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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.

Spindle 1
Euonymus europaeus
American bittersweet 2
Celastrus scandens
Oriental bittersweet 3
Celastrus orbiculatus
Fringed Grass of Parnassus 4
Parnassia fimbriata
winged euonymus 5
Euonymus alatus
fortune's spindle 6
Euonymus fortunei
Japanese spindle tree 7
Euonymus japonicus
Prickly Pears 8
Opuntia
Plains Pricklypear 9
Opuntia polyacantha
Missouri Foxtail Cactus 10
Escobaria missouriensis
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 11
Echinocereus viridiflorus viridiflorus
Missouri Foxtail Cactus 10
Escobaria missouriensis missouriensis
Pediocactus simpsonii minor 12
tree cholla 13
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia imbricata imbricata 14
Twist-spined Pricklypear 10
Opuntia tortispina
Grassland Pricklypear 15
Opuntia cymochila
Lobivia arachnacantha 16
coontail 17
Ceratophyllum demersum
honey locust 18
Gleditsia triacanthos
Kentucky coffeetree 19
Gymnocladus dioicus
Bladder-senna 20
Colutea arborescens
false indigo 21
Amorpha fruticosa
Fragrant Indigobush 22
Amorpha nana
Siberian peashrub 23
Caragana arborescens
Dwarf Peashrub 24
Caragana aurantiaca
New Mexico locust 25
Robinia neomexicana
black locust 26
Robinia pseudoacacia
Western Redbud 27
Cercis occidentalis
shrubby cinquefoil 28
Dasiphora fruticosa
Apache plume 29
Fallugia paradoxa
Rocky Mountain raspberry 30
Rubus deliciosus
Thimbleberry 31
Rubus parviflorus
dwarf raspberry 32
Rubus pubescens
American red raspberry 33
Rubus idaeus strigosus
prairie rose 34
Rosa arkansana
smooth rose 35
Rosa blanda
Prickly Rose 36
Rosa acicularis sayi
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 37
Cercocarpus montanus
antelope brush 38
Purshia tridentata
Greene's mountain ash 39
Sorbus scopulina
Saskatoon 40
Amelanchier alnifolia
fireberry hawthorn 41
Crataegus chrysocarpa
Cerro hawthorn 42
Crataegus erythropoda
American Plum 43
Prunus americana
fire cherry 44
Prunus pensylvanica
sand cherry 45
Prunus pumila
choke cherry 23
Prunus virginiana
mountain ninebark 46
Physocarpus monogynus
Ocean spray 27
Holodiscus discolor
Fendler's ceanothus 47
Ceanothus fendleri
New Jersey tea 37
Ceanothus herbaceus
common buckthorn 48
Rhamnus cathartica
Siberian elm 38
Ulmus pumila
common hop 49
Humulus lupulus
netleaf hackberry 50
Celtis reticulata
Russian olive 44
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Canadian buffalo-berry 2
Shepherdia canadensis
bearberry 51
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
dwarf bilberry 52
Vaccinium cespitosum
common bilberry 53
Vaccinium myrtillus
Grouse Whortleberry 52
Vaccinium scoparium
red osier dogwood 54
Cornus sericea
fivepetal cliffbush 55
Jamesia americana
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 56
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 57
Pediocactus simpsonii
viviparous foxtail cactus 58
Escobaria vivipara
brittle prickly-pear 59
Opuntia fragilis
twist spine prickly pear 60
Opuntia macrorhiza
brown-spined prickly-pear 61
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 62
Opuntia polyacantha polyacantha
water smartweed 63
Persicaria amphibia
red tamarisk 64
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 65
Atriplex canescens
winterfat 51
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Fivehorn smotherweed 66
Bassia hyssopifolia
Kochia 67
Bassia scoparia
Slender Russian-thistle 68
Salsola collina
tumbleweed 69
Salsola tragus
field wormwood 70
Artemisia campestris
common sagebrush 38
Artemisia tridentata
rubber rabbitbrush 38
Ericameria nauseosa
yellow rabbitbrush 71
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
broom snakeweed 38
Gutierrezia sarothrae
spineless horsebrush 38
Tetradymia canescens
fragrant sumac 23
Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac 72
Rhus glabra
tree of heaven 73
Ailanthus altissima
Rocky Mountain maple 37
Acer glabrum
boxelder maple 74
Acer negundo
silver maple 75
Acer saccharinum
Gambel oak 76
Quercus gambelii
dwarf resin birch 77
Betula glandulosa
water birch 78
Betula occidentalis
grey alder 79
Alnus incana
beaked hazelnut 80
Corylus cornuta
green ash 81
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Common Privet 82
Ligustrum vulgare
Autumnal Water-starwort 83
Callitriche hermaphroditica
Narrow-fruited Water-starwort 84
Callitriche palustris

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