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Plants of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

one-seed juniper 1
Juniperus monosperma
Rocky Mountain juniper 2
Juniperus scopulorum
common juniper 3
Juniperus communis
pinyon pine 4
Pinus edulis
Limber Pine 5
Pinus flexilis
ponderosa pine 6
Pinus ponderosa
common Douglas-fir 7
Pseudotsuga menziesii
white fir 8
Abies concolor
Colorado White Fir 9
Abies concolor concolor
Engelmann spruce 10
Picea engelmannii
Blue Spruce 11
Picea pungens
Alfalfa 12
Medicago sativa
black medick 13
Medicago lupulina
yellow sweet clover 13
Melilotus officinalis
purple crownvetch 14
Securigera varia
Lodgepole Lupine 15
Lupinus parviflorus
broad-leaved sweet pea 16
Lathyrus latifolius
American Vetch 17
Vicia americana
field milkvetch 18
Astragalus agrestis
Two-grooved Milkvetch 19
Astragalus bisulcatus
Drummond's Milkvetch 12
Astragalus drummondii
Front Range milkvetch 20
Astragalus sparsiflorus
Early Purple Milkvetch 21
Astragalus shortianus
wild licorice 22
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
stemless point-vetch 23
Oxytropis lambertii
white prairie clover 24
Dalea candida
Purple Prairie Clover 25
Dalea purpurea
spreadfruit goldenbanner 26
Thermopsis divaricarpa
Mountain goldenbean 27
Thermopsis montana
false lupine 12
Thermopsis rhombifolia
New Mexico locust 28
Robinia neomexicana
black locust 29
Robinia pseudoacacia
slimflower scurfpea 30
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
woodland strawberry 31
Fragaria vesca
Water avens 32
Geum rivale
Apache plume 33
Fallugia paradoxa
Rocky Mountain raspberry 25
Rubus deliciosus
red raspberry 34
Rubus idaeus
Woods' rose 35
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 36
Cercocarpus montanus
western serviceberry 12
Amelanchier alnifolia
chokecherry 37
Prunus virginiana
American Plum 38
Prunus americana
mountain ninebark 39
Physocarpus monogynus
Ocean spray 40
Holodiscus discolor
common buckthorn 12
Rhamnus cathartica
inland ceanothus 36
Ceanothus herbaceus
woodland pinedrops 41
Pterospora andromedea
Kinnikinnick 42
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
little-leaved huckleberry 43
Vaccinium scoparium
dark-throated shooting star 44
Primula pauciflora
scarlet gilia 45
Ipomopsis aggregata
slender phlox 46
Microsteris gracilis
red osier dogwood 47
Cornus sericea
Fivepetal Cliffbush 9
Jamesia americana
Bractless Blazingstar 48
Mentzelia nuda
plains milkweed 49
Asclepias pumila
Showy Milkweed 50
Asclepias speciosa
horsetail milkweed 51
Asclepias subverticillata
butterfly milkweed 52
Asclepias tuberosa
Spreading dogbane 53
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 54
Galium boreale
Catchweed Bedstraw 32
Galium aparine
pleated gentian 55
Gentiana affinis
monument plant 56
Frasera speciosa
Common Purslane 57
Portulaca oleracea
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 58
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 59
Echinocereus viridiflorus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 60
Pediocactus simpsonii
Plains Pricklypear 61
Opuntia polyacantha
twist spine prickly pear 62
Opuntia macrorhiza
Black-bindweed 63
Fallopia convolvulus
curled dock 64
Rumex crispus
common soapwort 7
Saponaria officinalis
Prickly Russian Thistle 14
Salsola tragus
Creeping Thistle 65
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 66
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 67
Cirsium vulgare
musk thistle 68
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 69
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 70
Onopordum acanthium
diffuse knapweed 71
Centaurea diffusa
spotted knapweed 12
Centaurea stoebe
Chicory 17
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 72
Taraxacum officinale
prickly lettuce 9
Lactuca serriola
tatarian blue lettuce 73
Lactuca tatarica
Prairie False Dandelion 74
Nothocalais cuspidata
yellow salsify 75
Tragopogon dubius
tasselflower brickellia 76
Brickellia grandiflora
dotted gayfeather 12
Liatris punctata
Scentless Chamomile 77
Tripleurospermum inodorum
biennial wormwood 12
Artemisia biennis
fringed sagebrush 78
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 12
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 79
Achillea millefolium
broom snakeweed 12
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Sticky Goldenrod 14
Solidago simplex
New England Aster 80
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
hairy goldenaster 12
Heterotheca villosa

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