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Plants of Chatfield State Park

Chatfield reservoir is one of the largest bodies of water along the Front Range open to public recreation. The park offers water enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy fishing, boating, sailing, water-skiing, and swimming in the 1,500 surface acre reservoir. Nearly 3,900 acres of park land ...more ↓

Prickly Russian Thistle 1
Salsola tragus
Redstem Springbeauty 2
Claytonia rubra
Canada thistle 3
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 4
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 5
Cirsium vulgare
musk thistle 6
Carduus nutans
Lesser Burdock 7
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 8
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 9
Leuzea repens
diffuse knapweed 10
Centaurea diffusa
spotted knapweed 4
Centaurea stoebe
Chicory 11
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 12
Taraxacum officinale
spiny sow thistle 13
Sonchus asper
prickly lettuce 14
Lactuca serriola
Blue Lettuce 15
Lactuca tatarica
rush skeletonplant 16
Lygodesmia juncea
orange agoseris 17
Agoseris aurantiaca
Prairie False Dandelion 18
Nothocalais cuspidata
yellow salsify 19
Tragopogon dubius
meadow salsify 20
Tragopogon pratensis
dotted gayfeather 21
Liatris punctata
Corn Chamomile 22
Anthemis arvensis
Field Wormwood 4
Artemisia campestris
Tarragon 4
Artemisia dracunculus
fringed sagebrush 23
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 4
Artemisia ludoviciana
Fern-leaf Yarrow 24
Achillea filipendulina
common yarrow 25
Achillea millefolium
pineapple-weed 26
Matricaria discoidea
broom snakeweed 4
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 4
Ericameria nauseosa
stiff-leaved goldenrod 4
Solidago rigida
Missouri goldenrod 27
Solidago missouriensis
giant goldenrod 28
Solidago gigantea
velvety goldenrod 29
Solidago velutina
White Heath Aster 30
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Largeflower Townsend daisy 31
Townsendia grandiflora
Rose-heath 32
Chaetopappa ericoides
hairy goldenaster 4
Heterotheca villosa
Horseweed 33
Erigeron canadensis
spreading fleabane 15
Erigeron divergens
Curly-cup Gumweed 34
Grindelia squarrosa
subalpine gumweed 35
Grindelia subalpina
hoary aster 36
Dieteria canescens
sticky aster 37
Machaeranthera bigelovii
Spiny Ironplant 38
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
Tahoka daisy 39
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
broom-like ragwort 32
Senecio spartioides
Fendler's ragwort 40
Packera fendleri
New Mexico groundsel 41
Packera neomexicana
Prairie Groundsel 42
Packera plattensis
Nodding Beggarticks 43
Bidens cernua
devil's beggartick 44
Bidens frondosa
rayless greenthread 1
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Engelmann Daisy 45
Engelmannia peristenia
Giant sumpweed 46
Cyclachaena xanthifolia
Common Ragweed 47
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Western Ragweed 48
Ambrosia psilostachya
silverleaf povertyweed 49
Ambrosia tomentosa
Giant Ragweed 50
Ambrosia trifida
poverty weed 51
Iva axillaris
rough cocklebur 52
Xanthium strumarium
upright prairie coneflower 53
Ratibida columnifera
Sunflower 54
Helianthus annuus
Nuttall's Sunflower 55
Helianthus nuttallii
Prairie Sunflower 56
Helianthus petiolaris
Little Sunflower 57
Helianthus pumilus
showy goldeneye 15
Heliomeris multiflora
Rocky Mountain zinnia 9
Zinnia grandiflora
cowpen daisy 58
Verbesina encelioides
great blanketflower 59
Gaillardia aristata
Indian Blanket 60
Gaillardia pulchella
Hybrid Blanketflower 61
Gaillardia × grandiflora
Oppositeleaf False Bahia 4
Picradeniopsis oppositifolia
great blue lobelia 62
Lobelia siphilitica
Harebell 63
Campanula rotundifolia
red-stem filaree 64
Erodium cicutarium
pinewoods geranium 65
Geranium caespitosum
Poison Ivy 66
Toxicodendron radicans
western poison ivy 67
Toxicodendron rydbergii
fragrant sumac 68
Rhus aromatica
Skunkbrush 1
Rhus aromatica trilobata
Skunkbush Sumac 69
Rhus trilobata
boxelder 70
Acer negundo
silver maple 71
Acer saccharinum
velvetweed 1
Oenothera curtiflora
scarlet beeblossom 9
Oenothera suffrutescens
common evening-primrose 72
Oenothera biennis
hairy evening primrose 4
Oenothera villosa
white-stem evening primrose 56
Oenothera albicaulis
Howard's evening primrose 46
Oenothera howardii
yellow sundrops 73
Oenothera serrulata
willow herb 74
Epilobium brachycarpum
Great Willowherb 19
Epilobium hirsutum
Gambel oak 75
Quercus gambelii
water birch 39
Betula occidentalis
Mountain Alder 76
Alnus incana tenuifolia
mullein 77
Verbascum thapsus
Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush 78
Castilleja integra

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