FEATURED ENTRIES FOR FALL 2009

Plant:  Gentiansntians
Text:  Synonyms
Definition:  Introduction to Biographies of Naturalists
Biography:  Thomas Nuttall
Link:Colorado Rare Plants List

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Recent Additions to this Web Site

1)  Photographs added to this web site in 2009. 

For brevity, common names are not included in the list of new photographs below, but when you click a link below you will go to a page with photographs and details about the plant, including all names.  
Click for a discussion about common and scientific names. 

1B)   New photographs of plants already on this web site:

March, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site

Shepherdia argentea
Rumex hymenosepalus
Thelypodiopsis aurea
Picrothamnus desertorum
Cymopterus bulbosus 

April, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site

Physaria rectipes
Pinus edulis  
Fendlera rupicola  
Ephedra torreyana
Purshia stansburiana  
Lithospermum incisum  
Streptanthella longirostris 
Cymopterus newberryi 
Purshia tridentata  
Boechera sp. 
Senecio integerrimus 
Ceratocephala orthocera 
Paxistima myrsinites 
Balsamorhiza sagittata 
Cylindropuntia whipplei 
Boechera pulchra  
Oreocarya fulvocanescens  
Opuntia polyacantha 
Acrolasia albicaulis  
Delphinium scaposum 
Ephedra viridis 
Lithospermum ruderale  
Ipomopsis congesta  
Lomatium grayi 
Claytonia lanceolata  

May, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site

Cymopterus purpureus  
Lithophragma spp  
Physaria acutifolia  
Townsendia leptotes 
Sclerocactus parviflorus 
Calochortus nuttallii 
Delphinium scaposum 
Pediocactus simpsonii  
Lomatium triternatum 
Corydalis aurea 
Erythronium grandiflorum 
Cylindropuntia whipplei 
Pedicularis centranthera 
Opuntia fragilis  
Antennaria dimorpha 
Pinus ponderosa 
Prosartes trachycarpum  
Penstemon eatonii 
Opuntia polyacantha 
Townsendia incana 
Machaeranthera grindelioides 
Pseudotsuga menziesii 
Lathyrus pauciflorus 
Cymopterus bulbosus  
Thermopsis rhombifolia 
Astragalus praelongus 
Leptodactylon pungens 
Astragalus missouriensis 
Frasera paniculata 
Echinocereus triglochidiatus 
Isocoma pluriflora  
Chaetopappa ericoides  
Quercus turbinella

June, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site

Fritillaria atropurpurea  
Heuchera parvifolia  
Potentilla plattensis  
Sidalcea candida   
Ipomopsis aggregata   
Purshia stansburiana  
Osmorhiza depauperata  
Osmorhiza occidentalis  
Lathyrus leucanthus
Urtica gracilis  
Senecio wootonii  
Padus virginiana  
Sisyrinchium montanum  
Corallorhiza maculata  
Achillea lanulosa  
Besseya ritteriana  
Adoxa moschatellina  
Aquilegia elegantula  
Erythronium grandiflorum  
Valeriana capitata   
Trollius albiflorus   
Trifolium nanum  
Draba crassifolia  
Salix nivalis  
Ipomopsis tenuituba  
Potentilla concinna

July, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site 

Lysiella obtusata  
Anticlea elegans  
Orthilia secunda  
Moneses uniflora  
Erigeron peregrinus  
Phacelia sericea  
Ranunculus uncinatus    
Ipomopsis tenuituba  
Pseudotsuga menziesii  
Calochortus gunnisonii  
Pseudocymopterus montanus  
Packera dimorphophylla  
Mertensia lanceolata   
Parnassia fimbriata  
Pyrola rotundifolia  
Picea engelmannii  
Rydbergia grandiflora  
Sorbus scopulina  
Parnassia fimbriata  
Draba crassifolia  
Thalictrum fendleri  
Arnica mollis and Aquilegia coerulea 
Eriogonum umbellatum  
Cardamine cordifolia   
Petradoria pumila  
Helianthella quinquenervis  
Erigeron elatior  
Castilleja rhexifolia  
Castilleja rhexifolia 2  
Psychrophila leptosepala  
Ligularia spp  
Aconitum columbianum

August, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site 

Gentianopsis thermalis  
Delphinium barbeyi  
Cirsium parryi 
Conioselinum scopulorum  
Angelica pinnata  
Pedicularis procera  
Oreochrysum parryi  
Aphyllon fasciculatum   
Erigeron melanocephalus  
Castilleja occidentalis  
Salix nivalis  
Rubus idaeus  
Cilaria austromontana  
Collomia linearis  
Gentianella acuta  
Linnaea borealis  
Potentilla pensylvanica  
Osmorhiza depauperata  
Gutierrezia sarothrae  
Pneumonanthe parryi  
Heterotheca pumila  
Angelica grayi   
Oxyria digyna  
Oxypolis fendleri  
Salix nivalis

September, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site 

Berberis fendleri  
Populous tremuloides  
Thalictrum fendleri  
Quercus gambelii

October, 2009: New photographs of plants already on this web site

Atriplex grayi  
Populus deltoides
Pterospora andromedea