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.

horsetails ¹
Equisetum

rough horsetail ²
Equisetum hyemale

variegated horsetail ³
Equisetum variegatum

Ferriss' horsetail
Equisetum × ferrissii

field horsetail ⁴
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail ⁵
Equisetum laevigatum

Variegated Horsetail ⁶
Equisetum variegatum variegatum

western scouringrush ⁷
Equisetum hyemale affine

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

horsetails 1 Equisetum

rough horsetail 2 Equisetum hyemale

variegated horsetail 3 Equisetum variegatum

Ferriss' horsetail Equisetum × ferrissii

field horsetail 4 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail 5 Equisetum laevigatum

Variegated Horsetail 6 Equisetum variegatum variegatum

western scouringrush 7 Equisetum hyemale affine