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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 ↓

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

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