Red-tailed Hawks
If you see a large bird soaring above the Willow Spring Open Space, chances are good that it is a Red-tailed Hawk. As it turns, you may be able to notice the rust colored tail that the name describes.
Mountain Forests
Colorado Mountain Forests – mostly pine and aspen – in the Colorado mountains at elevations 5,500 – 9,000 feet
American Crows
American Crows are large black birds that travel in flocks called a “murder” of crows. Their distinctive “caw caw” sometimes announces them before they are seen.
Black-billed Magpies
Black-billed Magpies are large birds that are easily recognized by their striking black and white colors along with their long tails.
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Great Plains Yucca
The Great Plains Yucca plant is easily recognized by its stiff, sword shaped leaves that all originate at the base of the plant in a rosette. Its white flowers are on tall stalks and the dry flowers remain throughout the rest of the year.
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Sandbar Willow Shrub
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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Rocky Mountain Juniper Trees
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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The Importance of Native Plants
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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