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Native
plants
 Many
plants native to Colorado are used in residential landscapes, most notably
our state tree, the Colorado blue spruce, and the quaking aspen. Plants
native to a particular area are well adapted to those soil and climatic
conditions. They also resist pest insects and diseases common in that
area.
Colorado is a large state with diverse climates and
soil conditions. Often, plants from mountain soils that drain well may not
grow well in compacted clay soils found in urban areas. A native plant
doesn't mean the plant is drought-tolerant. Many native plants of higher
elevations require plenty of moisture.
Some trees native to Colorado that are frequently
used in the landscape include the limber pine, southwestern white pine,
pinyon, bigtooth maple, bristlecone pine, ponderosa pine, Rocky Mountain
juniper, hoptree, Douglas fir and white fir.
Shrubs suitable for landscape use such as the lead plant, mountain mahogany, Apache plume, New Mexico privet, rabbitbrush, chokecherry, three-leaf sumac, potentilla, fernbush, Gambel oak, sagebrush, western water birch and western sandcherry are native to Colorado.
For "Xeriscape plant choices" refer to message number 1907.
For more information, see the following Colorado State Extension fact sheet(s).
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