Alpine Turf Plant Community

Alpine Turf Plant Community

Loveland Pass, Summit County Rocky Mountain Alpine Turf Plant Community Summary The Alpine Turf Plant Community can be thought of as an ecological successor of the Alpine Fellfield – Cushion Plant Community previously described in this Alpine Life Zone section. That...
The Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid, January 1978

The Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid, January 1978

The Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid - Cypripedium calceolus Aquilegia Vol. 2, No. 1 January - February 1978 THE YELLOW LADY’S SLIPPER ORCHIDCypripedium calceolus, by William A. Weber One of the really endangered species in the Colorado Flora, but unfortunately not...
Two New Colorado Colorado Species

Two New Colorado Colorado Species

Two New Species Found in Colorado Jennifer Ackerfield, the Head Curator of Natural History Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens has written a blog about the “discovery” of two new species in Colorado.  The first species, Physaria nelsonii, was...
Eastwood’s Monkey-flower, December 1977

Eastwood’s Monkey-flower, December 1977

Eastwood Monkeyflower - Mimulus eastwoodiae, by James Ratzloff Aquilegia Vol. 1 No. 6 November - December 1977 A rare plant will occasionally escape notice by botanists due to its secluded habitat. This has happened in Colorado with Mimulus eastwoodiae, Eastwood...
Subalpine Willow Carrs

Subalpine Willow Carrs

Mosquito Pass, Mosquito Range Subalpine Willow Carrs In our Colorado Rocky Mountains, willow carrs are riparian shrublands that occur as narrow bands or broad shrublands in montane altitudes (8,000–10,000’) and into the upper reaches of subalpine areas (11,500’)....