COLORADO NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS - SMALL / MEDIUM SHRUBS

• Antelope bitterbush - Purshia tridentata - South-facing slopes, dry welldrained soils
• Boulder raspberry - Oreobatus (Rubus) deliciosus - Rocky ground, foothills and canyons
• Buckbrush - Ceanothus fendleri - Open valleys, hillsides & woods, gravelly soil
• Common juniper - Juniperus communis ssp. alpina - Coniferous forest understory
• False indigo - Amorpha fruticosa - Streamsides
• Four-winged saltbush - Atriplex canescens - Alkali flats, grassy uplands, sandy soils
• Golden currant - Ribes aureum - Plains to foothills, along roadsides and streams
• Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - Semi-dry areas; needs acidic, welldrained soil
• Mountain ninebark - Physocarpus monogynus - Rocky canyonsides, outer foothills
• Narrow-leaf or Plains yucca - Yucca glauca - Rocky areas, plains to foothills
• Oregon-grape, Holly-grape - Mahonia repens - Dry slopes
• Rabbitbrush - Chrysothamnus nauseosus - Dry hills, plains to subalpine
• Rabbitbrush dwarf blue - Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. nauseosus - Eastern plains, foothill mesas
• Rabbitbrush tall green - Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. graveolens - Plains, deep soils, arroyos
• Red-berried elder - Sambucus microbotrys (racemosa) - Along streams and moist slopes
• Red osier dogwood - Swida sericea (Cornus stolonifera) - Streamsides and canyon bottoms Sand
• Cherry Cerasus - (Prunus) pumila ssp. besseyi - Sandy or gravelly prairie hillsides
• Shrubby cinquefoil - Pentaphylloides floribunda (Potentilla fruticosa) - Mulitple habitats
• Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus - Forest foothill canyons; dry rocky soil and gravelly banks
• Thimbleberry - Rubacer parviflorus - Moist, shaded forests
• Three-leaved sumac or skunkbrush - Rhus aromatica ssp. trilobata - Dry hillsides, canyons, valleys, and plains
• Twinberry honeysuckle - Distegia (Lonicera) involucrata - Moist soils, forests, streamsides
• Wax currant or squaw currant - Ribes cereum - Dry rocky open slopes, hills and ridges
• Waxflower - Jamesia americana - Cliffs and cliff bases
• Wild rose or Wood's rose - Rosa woodsii - Streambanks, open prairies, forest edges
• Winterfat - Krascheninnikovia (Ceratoides) lanata Inconspicuous - Sandy alkaline soils

   

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  COLORADO NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS - LARGE SHRUBS / SMALL TREES

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• Boxelder Negundo aceroides (Acer negundo) - Stream banks
• Chokecherry - Padus (Prunus) virginiana ssp. melanocarpa - Hillsides, gulches, canyons & streamsides
• Hackberry - Celtis reticulata - Dry rocky hillsides and ravine banks
• Hawthorn - Crataegus erythropoda - Dry hillsides and streambanks
• Mountain-ash - Sorbus scopulina - Rocky canyons and ravines
• Mountain mahogany - Cercocarpus montanus - Open rocky woods and stony soils
• Rocky Mountain juniper - Sabina (Juniperus) - Dry, rocky hillsides, also along streams
• Rocky Mountain maple - Acer glabrum - Moist sites, streams, and canyons
• Serviceberry - Amelanchier alnifolia - Dry, rocky slopes to moist, fertile soils
• Silver buffaloberry - Shepherdia argentea - Streamsides and river bottoms
• Smooth sumac - Rhus glabra - Slopes and canyonsides
• Thinleaf alder - Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - Swampy ground or sandy soil, montane streambanks and pond borders
• Wild plum - Prunus americana - Gulches, outwash mesas, moist soil along streambanks

COLORADO NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS - LARGE TREES

• Lanceleaf cottonwood - Populus x. acuminata - Streambanks and valleys
• Narrowleaf cottonwood - Populus angustifolia - Streambanks and valleys
• Plains cottonwood - Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera - Moist soils, floodplains, riparian areas and valley bottoms
• Ponderosa pine - Pinus ponderosa ssp. scopulorum - Multiple habitats