Colorado Tallgrass Prairie

Location:    Boulder County
Size:   269 acres  
Designated:   November 1984
Landowner: City of Boulder

The Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Natural Area is a remnant of a once-extensive area of tall prairie occupying the South Boulder Creek floodplain and much of the glacial outwash plateaus of the Front Range.  These tallgrass prairie remnants support flora similar to the prairies of South Dakota, Kansas, and the Midwest, including big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and yellow Indiangrass (Sorgastrum nutans).