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Plants of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

Variegated Horsetail ²
Equisetum variegatum

echo moonwort ³
Botrychium echo

little grapefern ⁴
Botrychium simplex

Fendler cloak-fern ⁵
Argyrochosma fendleri

brittle bladderfern ⁶
Cystopteris fragilis

northern spleenwort ⁷
Asplenium septentrionale

maidenhair spleenwort ⁸
Asplenium trichomanes

Oregon woodsia ⁹
Woodsia oregana

Male fern ¹⁰
Dryopteris filix-mas

Common Juniper ¹¹
Juniperus communis

Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine ¹²
Pinus aristata

two-needle pinyon ¹³
Pinus edulis

Limber Pine ¹⁴
Pinus flexilis

Ponderosa Pine ¹⁵
Pinus ponderosa

Common Douglas-fir ¹⁶
Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce ¹⁷
Picea engelmannii

Blue Spruce ¹⁸
Picea pungens

red clover ¹⁹
Trifolium pratense

white clover ²⁰
Trifolium repens

yellow sweet clover ²¹
Melilotus officinalis

American vetch ²²
Vicia americana

Alpine Milkvetch ²³
Astragalus alpinus

Timber Milkvetch ²⁴
Astragalus miser

Loose-flower Milkvetch ²⁵
Astragalus tenellus

Parry's Milkvetch ²⁶
Astragalus parryi

stemless point-vetch ²⁷
Oxytropis lambertii

White Point-vetch ²⁸
Oxytropis sericea

Showy crazyweed ²⁹
Oxytropis splendens

spreadfruit goldenbanner ³⁰
Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean ³¹
Thermopsis montana

false lupine ¹⁰
Thermopsis rhombifolia

Boreal Sweet-vetch ³²
Hedysarum boreale

wild strawberry ³³
Fragaria vesca

Virginia strawberry ³⁴
Fragaria virginiana

Shrubby Cinquefoil ³⁵
Dasiphora fruticosa

Big-flower Cinquefoil ³⁶
Drymocallis fissa

common silverweed ³⁷
Argentina anserina

alpine cinquefoil ³⁸
Potentilla concinna

slender cinquefoil ³⁹
Potentilla gracilis

horse cinquefoil ⁴⁰
Potentilla hippiana

white-leaved cinquefoil ⁴¹
Potentilla pulcherrima

large-leaved avens ¹⁵
Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke ¹⁰
Geum triflorum

Rocky Mountain Raspberry ⁴²
Rubus deliciosus

American red raspberry ⁴³
Rubus idaeus strigosus

Prickly Wild Rose ⁴⁴
Rosa acicularis

prairie rose ⁴⁵
Rosa arkansana

Woods' rose ⁴⁶
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ⁴⁷
Cercocarpus montanus

chokecherry ⁴⁸
Prunus virginiana

mountain ninebark ⁴⁹
Physocarpus monogynus

rockspiraea ⁵⁰
Holodiscus dumosus

Stinging Nettle ⁵¹
Urtica dioica

common hop ⁵²
Humulus lupulus

woodland pinedrops ⁵³
Pterospora andromedea

bog wintergreen ⁵⁴
Pyrola asarifolia

lesser wintergreen ⁵⁵
Pyrola minor

One-flowered Wintergreen ⁵⁶
Moneses uniflora

one-sided wintergreen ⁵⁷
Orthilia secunda

Kinnikinnick ⁵⁸
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

dark-throated shooting star ²⁸
Primula pauciflora

pygmy-flower rock-jasmine ⁵⁹
Androsace septentrionalis

leafy Jacob's ladder ¹²
Polemonium foliosissimum

Pretty Jacob's-ladder ⁶⁰
Polemonium pulcherrimum

scarlet gilia ⁶¹
Ipomopsis aggregata

slendertube skyrocket ⁴⁷
Ipomopsis tenuituba

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet ¹⁰
Collomia linearis

Sticky Gilia ⁶²
Aliciella pinnatifida

Fivepetal Cliffbush ⁵⁰
Jamesia americana

Adonis blazingstar ⁶³
Mentzelia multiflora

Spreading dogbane ⁶⁴
Apocynum androsaemifolium

Northern Bedstraw ⁶⁵
Galium boreale

Three-petal Bedstraw ⁹
Galium trifidum

fragrant bedstraw ⁶⁶
Galium triflorum

Fremont's gentian ⁶⁷
Gentiana fremontii

pleated gentian ⁶⁸
Gentiana affinis

Parry's Gentian ¹²
Gentiana parryi

monument plant ⁶⁹
Frasera speciosa

Felwort ⁷⁰
Swertia perennis

autumn gentian ⁵⁷
Gentianella amarella

northern gentian ²⁹
Gentianella amarella acuta

Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian ⁵⁹
Gentianopsis thermalis

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus ⁷¹
Echinocereus viridiflorus

Simpson's hedgehog cactus ⁷²
Pediocactus simpsonii

American bistort ²⁹
Bistorta bistortoides

common knotweed ⁷³
Polygonum arenastrum

Sheep's Sorrel ⁷⁴
Rumex acetosella

curly dock ⁷⁵
Rumex crispus

willow dock ⁵⁰
Rumex salicifolius

Winged buckwheat ⁷⁶
Eriogonum alatum

Longstalk starwort ⁷⁷
Stellaria longipes

Common Mouse-ear Chickweed ⁷⁸
Cerastium fontanum

Field Chickweed ⁷⁹
Cerastium strictum

Fendler's Sandwort ⁸⁰
Eremogone fendleri

Greater Sea-spurry ⁸¹
Spergularia media

Narrowleaf four o'clock ⁸²
Mirabilis linearis

Strawberry blite ⁸³
Blitum capitatum

creeping thistle ⁸⁴
Cirsium arvense

Elk Thistle ¹⁰
Cirsium scariosum

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Plants of Mueller State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

Variegated Horsetail 2 Equisetum variegatum

echo moonwort 3 Botrychium echo

little grapefern 4 Botrychium simplex

Fendler cloak-fern 5 Argyrochosma fendleri

brittle bladderfern 6 Cystopteris fragilis

northern spleenwort 7 Asplenium septentrionale

maidenhair spleenwort 8 Asplenium trichomanes

Oregon woodsia 9 Woodsia oregana

Male fern 10 Dryopteris filix-mas

Common Juniper 11 Juniperus communis

Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine 12 Pinus aristata

two-needle pinyon 13 Pinus edulis

Limber Pine 14 Pinus flexilis

Ponderosa Pine 15 Pinus ponderosa

Common Douglas-fir 16 Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce 17 Picea engelmannii

Blue Spruce 18 Picea pungens

red clover 19 Trifolium pratense

white clover 20 Trifolium repens

yellow sweet clover 21 Melilotus officinalis

American vetch 22 Vicia americana

Alpine Milkvetch 23 Astragalus alpinus

Timber Milkvetch 24 Astragalus miser

Loose-flower Milkvetch 25 Astragalus tenellus

Parry's Milkvetch 26 Astragalus parryi

stemless point-vetch 27 Oxytropis lambertii

White Point-vetch 28 Oxytropis sericea

Showy crazyweed 29 Oxytropis splendens

spreadfruit goldenbanner 30 Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean 31 Thermopsis montana

false lupine 10 Thermopsis rhombifolia

Boreal Sweet-vetch 32 Hedysarum boreale

wild strawberry 33 Fragaria vesca

Virginia strawberry 34 Fragaria virginiana

Shrubby Cinquefoil 35 Dasiphora fruticosa

Big-flower Cinquefoil 36 Drymocallis fissa

common silverweed 37 Argentina anserina

alpine cinquefoil 38 Potentilla concinna

slender cinquefoil 39 Potentilla gracilis

horse cinquefoil 40 Potentilla hippiana

white-leaved cinquefoil 41 Potentilla pulcherrima

large-leaved avens 15 Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke 10 Geum triflorum

Rocky Mountain Raspberry 42 Rubus deliciosus

American red raspberry 43 Rubus idaeus strigosus

Prickly Wild Rose 44 Rosa acicularis

prairie rose 45 Rosa arkansana

Woods' rose 46 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 47 Cercocarpus montanus

chokecherry 48 Prunus virginiana

mountain ninebark 49 Physocarpus monogynus

rockspiraea 50 Holodiscus dumosus

Stinging Nettle 51 Urtica dioica

common hop 52 Humulus lupulus

woodland pinedrops 53 Pterospora andromedea

bog wintergreen 54 Pyrola asarifolia

lesser wintergreen 55 Pyrola minor

One-flowered Wintergreen 56 Moneses uniflora

one-sided wintergreen 57 Orthilia secunda

Kinnikinnick 58 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

dark-throated shooting star 28 Primula pauciflora

pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 59 Androsace septentrionalis

leafy Jacob's ladder 12 Polemonium foliosissimum

Pretty Jacob's-ladder 60 Polemonium pulcherrimum

scarlet gilia 61 Ipomopsis aggregata

slendertube skyrocket 47 Ipomopsis tenuituba

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 10 Collomia linearis

Sticky Gilia 62 Aliciella pinnatifida

Fivepetal Cliffbush 50 Jamesia americana

Adonis blazingstar 63 Mentzelia multiflora

Spreading dogbane 64 Apocynum androsaemifolium

Northern Bedstraw 65 Galium boreale

Three-petal Bedstraw 9 Galium trifidum

fragrant bedstraw 66 Galium triflorum

Fremont's gentian 67 Gentiana fremontii

pleated gentian 68 Gentiana affinis

Parry's Gentian 12 Gentiana parryi

monument plant 69 Frasera speciosa