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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 ↓

honey locust 1
Gleditsia triacanthos
Red Clover 2
Trifolium pratense
white Dutch clover 3
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 4
Medicago sativa
white sweetclover 5
Melilotus albus
yellow sweetclover 5
Melilotus officinalis
silvery lupine 6
Lupinus argenteus
Nebraska lupine 7
Lupinus plattensis
broad-leaved sweet pea 8
Lathyrus latifolius
American vetch 9
Vicia americana
Chickpea Milkvetch 10
Astragalus cicer
Drummond's milkvetch 11
Astragalus drummondii
Ground-plum Milkvetch 4
Astragalus crassicarpus
Parry's Milkvetch 12
Astragalus parryi
wild licorice 13
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Lambert locoweed 14
Oxytropis lambertii
White Point-vetch 15
Oxytropis sericea
desert false indigo 16
Amorpha fruticosa
white prairie clover 17
Dalea candida
purple prairie clover 18
Dalea purpurea
false lupine 4
Thermopsis rhombifolia
Siberian peashrub 19
Caragana arborescens
black locust 20
Robinia neomexicana
black locust 21
Robinia pseudoacacia
wild alfalfa 22
Pediomelum digitatum
Slimflower Scurfpea 23
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Shrubby Cinquefoil 24
Dasiphora fruticosa
sulfur cinquefoil 25
Potentilla recta
Yellow Avens 26
Geum aleppicum
Rocky Mountain raspberry 18
Rubus deliciosus
prairie rose 27
Rosa arkansana
Wood's rose 28
Rosa woodsii
mountain mahogany 29
Cercocarpus montanus
Fleshy hawthorn 30
Crataegus macracantha
chokecherry 19
Prunus virginiana
American plum 31
Prunus americana
Sand Cherry 32
Prunus pumila
mountain ninebark 33
Physocarpus monogynus
common buckthorn 34
Rhamnus cathartica
stinging nettle 35
Urtica dioica
Chinese elm 36
Ulmus parvifolia
Siberian elm 4
Ulmus pumila
Common Hop 37
Humulus lupulus
hackberry 38
Celtis reticulata
Russian Olive 39
Elaeagnus angustifolia
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 40
Androsace septentrionalis
leafy Jacob's ladder 41
Polemonium foliosissimum
scarlet gilia 42
Ipomopsis aggregata
spike gilia 43
Ipomopsis spicata
slender phlox 44
Microsteris gracilis
Sticky Gilia 45
Aliciella pinnatifida
Red osier dogwood 46
Cornus sericea
Adonis blazingstar 47
Mentzelia multiflora
Bractless Blazingstar 48
Mentzelia nuda
Engelmann's Milkweed 49
Asclepias engelmanniana
swamp milkweed 50
Asclepias incarnata
Showy Milkweed 51
Asclepias speciosa
butterfly milkweed 52
Asclepias tuberosa
hemp dogbane 53
Apocynum cannabinum
Common Purslane 54
Portulaca oleracea
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 55
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 56
Pediocactus simpsonii
viviparous foxtail cactus 57
Escobaria vivipara
brittle prickly-pear 58
Opuntia fragilis
brown-spined prickly-pear 59
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 60
Opuntia polyacantha
twist spine prickly pear 61
Opuntia macrorhiza
swamp smartweed 62
Persicaria amphibia
smartweed 63
Persicaria lapathifolia
Spotted Lady's Thumb 3
Persicaria maculosa
pinkweed 64
Persicaria pensylvanica
devil's shoestrings 65
Polygonum arenastrum
Japanese knotweed 66
Reynoutria japonica
Giant Knotweed 67
Reynoutria sachalinensis
Sheep's Sorrel 68
Rumex acetosella
Tall dock 69
Rumex altissimus
curly dock 70
Rumex crispus
spreading buckwheat 71
Eriogonum effusum
sulfur buckwheat 72
Eriogonum umbellatum
annual buckwheat 73
Eriogonum annuum
field chickweed 74
Cerastium arvense
Whitlow-wort 75
Paronychia virginica
Common Soapwort 21
Saponaria officinalis
baby's-breath 76
Gypsophila paniculata
Cow Soapwarp 77
Vaccaria hispanica
Snowball Sand Verbena 47
Abronia fragrans
Colorado Four o'Clock 47
Mirabilis multiflora
narrow leaf umbrellawort 78
Mirabilis linearis
Wild Four O'Clock 39
Mirabilis nyctaginea
salt cedar 79
Tamarix ramosissima
oak-leaved goosefoot 80
Oxybasis glauca
fourwing saltbush 47
Atriplex canescens
Common Orache 81
Atriplex patula
lamb's quarters 82
Chenopodium album
winged pigweed 65
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
winterfat 47
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Slender Snakecotton 83
Froelichia gracilis
Redroot Pigweed 84
Amaranthus retroflexus
kochia 85
Bassia scoparia
Slender Russian-thistle 86
Salsola collina

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