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Plants of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

field horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
Smooth Scouring Rush 2
Equisetum laevigatum
Rocky Mountain juniper 3
Juniperus scopulorum
ponderosa pine 4
Pinus ponderosa
blue spruce 5
Picea pungens
honey locust 6
Gleditsia triacanthos
alsike clover 7
Trifolium hybridum
Red Clover 8
Trifolium pratense
white clover 9
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 2
Medicago sativa
black medick 10
Medicago lupulina
White sweet clover 10
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 10
Melilotus officinalis
silvery lupine 2
Lupinus argenteus
American Vetch 11
Vicia americana
hairy vetch 12
Vicia villosa
Two-grooved Milkvetch 13
Astragalus bisulcatus
Chickpea Milkvetch 14
Astragalus cicer
Ground-plum 2
Astragalus crassicarpus
wild licorice 15
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
stemless point-vetch 16
Oxytropis lambertii
desert false indigo 17
Amorpha fruticosa
purple prairie clover 18
Dalea purpurea
Slimflower Scurfpea 19
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Sulphur Cinquefoil 20
Potentilla recta
Woods' rose 21
Rosa woodsii
chokecherry 22
Prunus virginiana
wild cherry 23
Prunus avium
American Plum 24
Prunus americana
common buckthorn 2
Rhamnus cathartica
stinging nettle 25
Urtica dioica
Siberian elm 2
Ulmus pumila
Russian Olive 26
Elaeagnus angustifolia
common jewelweed 27
Impatiens capensis
slender phlox 28
Microsteris gracilis
Sticky Gilia 29
Aliciella pinnatifida
Ten-petal Stickleaf 30
Mentzelia decapetala
Bractless Blazingstar 31
Mentzelia nuda
swamp milkweed 32
Asclepias incarnata
plains milkweed 33
Asclepias pumila
Showy Milkweed 27
Asclepias speciosa
Hemp dogbane 34
Apocynum cannabinum
viviparous foxtail cactus 35
Escobaria vivipara
brown-spined prickly-pear 36
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 37
Opuntia polyacantha
prairie pricklypear 38
Opuntia macrorhiza
Spotted Lady's Thumb 9
Persicaria maculosa
common knotweed 39
Polygonum arenastrum
curly dock 40
Rumex crispus
winged dock 41
Rumex venosus
annual buckwheat 42
Eriogonum annuum
Common Soapwort 17
Saponaria officinalis
Hairy Four-o'clock 43
Mirabilis hirsuta
Narrowleaf Four o'Clock 44
Mirabilis linearis
saltcedar 45
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 46
Atriplex canescens
lamb's quarters 47
Chenopodium album
Winged Pigweed 48
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Redroot Pigweed 49
Amaranthus retroflexus
Kochia 50
Bassia scoparia
Prickly Russian Thistle 46
Salsola tragus
Canada thistle 51
Cirsium arvense
bull thistle 52
Cirsium vulgare
musk thistle 53
Carduus nutans
Lesser Burdock 54
Arctium minus
Scotch Cottonthistle 55
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 36
Leuzea repens
diffuse knapweed 56
Centaurea diffusa
Spotted Knapweed 57
Centaurea stoebe
Chicory 11
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 58
Taraxacum officinale
spiny sow thistle 59
Sonchus asper
Prickly Lettuce 60
Lactuca serriola
Blue Lettuce 61
Lactuca tatarica pulchella
rush skeletonplant 62
Lygodesmia juncea
yellow salsify 63
Tragopogon dubius
dotted gayfeather 2
Liatris punctata
Corn Chamomile 64
Anthemis arvensis
field wormwood 2
Artemisia campestris
fringed sagebrush 65
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 2
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 66
Achillea millefolium
rubber rabbitbrush 2
Ericameria nauseosa
Missouri goldenrod 67
Solidago missouriensis
giant goldenrod 20
Solidago gigantea
White Heath Aster 68
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Hairy Goldenaster 2
Heterotheca villosa
Horseweed 69
Erigeron canadensis
spreading fleabane 70
Erigeron divergens
Curly-cup Gumweed 26
Grindelia squarrosa
Spiny Ironplant 71
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
broom-like ragwort 46
Senecio spartioides
devil's beggartick 1
Bidens frondosa
Marshelder 72
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Western Ragweed 73
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 74
Ambrosia trifida
rough cocklebur 75
Xanthium strumarium
upright prairie coneflower 76
Ratibida columnifera
Sunflower 77
Helianthus annuus
Nuttall's Sunflower 78
Helianthus nuttallii

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