Prairie Sagewort (Artemisia frigida)
Prairie Sagewort (Artemisia frigida) is a native shrub which is common and abundant in open, dry, sometimes rocky places; one of the most characteristic fall plants of the plains, foothills, and mountains. It is also found in the subalpine and occasionally in the...
Perplexing Needlegrass (Eriocoma nelsonii)
Perplexing Needlegrass (Eriocoma nelsonii) is a native plant in the Grass Family (Poaceae) which is common in meadows, grasslands, woodlands, on dry slopes, from the plains to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from June through August. Photo by...
Dwarf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus)
Dwarf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus) is a native shrub in the Rose Family (Rosaceae). It is found on rocky hillsides and sandstone rimrock, often with pinyon-juniper, from the semi-desert shrublands to the foothills on the western slope. It blooms from May...