Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), Aster Family (Asteraceae). Native and common and widespread in dry, sometimes rocky places of the plains, foothills, and intermountain parks and in open places in the mountains where its range extends to timberline. Found on the...
Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria congesta)
Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria congesta), Mustard Family (Brassicaceae). An endemic species (critically imperiled globally and in Colorado G1 S1) in the Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County which grows on barren white shale slopes, with pinyon-juniper in the...
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Grass Family (Poaceae), native and common in grasslands, prairie, on mesas, dry slopes, and in pinyon-juniper and canyons, from plains to montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from July through September. Photo by...