YELLOWSTONE ARBORETUM
" Stewards of the Natural Environment "
Billings, Montana @ ZooMontana
DISCOVER NATIVE PLANTS
Boxelder-Acer negundo 'Sensation'
Black Hills Spruce-Picea glauca
Eastern Cottonwood-Populus deltoids
Quaking Aspen-Populus tremuloides
Western Chokecherry-Prunus virginian
Red Twig Dogwood-Cornus sericea
Rabbitbrush-Ericameria nauseosa
Apache Plume-Fallugia paradoxa
Honeyberry-Lonicera caerulea
Mountain Rose-Rosa woodsii
Dwarf Arctic Willow-Salix purpurea
Birchleaf Spirea-Spirea betulifolia
Western Spirea-Spirea douglasii
Big Bluestem-Andropogan gerardii
Blue Grama-Bouteloua gracilis
Feather Reed Grass-Calamagrotis
Little Bluestem-Schizachrrium scopa.
Prairie Dropseed-Sporobolus hetero.
Yarrow-Achillea x 'Moonshine'
Leadplant-Amorpha cacascens
Swamp Milkweed-Asclepias incarnata
Showy Milkweed-Asclepias speciosa
Blue Wild Indigo-Baptisia australis
Fireweed-Chamerion angustifolium
Lupine-Lupinus argenteus
Threadleaf Beardtongue-Penstemon
Goldenrod-Solidago canadensis
Foster Waterfowl Refuge
Dedicated in summer of 2023 the Foster Waterfowl Refuge is Montana's largest native plant garden. Over 1250 specimens were planted including perennials, shrubs, grasses and trees. These plants compliment the multiple ponds, waterfalls and boardwalks that lead the visitor throughout this fantastic collection. Take a look at the list on the left for the natives that were planted. One specimen of each species is signed for easy identification.