The Pikes Peak area supports a unique set of biodiversity. Fifty significant plants, animals and natural communities are found in a small area approximately 16 x 20 miles surrounding Pikes Peak. Out of this fifty, an astounding number are plants, 31 to count. Included in this number are one plant species which is known from nowhere else in the world, the best known population in the world for another species, and a third subspecies which is endemic to the area.
Year Published: 1999
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