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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Colorado. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common elderberry Black elder Mexican elderberry Common elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sambucus racemosa | Red elderberry | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Shepherdia argentea | Silver buffaloberry Buffaloberry | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow indian grass | |
| Sorbus scopulina | Cascade mountain-ash Greene's mountain ash Western mountain-ash | |
| Viburnum opulus | European cranberrybush | |
| Yucca baccata | Banana yucca Blue yucca Fleshy-fruited yucca Datil | |
| Yucca glauca | Soapweed yucca Narrowleaf yucca Plains yucca Beargrass | |
| Zinnia grandiflora | Rocky Mountain zinnia Little golden zinnia Yellow zinnia Plains zinnia Prairie zinnia | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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