Short-fruit Willow (Salix brachycarpa)

Short-fruit Willow (Salix brachycarpa)

Short-fruit Willow (Salix brachycarpa), Willow Family (Salicaceae). A native shrub common along streams, on dry slopes, and in forests, moist meadows, and in the alpine, from foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo...
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)

Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)

Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae), a native evergreen sub-shrub, locally common in moist forests and on alpine slopes from foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June-through September. Photo by Mo...
Hairy Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)

Hairy Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)

Hairy Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum), Bracken Fern Family ( Dennstaedtiaceae), native and fairly common along streams and in aspen and Douglas-fir forests from foothills to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Photo by SW Colorado...
Western Polypody (Polypodium hesperium)

Western Polypody (Polypodium hesperium)

Western Polypody (Polypodium hesperium), True Fern Family (Polypodiaceae). This is a native, but rare fern found on rock ledges and cliffs, known from the San Juan Mountains southwestern counties in the montane. Photo by SW Colorado...
Grassfern (Asplenium septentrionale)

Grassfern (Asplenium septentrionale)

Grassfern (Asplenium septentrionale), Spleenwort Family (Aspleniaceae), native and found in rocky crevices and on cliffs, from the plains to subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. Photo by SW Colorado...