Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles,
Trees, Plants and Shrubs found in the Boulder Creek Watershed
Common Name
Species Native
Native
Fish
rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
no
brown trout
Salmo trutta
no
common carp
Cyprinus carpio
no
central stoneroller
Campostoma anomalum
yes
fathead minnow
Pimephales promelas
yes
longnose dace
Rhinichthys cataractae
yes
creek chub
Semotilus atromaculatus
yes
longnose sucker
Catostomus catostomus
yes
white sucker
Catostomus commersoni
yes
plains top minnow
Fundulus sciadicus
yes
western mosquito fish
Gambusia affinis
no
green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
yes
largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
no
Amphibians
tiger salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
yes
western toad
Bufo boreas
yes
great plains toad
Bufo cognatus
yes
woodhouse's toad
Bufo woodhousii
yes
western chorus toad
Pseudacris triseriata
yes
bullfrog
Rana catesbeiana
no
northern leopard frog
Rana pipiens
yes
plains spadefoot frog
Spea bombifrons
yes
snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina
yes
painted turtle
Chrysemys picta
yes
ornate box turtle
Terrapene ornata
no
Reptiles
six-lined racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
yes
many-lined skink
Eumeces multivirgatus
no
lesser earless lizard
Holbrookia maculata
no
short-horned lizard
Phrynosoma douglassii
yes
red-lipped plateau lizard
Sceloporus undulatus erythrocheilus
yes
racer
Coluber constrictor
yes
western rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis
yes
milk snake
Lampropeltis triangulum
yes
smooth green snake
Liochlorophis vernalis
yes
northern water snake
Nerodia sipedon
yes
bullsnake
Pituophis catenifer
yes
plains blackhead snake
Tantilla nigriceps
yes
western terrestrial garter snake
Thamnophis elegans
yes
plains garter snake
Thamnophis radix
yes
common garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
yes
lined snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum
yes
Vegetation
Trees
green ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
no
box elder
Negundo aceroides
yes
plains cottonwood
Populus deltoidea ssp. occidentalis
yes
hackberry
Celtis reticulata
yes
Russian Olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
no
peach-leaved willow
Salix amygdaloides
yes
Shrubs
wax currant
Ribes cereum
yes
hawthorn
Crataegus spp
yes
wild plum
Prunus americana
yes
wild rose
Rosa arkansana
yes
salt cedar
Tmarix ramosissima
yes
snowberry
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
yes
sandbar willow
Salix exigua
yes
Herbaceous Plants
arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
yes
foxtail barley
Critesion jubatum
yes
broad-leaved cat-tail
Typha latifolia
yes
prairie cord-grass
Spartina pectinata
yes
sand dropseed
Sporogbolus cryptandrus
yes
kochia
Kochia sieversiana
no
wild licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
yes
poison ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
yes
pondweed
Potamogeton spp.
yes
saltgrass
Distichlis stricta
yes
sunflower
Helianthus nuttallii
yes
water-plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
yes
western wheatgrass
Pascopyrum smithii
yes
bulrush
Schoenoplectus lacustris
yes
Source: Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer and JohnC. Emerick.
From Grassland to Glacier: the Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding
Region. Johnson Publishing 1992. pages 59-70.
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