2016 Annual General Meeting: Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Stillwater Resevoir Flattops
Autumn Aspens
Spring Aspen Forest
Steppe Flora
Bistorta and Senecio
Castilleja and Pedicularis
Clematis hirsutissima
Castilleja chromosa
Trillium ovatum
Calypso bulbosa
Rhododendron albiflorum
Yampa River Botanic Garden
Kintgen Garden in north Routt County
Kintgen Garden

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NARGS Annual Meeting: Steppe to Alpine
Steamboat Springs, Colorado - June 23-27th 2016

On-line registration begins January 1.

Steamboat Springs will offer NARGS members a chance to see a beautiful and less famous side of Colorado in what Mike Kintgen describes as a botanical paradise of contrasting habitats.  Most of the hikes and trips will focus on elevations ranging from the rich and varied steppe flora up to the interesting montane and subalpine areas (depending on snow cover).

The meeting will convene in Denver on June 22 and and picks up the afternoon of the 23rd in Steamboat Springs 170 miles to the northwest.

Please see Mike Kintgen's article "Steamboat Springs and the Northern Colorado Rockies"  in the Summer 2015 Rock Garden Quarterly for a description of the floristic areas surrounding Steamboat Springs and what attendees may hope to see when they attend the meeting.

More details will be posted as they are available.  Registration for the meeting will commence early in 2016.

Come to a Botanical Paradise

 

Stillwater Resevoir Flattops

Stillwater Reservoir Flattops
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Spring Aspen Forest

Spring Aspen Forest with Veratrum and Erythronium
[photo: M. Kintgen]

A rich and varied steppe flora:

 

Steppe Flora

Balsamorhiza, Phlox and Castilleja
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Trillium ovatum

Trillium ovatum
[photo M. Kintgen]

Clematis hirsutissima

Clematis hirsutissima
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Castilleja chromosa

Castilleja chromosa
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Calypso bulbosa

Calypso bulbosa
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Rhododendron albiflorum

Rhododendron albiflorum
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Montane and Subalpine Flora:

 

Castilleja and Pedicularis

Castilleja and Pedicularis
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Bistorta and Senecio

Bistorta and Senecio
[photo: M. Kintgen]

 

Great Public and Private Gardens

 

Yampa River Botanic Garden

Yampa River Botanic Garden
[photo: M. Kintgen]

Kintgen Garden in north Routt County

Kintgen Garden in north Routt County
[photo: M. Kintgen]

See you in Colorado in 2016

 

Kintgen Garden

Kintgen Garden
[photo M. Kintgen]

Autumn Aspens

Autumn Aspens
[photo: M. Kintgen]