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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 82 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 314 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

slender false foxglove ¹
Agalinis tenuifolia

Common Broomrape ²
Orobanche minor

common lilac ³
Syringa vulgaris

green ash ⁴
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

wild privet ⁵
Forestiera pubescens

wild bergamot ⁶
Monarda fistulosa

horse mint ⁷
Monarda pectinata

field mint ⁸
Mentha arvensis

catnip ⁹
Nepeta cataria

Silver Sage ¹⁰
Salvia argentea

Mintweed ¹¹
Salvia reflexa

Britton's skullcap ¹²
Scutellaria brittonii

henbit deadnettle ¹³
Lamium amplexicaule

motherwort ¹⁴
Leonurus cardiaca

White Horehound ¹⁵
Marrubium vulgare

prostrate vervain ⁷
Verbena bracteata

Blue Vervain ¹⁶
Verbena hastata

wedgeleaf frogfruit ¹⁷
Phyla cuneifolia

Dalmatian toadflax ⁷
Linaria dalmatica

yellow toadflax ¹⁶
Linaria vulgaris

brooklime ⁵
Veronica americana

water speedwell ¹⁸
Veronica anagallis-aquatica

common plaintain ¹⁹
Plantago major

wooly plaintain ⁴
Plantago patagonica

ribwort plantain ²⁰
Plantago lanceolata

small-flowered blue-eyed mary ²¹
Collinsia parviflora

Broadbeard Beardtongue ²²
Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon ²³
Penstemon secundiflorus

sawsepal penstemon ²⁴
Penstemon glaber

Rocky Mountain penstemon ²⁵
Penstemon strictus

upright blue beardtongue ⁷
Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue ²⁶
Penstemon virens

Palmer's penstemon ²⁷
Penstemon palmeri

prickly poppy ²⁸
Argemone polyanthemos

Nuttall's larkspur ²⁹
Delphinium nuttallianum

prairie larkspur ³⁰
Delphinium carolinianum virescens

cursed crowfoot ³¹
Ranunculus sceleratus

western virgin's bower ³²
Clematis ligusticifolia

meadow anemone ³³
Anemonastrum canadense

creeping mahonia ⁴
Berberis repens

clammy ground cherry ³⁴
Physalis heterophylla

long-leaved groundcherry ³⁵
Physalis longifolia

Virginia ground cherry ⁷
Physalis virginiana

buffalo bur ¹⁶
Solanum rostratum

nightshade ³⁶
Solanum triflorum

Bush Morning-glory ³⁷
Ipomoea leptophylla

Field Bindweed ³⁸
Convolvulus arvensis

Hedge Bindweed ³⁹
Calystegia sepium

Western Snowberry ⁴⁰
Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁴¹
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Tatarian honeysuckle ⁴²
Lonicera tatarica

Fuller's Teasel ⁴³
Dipsacus fullonum

guelder-rose ⁴⁴
Viburnum opulus

Queen Anne's lace ⁴⁵
Daucus carota

Oriental Desert-parsley ⁴⁶
Lomatium orientale

poison hemlock ⁴⁷
Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow ⁴
Sphaeralcea coccinea

cheeseweed ⁴⁸
Malva neglecta

winecup mallow ⁴⁹
Callirhoe involucrata

bastard toad flax ⁵⁰
Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood ⁵¹
Populus angustifolia

plains cottonwood ⁵²
Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood ⁵³
Populus × acuminata

sandbar willow ⁴
Salix exigua

peach-leaf willow ¹⁶
Salix amygdaloides

crack willow ⁵⁴
Salix ×fragilis

Nuttall violet ⁵⁵
Viola nuttallii

Lewis flax ⁵⁶
Linum lewisii

leafy spurge ⁴
Euphorbia esula

Slender Leafy Spurge ⁵⁷
Euphorbia virgata

Donkey Tail ⁵⁸
Euphorbia myrsinites

Horned Spurge ⁵⁹
Euphorbia brachycera

Thymeleaf Sandmat ⁴
Euphorbia serpillifolia

Thyme-leafed spurge ⁶⁰
Euphorbia serpyllifolia

toothed spurge ⁷
Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-mountain ⁶¹
Euphorbia marginata

St Johnswort ⁶²
Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy ⁴
Ellisia nyctelea

Silverleaf phacelia ⁶³
Phacelia hastata

scorpionweed ⁶⁴
Phacelia heterophylla

fringed puccoon ⁶⁵
Lithospermum incisum

many-flowered stickseed ⁶⁶
Hackelia floribunda

Hound's-tongue ⁶²
Cynoglossum officinale

Miner's Candle ⁶⁷
Oreocarya virgata

Prairie Bluebells ⁶⁸
Mertensia lanceolata

puncture vine ⁶⁹
Tribulus terrestris

Small Alison ⁷⁰
Alyssum alyssoides

Field Alison ⁷¹
Alyssum simplex

Hoary Alyssum ¹⁹
Berteroa incana

Heart-podded Hoary cress ⁷²
Lepidium draba

clasping pepperweed ⁷³
Lepidium perfoliatum

Virginia pepperweed ⁷⁴
Lepidium virginicum

bitter wintercress ⁷⁵
Barbarea vulgaris

Watercress ⁷
Nasturtium officinale

Spreading Yellowcress ⁷⁶
Rorippa sinuata

Field Penny-cress ⁷⁷
Thlaspi arvense

blue mustard ⁷⁸
Chorispora tenella

shepherd's purse ⁷⁹
Capsella bursa-pastoris

littlepod false flax ³⁴
Camelina microcarpa

western tansy mustard ⁴
Descurainia pinnata

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Plants of Chatfield State Park

slender false foxglove 1 Agalinis tenuifolia

Common Broomrape 2 Orobanche minor

common lilac 3 Syringa vulgaris

green ash 4 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

wild privet 5 Forestiera pubescens

wild bergamot 6 Monarda fistulosa

horse mint 7 Monarda pectinata

field mint 8 Mentha arvensis

catnip 9 Nepeta cataria

Silver Sage 10 Salvia argentea

Mintweed 11 Salvia reflexa

Britton's skullcap 12 Scutellaria brittonii

henbit deadnettle 13 Lamium amplexicaule

motherwort 14 Leonurus cardiaca

White Horehound 15 Marrubium vulgare

prostrate vervain 7 Verbena bracteata

Blue Vervain 16 Verbena hastata

wedgeleaf frogfruit 17 Phyla cuneifolia

Dalmatian toadflax 7 Linaria dalmatica

yellow toadflax 16 Linaria vulgaris

brooklime 5 Veronica americana

water speedwell 18 Veronica anagallis-aquatica

common plaintain 19 Plantago major

wooly plaintain 4 Plantago patagonica

ribwort plantain 20 Plantago lanceolata

small-flowered blue-eyed mary 21 Collinsia parviflora

Broadbeard Beardtongue 22 Penstemon angustifolius

Sidebells Penstemon 23 Penstemon secundiflorus

sawsepal penstemon 24 Penstemon glaber

Rocky Mountain penstemon 25 Penstemon strictus

upright blue beardtongue 7 Penstemon virgatus

Front Range Beardtongue 26 Penstemon virens

Palmer's penstemon 27 Penstemon palmeri

prickly poppy 28 Argemone polyanthemos

Nuttall's larkspur 29 Delphinium nuttallianum

prairie larkspur 30 Delphinium carolinianum virescens

cursed crowfoot 31 Ranunculus sceleratus

western virgin's bower 32 Clematis ligusticifolia

meadow anemone 33 Anemonastrum canadense

creeping mahonia 4 Berberis repens

clammy ground cherry 34 Physalis heterophylla

long-leaved groundcherry 35 Physalis longifolia

Virginia ground cherry 7 Physalis virginiana

buffalo bur 16 Solanum rostratum

nightshade 36 Solanum triflorum

Bush Morning-glory 37 Ipomoea leptophylla

Field Bindweed 38 Convolvulus arvensis

Hedge Bindweed 39 Calystegia sepium

Western Snowberry 40 Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Roundleaf Snowberry 41 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Tatarian honeysuckle 42 Lonicera tatarica

Fuller's Teasel 43 Dipsacus fullonum

guelder-rose 44 Viburnum opulus

Queen Anne's lace 45 Daucus carota

Oriental Desert-parsley 46 Lomatium orientale

poison hemlock 47 Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow 4 Sphaeralcea coccinea

cheeseweed 48 Malva neglecta

winecup mallow 49 Callirhoe involucrata

bastard toad flax 50 Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood 51 Populus angustifolia

plains cottonwood 52 Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood 53 Populus × acuminata

sandbar willow 4 Salix exigua

peach-leaf willow 16 Salix amygdaloides

crack willow 54 Salix ×fragilis

Nuttall violet 55 Viola nuttallii

Lewis flax 56 Linum lewisii

leafy spurge 4 Euphorbia esula

Slender Leafy Spurge 57 Euphorbia virgata

Donkey Tail 58 Euphorbia myrsinites

Horned Spurge 59 Euphorbia brachycera

Thymeleaf Sandmat 4 Euphorbia serpillifolia

Thyme-leafed spurge 60 Euphorbia serpyllifolia

toothed spurge 7 Euphorbia dentata

snow-on-the-mountain 61 Euphorbia marginata

St Johnswort 62 Hypericum perforatum

Aunt Lucy 4 Ellisia nyctelea

Silverleaf phacelia 63 Phacelia hastata