Plants of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

Steamboat Lake and Pearl Lake State Parks are located in Routt County, 27 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Steamboat Lake State Park is 2,820-acre (1,140 ha), established west of Hahns Peak in 1967, including a 1,101 acres (446 ha) reservoir. Park facilities include a visitors ...more ↓

subalpine fir ¹
Abies lasiocarpa

Fern-leaf Yarrow ²
Achillea filipendulina

common yarrow ³
Achillea millefolium

Columbian Monkshood ⁴
Aconitum columbianum

nettle-leaf giant hyssop ⁵
Agastache urticifolia

orange agoseris ⁶
Agoseris aurantiaca

redtop ⁷
Agrostis gigantea

grey alder ⁸
Alnus incana

Mountain Alder ⁹
Alnus incana tenuifolia

western serviceberry ¹⁰
Amelanchier alnifolia

Pearly Everlasting ¹¹
Anaphalis margaritacea

Cutleaf Anemone ¹²
Anemone multifida

pink everlasting ¹³
Antennaria rosea

blue columbine ¹⁴
Aquilegia coerulea

Southwestern Dwarf-Mistletoe ¹⁵
Arceuthobium vaginatum

Kinnikinnick ¹⁶
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

heartleaf arnica ¹⁷
Arnica cordifolia

rayless arnica ¹⁸
Arnica discoidea

Silver Sagebrush ¹⁹
Artemisia cana

Common Sagebrush ¹²
Artemisia tridentata

creeping mahonia ²⁰
Berberis repens

Hoary Alyssum ²¹
Berteroa incana

dwarf resin birch ²²
Betula glandulosa

American Bistort ¹⁷
Bistorta bistortoides

Beetberry ²³
Blitum capitatum

field mustard ²⁴
Brassica rapa

smooth brome ²⁵
Bromus inermis

mountain brome ²⁶
Bromus marginatus

Bluejoint ¹²
Calamagrostis canadensis

Gunnison's mariposa lily ²⁷
Calochortus gunnisonii

Caltha chionophila ²⁸

White Marsh Marigold ²⁹
Caltha leptosepala

Fairy-slipper ³⁰
Calypso bulbosa

Harebell ³¹
Campanula rotundifolia

shepherd's purse ³²
Capsella bursa-pastoris

heartleaf bittercress ³³
Cardamine cordifolia

musk thistle ³⁴
Carduus nutans

water sedge ³⁵
Carex aquatilis

Geyer's sedge ¹²
Carex geyeri

Woolly Sedge ³⁶
Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge ¹²
Carex nebrascensis

Northwest Territory sedge ³⁷
Carex utriculata

Wyoming Paintbrush ³⁸
Castilleja linariifolia

giant red Indian paintbrush ³⁹
Castilleja miniata

Giant Red Paintbrush ⁴⁰
Castilleja miniata miniata

Labrador Indian-paintbrush ⁴¹
Castilleja septentrionalis

Spotted knapweed ¹²
Centaurea stoebe

field chickweed ⁴²
Cerastium arvense

fireweed ⁴³
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Dwarf Fireweed ⁴⁴
Chamaenerion latifolium

yellow rabbitbrush ⁴⁵
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

CanadaThistle ⁴⁶
Cirsium arvense

Fish Lake thistle ⁴⁷
Cirsium clavatum

Elk Thistle ¹²
Cirsium scariosum

bull thistle ⁴⁸
Cirsium vulgare

lanceleaf spring beauty ¹²
Claytonia lanceolata

hairy clematis ⁴⁹
Clematis hirsutissima

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary ⁵⁰
Collinsia parviflora

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet ⁵¹
Collomia linearis

field bindweed ⁵²
Convolvulus arvensis

spotted coralroot ⁵³
Corallorhiza maculata

Hound's-tongue ⁵⁴
Cynoglossum officinale

Frog Orchid ⁵⁵
Dactylorhiza viridis

Shrubby Cinquefoil ⁵⁶
Dasiphora fruticosa

Nuttall's larkspur ⁵⁷
Delphinium nuttallianum

tufted hair grass ¹²
Deschampsia cespitosa

Common Spike-rush ⁵⁸
Eleocharis palustris

Blue Wild Rye ¹²
Elymus glaucus

Western Wheatgrass ⁵⁹
Elymus smithii

field horsetail ⁶⁰
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Scouring Rush ¹²
Equisetum laevigatum

ballhead sandwort ⁶¹
Eremogone congesta

Rubber Rabbitbrush ¹²
Ericameria nauseosa

Parry's Goldenbush ⁴⁵
Ericameria parryi

aspen fleabane ⁶²
Erigeron speciosus

parsnipflower buckwheat ⁶³
Eriogonum heracleoides

sulfur buckwheat ⁶⁴
Eriogonum umbellatum

glacier lily ⁶⁵
Erythronium grandiflorum

leafy spurge ¹²
Euphorbia esula

Festuca thurberi ⁶⁶

Virginia strawberry ⁶⁷
Fragaria virginiana

monument plant ⁶⁸
Frasera speciosa

Northern Bedstraw ⁶⁹
Galium boreale

Parry's gentian ⁷⁰
Gentiana parryi

Richardson's geranium ⁷¹
Geranium richardsonii

sticky geranium ⁴⁸
Geranium viscosissimum

Yellow Avens ⁷²
Geum aleppicum

large-leaved avens ⁵¹
Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke ¹²
Geum triflorum

Stickseed ⁷³
Hackelia virginiana

Sunflower ⁷⁴
Helianthus annuus

showy goldeneye ⁷⁵
Heliomeris multiflora

common cowparsnip ⁷⁶
Heracleum maximum

hogweed ⁷⁷
Heracleum sphondylium

Needle-and-Thread ⁷⁸
Hesperostipa comata

ballhead waterleaf ⁷⁹
Hydrophyllum capitatum

owlsclaws ²⁷
Hymenoxys hoopesii

scarlet gilia ⁸⁰
Ipomopsis aggregata

fivepetal cliffbush ⁸¹
Jamesia americana

Arctic rush ⁸²
Juncus arcticus

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Plants of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

subalpine fir 1 Abies lasiocarpa

Fern-leaf Yarrow 2 Achillea filipendulina

common yarrow 3 Achillea millefolium

Columbian Monkshood 4 Aconitum columbianum

nettle-leaf giant hyssop 5 Agastache urticifolia

orange agoseris 6 Agoseris aurantiaca

redtop 7 Agrostis gigantea

grey alder 8 Alnus incana

Mountain Alder 9 Alnus incana tenuifolia

western serviceberry 10 Amelanchier alnifolia

Pearly Everlasting 11 Anaphalis margaritacea

Cutleaf Anemone 12 Anemone multifida

pink everlasting 13 Antennaria rosea

blue columbine 14 Aquilegia coerulea

Southwestern Dwarf-Mistletoe 15 Arceuthobium vaginatum

Kinnikinnick 16 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

heartleaf arnica 17 Arnica cordifolia

rayless arnica 18 Arnica discoidea

Silver Sagebrush 19 Artemisia cana

Common Sagebrush 12 Artemisia tridentata

creeping mahonia 20 Berberis repens

Hoary Alyssum 21 Berteroa incana

dwarf resin birch 22 Betula glandulosa

American Bistort 17 Bistorta bistortoides

Beetberry 23 Blitum capitatum

field mustard 24 Brassica rapa

smooth brome 25 Bromus inermis

mountain brome 26 Bromus marginatus

Bluejoint 12 Calamagrostis canadensis

Gunnison's mariposa lily 27 Calochortus gunnisonii

Caltha chionophila 28

White Marsh Marigold 29 Caltha leptosepala

Fairy-slipper 30 Calypso bulbosa

Harebell 31 Campanula rotundifolia

shepherd's purse 32 Capsella bursa-pastoris

heartleaf bittercress 33 Cardamine cordifolia

musk thistle 34 Carduus nutans

water sedge 35 Carex aquatilis

Geyer's sedge 12 Carex geyeri

Woolly Sedge 36 Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge 12 Carex nebrascensis

Northwest Territory sedge 37 Carex utriculata

Wyoming Paintbrush 38 Castilleja linariifolia

giant red Indian paintbrush 39 Castilleja miniata

Giant Red Paintbrush 40 Castilleja miniata miniata

Labrador Indian-paintbrush 41 Castilleja septentrionalis

Spotted knapweed 12 Centaurea stoebe

field chickweed 42 Cerastium arvense

fireweed 43 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Dwarf Fireweed 44 Chamaenerion latifolium

yellow rabbitbrush 45 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

CanadaThistle 46 Cirsium arvense

Fish Lake thistle 47 Cirsium clavatum

Elk Thistle 12 Cirsium scariosum

bull thistle 48 Cirsium vulgare

lanceleaf spring beauty 12 Claytonia lanceolata

hairy clematis 49 Clematis hirsutissima

Maiden Blue-eyed Mary 50 Collinsia parviflora

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 51 Collomia linearis

field bindweed 52 Convolvulus arvensis

spotted coralroot 53 Corallorhiza maculata

Hound's-tongue 54 Cynoglossum officinale

Frog Orchid 55 Dactylorhiza viridis

Shrubby Cinquefoil 56 Dasiphora fruticosa

Nuttall's larkspur 57 Delphinium nuttallianum

tufted hair grass 12 Deschampsia cespitosa

Common Spike-rush 58 Eleocharis palustris

Blue Wild Rye 12 Elymus glaucus

Western Wheatgrass 59 Elymus smithii

field horsetail 60 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Scouring Rush 12 Equisetum laevigatum

ballhead sandwort 61 Eremogone congesta

Rubber Rabbitbrush 12 Ericameria nauseosa

Parry's Goldenbush 45 Ericameria parryi

aspen fleabane 62 Erigeron speciosus

parsnipflower buckwheat 63 Eriogonum heracleoides

sulfur buckwheat 64 Eriogonum umbellatum

glacier lily 65 Erythronium grandiflorum

leafy spurge 12 Euphorbia esula