Denver Colorado Metro Area
The Common Rabbitbrush shrub is a beautiful gold shrub which gets its name by providing a good spot for rabbits to hide. It is recognized in most seasons by its globe shape dotting the dry landscape.
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Sandbar Willow shrubs grow along the banks of streams and on floodplains in multi-stemmed thickets, with branches up to 8 feet tall.
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Russian Olive trees are considered invasive plants in Colorado. They are easily recognized by thin, silvery leaves and thorns on the branches coming out next to the leaf stalks.
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Green Ash trees are fast-growing tall trees which turn gold in the fall. They can be recognized by the X pattern on the bark and the branches opposite each other.
Rocky Mountain Juniper trees are conifer trees with scale-like leaves that stay on year-round. They are very hardy and adapted to low moisture and dry clay conditions.
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Native Plants are those plants that have evolved to live in a certain place and are important to the ecosystem. Here is a collection of Native Plants at Willow Spring Open Space, along with some noxious weeds found there.
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The Geology of the Willow Spring Open Space forms the foundation of the area. It provides the clay used to build the Englewood Dam and drives the soil type for the plants and animals there.
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The Plains Cottonwood tree is a large, dominant tree found along stream and river beds where more moisture is available than in the grasslands of the Plains.
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