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Plains Conservation Center in Aurora, CO

Guide to plant and animal species found at the Plains Conservation Center in Aurora, CO

Western Wheatgrass 1
Pascopyrum smithii
fringed sagebrush 1
Artemisia frigida
Rough False Pennyroyal 2
Hedeoma hispida
evening-primroses 3
Oenothera
western wallflower 4
Erysimum capitatum
clustered broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata
starvation prickly-pear 5
Opuntia polyacantha
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 6
Cynomys ludovicianus
Bald Eagle 7
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Pronghorn 8
Antilocapra americana
Burrowing Owl 9
Athene cunicularia
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 10
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Eastern Cottontail 11
Sylvilagus floridanus
Coyote 12
Canis latrans
Muskrat 13
Ondatra zibethicus
Woods' rose 14
Rosa woodsii
common serviceberry 15
Amelanchier arborea
scarlet globemallow 2
Sphaeralcea coccinea
golden currant 16
Ribes aureum
eastern cottonwood 17
Populus deltoides
rubber rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus nauseosus
broom snakeweed 2
Gutierrezia sarothrae
common milkweed 18
Asclepias syriaca
daisy fleabane 19
Erigeron strigosus
Red-tailed Hawk 20
Buteo jamaicensis
Great Horned Owl 21
Bubo virginianus
Swainson's Hawk 22
Buteo swainsoni
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Western Meadowlark 24
Sturnella neglecta
Horned Lark 25
Eremophila alpestris
Mourning Dove 26
Zenaida macroura
American Kestrel 27
Falco sparverius
Western Kingbird 23
Tyrannus verticalis
Prairie Rattlesnake 28
Crotalus viridis
Bullsnake 29
Pituophis catenifer sayi

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