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Natural Plant Communities

State Scientific Name	State Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank	Federal Listing Status	BLM/USFS Sensi- tivity Status	CO Listing Status	CNHP Element Sensitive	CNHP Tracking Status	State Element ID
(Picea engelmannii) / Betula glandulosa / Carex aquatilis - Sphagnum angustifolium Woodland	Iron Fen	G2	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24847
Abies concolor - Picea pungens - Populus angustifolia / Acer glabrum Forest	Montane Riparian Forests	G2	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24810
Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Acer glabrum Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24482
Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Erigeron eximius Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24688
Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Vaccinium myrtillus Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24643
Abies concolor / Arctostaphylos uva - ursi Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24933
Abies concolor / Festuca arizonica Woodland	Mixed Montane Forests	G4	S1	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24478
Abies concolor / Galium triflorum Woodland	Mixed Montane Forests	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24667
Abies concolor / Mahonia repens Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24696
Abies concolor / Quercus gambelii Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24975
Abies concolor / Symphoricarpos oreophilus Forest	Mixed Montane Forests	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24488
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii - Populus angustifolia / Lonicera involucrata Forest	Montane Riparian Forest	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24832
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii / Calamagrostis canadensis Forest	Montane Riparian Forests	G5	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24662
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii / Carex aquatilis Forest	Subalpine Riparian/wetland Forest	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24988
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii / Vaccinium caespitosum Forest	Subalpine Fir/Dwarf Bilberry	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24507
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii Ribbon Forest	Krummholz	GUQ	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24896
Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii Tree Island Forest	Krummholz	GUQ	SNR	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24571
Abies lasiocarpa / Alnus incana Forest	Montane Riparian Forests	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24684
Abies lasiocarpa / Carex geyeri Forest	Subalpine Forests	G5	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24625
Abies lasiocarpa / Erigeron eximius Forest	Subalpine Forests	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24691
Abies lasiocarpa / Mertensia ciliata Forest	Montane Riparian Forests	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24480
Abies lasiocarpa / Moss Forest	Subalpine Forests	G4	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24924
Abies lasiocarpa / Ribes (montigenum, lacustre, inerme) Forest	Coniferous Wetland Forests	G5	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24897
Abies lasiocarpa / Rubus parviflorus Forest	Subalpine Forests	G5	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24746
Abies lasiocarpa / Salix brachycarpa Shrubland	Krummholz	GUQ	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24784
Abies lasiocarpa / Salix drummondiana Forest	Montane Riparian Forest	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24905
Abies lasiocarpa / Salix glauca Shrubland	Krummholz	GUQ	SNR	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24920
Abies lasiocarpa / Trautvetteria caroliniensis Forest	Subalpine Fir/Carolina Tasselrue	G3	S2?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24506
Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium myrtillus Forest	Subalpine Forests	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24534
Abies lasiocarpa / Vaccinium scoparium Forest	Subalpine Forests	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24525
Acer negundo - Juniperus scopulorum / Salix exigua Woodland	-	GUQ	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24868
Acer negundo - Populus angustifolia / Celtis reticulata Forest	Narrowleaf Cottonwood Riparian Forests	G1Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24848
Acer negundo - Populus angustifolia / Cornus sericea Forest	Narrowleaf Cottonwood Riparian Forests	G2	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24479
Acer negundo / Betula occidentalis Woodland	Boxelder/River Birch	G1G2	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24887
Acer negundo / Cornus sericea Forest	Montane Riparian Deciduous Forest	G3?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24831
Acer negundo / Equisetum hyemale Forest	Montane Riparian Deciduous Forest	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24898
Acer negundo / Prunus virginiana Forest	Montane Riparian Deciduous Forest	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24678
Achnatherum hymenoides - Psoralidium lanceolatum Herbaceous Vegetation	-	G3Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24523
Achnatherum hymenoides Shale Barren Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Grasslands	G2	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24779
Alnus incana - Salix (monticola, lucida, ligulifolia) Shrubland	Thinleaf Alder-Mixed Willow Species	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24912
Alnus incana - Salix drummondiana Shrubland	Montane Riparian Shrubland	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24743
Alnus incana / Cornus sericea Shrubland	Thinleaf Alder-Red-osier Dogwood Riparian Shrubland	G3G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24773
Alnus incana / Equisetum arvense Shrubland	Montane Riparian Shrublands	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24502
Alnus incana / Mesic Forbs Shrubland	Thinleaf Alder/Mesic Forb Riparian Shrubland	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24645
Alnus incana / Mesic Graminoids Shrubland	Montane Riparian Shrubland	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24976
Alopecurus aequalis Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortawn Foxtail	G3G4	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20271
Amelanchier utahensis - Cercocarpus montanus Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	G2?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24866
Amelanchier utahensis / Carex geyeri Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24695
Amelanchier utahensis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24865
Andropogon gerardii - Calamovilfa longifolia Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Tallgrass Prairie	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24925
Andropogon gerardii - Schizachyrium scoparium Western Great Plains Herbaceous Vegetation	Xeric Tallgrass Prairie	G2?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24870
Andropogon gerardii - Sorghastrum nutans Western Great Plains Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Tallgrass Prairie	G2	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24811
Andropogon gerardii - Sporobolus heterolepis Western Foothills Herbaceous Vegetation	Xeric Tallgrass Prairie	G2	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24483
Andropogon hallii - Calamovilfa longifolia Herbaceous Vegetation	Northern Sandhill Prairie	G4G5	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24742
Andropogon hallii - Carex inops ssp. heliophila Herbaceous Vegetation	Great Plains Mixed Grass Prairie	G3	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24602
Aquilegia caerulea - Cirsium scopulorum Scree Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24759
Aquilegia micrantha - Mimulus eastwoodiae Herbaceous Vegetation	Hanging Gardens	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24552
Arctostaphylos patula / Ceanothus velutinus - Ceanothus prostratus Shrubland	Montane Shrublands	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20496
Arenaria hookeri Barrens Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairies (Sandstone Breaks)	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24919
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G5	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24891
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Pascopyrum smithii Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24735
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Poa secunda Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3Q	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24990
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24487
Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Meadows	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20885
Artemisia bigelovii / Achnatherum hymenoides Shrubland	Plains Escarpment Prairies (Limestone Breaks)	G3Q	S3Q	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24800
Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3?	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24492
Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula / Festuca thurberi Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24930
Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula / Purshia tridentata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24986
Artemisia filifolia / Andropogon hallii Shrubland	Northern Sandhill Prairie	G3?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24668
Artemisia nova / Hesperostipa comata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3?	S2?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24714
Artemisia nova / Leymus salinus Shrubland	West Slope Shrubland	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24840
Artemisia nova / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G4G5	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24584
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Hesperostipa comata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrubland	G4?	S3?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	40638
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Leymus cinereus phase Symphoricarpos oreophilus Shrubland	Sagebrush Bottomland Shrublands	GU	SNR	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24546
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Leymus cinereus Shrubland	Sagebrush Bottomland Shrublands	G2	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24677
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Pascopyrum smithii - (Elymus lanceolatus) Shrubland	Sagebrush Bottomland Shrublands	G3?	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24612
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Balsamorhiza sagittata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G5	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24875
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Carex geyeri Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	West Slope Sagebrush Shrubland	G3	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24904
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G5	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24935
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca thurberi Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3G4	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24818
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Hesperostipa comata Shrubland	-	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24846
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Leucopoa kingii Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G3	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24540
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Leymus cinereus Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrubland	G4?	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24947
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Pascopyrum smithii Shrubland	Sagebrush Bottomland Shrublands	G3?	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24951
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G5	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24681
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Symphoricarpos oreophilus / Agropyron trachycaulum Shrubland	West Slope Sagebrush Shrubland	G3G4	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24622
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis - Purshia tridentata / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Mesic Sagebrush Shrublands	G3Q	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24570
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Achnatherum hymenoides Shrubland	Xeric Sagebrush Shrublands	G5	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24837
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Elymus albicans Shrubland	Western Slope Sagebrush Shrublands	G4	S1	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24842
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Leymus ambiguus Shrubland	Mixed Foothill Shrublands	G3Q	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24981
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Pascopyrum smithii Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Sagebrush Bottomland Shrublands	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24664
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Xeric Sagebrush Shrublands	G4	S3?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24470
Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Mixed Foothill Shrublands	G3	S1?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24771
Athyrium americanum Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24590
Atriplex canescens / Bouteloua gracilis Shrubland	Shortgrass Prairie	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24660
Atriplex canescens / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland	Shortgrass Prairie	G3G4	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24943
Atriplex canescens / Sporobolus airoides Shrubland	Great Plains Shrubland	G5?	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24816
Atriplex confertifolia - Sarcobatus vermiculatus Shrubland	Saline Bottomland Shrublands	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24508
Atriplex confertifolia / Achnatherum hymenoides Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24683
Atriplex confertifolia / Hesperostipa comata Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G2	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24878
Atriplex confertifolia / Leymus salinus Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G3G5	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24655
Atriplex confertifolia / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G3G5	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24753
Atriplex confertifolia / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24522
Atriplex corrugata Dwarf - shrubland	Alkali Mat Saltbush Shrublands	G5	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24515
Atriplex cuneata - Frankenia jamesii / Sporobolus airoides Shrubland	Alkali Mat Saltbush Shrublands	G1?	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24623
Atriplex gardneri / Achnatherum hymenoides Dwarf - shrubland	Gardner's Mat Saltbush Shrublands	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24864
Atriplex gardneri / Leymus salinus Dwarf - shrubland	Gardner's Mat Saltbush Shrublands	G2?	S2?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24633
Atriplex gardneri / Pleuraphis jamesii Dwarf - shrubland	Gardner's Mat Saltbush Shrublands	G3G5	S1?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24579
Baccharis salicina Riparian Shrubland	Groundsel Tree	G2Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19945
Betula nana / Mesic Forbs - Mesic Graminoids Shrubland	Subalpine Riparian Shrubland	G3G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24497
Betula nana / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland	Dwarf Birch/sphagnum Shrubland	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24720
Betula occidentalis / Cornus sericea Shrubland	Lower Montane Riparian Shrublands	G3	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24876
Betula occidentalis / Maianthemum stellatum Shrubland	Foothills Riparian Shrubland	G4?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24686
Betula occidentalis / Mesic Graminoids Shrubland	Lower Montane Riparian Shrublands	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24637
Bidens cernua - Bidens frondosa Herbaceous Vegetation	Nodding Beggartick-devils Beggertick	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24957
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana Herbaceous Vegetation	Silver Beard Grass	G2Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	23590
Bouteloua curtipendula - Schizachyrium scoparium - (Eriogonum flavum) Herbaceous Vegetation	Great Plains Mixed Grass Prairie	GU	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24819
Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua hirsuta Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G2	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24580
Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G3	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24991
Bouteloua gracilis - Bouteloua curtipendula Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24680
Bouteloua gracilis - Bouteloua hirsuta Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G3G4	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24747
Bouteloua gracilis - Buchloe dactyloides Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G4	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24979
Bouteloua gracilis - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation	Shortgrass Prairie	G2G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24511
Bouteloua gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation	Blue Grama Short Grass Prairie	G4Q	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24512
Buchloe dactyloides - Ratibida tagetes - Ambrosia linearis Herbaceous Vegetation	Buffalograss Playa	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24524
Calamagrostis canadensis Western Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18213
Calamagrostis stricta Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional]	Slimstem Reedgrass	GU	S1?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40645
Caltha leptosepala Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	16989
Cardamine cordifolia - Mertensia ciliata Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24679
Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24955
Carex aquatilis Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	22745
Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Perched Wetland	Wet Meadow-Perched Wetland	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24690
Carex arapahoensis Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24694
Carex atherodes Herbaceous Vegetation	-	G3G5	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18076
Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation	Buxbaum's Sedge Wet Meadow	G3	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20370
Carex capillaris - Polygonum viviparum Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24710
Carex diandra Wet Meadow Herbaceous Vegetation	Quaking Fen	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	17597
Carex ebenea - Trifolium parryi Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	GUQ	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24974
Carex eleocharis Montane Turf	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24910
Carex elynoides - Oreoxis spp. Herbaceous Vegetation	Dry Alpine Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24794
Carex emoryi Herbaceous Vegetation	Emory's Sedge	G2?	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	22629
Carex foenea Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Riparian Meadow	GU	S1?	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	23961
Carex haydeniana Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19588
Carex illota Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GUQ	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	21256
Carex lachenalii Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24970
Carex lasiocarpa Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wetland	G4?	S1	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	21816
Carex limosa Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wetland	G2	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24366
Carex microglochin Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	22132
Carex microptera Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wetland	G4	S2?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	22744
Carex nardina Scree Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GNR	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24484
Carex nebrascensis Herbaceous Vegetation	Wet Meadows	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	22403
Carex nigricans - Juncus drummondii Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24886
Carex pellita Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	21815
Carex perglobosa - Silene acaulis Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19392
Carex praegracilis Herbaceous Vegetation	Clustered Sedge Wetland	G3G4	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	18593
Carex pyrenaica Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19076
Carex rupestris - Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24966
Carex rupestris - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Meadows	G3G4	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24833
Carex saxatilis Herbaceous Vegetation	Wet Meadow	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	17187
Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24712
Carex scopulorum - Elymus trachycaulus Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24792
Carex siccata - Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24495
Carex simulata Herbaceous Vegetation	Wet Meadow	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	16887
Carex utriculata Herbaceous Vegetation	Beaked Sedge Montane Wet Meadows	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18795
Carex utriculata Perched Wetland Herbaceous Vegetation	Beaked Sedge Perched Wetland	G3?	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40629
Carex vernacula Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	GU	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19963
Carex vesicaria Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wetland	G4Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18964
Catabrosa aquatica - Mimulus ssp. Spring Wetland	Spring Wetland	GU	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24862
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata / Pseudoroegneria spicata Woodland	Hackberry	G2G3	S1S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	17413
Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Woodland	-	G3	SNR	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40649
Cercocarpus ledifolius / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	G4Q	S2	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24616
Cercocarpus montanus - Rhus trilobata / Andropogon gerardii Shrubland	-	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40633
Cercocarpus montanus / Achnatherum scribneri Shrubland	Foothills Shrubland	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40631
Cercocarpus montanus / Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland	Foothills Shrubland	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24785
Cercocarpus montanus / Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus Shrubland	Mountain Mahogany/Griffith's Wheatgrass Shrubland	GU	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24921
Cercocarpus montanus / Hesperostipa comata Shrubland	Mixed Foothill Shrublands	G2	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24531
Cercocarpus montanus / Hesperostipa neomexicana Shrubland	Foothills Shrubland	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40630
Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia montana Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40632
Cercocarpus montanus / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland	Mixed Mountain Shrublands	G4	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24801
Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24782
Claytonia megarhiza Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Fellfields	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	21807
Coleogyne ramosissima / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland	Cold Desert Shrublands	G5	SU	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24539
Cornus sericea Shrubland	Foothills Riparian Shrubland	G4Q	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	22992
Corylus cornuta Shrubland [Provisional]	Lower Montane Forests	G3	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	40647
Crataegus rivularis Shrubland	Foothills Riparian Shrubland	G2Q	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24755
Danthonia intermedia Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands	G2G3	S2S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	18621
Danthonia parryi Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	19228
Dasiphora floribunda / Juncus balticus var. montanus Shrubland	Shrubby Cinquefoil/mountain Rush	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24701
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Deschampsia caespitosa Shrubland	Montane Riparian Shrubland	G4	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24475
Deschampsia caespitosa - Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadows	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24761
Deschampsia caespitosa - Caltha leptosepala Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadows	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24594
Deschampsia caespitosa - Carex nebrascensis Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Wet Meadows	G3?Q	S1	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24885
Deschampsia caespitosa - Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadows	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24509
Deschampsia caespitosa - Ligusticum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadows	GU	SU	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24527
Deschampsia caespitosa - Potentilla diversifolia Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadows	G5	S5	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24649
Deschampsia caespitosa Herbaceous Vegetation	Mesic Alpine Meadow	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24012
Distichlis spicata - (Scirpus nevadensis) Herbaceous Vegetation	Salt Grass-neveda Rush Salt Meadow	G4	S3?	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24595
Distichlis spicata Herbaceous Vegetation	Salt Meadows	G5	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	17188
Dryas octopetala - Carex rupestris Dwarf - shrub Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Scrub	G4	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24548
Eleocharis acicularis Herbaceous Vegetation	Slender Spike Rush	G4?	S3	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18233
Eleocharis compressa Herbaceous Vegetation	Spike Rush	G3Q	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20974
Eleocharis palustris Herbaceous Vegetation	Emergent Wetland	G5	S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	18783
Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation	Common Spikerush	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	20563
Eleocharis quinqueflora - Triglochin ssp. Herbaceous vegetation	Alkaline Spring Wetland	GU	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24936
Eleocharis quinqueflora Herbaceous Vegetation	Alpine Wetlands	G4	S3S4	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	23155
Eleocharis rostellata Herbaceous Vegetation	Emergent Wetland	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	18216
Equisetum hyemale Herbaceous Vegetation	Scouring Rush	G3	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24581
Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia filiculmis Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands	GU	S3	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24707
Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands	G3	S2	-	-	-	N	Fully Tracked	24543
Festuca idahoensis - Elymus trachycaulus Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands	G4	S1	-	-	-	N	Partial Tracking	24550
Festuca idahoensis - Festuca thurberi Herbaceous Vegetation	Montane Grasslands

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Natural Plant Communities

State Scientific Name

State Common Name

Global Rank

State Rank

Federal Listing Status

BLM/USFS Sensi- tivity Status

CO Listing Status

CNHP Element Sensitive

CNHP Tracking Status

State Element ID

(Picea engelmannii) / Betula glandulosa / Carex aquatilis - Sphagnum angustifolium Woodland

Iron Fen

G2

S2

-

-

-

N

Fully Tracked

24847

Abies concolor - Picea pungens - Populus angustifolia / Acer glabrum Forest

Montane Riparian Forests

G2

S2

-

-

-

N

Fully Tracked

24810

Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Acer glabrum Forest

Mixed Montane Forests

G4

S3

-

-

-

N

Partial Tracking

24482

Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Erigeron eximius Forest

Mixed Montane Forests

G5

S1S2

-

-

-

N

Partial Tracking

24688

Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Vaccinium myrtillus Forest

Mixed Montane Forests

G5

S3

-

-

-

N

Partial Tracking

24643

Abies concolor / Arctostaphylos uva - ursi Forest

Mixed Montane Forests

G5

S2

-

-

-

N

Partial Tracking

24933

Abies concolor / Festuca arizonica Woodland

Mixed Montane Forests

G4

S1

-

-

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Equal Opportunity
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Plant Communities

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