Here are the rules... my list starts after the rules.

The 100-Species Challenge

1. Participants should include a copy of these rules and a link to this entry in their initial blog post about the challenge.

2. Participants should keep a list of all plant species they can name, either by common or scientific name, that are living within walking distance of the participant's home. The list should be numbered, and should appear in every blog entry about the challenge, or in a sidebar.

3. Participants are encouraged to give detailed information about the plants they can name in the first post in which that plant appears.

4. Participants are encouraged to make it possible for visitors to their blog to find easily all 100-Species-Challenge blog posts.

5. Participants may post pictures of plants they are unable to identify, or are unable to identify with precision. They should not include these plants in the numbered list until they are able to identify it with relative precision. Each participant shall determine the level of precision that is acceptable to her; however, being able to distinguish between plants that have different common names should be a bare minimum.

6. Different varieties of the same species shall not count as different entries (e.g., Celebrity Tomato and Roma Tomato should not be separate entries); however, different species which share a common name be separate if the participant is able to distinguish between them (e.g., camillia japonica and camillia sassanqua if the participant can distinguish the two--"camillia" if not).

7. Participants may take as long as they like to complete the challenge.

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Sounds fun, yes?  I think there's just one thing around here.  Sagebrush.  Fortunately, the reality isn't so bad.

1. Sagebrush  :-P  Okay, I lied.  It's not sage, but it is tumbleweed, which is commonly associated with sagebrush.  We do have sagebrush, too, but I'll save that for another post.  This particular tumbleweed is Kochia, thanks to this website.
2. Flowering Cherry- I'm not certain beyond this.  They don't produce fruit, mostly white, and as yet are not drooping.
3. Aspen- populus tremuloides, one would assume
4. Sunflower- ours are voluntaries, and prolific.  This is a good case of a weed being only what you don't want to grow.  We let our weeds go wild, and we're enjoying every bit of it!
5. Lilac- we have several lilac bushes, but I have no idea what variety.  Not one I like very much.  Mostly purple, but I believe one is white.
6. Snapdragon- also voluntary weeds.  Mostly red.
7. Clematis- We chose these!  :)  Ours are a purple variety.
8. Maple tree
9. Snowball tree, aka swamp elder

There are two types of cactus in the field I would like to identify.  It will have to wait for a cooler day and better health.  I also saw a rose of sharon recently, but I'm not sure how close it was to our house.