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.

Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine ¹
Pinus aristata

Colorado pinyon ²
Pinus edulis

limber pine ³
Pinus flexilis

lodgepole pine ⁴
Pinus contorta

ponderosa pine ⁵
Pinus ponderosa

common Douglas-fir ⁶
Pseudotsuga menziesii

white fir ⁷
Abies concolor

subalpine fir ⁸
Abies lasiocarpa

Engelmann spruce ⁹
Picea engelmannii

blue spruce ¹⁰
Picea pungens

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine 1 Pinus aristata

Colorado pinyon 2 Pinus edulis

limber pine 3 Pinus flexilis

lodgepole pine 4 Pinus contorta

ponderosa pine 5 Pinus ponderosa

common Douglas-fir 6 Pseudotsuga menziesii

white fir 7 Abies concolor

subalpine fir 8 Abies lasiocarpa

Engelmann spruce 9 Picea engelmannii

blue spruce 10 Picea pungens