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This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Wyoming: Plains cottonwood: Populus deltoides monilifera: 1947, amended 1961 [64] See also
This category contains the native flora of Wyoming as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
Dead trees at Mammoth Hot Springs.jpg 2,400 × 1,587; 2.9 MB Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration.jpg 2,832 × 2,826; 570 KB
Shoshone encampment in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, photographed by W. H. Jackson, 1870. Shoshone National Forest is named after the Shoshone Indians, who, along with other Native American groups such as the Lakota, Crow and Northern Cheyenne, were the major tribes encountered by the first European explorers into the region.
Located within the forest are the Gros Ventre, Bridger and Teton Wildernesses, totaling 1.2 million acres (4,900 square kilometers).Other points of interest contained in the forest include Gannett Peak at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), the tallest mountain in Wyoming, and the Gros Ventre landslide, which is one of the largest readily visible landslides on earth.
Castilleja linariifolia is a perennial plant, native to the United States and is the state flower of Wyoming.It has a number of common names including Wyoming Indian paintbrush, narrow-leaved Indian paintbrush, desert paintbrush, Wyoming desert paintbrush, Wyoming paintbrush, linaria-leaved Indian Paintbrush, and Indian paintbrush.
Former national forests of Wyoming (14 P) A. Ashley National Forest (16 P) B. Bighorn National Forest (15 P) Black Hills National Forest (12 P)
The blue spruce (Picea pungens), also commonly known as Colorado spruce or Colorado blue spruce, is a species of spruce tree native to North America in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. [4] It is noted for its blue-green colored needles, and has therefore been used as an ornamental tree in many places far beyond its native ...