Parachute Penstemon (Penstemon debilis)

Parachute Penstemon (Penstemon debilis)

Parachute Penstemon (Penstemon debilis), Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae) is a Colorado endemic species, critically imperiled in Colorado and globally. This .species is uncommon on white shale talus slopes and is known only from Garfield County, in the montane on the...
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)

Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)

Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum), Rose Family (Rosaceae), native and found along streams, in moist meadows, or sometimes in dry spruce-pine forests, from the plains to the montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by...
Beaked Sedge (Carex utriculata)

Beaked Sedge (Carex utriculata)

Beaked Sedge (Carex utriculata), Sedge Family (Cyperaceae), native and common along streams and lake margins, in bogs and marshes, and in meadows, from plains to subalpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September. Photo by LOraine...
Mountain Willow (Salix monticola)

Mountain Willow (Salix monticola)

Mountain Willow (Salix monticola), Willow Family (Salicaceae) is native and common along streams and rivers, in floodplains, and in moist meadows, from the plains to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from April through July. Photo by Mo...
Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata)

Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata)

Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata), Pine Family (Pinaceae) grows primarily in scattered populations mostly in subalpine forests, but also in upper montane and lower alpine forests on the eastern and western slopes. Photo by Mo...