What's New?
CLICK ANYWHERE ON EACH ITEM TO SEE WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEBSITE!
2023 Photo Contest
Click here to see the 1st winners of the CoNPS Conference Photo Contest.
Great Galls!
Learn about galls and how to ID them. A fruitful search while we wait for more flowers!
Clinton Reservoir Expansion
CoNPS comments on the Clinton Reservoir expansion project, which will inundate and destroy some ancient fens.
Prairie Up: A Book Review
An excellent guide for the urban and suburban gardeners who need a well-designed native garden.
New! Alpine Turf Plant Community
The Alpine Turf Plant Community is the ecological successor to the Alpine Fellfield community and is dominated by sedges and grasses. Click to to learn more!
Lower Montane Foothill Shrubland
We have added this new plant community to the website.
Regional Job Openings
Botanical and horticultural job openings in our region.
Some New Photos on the Website
(click on the photo to see a full-sized image)
White Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Photo by Ernie Marx
Narrowleaf Yucca (Yucca angustissima var angustissima)
Photo by Lea Baca
Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
Photo by Loraine Yeatts.
Wooly Cinquefoil (Potentilla hippiana)
Photo by Loraine Yeatts.
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Photo by Loraine Yeatts.
Geneva Basin
Photo by Susan Tamulonis
Alpine Laurel (Kalmia microphyllua)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Hairy False Goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Flexible Milkvetch (Astragalus flexuosus)
Photo by Loraine Yeatts.
Red Mountain Pass
Photo by Lea Baca
Parry's Clover (Trifolium parryi)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Carpet Phlox (Phlox hoodii)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Lesser Rushy Milkvetch (Astragalus convalarius)
Photo by Scott Smith
Wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)
Photo by Ernie Marx
The Arikaree River
Photo by Gifford Ewing ewingphoto.com
Longleaf Phlox (Phlox longifolia)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Mountain Muhly (Muhlenbergia montana)
Photo by Matt von Feldt, iNaturalist
South Park
Photo by Linda Smith
Dwarf Blueberry (Vaccinium cespitosum)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Mancos Columbine (Aquilegia micrantha)
Photo by Mo Ewing
Rose Heath (Chaetopappa ericoides)
Photo by Mo Ewing