2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place Artistic Category

2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place Artistic Category

2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place Artistic Category: “Abies concolor”. Photo by Susan Tamulonis. White Fir (Abies concolor) is in the Pine Family (Pinaceae). This native tree is found in the southcentral and southwestern counties of Colorado from the upper...
2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place, Landscape Category

2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place, Landscape Category

2023 Photo Contest, 1st Place, Landscape Category: “Aquilegia coerulea”. Photo by Leslie Madson. Leslie Madson took this photo on the Island Lake via Ice Lakes Trail outside of Silverton, CO. The trail is 7.7 miles long, considered difficult but is popular...
Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium)

Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium)

Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium), the broom forkmoss, in the Dicranaceae Family is native to most of the northern hemisphere. In Colorado it is found from the foothills to occasionally, the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It usually forms tufts or mats...