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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.

Missouri Foxtail Cactus 1
Escobaria missouriensis
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 2
Echinocereus viridiflorus viridiflorus
Missouri Foxtail Cactus 1
Escobaria missouriensis missouriensis
Pediocactus simpsonii minor 3
Lobivia arachnacantha 4
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 5
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 6
Pediocactus simpsonii
viviparous foxtail cactus 7
Escobaria vivipara

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