Botanical research in the state of Colorado has identified 16 plant species that are listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as threatened or endangered (USFWS 2012); and over 500 plant species considered to be of special concern by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the USFWS, and/or the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP 2012).
The Colorado Rare Plant Guide has been produced through the efforts of the Colorado Rare Plant Technical Committee, a committee representing government and private interests, and concerned with protecting Colorado's flora. The Committee anticipates that a guide to Colorado's rarest plants will facilitate the collection of botanical data, be indispensable to the establishment of conservation priorities, and enable informed land management decisions.
For further information please see: "About the Rare Plant Guide", above.
To provide input: please use the research tab to the left, or for corrections to the text, additional photographs, location information, etc. please contact Susan Panjabi at: susan.panjabi@colostate.edu.
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This resource should be cited as:
Colorado Natural Heritage Program. 1997+. Colorado Rare Plant Guide. www.cnhp.colostate.edu. Latest update: February 22, 2013