Kansas playas

Guide to plants found in western Kansas playas

cheatgrass 1
Bromus tectorum
Buchloe dactyloides 2
Bouteloua dactyloides
Shortbeak Sedge 3
Carex brevior
Heavy-fruited Sedge 4
Carex gravida
bottlebrush sedge 5
Carex hystericina
Chamaesyce glyptosperma 6
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Chamaesyce serpens 7
Euphorbia serpens
pitseed goosefoot 8
Chenopodium berlandieri
desert goosefoot 9
Chenopodium pratericola
bull thistle 10
Cirsium vulgare
field bindweed 11
Convolvulus arvensis
Conyza canadensis 12
Erigeron canadensis
Short-point Flatsedge 13
Cyperus acuminatus
Great Plains Flatsedge 14
Cyperus lupulinus
purple prairie clover 15
Dalea purpurea
flixweed 16
Descurainia sophia
rough cockspur 8
Echinochloa muricata
spikerushes 8
Eleocharis
Needle Spikerush 17
Eleocharis acicularis
Bald Spikerush 18
Eleocharis erythropoda
Pale Spikerush 19
Eleocharis macrostachya
Canada wild rye 20
Elymus canadensis
David's spurge 21
Euphorbia davidii
snow-on-the-mountain 22
Euphorbia marginata
common sunflower 23
Helianthus annuus
squirreltail 24
Hordeum jubatum
little barley 25
Hordeum pusillum
Kochia scoparia 26
Bassia scoparia
prickly lettuce 27
Lactuca serriola
Leptochloa 28
California loosestrife 29
Lythrum californicum
water clover 30
Marsilea vestita
melilots and sweetclovers 31
Melilotus
Spotted Evening Primrose 32
Oenothera canescens
witch grass 33
Panicum capillare
Smooth Witchgrass 34
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Pascopyrum smithii 35
Elymus smithii
knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers 36
Persicaria
Pink Smartweed 37
Persicaria bicornis
pinkweed 34
Persicaria pensylvanica
prostrate knotweed 38
Polygonum aviculare
bushy knotweed 39
Polygonum ramosissimum
Common purslane 40
Portulaca oleracea
shaggy portulaca 41
Portulaca pilosa
ram's horn 42
Proboscidea louisianica
buttercups 43
Ranunculus
Spreading Yellowcress 44
Rorippa sinuata
curled dock 45
Rumex crispus
Russian thistles 32
Salsola
tumbleweed 46
Salsola tragus
foxtails and bristlegrasses 47
Setaria
silverleaf nightshade 30
Solanum elaeagnifolium
buffalo-bur 48
Solanum rostratum
Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies 49
Sorghum
sand dropseed 8
Sporobolus cryptandrus
yellow salsify 50
Tragopogon dubius
Wheats 51
Triticum
prostrate vervain 32
Verbena bracteata
Purslane Speedwell 52
Veronica peregrina
Maize 53
Zea mays
Silky Sophora 26
Sophora nuttalliana
squirreltail 8
Elymus elymoides
crossflower 54
Chorispora tenella
scarlet globemallow 55
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Redroot Pigweed 56
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ambrosia grayi
Scarlet Toothcup 57
Ammannia coccinea
purple three-awn 58
Aristida purpurea
sideoats grama 59
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 60
Bouteloua gracilis

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