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.

common bracken ¹
Pteridium aquilinum

western lady fern ²
Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

Alpine Lady-fern ³
Athyrium distentifolium

American parsley fern ⁴
Cryptogramma acrostichoides

northern holly fern ⁵
Polystichum lonchitis

American Alpine Lady Fern ⁶
Athyrium distentifolium americanum

northern oak fern ⁷
Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Fendler's false cloak fern ⁸
Argyrochosma fendleri

black spleenwort ⁹
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Wright's cliffbrake ¹⁰
Pellaea wrightiana

Fendler's lipfern ¹¹
Myriopteris fendleri

Fee's lip fern ¹²
Myriopteris gracilis

water clover ¹³
Marsilea vestita

Brittle bladderfern ¹⁴
Cystopteris fragilis

lady fern ¹⁵
Athyrium filix-femina

Hairy brackenfern ¹⁶
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

northern spleenwort ¹⁷
Asplenium septentrionale

maidenhair spleenwort ¹⁸
Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes

Oregon woodsia ¹⁹
Woodsia oregana

Rocky Mountain woodsia ²⁰
Woodsia scopulina

Male Fern ²¹
Dryopteris filix-mas

Rocky Mountain Polypody ²²
Polypodium saximontanum

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Plants

common bracken 1 Pteridium aquilinum

western lady fern 2 Athyrium filix-femina cyclosorum

Alpine Lady-fern 3 Athyrium distentifolium

American parsley fern 4 Cryptogramma acrostichoides

northern holly fern 5 Polystichum lonchitis

American Alpine Lady Fern 6 Athyrium distentifolium americanum

northern oak fern 7 Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Fendler's false cloak fern 8 Argyrochosma fendleri

black spleenwort 9 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Wright's cliffbrake 10 Pellaea wrightiana

Fendler's lipfern 11 Myriopteris fendleri

Fee's lip fern 12 Myriopteris gracilis

water clover 13 Marsilea vestita

Brittle bladderfern 14 Cystopteris fragilis

lady fern 15 Athyrium filix-femina

Hairy brackenfern 16 Pteridium aquilinum pubescens

northern spleenwort 17 Asplenium septentrionale

maidenhair spleenwort 18 Asplenium trichomanes trichomanes

Oregon woodsia 19 Woodsia oregana

Rocky Mountain woodsia 20 Woodsia scopulina

Male Fern 21 Dryopteris filix-mas

Rocky Mountain Polypody 22 Polypodium saximontanum