As we know, summers in our mountains are short but glorious!If the snow ever melts this summer, the wildflower display should be one of the best ever! Go hiking and/or take a Native Plant Class!CSU Extension offers a variety of classes across the state as does the Colorado Native Plant Society.Be on the lookout for those and other native plant classes and field trips near you!
I am planning on spending as much time as I can in the mountains this summer and I hope to see some new things as well as old-favorites!
A plant I search out every year on my property at 8,400’ is stemless Easter daisy, Townsendia exscapa.It is blooming now.
A wildflower that I look for in late May is Erigeron compositus.I look for it growing on the shelfs of rock cliffs in a canyon near Rico at about 9,000’. Who isn’t delighted to stumble across a fairy-slipper orchid, Calypso bulbosa, growing in the deep shade of the subalpine forest? I am fascinated by the variety of p
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