Plants by Region
Where to See Wildflowers in Nebraska
AUD = Audubon
Society
NGPC = Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
PPRI = Prairie Plains Resource
Institute
TNC = The Nature Conservancy
WAC = Wachiska
Upland Deciduous ForestNatural Areas
Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue, 1111 N. Bellevue Blvd. in Bellevue
Indian Cave State Park in Richardson County (NGPC), 4 miles east of
Barada in SE Nebraska
Mahoney State Park (NGPC), 3 miles east of Ashland in SE Nebraska
Platte River State Park (NGPC), 2.5 miles east of Louisville in SE Nebraska
Ponca State Park near Ponca (NGPC), 2 miles north of Ponca in NE Nebraska
Rulo
Bluffs Preserve (TNC) in Richardson County
Schramm Park State Recreation Area (NGPC), 9 miles south of Gretna in
SE Nebraska
Smith Falls State Park (NGPC), 12 miles east of Valentine in the Sandhills
Native Plant Displays/Gardens
Governor
Furnas Arboretum in Brownville
Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum
in Falls City
Lauritzen
Gardens
in Omaha
Tallgrass PrairieNatural Areas
Bader
Park
Natural Area in Merrick County (PPRI)
Crane Meadows Nature Center
along the Platte River near Grand Island
Dieken
Prairie
near Unadilla (WAC)
Griffith Prairie (PPRI)
Lincoln
Creek Prairie and Trail near Aurora (PPRI) near Aurora
Marie
Ratzlaff
Prairie Preserve in Hamilton County (PPRI)
Nine
Mile Prairie northwest of Lincoln
Rowe Sanctuary (AUD) 1 mile
west of I-80 Gibbon exit
Spring
Creek
Prairie near Lincoln (WAC)
Native Plant Displays/Gardens
Folsom Children's Zoo and
Botanical Garden in Lincoln
Franklin-Cotterell
Greens
Arboretum in North Bend
Lauritzen
Gardens
in Omaha
Lower Platte South NRD Arboretum
in Lincoln
Pioneers Park Nature Center
in Lincoln
State Fair Park Arboretum
in Lincoln
UNL Botanical Garden &
Arboretum in Lincoln
Central Mixed Grass PrairieNatural Areas
Chalk
Mine Wayside Area (#23) near Scotia
Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area (NGPC), 8 miles south of Cozad
in south-central Nebraska
Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area near Imperial (NGPC), 5 miles
east and 4.5 south of Imperial in SW Nebraska
Olson
Nature Preserve near Albion (PPRI)
Pearl
Harbor Survivors Preserve north of Riverdale(PPRI)
Willa
Cather Memorial Prairie south of Red Cloud (TNC)
Native Plant Displays/Gardens
Gilman Park Arboretum
Western Mixed Grass PrairieNatural Areas
Agate
Fossil Beds (#10) National Monument near Harrison (National Park
Service)
Ash Hollow State Historical Park in Antelope County (NGPC), .5 miles
east and 3 south of Lewellen in the Panhandle
Lake McConaughy near Ogallala
Ogallala National Grassland in Sioux County (U.S. Forest Service)
Scotts Bluff National Monument
(National Park Service)
Toadstool
Park in Sioux County (NGPC)
Native Plant Displays/Gardens
D.A. Murphy Panhandle
Arboretum
Northfield Park Arboretum
Sandhills PrairieNatural Areas
Calamus Reservior State Recreation Area near Burwell (NGPC)
Crescent Lake National Wildlife
Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) near North Platte
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife
Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) near Valentine
Nebraska National Forest near
Halsey (U.S. Forest Service)
Olson
Nature Preserve near Albion (PPRI)
Sandoz
Ranch north of Ellsworth in the Sandhills
Valentine
National Wildlife Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) around
Valentine
Ponderosa Pine Forests and SavannasNatural Areas
Chadron State Park near Chadron (NGPC)
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife
Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) near Valentine
Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford (NGPC)
Long Pine State Recreation Area (NGPC)
Scotts Bluff National Monument
(National Park Service)
Smith Falls State Park near Valentine (NGPC)
Soldier Creek Wilderness Management Area (NGPC)
Wildcat Hills Visitor Center near Scottsbluff (NGPC)
Native Plant Displays/Gardens
D.A. Murphy Panhandle
Arboretum
Northfield Park Arboretum
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