Leafcutter Bese-Linda_Smith

Leafcutter Bese-Linda_Smith

Leafcutter Bees (Megachile spp.) are a native bee which is approximately the size of a honey bee. It is a solitary bee (does not live in colonies) which cuts leaves of plants and uses the leaf fragments to form its nest cells. The bees nest in soft, rotted wood or in...
Prairie Golden Banner (Thermopsis rhombifolia var. rhombifolia)

Prairie Golden Banner (Thermopsis rhombifolia var. rhombifolia)

Prairie Golden Banner (Thermopsis rhombifolia var. rhombifolia), in the Pea Family (Fabaceae) is native and common in relatively dry, often barren places, known from the eastern plains to lower foothills, scattered in the San Luis Valley, and known from Moffat Co. on...
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) is in the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae). It is a native plant, common along moist roadsides, in ditches, on wooded slopes, and in open woods, from the plains to the montane (and occasionally into the subalpine) on the...
Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum)

Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum)

Rocky Mountain Sky Pilot (Polemonium confertum), in the Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae), is a native species found in alpine tundra, known from the mountains southwest of Denver, in the subalpine and alpine on the eastern and western slopes. This is an an endemic plant...
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum), in the Poppy Family (Paparvaraceae) is a native plant that grows in dry alpine meadows and scree slopes, distributed along the Continental Divide on the highest mountains, only in the alpine at 11,600-14,000 ft. It bloom from June...