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 ↓

Southwestern Dwarf-Mistletoe ¹
Arceuthobium vaginatum

thimbleberry ²
Rubus parviflorus

field bindweed ³
Convolvulus arvensis

tansy ⁴
Tanacetum vulgare

smooth mule-ears ⁵
Wyethia glabra

Rubber Rabbitbrush ⁶
Ericameria nauseosa

slender phlox ⁷
Microsteris gracilis

orange agoseris ⁸
Agoseris aurantiaca

grey alder ⁹
Alnus incana

Silver Sagebrush ¹⁰
Artemisia cana

Wyoming Paintbrush ¹¹
Castilleja linariifolia

giant red Indian paintbrush ¹²
Castilleja miniata

Nuttall's larkspur ¹³
Delphinium nuttallianum

Parry's Goldenbush ¹⁴
Ericameria parryi

fivepetal cliffbush ¹⁵
Jamesia americana

mountain gooseberry ¹⁶
Ribes montigenum

Tall western groundsel ¹⁷
Senecio integerrimus

Giant Red Paintbrush ¹⁸
Castilleja miniata miniata

wild bergamot ¹⁹
Monarda fistulosa

Nuttall's Violet ²⁰
Viola nuttallii

Fern-leaf Yarrow ²¹
Achillea filipendulina

Labrador Indian-paintbrush ²²
Castilleja septentrionalis

giant lousewort ²³
Pedicularis procera

white peavine ²⁴
Lathyrus lanszwertii leucanthus

Indian Potato ²⁵
Lomatium linearifolium

Tall Ragwort ²⁶
Senecio serra

silvery lupine ²⁷
Lupinus argenteus

Yellow Avens ²⁸
Geum aleppicum

Prostrate Knotweed ²⁹
Polygonum aviculare

western valerian ³⁰
Valeriana occidentalis

Dwarf Fireweed ³¹
Chamaenerion latifolium

Caltha chionophila ³²

red clover ³³
Trifolium pratense

black medick ³⁴
Medicago lupulina

White sweet clover ³⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ³⁴
Melilotus officinalis

Nevada Sweet Pea ³⁵
Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch ³⁶
Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry ³⁷
Fragaria virginiana

Shrubby Cinquefoil ³⁸
Dasiphora fruticosa

sulphur cinquefoil ³⁹
Potentilla recta

large-leaved avens ⁴⁰
Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke ⁶
Geum triflorum

Woods' rose ⁴¹
Rosa woodsii

antelope brush ⁶
Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry ⁴²
Amelanchier alnifolia

Canadian buffalo-berry ⁴³
Shepherdia canadensis

woodland pinedrops ⁴⁴
Pterospora andromedea

Kinnikinnick ⁴⁵
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

little-leaved huckleberry ²⁰
Vaccinium scoparium

dark-throated shooting star ⁴⁶
Primula pauciflora

scarlet gilia ⁴⁷
Ipomopsis aggregata

flowery phlox ⁴⁸
Phlox multiflora

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet ⁴⁰
Collomia linearis

Northern Bedstraw ⁴⁹
Galium boreale

Parry's gentian ²⁰
Gentiana parryi

monument plant ⁵⁰
Frasera speciosa

American Bistort ⁵¹
Bistorta bistortoides

curly dock ⁵²
Rumex crispus

parsnipflower buckwheat ⁵³
Eriogonum heracleoides

sulfur buckwheat ⁵⁴
Eriogonum umbellatum

field chickweed ⁵⁵
Cerastium arvense

Common Soapwort ⁵⁶
Saponaria officinalis

white campion ⁵⁷
Silene latifolia

ballhead sandwort ⁵⁸
Eremogone congesta

Beetberry ⁵⁹
Blitum capitatum

lanceleaf spring beauty ⁶
Claytonia lanceolata

CanadaThistle ⁶⁰
Cirsium arvense

Fish Lake thistle ⁶¹
Cirsium clavatum

Elk Thistle ⁶
Cirsium scariosum

bull thistle ³³
Cirsium vulgare

musk thistle ⁶²
Carduus nutans

Spotted knapweed ⁶
Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion ⁶³
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ⁶⁴
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ⁶⁵
Tragopogon dubius

meadow salsify ⁶⁶
Tragopogon pratensis

heartleaf arnica ⁵¹
Arnica cordifolia

rayless arnica ⁴⁴
Arnica discoidea

mountain tarweed ⁶
Madia glomerata

pink everlasting ⁶⁷
Antennaria rosea

Pearly Everlasting ⁶⁸
Anaphalis margaritacea

ox-eye daisy ⁶⁹
Leucanthemum vulgare

scentless mayweed ⁷⁰
Tripleurospermum inodorum

Common Sagebrush ⁶
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁷¹
Achillea millefolium

yellow rabbitbrush ¹⁴
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

northern goldenrod ⁶
Solidago multiradiata

smooth blue aster ⁷²
Symphyotrichum laeve

aspen fleabane ⁷³
Erigeron speciosus

Nodding Ragwort ⁷⁴
Senecio bigelovii

Mule-ears ⁷⁵
Wyethia amplexicaulis

upright prairie coneflower ⁷⁶
Ratibida columnifera

Sunflower ⁷⁷
Helianthus annuus

showy goldeneye ⁷⁸
Heliomeris multiflora

owlsclaws ⁷⁹
Hymenoxys hoopesii

Harebell ⁸⁰
Campanula rotundifolia

Richardson's geranium ⁸¹
Geranium richardsonii

sticky geranium ³³
Geranium viscosissimum

fireweed ⁸²
Chamaenerion angustifolium

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Plants of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

Southwestern Dwarf-Mistletoe 1 Arceuthobium vaginatum

thimbleberry 2 Rubus parviflorus

field bindweed 3 Convolvulus arvensis

tansy 4 Tanacetum vulgare

smooth mule-ears 5 Wyethia glabra

Rubber Rabbitbrush 6 Ericameria nauseosa

slender phlox 7 Microsteris gracilis

orange agoseris 8 Agoseris aurantiaca

grey alder 9 Alnus incana

Silver Sagebrush 10 Artemisia cana

Wyoming Paintbrush 11 Castilleja linariifolia

giant red Indian paintbrush 12 Castilleja miniata

Nuttall's larkspur 13 Delphinium nuttallianum

Parry's Goldenbush 14 Ericameria parryi

fivepetal cliffbush 15 Jamesia americana

mountain gooseberry 16 Ribes montigenum

Tall western groundsel 17 Senecio integerrimus

Giant Red Paintbrush 18 Castilleja miniata miniata

wild bergamot 19 Monarda fistulosa

Nuttall's Violet 20 Viola nuttallii

Fern-leaf Yarrow 21 Achillea filipendulina

Labrador Indian-paintbrush 22 Castilleja septentrionalis

giant lousewort 23 Pedicularis procera

white peavine 24 Lathyrus lanszwertii leucanthus

Indian Potato 25 Lomatium linearifolium

Tall Ragwort 26 Senecio serra

silvery lupine 27 Lupinus argenteus

Yellow Avens 28 Geum aleppicum

Prostrate Knotweed 29 Polygonum aviculare

western valerian 30 Valeriana occidentalis

Dwarf Fireweed 31 Chamaenerion latifolium

Caltha chionophila 32

red clover 33 Trifolium pratense

black medick 34 Medicago lupulina

White sweet clover 34 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 34 Melilotus officinalis

Nevada Sweet Pea 35 Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch 36 Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry 37 Fragaria virginiana

Shrubby Cinquefoil 38 Dasiphora fruticosa

sulphur cinquefoil 39 Potentilla recta

large-leaved avens 40 Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke 6 Geum triflorum

Woods' rose 41 Rosa woodsii

antelope brush 6 Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry 42 Amelanchier alnifolia

Canadian buffalo-berry 43 Shepherdia canadensis

woodland pinedrops 44 Pterospora andromedea

Kinnikinnick 45 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

little-leaved huckleberry 20 Vaccinium scoparium

dark-throated shooting star 46 Primula pauciflora

scarlet gilia 47 Ipomopsis aggregata

flowery phlox 48 Phlox multiflora

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 40 Collomia linearis

Northern Bedstraw 49 Galium boreale

Parry's gentian 20 Gentiana parryi

monument plant 50 Frasera speciosa

American Bistort 51 Bistorta bistortoides

curly dock 52 Rumex crispus

parsnipflower buckwheat 53 Eriogonum heracleoides

sulfur buckwheat 54 Eriogonum umbellatum

field chickweed 55 Cerastium arvense

Common Soapwort 56 Saponaria officinalis

white campion 57 Silene latifolia

ballhead sandwort 58 Eremogone congesta

Beetberry 59 Blitum capitatum

lanceleaf spring beauty 6 Claytonia lanceolata

CanadaThistle 60 Cirsium arvense

Fish Lake thistle 61 Cirsium clavatum

Elk Thistle 6 Cirsium scariosum

bull thistle 33 Cirsium vulgare

musk thistle 62 Carduus nutans

Spotted knapweed 6 Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion 63 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 64 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 65 Tragopogon dubius

meadow salsify 66 Tragopogon pratensis

heartleaf arnica 51 Arnica cordifolia

rayless arnica 44 Arnica discoidea