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Draft:Flora of Colorado

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The flora of Colorado is well documented and rich in diversity because it spans three floristic regions, the North American Prairies Province of the North American Atlantic Region, the Great Basin Floristic Province of the Madrean Region, and the Rocky Mountain Floristic Region. There are approximately 2677 species and 645 varieties or subspecies recorded as growing in Colorado.^[1]

Ferns and fern allies[edit]

Gymnosperms[edit]

Herbs and woody angiosperms[edit]

There are 2612 species of herbaceous or woody flowering plants in 114 plant families that are recorded by botanical sources as growing in Colorado as of 2023. The table follows POWO for the scientific names of plants and their distribution with the exception of where Jennifer Ackerfield's Flora of Colorado is cited for information about distribution in Colorado. The state statuses are from NatureServe where available. Information about introduced status is POWO when there is no citation and following Ackerfield when there is a separate citation. Introduced plants are marked with an "I" in the last column and highlighted in green.

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