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.

Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 16 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 144 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

common bladderwort ¹
Utricularia macrorhiza

Arctic Buttercup ²
Ranunculus hyperboreus

cursed crowfoot ³
Ranunculus sceleratus

threadleaf buttercup ⁴
Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus

Common Snowberry ⁵
Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry ⁶
Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁷
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle ⁵
Lonicera involucrata

Tatarian honeysuckle ⁸
Lonicera tatarica

red-berried elder ⁹
Sambucus racemosa

squashberry ¹⁰
Viburnum edule

lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe ¹¹
Arceuthobium americanum

limber pine dwarf mistletoe ¹²
Arceuthobium cyanocarpum

ponderosa pine dwarf mistletoe ¹³
Arceuthobium vaginatum cryptopodum

narrowleaf cottonwood ¹⁴
Populus angustifolia

Balsam Poplar ¹⁵
Populus balsamifera

Fremont cottonwood ¹⁶
Populus fremontii

trembling aspen ¹⁷
Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood ¹⁷
Populus × acuminata

Plains cottonwood ¹⁸
Populus deltoides monilifera

Peachleaf Willow ¹⁹
Salix amygdaloides

Bebb's willow ¹⁷
Salix bebbiana

Short-fruit Willow ²⁰
Salix brachycarpa

drummond's willow ¹⁷
Salix drummondiana

Heart-leaved Willow ²¹
Salix eriocephala

Narrowleaf willow ¹⁴
Salix exigua

Dewystem Willow ²²
Salix irrorata

Mountain Willow ²³
Salix monticola

tea-leafed willow ²⁴
Salix planifolia

Scouler's willow ²⁵
Salix scouleriana

Wolf's willow ²⁶
Salix wolfii

Crack willow ¹⁷
Salix ×fragilis

watercress ²⁷
Nasturtium officinale

American Black Currant ²⁸
Ribes americanum

Golden currant ²⁹
Ribes aureum

Wax currant ³⁰
Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry ³¹
Ribes inerme

swamp currant ³²
Ribes lacustre

Trumpet gooseberry ³³
Ribes leptanthum

mountain gooseberry ²⁹
Ribes montigenum

Siberian water-milfoil ³⁴
Myriophyllum sibiricum

Thicket creeper ³⁵
Parthenocissus inserta

Virginia creeper ³⁶
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

riverbank grape ³⁷
Vitis riparia

narrow-leaved cattail ³⁸
Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail ³⁹
Typha latifolia

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed ⁴⁰
Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed ⁴¹
Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed ⁴²
Sparganium eurycarpum

midwestern carrionflower ⁴³
Smilax lasioneura

Arumleaf Arrowhead ⁴⁴
Sagittaria cuneata

broadleaf arrowhead ⁴⁵
Sagittaria latifolia

Northern Water Plantain ⁴⁶
Alisma triviale

common duckweed ⁴⁷
Lemna minor

common waterweed ⁴⁷
Elodea canadensis

leafy pondweed ⁴⁸
Potamogeton foliosus

Longleaf Pondweed ⁴⁶
Potamogeton nodosus

Fennel-leaf Pondweed ⁴⁹
Stuckenia pectinata

Horned Pondweed ⁵⁰
Zannichellia palustris

common arrowgrass ⁴⁷
Triglochin maritima

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

common bladderwort 1 Utricularia macrorhiza

Arctic Buttercup 2 Ranunculus hyperboreus

cursed crowfoot 3 Ranunculus sceleratus

threadleaf buttercup 4 Ranunculus aquatilis diffusus

Common Snowberry 5 Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry 6 Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Roundleaf Snowberry 7 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle 5 Lonicera involucrata

Tatarian honeysuckle 8 Lonicera tatarica

red-berried elder 9 Sambucus racemosa

squashberry 10 Viburnum edule

lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe 11 Arceuthobium americanum

limber pine dwarf mistletoe 12 Arceuthobium cyanocarpum

ponderosa pine dwarf mistletoe 13 Arceuthobium vaginatum cryptopodum

narrowleaf cottonwood 14 Populus angustifolia

Balsam Poplar 15 Populus balsamifera

Fremont cottonwood 16 Populus fremontii

trembling aspen 17 Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood 17 Populus × acuminata

Plains cottonwood 18 Populus deltoides monilifera

Peachleaf Willow 19 Salix amygdaloides

Bebb's willow 17 Salix bebbiana

Short-fruit Willow 20 Salix brachycarpa

drummond's willow 17 Salix drummondiana

Heart-leaved Willow 21 Salix eriocephala

Narrowleaf willow 14 Salix exigua

Dewystem Willow 22 Salix irrorata

Mountain Willow 23 Salix monticola

tea-leafed willow 24 Salix planifolia

Scouler's willow 25 Salix scouleriana

Wolf's willow 26 Salix wolfii

Crack willow 17 Salix ×fragilis

watercress 27 Nasturtium officinale

American Black Currant 28 Ribes americanum

Golden currant 29 Ribes aureum

Wax currant 30 Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry 31 Ribes inerme

swamp currant 32 Ribes lacustre

Trumpet gooseberry 33 Ribes leptanthum

mountain gooseberry 29 Ribes montigenum

Siberian water-milfoil 34 Myriophyllum sibiricum

Thicket creeper 35 Parthenocissus inserta

Virginia creeper 36 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

riverbank grape 37 Vitis riparia

narrow-leaved cattail 38 Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail 39 Typha latifolia

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed 40 Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed 41 Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed 42 Sparganium eurycarpum

midwestern carrionflower 43 Smilax lasioneura

Arumleaf Arrowhead 44 Sagittaria cuneata

broadleaf arrowhead 45 Sagittaria latifolia

Northern Water Plantain 46 Alisma triviale

common duckweed 47 Lemna minor

common waterweed 47 Elodea canadensis

leafy pondweed 48 Potamogeton foliosus

Longleaf Pondweed 46 Potamogeton nodosus

Fennel-leaf Pondweed 49 Stuckenia pectinata

Horned Pondweed 50 Zannichellia palustris

common arrowgrass 47 Triglochin maritima