Articles by Jeff Mitton

Surprisingly, subspecies with different growth forms can be within a few feet of one another.

By rubbing a spear head against stone to form or sharpen it, a groove is gouged very similar to the grooves beside the Procession Panel.

Of the genus Physaria, pretty wildflowers, 24 species grow in Colorado. Ten of 24 species are endemic to Colorado, meaning they live nowhere else.

Full confirmation of this hardy species took five decades of scientific study.

Like other animals, they are marking their territory, and being subtle about it would not serve their purposes.

The stunning flower, seen in Colorado’s high country, might be a distinct species or not; regardless, this is science at work.

In Rabbit Valley near the Colorado-Utah border, some signs indicate that aster could stymie the dominance of the invasive species.

Native Americans used the staple for many foods for thousands of years, and it is now recognized as the state grass in Nevada and Utah.

It’s complicated; shaggy parasols can be eaten by some people, not all, but only after cooking. I advise against taking a risk.

My hope for this expedition to the San Rafael Swell was to find flowers on scarlet monkeyflower, which grows in hanging gardens on vertical walls.