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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.

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