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.

narrow-leaved cattail ¹
Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail ²
Typha latifolia

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed ³
Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed ⁴
Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed ⁵
Sparganium eurycarpum

midwestern carrionflower ⁶
Smilax lasioneura

Arumleaf Arrowhead ⁷
Sagittaria cuneata

broadleaf arrowhead ⁸
Sagittaria latifolia

Northern Water Plantain ⁹
Alisma triviale

common duckweed ¹⁰
Lemna minor

common waterweed ¹⁰
Elodea canadensis

leafy pondweed ¹¹
Potamogeton foliosus

Longleaf Pondweed ⁹
Potamogeton nodosus

Fennel-leaf Pondweed ¹²
Stuckenia pectinata

Horned Pondweed ¹³
Zannichellia palustris

common arrowgrass ¹⁰
Triglochin maritima

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

narrow-leaved cattail 1 Typha angustifolia

broadleaf cattail 2 Typha latifolia

Narrow-leaved Bur-reed 3 Sparganium angustifolium

unbranched bur-reed 4 Sparganium emersum

big bur-reed 5 Sparganium eurycarpum

midwestern carrionflower 6 Smilax lasioneura

Arumleaf Arrowhead 7 Sagittaria cuneata

broadleaf arrowhead 8 Sagittaria latifolia

Northern Water Plantain 9 Alisma triviale

common duckweed 10 Lemna minor

common waterweed 10 Elodea canadensis

leafy pondweed 11 Potamogeton foliosus

Longleaf Pondweed 9 Potamogeton nodosus

Fennel-leaf Pondweed 12 Stuckenia pectinata

Horned Pondweed 13 Zannichellia palustris

common arrowgrass 10 Triglochin maritima