Boulder wildflowers

yellow stone crop and blue mist penstemon on Mt. Sanitas

This is a personal collection of photos taken mostly in the spring and summer of 2016 on Boulder area trails. The pictures were taken with my Samsung S4 camera unless my husband was along and used his i-phone.  I am not sure yet where I am going with this but I hope to add more information about each flower such as points for identification, ecological relationships and interesting facts.

Photos are organized by color and then by family.  Each photo filename includes a common name, latin name, family, location, and date taken. My thought is, that, once you know a flower by name, you can easily learn more; either by reading more about it on the internet, or just observing its distribution, seasonal changes, and relationships with other organisms.

Great on-line resources useful for Boulder area:

http://www.wildflowersearch.com/ [Enter the location coordinates the left under search menu: Boulder 40.0150° N, 105.2705° W, Louisville 39.9778° N, 105.1319° W]

Click to access wildflowers.pdf

http://jeffco.us/coopext/intro.jsp

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/

http://easterncoloradowildflowers.com/search.htm

http://www.wildflowersofcolorado.com/html/

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/agconservation/noxious-weed-species

My favorite field guide book: Plains & Foothills – Guide to Colorado Wildflowers Volume 1, by G. K. Guennel

The next book I plan to purchase when I improve my botany skills: Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope, Fourth Edition A Field Guide to the Vascular Plants, William A. Weber

About me: I used to run the Boulder trails, rushing to get a workout in between life’s obligations.  Finally, I am learning to walk and to stop to see the wildflowers.

Blog: Nature discoveries

Face book: https://www.facebook.com/Ispyaflower/

“Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.”

― Wendell Berry, A Place on Earth