
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Grand fir |
Abies grandis |
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Subalpine fir |
Abies lasiocarpa |
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Vine maple |
Acer circinatum |
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Rocky Mountain maple |
Acer glabrum |
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Big-leaf maple |
Acer macrophyllum |
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Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
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Western red baneberry |
Actaea rubra ssp. arguta |
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Bluebunch wheatgrass |
Agropyron spicatum |
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**Taper-tip onion |
Allium acuminatum |
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**Aase's onion |
Allium aaseae |
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White alder |
Alnus rhombifolia |
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Sitka alder |
Alnus sinuata |
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Western serviceberry |
Amelanchier alnifolia |
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Big bluestem |
Andropogon gerardii |
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Western columbine |
Aquilegia formosa |
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Kinnickinnick |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
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Silver sage |
Artemisia cana |
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Fringed sage |
Artemisia frigida |
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Big sagebrush |
Artemisia tridentata |
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Longtailed wild ginger |
Asarum caudatum |
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Four-wing saltbush |
Atriplex canescens |
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Arrowleaf balsamroot |
Balsamorhiza sagittata |
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Water birch |
Betula occidentalis |
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Blue camas |
Camassia quamash |
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Redstem ceanothus |
Ceanothus sanguineus |
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Buckbrush ceanothus |
Ceanothus velutinus |
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Netleaf hackberry |
Celtis reticulata |
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Green rabbitbrush |
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus |
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Clarkia, ragged robin |
Clarkia pulchella |
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Spring beauty |
Claytonia lanceolata |
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Sugar bowls |
Clematis hirsutissima |
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**Bunchberry dogwood |
Cornus canadensis |
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Pacific flowering dogwood |
Cornus Nuttallii |
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Red twig dogwood |
Cornus sericea |
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Douglas hawthorne |
Crataegus Douglasii |
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White prairie clover |
Dalea candida |
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Purple prairie clover |
Dalea purpurea |
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Purple coneflower |
Echinacea angustifolia |
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Silverberry |
Eleagnus commutata |
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**Gray rabbitbrush |
Ericameria nauseosa |
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Cut-leaf daisy |
Erigeron compositus |
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**Shaggy fleabane |
Erigeron pumilus |
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**Wyeth buckwheat |
Eriogonum heracleoides |
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**Oval-leaf buckwheat |
Erigonum ovalifolium |
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**Strict buckwheat |
Eriogonum strictum |
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**Sulphur buckwheat |
Eriogonum umbellatum |
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Oregon sunshine |
Eriophyllum lanatum |
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Western wallflower |
Erysimum capitatum |
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Yellow glacier lily |
Erythronium grandiflorum |
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Idaho fescue |
Festuca idahoensis |
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**Virginia strawberry |
Fragaria fragaria |
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**Woodland strawberry |
Fragaria vesca |
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Oregon ash |
Fraxinus latifolia |
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Chocolate lily |
Fritillaria affinis |
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Yellowbells |
Fritillaria pudica |
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Blanketflower |
Gaillardia aristata |
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Prairie-smoke, |
Geum triflorum |
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Broom snakeweed |
Guiterrezia sarothrae |
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Creambush oceanspray |
Holodiscus discolor |
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**Mountain hollyhock |
Iliamna rivularis |
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Scarlet gilia |
Ipomopsis aggregata |
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Rocky Mountain iris |
Iris missouriensis |
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Common juniper |
Juniperus communis |
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Creeping juniper |
Juniperus horizontalis |
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Rocky Mountain juniper |
Juniperus scopulorum |
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Prairie junegrass |
Koeleria macrantha |
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Winterfat |
Krascheninnikovia lanata |
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Western larch |
Larix occidentalis |
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Bitterroot |
Lewisia rediviva |
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Great Basin wildrye |
Leymus cinereus |
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**Twin-flower |
Linnaea borealis |
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Lewis' blue flax |
Linum Lewisii |
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Fernleaf biscuitroot |
Lomatium dissectum |
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**Canbyi biscuitroot |
Lomatium canbyi |
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Nineleaf biscuitroot |
Lomatium triternatum |
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Orange honeysuckle |
Lonicera ciliosa |
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Twinberry honeysuckle |
Lonicera involucrata |
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Silky lupine |
Lupinus sericeus |
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Hoary aster |
Machaeranthera canescens |
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Osage orange |
Maclura pomifera |
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Mahonia |
Mahonia aquifolium |
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Pineapple weed |
Matricaria matricarioides |
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Fool's huckleberry |
Menziesia ferruginea |
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Yellow monkeyflower |
Mimulus guttatus |
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Lewis' monkeyflower |
Mimulus lewisii |
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**Miner's lettuce |
Montia perfoliata |
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Scapoose evening-primrose |
Oenothera caespitosa |
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Prickly pear |
Opuntia polyacantha |
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**Turkey peas |
Orogenia linearifolia |
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Oregon boxwood |
Paxistima myrsinites |
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Shrubby penstemon |
Penstemon fruticosus |
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Wilcox' penstemon |
Penstemon wilcoxii |
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**Silverleaf phacelia |
Phacelia hastata |
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Lewis’ mock orange |
Philadelphus Lewisii |
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Engelmann spruce |
Picea Engelmannii |
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Whitebark pine |
Pinus albicaulis |
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Lodgepole pine |
Pinus contorta |
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**Limber pine |
Pinus flexilis |
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Western white pine |
Pinus monticola |
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Ponderosa pine |
Pinus ponderosa |
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Sandberg mluegrass |
Poa secunda |
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Narrow-leaved cottonwood |
Populus angustifolia |
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Black cottonwood |
Populus balsamifera trichocarpa[BaC1] |
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Quaking aspen |
Populus tremuloides |
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Shrubby cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa |
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Bittercherry |
Prunus emarginata |
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Chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana |
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Douglas fir |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
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Bitterbrush |
Purshia tridentata |
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Oregon crabapple |
Pyrus fusca |
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Oregon oak |
Quercus garryana |
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**Sagebrush buttercup |
Ranunculus glaberrimus |
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Cascara buckthorn |
Rhamnus purshiana |
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Oakleaf sumac |
Rhus trilobata |
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Golden currant |
Ribes aureum |
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Wax currant |
Ribes cereum |
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Sticky currant |
Ribes viscossissimum |
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Nootka rose |
Rosa nutkana |
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Cluster rose |
Rosa pisocarpa |
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Wood's rose |
Rosa woodsii |
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Thimbleberry |
Rubus parviflorus |
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Salmonberry |
Rubus spectabilis |
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Peachleaf willow |
Salix amygdaloides |
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Lance-leaved stonecrop |
Sedum lanceolatum |
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Worm-leaved stonecrop |
Sedum stenopetalum |
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Silver buffaloberry |
Shepherdia argentea |
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Cascade mountain ssh |
Sorbus scopulina |
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Scarlet globemallow |
Sphaeralcea coccinea |
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Munro globemallow |
Sphaeralcea munroana |
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**Sand dropseed |
Sporobolus cryptandrus |
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Needle-and-thread grass |
Stipa comata |
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Blue-eyed grass |
Sisyrinchium Douglasii |
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Common snowberry |
Symphoricarpos albus |
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Mountain kittentails |
Synthyris missurica |
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Mountain goldenbanner |
Thermopsis montana |
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Western red cedar |
Thuja plicata |
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Western white trillium |
Trillium ovatum |
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Mountain hemlock |
Tsuga mertensiana |
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Evergreen huckleberry |
Vaccinium ovatum |
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Death camas |
Zigadenus sp. |
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Beargrass |
Xerophyllum tenax |
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** = non Lewis & Clark Species |
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[BaC1]P. balsamifera is balsam populous and P. trichocarpa is black cottonwood. Does au intend to have both of these trees i.e. two entries? It is incorrect as shown here.


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