Click here to see the 1st winners of the CoNPS Conference Photo Contest. 

Learn about galls and how to ID them. A fruitful search while we wait for more flowers!

CoNPS comments on the Clinton Reservoir expansion project, which will inundate and destroy some ancient fens.

An excellent guide for the urban and suburban gardeners who need a well-designed native garden.

 Botanical and horticultural job openings in our region.

Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum var glabrum) is common and widespread across the state along streams, in gulches and ravines, and in dry forests, from the plains to the lower subalpine on the eastern and western slopes.

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a native tree which is common in the mountains, forming dominant forests with Abies concolor (fir) or Picea (spruce). 

Texas Croton (Croton texensis) is a native plant common in sandy soil (only) on the eastern plains, and could be present in Montezuma County.

Silvery Buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea) is common in moist places along rivers and in canyon bottoms, scattered on the western slope and known from Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties. on the eastern slope, in the plains and foohills. 

Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) is a native tree which is dominant tree in montane forests, but is also found from the foothills to the lower alpine.

Yampa Beardtongue (Penstemon yampaensis) is imperiled in Colorado and Globally (G2S2). It is only one inch tall and grows on dry slopes, limestone outcrops, gypsum hills, or barren shale ridges.

Weak Groundsel (Packera debilis) is a plant listed as critically imperiled in Colorado (S1), but apparently secure (G4) globally, because it is also found in Wyoming (S2) where there are 16-20 occurrence, Montana, where it is considered vulnerable (S3) and Idaho where it is widespread in wet meadows. 

Rusty Lupine (Lupinus pusillus) is native and common throughout the eastern plains, San Luis Valley, and also found in extreme southwestern Colorado.

Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum) is a common tree on dry slopes, often with sagebrush, pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, oak, or aspen communities, from the plains to the montane.

The Gore Range spans approximately 60 miles from Routt and Grand Counties through Summit and Eagle Counties.  It forms the western boundary of Middle Park where we find the source of the Colorado River.  Photo by Loraine Yeatts.

White Fir (Abies concolor) is a native tree is found in the southcentral and southwestern counties of Colorado from the upper foothills to the subalpine. Photo by Susan Tamulonis.