2022 Photo Contest, 2nd Place (3x tie), Native Plants Category

2022 Photo Contest, 2nd Place (3x tie), Native Plants Category

Perrenial Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis barbellata), Gentian Family (Gentianaceae), native and found on moist slopes, meadows, alpine tundra, and in aspen forests, from the montane to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It is considered vulnerable (S3) in...
Rocky Mountain Geranium (Geranium caespitosum)

Rocky Mountain Geranium (Geranium caespitosum)

Rocky Mountain Geranium (Geranium caespitosum), Geranium Family (Gerianaceae) is a native flower, common on dry, rocky slopes, meadows, and open forests, especially common along the Front Range and scattered elsewhere in the state from the plains to the alpine on the...
Tall Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)

Tall Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)

Tall Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) is in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae) and is a native species common in bogs, fens, moist meadows, and along lake margins from the foothills to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September....
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea), in the Pea Family (Fabaceae) is a native species, common in dry grasslands in sandy or rocky soil from the eastern plains to lower foothills, It blooms from May through August only on the eastern slope. Photo by Linda...
Sun Sedge (Carex inops ssp. heliophila)

Sun Sedge (Carex inops ssp. heliophila)

Sun Sedge (Carex inops ssp. heliophila), in the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae), is a native sedge that is common on dry slopes, in grasslands, and oak or pine forests, from the plains to the subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. It blooms from April September. Photo...