Cut-leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata var ampla)

Cut-leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata var ampla)

Cut-leaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia lacinata var ampla), Aster Family (Asteraceae). Native and common along streams and in moist meadows from plains to montane on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September. Photo by Mo...
Wild Plum (Prunus americana)

Wild Plum (Prunus americana)

Wild Plum (Prunus americana), Rose Family (Rosaceae). Native and common in canyons, on rocky slopes, and along streams from plains to foothills on the eastern slope. Blooms from April through May. Photo by Mo...
Tufted Cryptantha (Oreocarya caespitosa)

Tufted Cryptantha (Oreocarya caespitosa)

Tufted Cryptantha (Oreocarya caespitosa), Borage Family (Boraginaceae). A native rare plant, G4 (globally rare but secure) and S2 (imperiled in Colorado), which grows on gypsum shale outcroppings, often in pinion Juniper woodlands or sagebrush communities in Moffat...
Tamarix_ramosissima_Mo_Ewing

Tamarix_ramosissima_Mo_Ewing

Salt-cedar (Tamarix chinensis), Tamarisk Family (Tamaricaceae), an introduced species which is found along rivers and streams, marshes, irrigation ditches and floodplains from plains to foothills on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from May through August....