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Plants of Staunton State Park

Staunton State Park lies in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains just 40 miles southwest of Denver. The park land occupies a wide variety of elevation, slope and aspect gradients, yielding diverse biotic and abiotic characteristics to create an ecologically captivating and scenically dramatic ...more ↓

Western Wheatgrass ¹
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ²
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ³
Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye ³
Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass ³
Elymus repens

Slender Wheatgrass ⁴
Elymus trachycaulus

crested wheatgrass ⁵
Agropyron cristatum

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Plants of Staunton State Park

Western Wheatgrass 1 Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye 2 Elymus canadensis

squirreltail 3 Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye 3 Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass 3 Elymus repens

Slender Wheatgrass 4 Elymus trachycaulus

crested wheatgrass 5 Agropyron cristatum