Special Collections
Colorado Recommended
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
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| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant Yellow Spiderflower | |
| Peritoma multicaulis | Slender Bee-plant Slender Spiderflower | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Penstemon strictus | Rocky Mountain Penstemon Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
| Pinus contorta | Lodgepole Pine Beach Pine Pino De San Pedro Martir | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Picea engelmannii | Engelmann's Spruce Engelmann Spruce | |
| Pinus flexilis | Limber Pine Pino Enano | |
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine Western Yellow Pine Pino Blanco | |
| Picea pungens | Blue Spruce Colorado Spruce | |
| Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood Narrow-leaf Cottonwood | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen Golden Aspen Trembling Aspen Mountain Aspen Aspen Trembling Poplar Alamo Blanco | |
| Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
| Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida | Cutleaf Anemone Pasqueflower Wild Crocus | |
| Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush Bitterbrush Antelope Brush | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain White Oak Utah White Oak | |
| Ranunculus cardiophyllus | Heartleaf Buttercup Heart-leaf Buttercup | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
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