Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides), Grass Family (Poaceae), native and common in the shortgrass prairie and foothills, sometimes grown as a lawn grass, from plains to foothills on the eastern slope.. Blooms from May through July. Photo by Loraine...
Gramma Grass (Bouteloua gracilis), Grass Family (Poaceae). Native and common on the plains and in the foothills, mountain meadows, dry grasslands, sagebrush, and pinyou-juniper on the eastern and western slopes from the plains and semi-desert shrublands to the...
Debris Milkvetch (Astragalus detritalis), Pea Family (Fabaceae), native, rare but locally common (G3 vulnerable globally, S2 imperiled in Colorado) on white shale bluffs and slopes and open, barren places from semi-desert shrublands to montane on the western slope....
Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea), Aster Family (Asteraceae), native and common in open meadows, on rocky slopes and wooded forests from plains to alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through August. Photo by Mo...
Golden-gilled Gerronema (Chrysomphalina chrysophylla), Hygrophoraceae Family. Native but not too common in Colorado with only 10 herbarium collections. This is decomposer and found on the decayed wood of conifers. It grows most commonly gregariously, or alone or...