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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 ↓

riverbank grape 1
Vitis riparia
Woolly Sedge 2
Carex pellita
switchgrass 3
Panicum virgatum
little bluestem 4
Schizachyrium scoparium
big bluestem 5
Andropogon gerardi
Indiangrass 6
Sorghastrum nutans
rattlesnake mannagrass 7
Glyceria canadensis
Fowl Mannagrass 8
Glyceria striata
June Grass 9
Koeleria macrantha
orchard grass 9
Dactylis glomerata
Arizona Fescue 10
Festuca arizonica
Tall Fescue 9
Festuca arundinacea
Thurber fescue 11
Festuca thurberi
Canadian Bluegrass 12
Poa compressa
Kentucky bluegrass 9
Poa pratensis
Timothy 9
Phleum pratense
fringed brome 9
Bromus ciliatus
smooth brome 13
Bromus inermis
Japanese brome 14
Bromus japonicus
Cheat Grass 15
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 16
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 17
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 9
Elymus elymoides
foxtail barley 18
Hordeum jubatum
Littleseed Ricegrass 19
Oryzopsis micrantha
Needle-and-Thread 20
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 21
Achnatherum hymenoides
purple three-awn 9
Aristida purpurea
Parry's Oatgrass 9
Danthonia parryi
Poverty oatgrass 22
Danthonia spicata
blue grama 23
Bouteloua gracilis
mountain muhly 24
Muhlenbergia montana
wright’s muhly, spike muhly 9
Muhlenbergia wrightii
broadleaf cattail 25
Typha latifolia
Small-flower Woodrush 9
Luzula parviflora
Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper 26
Cypripedium parviflorum
spotted coralroot 27
Corallorhiza maculata
soapweed yucca 2
Yucca glauca
common starlily 28
Leucocrinum montanum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 29
Maianthemum stellatum
wild asparagus 30
Asparagus officinalis
western blue flag 9
Iris missouriensis
Textile onion 9
Allium textile
Nodding Onion 31
Allium cernuum
Gunnison's mariposa lily 2
Calochortus gunnisonii
Meadow Deathcamas 32
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Midwestern Carrionflower 33
Smilax lasioneura
western spiderwort 34
Tradescantia occidentalis
Dense Spikemoss 9
Selaginella densa
Hedwig's fringeleaf moss 35
Hedwigia ciliata

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