Soapweed (Yucca glauca)
Soapweed (Yucca glauca) Agave Family (Agavaceae), Native and common in sandy places and dry slopes on the plains and foothills, and in the San Luis Valley, often found in disturbed sites, from plains to montane on the Eastern Slope. Yucca glauca is pollinated by only...
Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not ( Eritrichium nanum)
Arctic Alpine Forget-Me-Not ( Eritrichium nanum), a mat-forming native and common in the alpine, from subalpine to above treeline on the Eastern and Western Slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by Mo...
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), native tree, common along streams and in the mountains where it forms large clonal stands, from foothills to alpine on the Eastern and Westerns Slopes. Flowers from March through June. Photo by SW Colorado...