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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 ↓

Horseweed ¹
Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane ²
Erigeron divergens

curlycup gumweed ³
Grindelia squarrosa

Rayless Greenthread ⁴
Thelesperma megapotamicum

black-eyed Susan ⁵
Rudbeckia hirta

upright prairie coneflower ⁶
Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower ⁷
Helianthus annuus

Harebell ⁸
Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree ⁹
Erodium cicutarium

sticky geranium ¹⁰
Geranium viscosissimum

pineywoods geranium ¹¹
Geranium caespitosum

western poison ivy ¹²
Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac ¹³
Rhus aromatica

fragrant sumac ¹⁴
Rhus aromatica trilobata

skunk bush ¹⁵
Rhus trilobata

Rocky Mountain maple ¹⁶
Acer glabrum

boxelder ¹⁷
Acer negundo

crownleaf evening primrose ¹⁸
Oenothera coronopifolia

Howard's Evening Primrose ¹⁹
Oenothera howardii

Gambel oak ²⁰
Quercus gambelii

water birch ²¹
Betula occidentalis

Lanceleaf Figwort ²²
Scrophularia lanceolata

common mullein ²³
Verbascum thapsus

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush ²⁴
Castilleja integra

giant red Indian paintbrush ²⁵
Castilleja miniata

green ash ³
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Wild Bergamot ²⁶
Monarda fistulosa

Catnip ²⁷
Nepeta cataria

Britton's Skullcap ²⁸
Scutellaria brittonii

white horehound ²⁹
Marrubium vulgare

Bigbract Verbena ⁴
Verbena bracteata

Balkan toadflax ⁴
Linaria dalmatica

Common Toadflax ¹²
Linaria vulgaris

White River coraldrops ¹⁶
Veronica plantaginea

chain speedwell ³⁰
Veronica catenata

woolly plantain ³
Plantago patagonica

Broadbeard Beardtongue ³¹
Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon ³²
Penstemon secundiflorus

beardlip penstemon ⁴
Penstemon barbatus

Sawsepal Penstemon ³³
Penstemon glaber

Rocky Mountain penstemon ³⁴
Penstemon strictus

Upright Blue Beardtongue ⁴
Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue ³⁵
Penstemon virens

Firecracker plant ³⁶
Russelia equisetiformis

thistle poppy ³⁷
Argemone polyanthemos

golden columbine ³⁸
Aquilegia chrysantha

blue columbine ³⁹
Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue ⁴⁰
Thalictrum fendleri

Plains Larkspur ⁴¹
Delphinium geyeri

Columbian Monkshood ⁴²
Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls ⁴³
Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower ⁴⁴
Clematis ligusticifolia

prairie pasqueflower ⁴⁵
Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Thimbleweed ⁴⁶
Anemone cylindrica

red baneberry ⁴⁷
Actaea rubra

Oregon grape ³⁸
Berberis aquifolium

creeping mahonia ³
Berberis repens

European barberry ⁴⁸
Berberis vulgaris

Chinese-lantern ⁴
Quincula lobata

melon-leaved nightshade ⁴⁹
Solanum heterodoxum

Ground-cherry Nightshade ⁵⁰
Solanum physalifolium

Bush Morning-glory ⁵¹
Ipomoea leptophylla

Field Bindweed ¹⁰
Convolvulus arvensis

Common Snowberry ³⁸
Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry ⁵²
Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Tatarian honeysuckle ⁵³
Lonicera tatarica

Fuller's Teasel ⁵⁴
Dipsacus fullonum

Fendler's cowbane ⁵⁵
Oxypolis fendleri

common cowparsnip ⁵⁶
Heracleum maximum

scarlet globemallow ⁵⁷
Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow ⁵⁸
Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax ⁵⁹
Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood ⁶⁰
Populus angustifolia

Eastern Cottonwood ⁶¹
Populus deltoides

trembling aspen ³
Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood ³
Populus × acuminata

Nuttall's Violet ⁴³
Viola nuttallii

Lewis flax ⁶²
Linum lewisii

green poinsettia ⁴
Euphorbia dentata

Fendler's Waterleaf ⁶³
Hydrophyllum fendleri

narrowleaf puccoon ⁶⁴
Lithospermum incisum

manyflowered gromwell ⁶³
Lithospermum multiflorum

western false gromwell ⁶⁵
Lithospermum occidentale

Hound's-tongue ⁶⁶
Cynoglossum officinale

Prairie Bluebells ⁶⁷
Mertensia lanceolata

garlic mustard ⁶⁸
Alliaria petiolata

Field Penny-cress ³⁰
Thlaspi arvense

drummond's rockcress ⁶⁹
Boechera stricta

Prairie-rocket Wallflower ⁴
Erysimum asperum

western wallflower ⁷⁰
Erysimum capitatum

tumble mustard ³
Sisymbrium altissimum

Rocky Mountain Beeplant ⁷¹
Peritoma serrulata

golden currant ⁷²
Ribes aureum

wax currant ⁷³
Ribes cereum

Trumpet gooseberry ⁷⁴
Ribes leptanthum

James’ telesonix ⁷⁵
Telesonix jamesii

Bracted Alumroot ¹⁶
Heuchera bracteata

spearleaf stonecrop ³
Sedum lanceolatum

thicket creeper ⁷⁶
Parthenocissus inserta

Virginia creeper ⁷⁷
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

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Plants of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Horseweed 1 Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane 2 Erigeron divergens

curlycup gumweed 3 Grindelia squarrosa

Rayless Greenthread 4 Thelesperma megapotamicum

black-eyed Susan 5 Rudbeckia hirta

upright prairie coneflower 6 Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower 7 Helianthus annuus

Harebell 8 Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree 9 Erodium cicutarium

sticky geranium 10 Geranium viscosissimum

pineywoods geranium 11 Geranium caespitosum

western poison ivy 12 Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac 13 Rhus aromatica

fragrant sumac 14 Rhus aromatica trilobata

skunk bush 15 Rhus trilobata

Rocky Mountain maple 16 Acer glabrum

boxelder 17 Acer negundo

crownleaf evening primrose 18 Oenothera coronopifolia

Howard's Evening Primrose 19 Oenothera howardii

Gambel oak 20 Quercus gambelii

water birch 21 Betula occidentalis

Lanceleaf Figwort 22 Scrophularia lanceolata

common mullein 23 Verbascum thapsus

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 24 Castilleja integra

giant red Indian paintbrush 25 Castilleja miniata

green ash 3 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Wild Bergamot 26 Monarda fistulosa

Catnip 27 Nepeta cataria

Britton's Skullcap 28 Scutellaria brittonii

white horehound 29 Marrubium vulgare

Bigbract Verbena 4 Verbena bracteata

Balkan toadflax 4 Linaria dalmatica

Common Toadflax 12 Linaria vulgaris

White River coraldrops 16 Veronica plantaginea

chain speedwell 30 Veronica catenata

woolly plantain 3 Plantago patagonica

Broadbeard Beardtongue 31 Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon 32 Penstemon secundiflorus

beardlip penstemon 4 Penstemon barbatus

Sawsepal Penstemon 33 Penstemon glaber

Rocky Mountain penstemon 34 Penstemon strictus

Upright Blue Beardtongue 4 Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue 35 Penstemon virens

Firecracker plant 36 Russelia equisetiformis

thistle poppy 37 Argemone polyanthemos

golden columbine 38 Aquilegia chrysantha

blue columbine 39 Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue 40 Thalictrum fendleri

Plains Larkspur 41 Delphinium geyeri

Columbian Monkshood 42 Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls 43 Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower 44 Clematis ligusticifolia

prairie pasqueflower 45 Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Thimbleweed 46 Anemone cylindrica

red baneberry 47 Actaea rubra

Oregon grape 38 Berberis aquifolium

creeping mahonia 3 Berberis repens

European barberry 48 Berberis vulgaris

Chinese-lantern 4 Quincula lobata

melon-leaved nightshade 49 Solanum heterodoxum

Ground-cherry Nightshade 50 Solanum physalifolium

Bush Morning-glory 51 Ipomoea leptophylla

Field Bindweed 10 Convolvulus arvensis

Common Snowberry 38 Symphoricarpos albus

Western Snowberry 52 Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Tatarian honeysuckle 53 Lonicera tatarica

Fuller's Teasel 54 Dipsacus fullonum

Fendler's cowbane 55 Oxypolis fendleri

common cowparsnip 56 Heracleum maximum

scarlet globemallow 57 Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow 58 Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax 59 Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood 60 Populus angustifolia

Eastern Cottonwood 61 Populus deltoides

trembling aspen 3 Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood 3 Populus × acuminata

Nuttall's Violet 43 Viola nuttallii

Lewis flax 62 Linum lewisii

green poinsettia 4 Euphorbia dentata