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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

This guide contains mosses, ferns, vines, aquatic plants, cactuses, shrubs, trees, and other plants that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Cerro hawthorn 1
Crataegus erythropoda
American Plum 2
Prunus americana
fire cherry 3
Prunus pensylvanica
sand cherry 4
Prunus pumila
choke cherry 5
Prunus virginiana
mountain ninebark 6
Physocarpus monogynus
Ocean spray 7
Holodiscus discolor
Fendler's ceanothus 8
Ceanothus fendleri
New Jersey tea 9
Ceanothus herbaceus
common buckthorn 10
Rhamnus cathartica
Siberian elm 11
Ulmus pumila
common hop 12
Humulus lupulus
netleaf hackberry 13
Celtis reticulata
Russian olive 3
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Canadian buffalo-berry 14
Shepherdia canadensis
bearberry 15
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
dwarf bilberry 16
Vaccinium cespitosum
common bilberry 17
Vaccinium myrtillus
Grouse Whortleberry 16
Vaccinium scoparium
red osier dogwood 18
Cornus sericea
fivepetal cliffbush 19
Jamesia americana
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 20
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 21
Pediocactus simpsonii
viviparous foxtail cactus 22
Escobaria vivipara
brittle prickly-pear 23
Opuntia fragilis
twist spine prickly pear 24
Opuntia macrorhiza
brown-spined prickly-pear 25
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 26
Opuntia polyacantha polyacantha
water smartweed 27
Persicaria amphibia
red tamarisk 28
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 29
Atriplex canescens
winterfat 15
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Fivehorn smotherweed 30
Bassia hyssopifolia
Kochia 31
Bassia scoparia
Slender Russian-thistle 32
Salsola collina
tumbleweed 33
Salsola tragus
field wormwood 34
Artemisia campestris
common sagebrush 11
Artemisia tridentata
rubber rabbitbrush 11
Ericameria nauseosa
yellow rabbitbrush 35
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
broom snakeweed 11
Gutierrezia sarothrae
spineless horsebrush 11
Tetradymia canescens
fragrant sumac 5
Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac 36
Rhus glabra
tree of heaven 37
Ailanthus altissima
Rocky Mountain maple 9
Acer glabrum
boxelder maple 38
Acer negundo
silver maple 39
Acer saccharinum
Gambel oak 40
Quercus gambelii
dwarf resin birch 41
Betula glandulosa
water birch 42
Betula occidentalis
grey alder 43
Alnus incana
beaked hazelnut 44
Corylus cornuta
green ash 45
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Privet 46
Ligustrum vulgare
Autumnal Water-starwort 47
Callitriche hermaphroditica
Narrow-fruited Water-starwort 48
Callitriche palustris
common bladderwort 49
Utricularia macrorhiza
Arctic Buttercup 50
Ranunculus hyperboreus
cursed crowfoot 51
Ranunculus sceleratus
threadleaf buttercup 52
Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus
Common Snowberry 53
Symphoricarpos albus
Western Snowberry 54
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Roundleaf Snowberry 55
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
twinberry honeysuckle 53
Lonicera involucrata
Tatarian honeysuckle 56
Lonicera tatarica
red-berried elder 57
Sambucus racemosa
squashberry 58
Viburnum edule
lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe 59
Arceuthobium americanum
limber pine dwarf mistletoe 25
Arceuthobium cyanocarpum
ponderosa pine dwarf mistletoe 60
Arceuthobium vaginatum cryptopodum
narrowleaf cottonwood 61
Populus angustifolia
Balsam Poplar 62
Populus balsamifera
Fremont cottonwood 63
Populus fremontii
trembling aspen 11
Populus tremuloides
lanceleaf cottonwood 11
Populus × acuminata
Plains cottonwood 64
Populus deltoides monilifera
Peachleaf Willow 3
Salix amygdaloides
Bebb's willow 11
Salix bebbiana
Short-fruit Willow 65
Salix brachycarpa
drummond's willow 11
Salix drummondiana
Heart-leaved Willow 66
Salix eriocephala
Narrowleaf willow 61
Salix exigua
Dewystem Willow 67
Salix irrorata
Mountain Willow 68
Salix monticola
tea-leafed willow 69
Salix planifolia
Scouler's willow 70
Salix scouleriana
Wolf's willow 71
Salix wolfii
Crack willow 11
Salix ×fragilis
watercress 72
Nasturtium officinale
American Black Currant 73
Ribes americanum
Golden currant 9
Ribes aureum
Wax currant 74
Ribes cereum
white-stemmed gooseberry 75
Ribes inerme
swamp currant 76
Ribes lacustre
Trumpet gooseberry 77
Ribes leptanthum
mountain gooseberry 9
Ribes montigenum
Siberian water-milfoil 78
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Thicket creeper 79
Parthenocissus inserta
Virginia creeper 80
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

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