Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Natural Area, Boulder County 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...
Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Pawnee Buttes National Grassland, Weld County Shortgrass Prairie The shortgrass prairie occurs on the eastern plains of Colorado from the foothills to the eastern border in Nebraska and Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. The...
Lower Montane-Foothill Riparian Woodland & Shrubland Genesee Park, Jefferson County Foothills riparian woodlands Foothills riparian woodland zones are diverse in terms of water sources. In some locations, these woodland communities grow near ponds or lakes while in...
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Mixed Mountain Shrublands South Valley Park, Jefferson County Gambel Oak Shrublands Gambel Oak (Quercus gambelii) is commonly found along the foothills of the Front Range in southern Colorado and throughout the foothills and lower montane...
Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Savanna Staunton State Park, Jefferson County Ponderosa Pine Savanna There are 3.2 million acres of Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in Colorado. This ecosystem is found foothills and lower montane elevations, often in...
