The Colorado Native Plant Society provides merchandise and books to members and non-members.

The merchandise available at a discount includes books, cds and pamphlets on Colorado native and introduced flora, plant communities, plant conservation, natural history and landscaping. Items such as shirts, magnifiers and tote-bags are also stocked. For a complete list of our stock, and to pay by check, please print out our order form by clicking here. The merchandise shown below is a partial list of our stock and is available through Paypal. You do not need a PayPal account to purchase books. All major credit cards are accepted.

To check on availability before placing an order, please email conpsoffice@aol.com

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The merchandise available at a discount to members includes special books, CDs, and pamphlets on Colorado native and introduced flora, plant communities, plant conservation, natural history, and landscaping.  Items such as shirts, magnifiers, and tote-bags are also available.  If you prefer to use an order form, please clicking here.  Please remember that you must be a member to use this order form.

Please contact Linda Smith to check on availability before placing an order.

Most of the books below have been written by Colorado Native Plant Society Members

Catalog of the Flora of Colorado $40.00	The Valley of the Second Sons: Letters of Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, a Young English Naturalist, Writing to His Sweetheart and Her Brother About His Life in West Cliff, Wet [Paperback] $30.00	Bryophytes of Colorado: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts [Paperback] $25.00

Komarek's book is a superb guide for the flora of the San Juans.  It has detailed, easy to use keys, hundreds of excellent line drawings, 64 color photos, and it is all based on the author's extensive field work in the mountains and canyons near her home.

Flora of the San Juans: A Field Guide to the Mountain Plants of Southwestern Colorado [Paperback ]$15.50 Wild at Heart - A Field Guide to Plants, Birds and Mammals of Snowmass - Aspen and the Colorado Rocky Mountains [Paperback] $27.5   Wild About Wildflowers - Extreme Botanizing in Crested Butte, Wildflower Capital of Colorado [Paperback] $22.00

Colorado Native Plant Society  members Jan and Charlie Turner have assembled hundreds of their  revealing wildflower photographs from Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, and Red Rocks Park in these handy and beautiful guides.  Most plants are pictured in several photos and are accompanied by informative and accurate details about habitat, growth patterns, uses, etc. Click images to order these books.

Wildflowers of Canyon de Chelly $10.00	Wildflowers of Mesa Verde $10.00	Wildflowers of Red Rocks Park $12.00

These slim volumes provide excellent step-by-step keys for identifying Rocky Mountain plants.  Included are line drawings, an illustrated glossary,  and information on habitat and flower range.  

Rocky Mountain Flower Finder: A Guide to the Wildflowers Found Below Tree Line in the Rocky Mountains (Nature Study Guides) [Paperback] $5.75	Rocky Mountain Tree Finder:  A pocket manual for identifying Rocky Mountain Trees (Second edition - paperback)  $3.50

These lovely books are the product of Janet's decades of love for the alpine areas of Colorado.  The books have excellent line drawings and informative text that will send you on your way to alpine hiking.  

Song of the Alpine: The Rocky Mountain Tundra Through the Seasons [Paperback] $15.00

Step by step keys, 120 excellent line drawings, and 185 color photographs help you identify 295 shrubs and trees of Colorado.  The author, Jack Carter, is Professor Emeritus of Biology, Colorado College.  Jack is known for his enthusiasm for and detailed knowledge of Southwestern flora.  This is the revised and expanded 2006 edition.

Trees And Shrubs of Colorado [Paperback] $23.00 Common Southwestern Native Plants - An Identification Guide for Native Plants of Colorado, SE Utah, Arizona and New Mexico [Paperback] $15.50

Priscilla Spears, author of A Tour of the Flowering Plants Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, will be presenting a workshop for the Colorado Native Plant Society this fall. Look at the Workshop page on this website for details.

A Tour of the Flowering Plants Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group [Paperback] $43.00

Recent Addition

Illustrated Keys to the Grasses of Colorado [Paperback] $7.00	A Simplified Guide to Common Colorado Grasses[Hardcover] $3.25	Island of Grass - A natural history of northern CO prairie ecology by Ellen Wohl. (hardcover, 224 pages, BW photos) $20.0	Illustrated Keys to Early Spring Wildflowers and Weeds of the Colorado Front Range - Plants that Flower before May [Paperback] $1.25

Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies: Revealing Their Natural History [Paperback] $14.50	Grasses of Colorado [Paperback] $27.50	Colorado's Best Wildflower Hikes Vol 1: The Front Range [Paperback] $16.00	Colorado's Best Wildflower Hikes: VOL 3 The San Juans [Paperback] Out of Stock

Colorado's Newest & Best Wildflower Hikes [Paperback] $16.00	Columbines: Aquilegia, Paraquilegia, and Semiaquilegia [Illustrated] [Hardcover] $22.00	Guide To Colorado Wildflowers Vol 1: Plains and Foothills $14.00	Guide to Colorado Wildflowers. Vol 2. Mountains $14.00

How To Identify Grasses: And Grasslike Plants [Paperback] $10.00	How To Identify Plants [Paperback] $10.00	Northern Colorado Plants - A Field Guide to the Flora of the Northern Front Range Urban Corridor, by Alix Gadd (paperback, 128 pages, color photos throughout)  $16.00	Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary [Paperback] $17.00

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