Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

Time 2020-09-27 01:04:19

Web Name: Southwest Colorado Wildflowers

WebSite: http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com

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1) If you would like to look at species that you already know or if you would like to browse all species, click now. Click the thumbnail results to see enlarged photos and plant descriptions. 2) If you would like TO IDENTIFY A PLANT or if you would like to look at plants with special characteristics, go to SELECT PLANT CHARACTERISTICS below. Click to start a new search. Click here to search this website by trail, plant part, location, or any word, name, or phrase. SELECT PLANT CHARACTERISTICS 1) To identify a plant you have found, select its characteristics below and click Submit . 2) To browse plants with particular characteristics, select the characteristics below and then click Submit . For example, to see species that are wildflowers, yellow, flowering in July, growing in the alpine, and found in rocky areas, select each characteristic and then click Submit . You will get a list of all the species on this website that fit the characteristics you selected. Leaf blade longer than wide. Various shapesin outline. Leaf blade about as long as wide. Blade close to round in outline. Each photograph in the second row below shows just one leaf, one compound leaf, i.e., a leaf cut into leaflets. The overall shape of each whole leaf is round. Skip category Skip this Flower Shape category. I do not see my flower shape below. Show me all others. Click the family name for a description. Asteraceae has the greatest number of species of any family in our area (and in many parts of the world), so to get you closer to identifying your mystery species in this family, I have added two further characteristics choices just for Asteraceae. 1) What is the growth form of your Asteraceae species? Plants grow with many stems emanating from a single point. Shrub-like, either woody or not woody. Plants grow with a loose or tight mass of basal leaves; flower stems arise from different locations in the mass. Plants grow singly, although there may be dozens of individual plants near each other. Skip the above Asteraceae growth form category. 2) What is the flower head type of your Asteraceae species? Asteraceae flowers are actually groupings of tiny flowers into one flower head, and the flower heads come in three flavors. Flower heads have ray and disk flowers. The outer circle consists of ray flowers, each with one elongated ray (the flattened yellow or lavender appendage shown below) and an inner disk of tightly packed tubular flowers that do not have rays. Flower heads have only ray flowers. Flower heads have only disk flowers. Another Way to Search This Site The search box below allows you to search this site for any word or phrase, such as, a trail or park name, location, botanist's name, plant part, or alternate common name. If your search has more than one word, for example, Lake Hope Trail , enclose the words in quotation marks. Otherwise you will retrieve some entries for each word as well as for the phrase. NOTE: To search by plant name, flower color, month of flowering, habitat, vegetation zone, etc., you will find it faster and easier to use the search tool at the top of the page. COPYRIGHT INFORMATIONPhotographs, written material, design, and all other aspects of this website are Al Schneider. No aspect of this website may be used for any purpose -- personal, not-for-profit, governmental, or commercial -- without the permission of Al Schneider. Email Al or phone (970-882-4647) for permission and commercial prices. Proceeds from the sale of Al's photographs pay for this website.up bar This website is hosted by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory of Gothic, Colorado. I deeply appreciate RMBL's assistance in making sure that swcoloradowildflowers.com stays on-line for many years into the future. If you are so inclined,please send a donation to RMBL and indicate that it is for the perpetuation of this website.The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory advances the scientific understanding of nature that promotes informed stewardship of the Earth. Founded in 1928 as an independent field station with no institutional affiliation, the Lab hosts one of the largest gatherings of field biologists from institutions across the world. Internationally recognized research has been carried out at all levels of organization from gene to ecosystem, and Lab scientists have produced over 1,300 publications. Paul Ehrlich considers RMBL, the finest biological research station in the world . Click for a video about RMBL. My thanks to Michelle and Jeff Fink of Cedar Networks; they generously hosted this website for ten years. For digital services for businesses and homes call (877) 652-3327.And thanks to Steve Sullivan, patient paragon programmer who set upthe search mechanism near the top of this page. Click for Steve's great botanical website. This website is updated almost every day.The site has been visited about 2.5 million times since its inception in February, 2001. I hope you enjoy your visit with the plants of the Four Corners states.Please feel free to contact me with your comments and questions.up bar

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