THOUGH IT IS WIDELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MUCH OF COLORADO IS COVERED WITH GRASSLANDS. BLOOMING SAGEBRUSH AND A DEAD TREE ARE ALL PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY, GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK. (By Christian Collins, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Colorado shares its state grass, blue grama, with neighboring New Mexico. Ranging from southern Canada into Mexico, it is the dominant grass species in the shortgrass steppe ecoregion,
COLORADO’S DISTINCTIVE STATE GRASS MAY BE EVEN EASIER TO SPOT IN WINTER.
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