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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 ↓

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

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