by CONPS ME | Mar 10, 2023
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...
by CONPS ME | Mar 3, 2021
Loveland Lakes, Summit County, Colorado Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Alpine Snowbed, Wet Meadow & Dwarf-shrubland When the surrounding landforms allow more water retention, wet meadows can occur in both the alpine and subalpine zones, supporting a new suite of plant...
by CONPS ME | Feb 17, 2021
Summit Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado Rocky Mountain Alpine Fell-field Cushion Plant Community Alpine Fell Field Fell field – such an unusual name for such an unusual place. The most direct path to understanding them both is to know that in this case, the...
