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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 ↓

Reed Canarygrass 1
Phalaris arundinacea
Bulbous Meadow-grass 2
Poa bulbosa
Canadian Bluegrass 3
Poa compressa
Kentucky bluegrass 4
Poa pratensis
Timothy 4
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 4
Alopecurus aequalis
american slough grass 5
Beckmannia syzigachne
smooth brome 6
Bromus inermis
Japanese chess 7
Bromus japonicus
cheat grass 8
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 9
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 10
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 4
Elymus elymoides
quackgrass 4
Elymus repens
Meadow barley 4
Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail Barley 11
Hordeum jubatum
Little Barley 12
Hordeum pusillum
crested wheatgrass 13
Agropyron cristatum
Needle-and-Thread 14
Hesperostipa comata
common reed 15
Phragmites australis
purple three-awn 4
Aristida purpurea
alkali sacaton 16
Sporobolus airoides
sand dropseed 4
Sporobolus cryptandrus
stinkgrass 17
Eragrostis cilianensis
purple love grass 18
Eragrostis pectinacea
sideoats grama 19
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalo Grass 20
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 21
Bouteloua gracilis
saltgrass 22
Distichlis spicata
scratch grass 23
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Narrow-leaved Cattail 24
Typha angustifolia
common cattail 25
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 26
Juncus arcticus
toad rush 4
Juncus bufonius
Dudley's Rush 13
Juncus dudleyi
Knotted Rush 27
Juncus nodosus
Torrey's Rush 28
Juncus torreyi
soapweed yucca 4
Yucca glauca
common starlily 29
Leucocrinum montanum
Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley 30
Maianthemum stellatum
wild asparagus 31
Asparagus officinalis
Turkish Iris 32
Iris orientalis
Bearded iris 33
Iris × germanica
Pondweed 34
Potamogeton
Western Spiderwort 35
Tradescantia occidentalis

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