Colorado State University

Collection’s manager Jennifer Ackerfield has just completed a new Flora of Colorado!  In addition to user-friendly keys, the Flora contains detailed species descriptions, habitat information, elevation ranges, flowering times, and synonymy.  Also, next to each species description is a distribution map detailing the presence or absence of each species in every county in Colorado.  Also included in the Flora are 76 color plates with 12 images per plate – that’s over 900 photographs to aid in plant identification, representing approximately 1/3 of the flora for the state.  This will make keying out a plant much faster, efficient, and the user feel more confident in the identification.