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BIOLOGY TECHNICAL NOTE NO. 01

Clover, red

Trifolium pratense

I

biennial/perennial

pink/red

Clover, white

Trifolium repens

I

perennial

white

Milkvetch, chickpea (cicer)

Astragalus cicer

I

perennial

yellow

Vetch, American

Vicia Americana

N

perennial

purple

Daisy/Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)
Tickseed, lanceleaf

Coreopsis pratense

N

perennial

yellow

Tickseed, golden

Coreopsis tinctoria

N

annual

yellow/red band

Sunflower, maximillian Top Pick!

Helianthus maximiliana

N

perennial

yellow

Goldeneye, showy

Heliomeris multiflora

N

perennial

yellow

Oxeye, smooth Top Pick!

Heliopsis heliathoides

N

perennial

yellow

Balsamroot, arrowleaf

Balsamorhiza sagittata

N

perennial

yellow

Gayfeather, dotted Top Pick!

Liatris punctata

N

perennial

purple

Coneflower, prarie

Ratibida columnifera

N

perennial

varies: red/yellow

Goldenrod, Canada Top Pick!

Solidago canadensis

N

perennial

yellow

Goldenrod, gray Top Pick!

Solidago nemoralis

N

perennial

yellow

Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae)

NRCS Policy Reminder: Fagopyrum esculentum is not approved for use in any conservation planting (NB 190-16-8)

Buckwheat, sulfur Top Pick!

Eriogonum umbellatum

N

perennial

bright yellow

Buckwheat, redroot

Eriogonum racemosum

N

perennial

bright yellow

Buckwheat, james'

Eriogonum jamesii

N

perennial

bright yellow

Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae)
Phacelia, silky Top Pick!

Phacelia sericea

N

biennial/perennial

purple

Phacelia, lacy Top Pick!

Phacelia tanacetifolia

N

annual

blue

Phacelia, gypsum

Phacelia integrifolia

N

annual-perennial

purple

Phacelia, varileaf

Phacelia heterophylla

N

biennial/perennial

white

Cabbage Family (Brassicaceae)
Princesplume, desert Top Pick!

Stanleya pinnata

N

perennial

yellow

Bittercress, heartleaf

Cardamine cordifolia

N

perennial

white

Bladderpod, Fendler's

Lesquerella fendleri

N

Biennial, perennial

yellow

Wallflower, western

Erysimum asperum

N

Biennial, perennial

orange to yellow

Wallflower, Pursh's

Erysimum capitatum

N

Biennial, perennial

orange to yellow

Alyssum

Lobularia maritima

I

annual, perennial

white/purple

Casper Family (Capparaceae)
Beeplant, rocky mnt. Top Pick!

Cleome serrulata

N

annual

pink to purple

Mallow Family (Malvaceae)
Poppymallow, purple

Callirhoe involucrata

N

perennial

redish pink

Mallow Family (Malvaceae)
Four-wing saltbrush Top Pick!

Atriplex canescens

N

perennial

yellow

*Potential cover crops that are good for insectory habitat.

1]I - Introduced, non-native. N - Native

FOTG, Section 1
NRCS, CO
Technical Notes, Biology
November 2016