Rare Plant Guide on the Web

Botanical research in the state of Colorado has identified 12 plant species that are listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as threatened or endangered (USFWS 1993a); and an additional 388 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 1996).

The Colorado Rare Plant Field 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 field 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.