Physaria Genus Photo Gallery

Physaria Genus Photo Gallery

Physaria Genus Photo Gallery The Genus Physaria The genus Physaria is one of the 44 genera in the mustard family (Brassicaceae) in Colorado. Species in this genus usually have a basal rosette of leaves, and yellow (rarely white or purple) flowers. The fruits, as in...
Scott Smith’s Colorado Orchids

Scott Smith’s Colorado Orchids

Scott Smith's Colorado Orchids Full Article of The Native Orchids of Colorado, A Botanical Adventure by an Amateur, by Scott F. Smith The Native Orchids of Colorado Our native or wild orchids of Colorado are found growing in the plains–they are growing along the...
Semi-desert Shrublands Big Sagebrush Shrubland

Semi-desert Shrublands Big Sagebrush Shrubland

Lookout Mountain, Moffat County Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrubland Inter mountain Basins Big Sagebrush Shrublands In the Semi-desert Shrubland ecozone, Big Sagebrush shrublands are one of the most common plant communities, and are common throughout the...
Semi-desert Shrubland Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Semi-desert Shrubland Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Colorado National Monument Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Colorado Pinyon-JuniperWoodland & Savanna Pinyon-juniper woodlands occur on the eastern and western slopes of Colorado in a thin band of altitude between 4,500 and 7,500 feet, between grasslands...
Plains Tallgrass Prairie

Plains Tallgrass Prairie

Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Natural Area Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summary The tallgrass prairie is characterized by three species of waist-high grasses which interestingly all have bluish stems during the summer growing season which turn to red-bronze in...