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Native plants of Colorado

1,119 species are recorded as native to Colorado in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 585 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 63 of the state’s 64 counties; the typical county has 237.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Colorado at a glance

Native species statewide
1,119 Of 2,808 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Colorado (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
585 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
237 Median native species per county; 148 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,119 native species)
Percent of the 1,119 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (66)
Shrub 8% (92)
Wildflower (forb) 56% (626)
Grass or grass-like 25% (278)
Vine 2% (20)
Fern 3% (37)

Wildflowers: 626 · grasses and grass-like: 278 · trees: 66 · shrubs: 92 · vines: 20 · ferns: 37.

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

Native plants by county

63 Colorado counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Adams County 104 55 5b–6a
Alamosa County 266 156 4b–5a
Arapahoe County 118 58 5b–6a
Archuleta County 250 160 5b–6b
Baca County 301 132 6b
Bent County 119 53 6a
Boulder County 735 387 5b–6a
Chaffee County 187 119 5a–6a
Cheyenne County 154 65 5b–6a
Clear Creek County 268 172 5a–5b
Conejos County 198 128 5a–5b
Costilla County 154 102 5a–5b
Crowley County 65 28 5b–6a
Custer County 296 178 5b–6a
Delta County 248 169 5b–6b
Denver County 162 83 6a
Dolores County 194 131 5b–6b
Douglas County 317 169 5b–6a
Eagle County 241 162 5a–6a
El Paso County 547 286 5b–6a
Elbert County 66 36 5b
Fremont County 162 83 5b–6a
Garfield County 346 232 5b–6b
Gilpin County 316 201 5b
Grand County 412 262 5a–5b
Gunnison County 435 271 4b–6a
Hinsdale County 95 60 5a
Huerfano County 259 152 6a
Jackson County 328 221 4b
Jefferson County 427 219 5b–6a
Kiowa County 113 54 5b–6a
Kit Carson County 155 66 5b–6a
La Plata County 285 174 6a–6b
Lake County 151 107 5a
Larimer County 618 340 5a–5b
Las Animas County 459 221 6a
Lincoln County 166 84 5b
Logan County 221 102 5b
Mesa County 465 295 5b–7a
Mineral County 271 171 5a
Moffat County 366 236 5a–6a
Montezuma County 401 249 6a–7a
Montrose County 349 220 6a–6b
Morgan County 114 53 5a–5b
Otero County 221 103 6a
Ouray County 88 55 5b–6a
Park County 347 214 4a–5b
Phillips County 83 37 5b
Pitkin County 209 146 5a–6a
Prowers County 116 51 6a
Pueblo County 210 124 6a
Rio Blanco County 334 219 5b–6a
Rio Grande County 185 121 5a–5b
Routt County 389 242 5a–5b
Saguache County 295 179 5a–5b
San Juan County 201 135 5a
San Miguel County 237 148 5b–6b
Sedgwick County 195 90 5b
Summit County 237 158 5a
Teller County 260 152 5a–5b
Washington County 118 51 5b
Weld County 332 159 5a–5b
Yuma County 234 112 5b–6a

1 county has no PLANTS county records in this build and no county list.

Garden-ready natives of Colorado

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in Colorado may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 59

Shrub 78

Wildflower (forb) 253

Grass or grass-like 182

Vine 7

Fern 6

Also listed as native and introduced here 6

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

Look up a Colorado ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Colorado: 1,119 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 63 counties.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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