Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)

Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)

Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), Cypress Family (Cupressaceae). Native and found on dry, rocky slopes, sometimes with pinyon pine or sagebrush on the western slope from semi-desert shrublands to foothills. Photo by Mo...
Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)

Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)

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. Buffalo Grass and buffalo have a...
Buchloe-dactyloides-Loraine-Yeatts

Buchloe-dactyloides-Loraine-Yeatts

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...
Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)

Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)

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 Mikdvetch (Astragalus detritalis)

Debris Mikdvetch (Astragalus detritalis)

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....