The City of Arvada Plant List - Low Water Demand Deciduous Shrubs will help you to select drought-tolerant species for your landscaping projects.
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Common Name |
Botanic Name |
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Great Plains Leadplant |
Amorpha canescens |
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Indigobush Leadplant |
Amorpha fruticosa var. angustifolia |
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Dwarf Leadplant |
Amorpha nana |
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Silver Sagebush |
Artemisia cana |
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Tall Western Sagebush |
Artemisia tridentata |
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Four-Wing Saltbush |
Atriplex canescens |
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Alternate-Leaf Butterfly Bush |
Buddleia alternifolia 'Argentea' |
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Siberian Peashrub |
Caragana arborescens |
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Fern-Leaf Siberian Peashrub |
Caragana arborescens 'Lobergii' |
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Globe Peashrub |
Caragana frutex 'Globosa' |
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Maximowicz Peashrub |
Caragana maximowicziana |
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Blue Mist Spirea |
Caryopteris clandonensis (all cultivars) |
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Mountain Lilac |
Ceanothus fendleri |
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Winterfat |
Ceratoides lantana |
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Little Flowered Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus brevifolius |
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Littleleaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus intricatus |
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Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus ledifolius |
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Common Mountain Mahogany |
Cercocarpus montanus |
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Fernbush |
Chamaebatiaria millefolium |
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Rabbitbrush |
Chrysothamnus (all varieties) |
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Cliffrose |
Cowania mexicana |
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Moonlight Broom |
Cytissus 'Moonlight' |
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Andorra Broom |
Cytissus purgans 'Spanish Gold' |
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Silverberry |
Elaeagnus commutata |
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Autumn Olive |
Elaeagnus umbellata |
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Apache Plum |
Fallugia paradoxa |
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New Mexican Privet |
Forestiera neomexicana |
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Royal Gold Woadwaxen |
Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold' |
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Sunburst St. Johnswort |
Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' |
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Hidcote St. Johnswort |
Hypericum 'Hidcote' |
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Waxflower |
Jamesia americana |
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Beautybush |
Kolkwitzia amabilis |
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Regal Privet |
Ligustrum obtusifolium var. regelianum |
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Cheyenne Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Cheyenne' |
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Upright Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Densiflorum' |
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Lodense Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare 'Lodense' |
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Honeyrose Honeysuckle |
Lonicera 'Honeyrose' |
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Blue Velvet Honeysuckle |
Lonicera korolkowii var. floribunda 'Blue Velvet' |
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Lilac-Flowering Dwarf Honeysuckle |
Lonicera syringantha var. wolfii |
| Arnold Red Honeysuckle
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Lonicera tatarica 'Arnold Red' |
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Clavey's Dwarf Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteoides 'Clavey's Dwarf' |
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Miniglobe Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteoides 'Miniglobe' |
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Russian Sage |
Perovskia atriplicifolia |
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Littleleaf Mockorange |
Philadelphus microphyllus |
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American Plum |
Prunus americana |
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Western Sandcherry |
Prunus besseyi |
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Pawnee Buttes Western Sandcherry |
Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes' |
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Dwarf Russian Almond |
Prunus tenella |
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Antelope Brush |
Purshia tridentata |
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Gambel Oak |
Quercus gambelii |
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Wavy Leaf Oak |
Quercus undulata |
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Smith's Buckthorn |
Rhamnus smithii |
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Fragrant Sumac |
Rhus aromatica |
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Gro-Low Sumac |
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' |
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Smooth Sumac |
Rhus glabra |
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Rocky Mountain Sumac |
Rhus glabra var. cismontana |
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Threeleaf Sumac |
Rhus trilobata |
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Staghorn Sumac |
Rhus typhina |
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Cutleaf Sumac |
Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' |
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Golden Currant |
Ribes aureum |
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Wax Currant |
Ribes cereum |
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Wood's Rose |
Rosa woodsii |
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Silver Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia argentea |
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Russet Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia canadensis |
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Round-leaf Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia rotundifolia |
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Early Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa hyacinthiflora (all cultivars) |
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Late Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa prestoniae (all cultivars) |
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Common & French Lilac (all cultivars) |
Syringa vulgaris (all cultivars) |