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Flora of Colorado
Published on March 31, 2015 4:11 pm MT Updated on December 13, 2018 9:03 am MT
In 2015, Assistant Curator Jennifer Ackerfield completed a 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. The Flora of Colorado is currently in its 2nd printing, and a 2nd edition is due for completion in 2020.
