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Drought Tolerant

426 objects

These clever plants are superstars at saving water, thriving even when it's dry and sunny with very little rain. They're nature's resourceful friends!

Drought-tolerant plants can survive and flourish in conditions with limited water availability.

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Objects with this trait

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Acacia
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Acacia
Agave
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Agave
Agave Americana
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Agave Americana
Aleppo pine
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Aleppo pine
Alkali Heath
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Alkali Heath
Alyssum gmelinii
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Alyssum gmelinii
American Tarwort
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American Tarwort
American marram grass
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American marram grass
American searocket
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American searocket
Anacahuita
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Anacahuita
Annual Knawel
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Annual Knawel
Antelope Bitterbrush
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Antelope Bitterbrush
Antelopehorn Milkweed
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Antelopehorn Milkweed
Apache plume
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Apache plume
Banana Yucca
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Banana Yucca
Baobab
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Baobab
Beach Bean
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Beach Bean
Beach Morning Glory
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Beach Morning Glory
Bent-flower Milkvetch
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Bent-flower Milkvetch
Bermuda Grass
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Bermuda Grass
Bermuda buttercup
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Bermuda buttercup
Big Bluestem
deciduous trait badgedrought_tolerant trait badgegrassland trait badgegrasslike trait badge
Big Bluestem
Big Sagebrush
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Big Sagebrush
Biting Stonecrop
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Biting Stonecrop
Bitter Panicgrass
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Bitter Panicgrass
Black-spined Pricklypear
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Black-spined Pricklypear
Bladderpod
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Bladderpod
Blue Fescue
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Blue Fescue
Bog Bulrush
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Bog Bulrush
Bonsai
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Bonsai
Brittle Pricklypear
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Brittle Pricklypear
Brittlebush
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Brittlebush
Broad-leaved Stonecrop
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Broad-leaved Stonecrop
Broadbeard Beardtongue
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Broadbeard Beardtongue
Broom
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Broom
Broom Snakeweed
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Broom Snakeweed
Brown Flatsedge
cluster_flower trait badgedrought_tolerant trait badgeflowering trait badgefreshwater trait badge
Brown Flatsedge
Bryaceae
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Bryaceae
Buckley's Yucca
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Buckley's Yucca
Buffalo Grass
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Buffalo Grass
Bulbous Bluegrass
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Bulbous Bluegrass
Bunchleaf Penstemon
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Bunchleaf Penstemon
Bush Poppy
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Bush Poppy
Cactus
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Cactus
California Buckwheat
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California Buckwheat
California Goldenbush
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California Goldenbush
California Rockjasmine
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California Rockjasmine
California brittlebush
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California brittlebush
California cudweed
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California cudweed
California fan palm
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California fan palm
California fuchsia
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California fuchsia
California manroot
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California manroot
California phacelia
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California phacelia
California poppy
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California poppy
California sagebrush
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California sagebrush
Canary Island Date Palm
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Canary Island Date Palm
Canyon liveforever
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Canyon liveforever
Cape Honeysuckle
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Cape Honeysuckle
Carpet Cinquefoil
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Carpet Cinquefoil
Catbells
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Catbells
Chalk Dudleya
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Chalk Dudleya
Chalk Milkwort
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Chalk Milkwort
Cheatgrass
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Cheatgrass
Chilean sea fig
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Chilean sea fig
Christmas cholla
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Christmas cholla
Coast Cholla
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Coast Cholla
Coast Dudleya
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Coast Dudleya
Coastal Goldenbush
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Coastal Goldenbush
Coastal Pricklypear
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Coastal Pricklypear
Common Harebell
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Common Harebell
Common Purslane
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Common Purslane
Creeping Saltbush
coastal trait badgedesert trait badgedrought_tolerant trait badgeevergreen trait badge
Creeping Saltbush
Creosote Bush
aromatic trait badgedesert trait badgedrought_tolerant trait badgeevergreen trait badge
Creosote Bush
Crown of Thorns
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Crown of Thorns
Crystalline ice plant
coastal trait badgedrought_tolerant trait badge
Crystalline ice plant
Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
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Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany
Desert Broom
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Desert Broom
Desert Prince's Plume
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Desert Prince's Plume
Desert Rose
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Desert Rose
Devilshead
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Devilshead
Dogtongue Buckwheat
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Dogtongue Buckwheat
Dune Marsh-elder
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Dune Marsh-elder
Durban Crowfoot
drought_tolerant trait badgeedible trait badgegrassland trait badgegrasslike trait badge
Durban Crowfoot
Dusty miller
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Dusty miller
Dwarf Palmetto
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Dwarf Palmetto
Eastern Pricklypear
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Eastern Pricklypear
Echeveria
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Echeveria
Eggleaf Beardtongue
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Eggleaf Beardtongue
Elephant's-ears
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Elephant's-ears
Elf Orpine
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Elf Orpine
European marram grass
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European marram grass
False Rosemary
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False Rosemary
Feather Grass
drought_tolerant trait badgegrassland trait badgegrasslike trait badgeornamental trait badge
Feather Grass
Fee's lip fern
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Fee's lip fern
Fern-leaf Yarrow
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Fern-leaf Yarrow
Fescue
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Fescue
Field Eryngo
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Field Eryngo
Fingertips
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Fingertips
Flaming Katy
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Flaming Katy
Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
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Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
Florida Beargrass
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Florida Beargrass
Florida rosemary
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Florida rosemary
Foothill desert-parsley
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Foothill desert-parsley
Fountain Grass
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Fountain Grass
Fourwing Saltbush
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Fourwing Saltbush
Foxtail Barley
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Foxtail Barley
French lavender
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French lavender
Gaillardia
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Gaillardia
Giant Blazingstar
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Giant Blazingstar
Gilias
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Gilias
Golden Yarrow
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Golden Yarrow
Golden bean
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Golden bean
Goosefoots
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Goosefoots
Graham's nipple cactus
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Graham's nipple cactus
Greasewood
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Greasewood
Great Plains yucca
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Great Plains yucca
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus
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Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
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Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Grimmia
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Grimmia