Colorado Flora

The flora of Colorado is unique and diverse. Use these pages to find out more information on the various aspects of Colorado flora. Also, flip through our photo album of pictures to see wildlfowers found in Colorado. We currently have over 600 photographs in our photo album! If you would like to contribute pictures or drawings to the photo album, please contact Jennifer Ackerfield at jrowens@lamar.colostate.edu.

Species lists for each county in Colorado

Number of Specimens by County at CS

Photo Album of Colorado Flora

Aquatic Plants of Colorado

Colorado Botanists

Rare Plants of Colorado

Rare Wetland Plants of Colorado

Plant Briefs

Poisonous Plants of Colorado

Online Botanical Databases

Colorado Cacti

Gardening with Native Plants

The Liliaceae Family in Colorado

Terminology and Glossary for Carex (by Barry C. Johnston)

Key to the Species of Carex in the Rocky Mountain Region
Requests for CD copies of the guide can be sent to:
Barry C. Johnston, Botanist
USDA Forest Service
Gunnison Service Center
216 N. Colorado St.
Gunnison, CO 81230-2197

Colorado East Slope Ecosystems

Colorado Western Slope Ecosystems

In identifying the flora of Colorado, the following keys are helpful:

Weber, William A. 1976. Rocky Mountain Flora. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press.

Weber, William A. 1987. Colorado Flora: Western Slope. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press.

Harrington, H.D. 1954. Manual of the Plants of Colorado. Denver: Sage Books.

Carter, Jack L. 1988. Trees and Shrubs of Colorado. Boulder: Johnson Books.

Wingate, Janet L. and Loraine Yeatts. 1995. Alpine Flower Finder: The Key to Wilflowers Found Above Treeline in the Rocky Mountains. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart Publishers

Wingate, Janet L. 1994. Illustrated Keys to the Grasses of Colorado. Denver: Wingate Consulting.

Hitchcock, A.S. 1971. Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Volumes I and II. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.