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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 ↓

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

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