Life in Idaho has been nothing but interesting, there is a unique nuance and dynamic of place here that words cant really describe. Instead, I’d like to focus on the plants I have seen in the district and provide the internet with my very own Twin Falls District informal plant list. I took out the doubles and tried to add dates and general location.  Please, enjoy this review of plants (native, exotic, and weedy) of the sagebrush steppe of Southern Idaho.

4 May 207: Jim Brown Road

Lithophragma glabrum

Collinsia parviflora

Ribes aureum

Paddelford Flat

-Frittilaria pudica

-Ranunculua glaberrimus

-Viola beckwithii

-Lomatium triternatum

-Agoseris glauca

-Microsteris gracilis

-Gymnosteris nudicaulis

-Astragalus sp. (x2)

-Crepis acuminata

-Phlox hoodi

-Alyssum desertorum

-Cymopterus terebinthinus

-Chamaebataria millefolium

-Allium acuminatum

-Purshia tridentata

-Arabis sp.

-Antennaria dimorpha

-Lithospermum ruderale

-Microseris sp.

-Balsamorrhiza sagittata

-Chorispora tenella

-Draba verna

 

5 May- Murphy Complex

–Toxicoscordion venenosum

-Poa secunda

-Astragalus purshi

-Phlox aceuleta

-Phlox hoodi

-Machareanthera canescens

-Elymus elymoides

-Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

–Ericameria nauseosa

-Lepidium perfoliatum

-Sisymbrium altissimum

-Ceratocephala testiculata

-Epilobium ciliatum

-Crepis acuminata

-Lomatium foeniculaceum

-Castilleja angustifolia

-Astragalus astatus-inseptus

-Lomatium cous

–Lepula redowski

-Erioginum ovalifolium

-Pseudoroegneria spicta

-Viola vallicola

-Artemisia tridentata ssp. wymoingensis

9 May – Preacher Bridge

Agropyron crustatum

Phlox longifolia

Astrgalus purshii

Bromas tectorum

Tetradymia canescens

Epilobim brachycarpum

Poa bulbosa

Laidlaw Park

Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Penstemon acuminata

Descroina pinata

Artemisia tripartita

Ribes aureum

Ribes cerecum

Penstemon deustus

Mimulus suxsdorfii

Chaenactis douglassi

Delphinium bicolor

Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus

Snowdrift Crater

Leymus cinereus

Viola purpurea

Dean Brown Road

Linum lewisii

Astragalus fillipes

Onobryhchis viciiflora

Chondrillo juncea

 

10 May Dietrich Butte

Traygopogon dubious

Onapordium vicciflorus

Lomatium dissectum

 

11 May Bray Lake (seed site)

Artrt

Artrw

Artrv

Vulpia octoflora

Agropyron sibericum

Achillea millefolium

The Rim

–Artemsia arbuscula

-Trifolium macrocephalum

-Erioginum sphaerocephalum

-Nothacaulis troximoides

-Haplopappus stenofalus

Erioginum thymoides

Antennaria rosea

Stipa thurberiana

Castilleja pallescens

Erioginum cespitosum

-Erigeron afinactis

-Penstemon cusickii

 

Bennet Hills

Lewisia rediva

Ranunculus andersonii

Hesperochiron pumilus

Populus tremuloides

Veratrum californicum

Asclepias speciosa

Ceanothus velutinus

 

Artemisia cana

Balsamorrhiza hookeri

 

Camas Praire

Camassia quamash

Wyethia helanthoides

 

16 May Office Mystery Plants

Polyctenium fremontii

Myosurus ristatus

Boechera retrofracta

 

18 May Burley

Frittilaria atropurpurea

 

24 May Bear Trap Williams

Oenethera caespitosa

Lupinus argentus

Sphaeralcea grossulariefolia

Layia glandulosa

Astragalus filipes

Astragalus viscidiflorus

Navarettia breweri

Phacelia hastata

 

30 May 2017

Calochortus nuttali

Achnatherum hymenoides

Stipa comata

Stanleya pinnata

 

1 June 2017 Horse Butte

Allium nevadense

 

5 June 2017 King Hill

Grindellia squarosa

Lomatium nudicale

Penstemon palmeri

Crepis modosensis

Bromas arvensis

Erigeron afinactis

Artemesia arbuscula

Blepharipappus scaber

Agropyron saxicola

Erioginum micranthes

Garyia spinosa

While it may seem long, this is really just the short list, Southern Idaho has more diversity than I initially imagined.  Now that you have made it this far, here are a few pictures of my personal favorites.