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Larimer County Flora and Fauna

Larimer County Flora and Fauna

Celebrate Larimer County's biodiversity with this Project Noah mission! With life zones ranging from the plains (3,500 ft. - 5,500 ft.) to the alpine (11,500 ft. and up), Larimer County has a wide variety of flora and fauna. Many Larimer County Natural Resources' Open Spaces fall within the foothills life zone (5,500 ft. - 8,000 ft.) where you can discover an amazing confluence of species to photograph and explore! Sign in to join mission

Larimer County Flora and Fauna
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Larimer County Natural Resources

Website 14 participants 107 spottings

Get outside in Larimer County and document the flora and fauna that call Northern Colorado home. Here are some places to start: Carter Lake County Park, Devil's Backbone Open Space, Eagle's Nest Open Space, Hermit Park Open Space, Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, Horsetooth Reservoir County Park, Red Mountain Open Space, and River Bluffs Open Space

Larimer County Flora and Fauna

Lat: 40.70 Long: -105.59

Recent Spottings

Black-billed Magpie Lee C. 4 0 Black-billed Magpie
Spotting Ethan Cole 0 2 Spotting
Elephanthead Lousewort Lee C. 1 0 Elephanthead Lousewort
Bighorn sheep Lee C. 2 0 Bighorn sheep
Rocky Mountain Pond-lily Lee C. 2 0 Rocky Mountain Pond-lily
Black widow RachelRobbins 1 0 Black widow
Bobcat RachelRobbins 4 0 Bobcat
Spotting RNovak 2 0 Spotting
Bullsnake dmarvin55 3 1 Bullsnake
Wax Currant Dave Marvin 1 0 Wax Currant
Prickly Poppy Dave Marvin 1 0 Prickly Poppy
Wolf Spider Larimer County Natural Resources 2 0 Wolf Spider
Wavyleaf False Dandelion Dave Marvin 1 0 Wavyleaf False Dandelion
Northern Leopard Frog RNovak 0 1 Northern Leopard Frog
Elk Larimer County Natural Resources 8 3 Elk
Mariposa Lily Larimer County Natural Resources 3 0 Mariposa Lily
Bush Cicada RachelRobbins 1 0 Bush Cicada
Sun spider (Solifugae) RachelRobbins 1 2 Sun spider (Solifugae)
Purple locoweed Lee C. 1 0 Purple locoweed
White locoweed Lee C. 1 0 White locoweed
mountain goldenbanner, golden pea, false lupine Lee C. 1 0 mountain goldenbanner, golden pea, false lupine
Prairie coneflower; Mexican hat Lee C. 1 0 Prairie coneflower; Mexican hat
Spreading wallflower Lee C. 1 0 Spreading wallflower
deer mouse palaback 1 0 deer mouse
Winter fat palaback 1 0 Winter fat
Western aster palaback 1 0 Western aster
Red-winged blackbird Lee C. 1 0 Red-winged blackbird
Rocky Mountain Iris Lee C. 0 1 Rocky Mountain Iris
House finch Lee C. 0 1 House finch
Elk or Wapiti Lee C. 0 0 Elk or Wapiti
Wild Turkey Lee C. 0 0 Wild Turkey
Mule deer Lee C. 0 0 Mule deer
Moose (North America) or Eurasian elk (Europe) Lee C. 0 0 Moose (North America) or Eurasian elk (Europe)
Yellow-bellied Marmot Lee C. 0 0 Yellow-bellied Marmot
pasque flower, meadow anemone Lee C. 0 0 pasque flower, meadow anemone
Curlycup gumweed Lee C. 0 0 Curlycup gumweed
Whitest evening-primrose Lee C. 0 0 Whitest evening-primrose
Boulder raspberry Lee C. 0 0 Boulder raspberry
Ring-necked duck Lee C. 0 0 Ring-necked duck
Showy milkweed Lee C. 0 0 Showy milkweed
Common Nighthawk RachelRobbins 0 0 Common Nighthawk
Eastern Tiger Salamander RachelRobbins 0 0 Eastern Tiger Salamander
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher RachelRobbins 0 0 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Differential grasshopper palaback 0 0 Differential grasshopper
Coppermallow Dave Marvin 0 0 Coppermallow
Two-Lobe Larkspur Dave Marvin 0 0 Two-Lobe Larkspur
Prairie Spiderwort Dave Marvin 0 0 Prairie Spiderwort
Cicer Milkvetch Dave Marvin 0 0 Cicer Milkvetch
Blanketflower Larimer County Natural Resources 0 0 Blanketflower
Prickly Pear Cactus Larimer County Natural Resources 0 0 Prickly Pear Cactus

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