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Plants of Roxborough State Park

Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international ...more ↓

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

alsike clover ¹
Trifolium hybridum

red clover ²
Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa ³
Medicago sativa

black medick ⁴
Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover ⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine ³
Lupinus argenteus

Nevada Sweet Pea ⁵
Lathyrus lanszwertii

American Vetch ⁶
Vicia americana

field milkvetch ⁷
Astragalus agrestis

Two-grooved Milkvetch ⁸
Astragalus bisulcatus

Drummond's Milkvetch ³
Astragalus drummondii

Flexible Milkvetch ⁹
Astragalus flexuosus

Laxmann's milkvetch ³
Astragalus laxmannii

Timber Milkvetch ¹⁰
Astragalus miser

Ground-plum ³
Astragalus crassicarpus

Parry's Milkvetch ¹¹
Astragalus parryi

Early Purple Milkvetch ¹²
Astragalus shortianus

wild licorice ¹³
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

stemless point-vetch ¹⁴
Oxytropis lambertii

White Prairie Clover ¹⁵
Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover ¹⁶
Dalea purpurea

spreadfruit goldenbanner ¹⁷
Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean ¹⁸
Thermopsis montana

false lupine ³
Thermopsis rhombifolia

Slimflower Scurfpea ¹⁹
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Virginia strawberry ²⁰
Fragaria virginiana

Big-flower Cinquefoil ²¹
Drymocallis fissa

sticky cinquefoil ²²
Drymocallis glandulosa

slender cinquefoil ³
Potentilla gracilis

Sulphur Cinquefoil ²³
Potentilla recta

roadside agrimony ²⁴
Agrimonia striata

large-leaved avens ²⁵
Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke ³
Geum triflorum

Apache plume ²⁶
Fallugia paradoxa

Rocky Mountain Raspberry ¹⁶
Rubus deliciosus

Thimbleberry ²⁷
Rubus parviflorus

prairie rose ²⁸
Rosa arkansana

Woods' rose ²⁹
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ³⁰
Cercocarpus montanus

antelope bitterbrush ³
Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry ³¹
Amelanchier alnifolia

cerro hawthorn ³²
Crataegus erythropoda

fleshy hawthorn ³³
Crataegus succulenta

chokecherry ³⁴
Prunus virginiana

American Plum ³⁵
Prunus americana

mallow-leaf ninebark ³⁶
Physocarpus malvaceus

mountain ninebark ³⁷
Physocarpus monogynus

Ocean spray ³⁸
Holodiscus discolor

common hops ³⁹
Humulus lupulus

Russian Olive ³³
Elaeagnus angustifolia

bearberry ⁴⁰
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

fringed loosestrife ³³
Lysimachia ciliata

scarlet gilia ⁴¹
Ipomopsis aggregata

White-flowered Scarlet Gilia ¹¹
Ipomopsis aggregata candida

Ipomopsis aggregata collina ⁴²

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet ³
Collomia linearis

slender phlox ⁴³
Microsteris gracilis

red osier dogwood ⁴⁴
Cornus sericea

showy milkweed ⁴⁵
Asclepias speciosa

green milkweed ⁴⁶
Asclepias viridiflora

spreading dogbane ⁴⁷
Apocynum androsaemifolium

lesser periwinkle ⁴⁸
Vinca minor

Northern Bedstraw ⁴⁹
Galium boreale

catchweed bedstraw ⁵⁰
Galium aparine

monument plant ⁵¹
Frasera speciosa

Common Purslane ⁵²
Portulaca oleracea

starvation prickly-pear ⁵³
Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear ⁵⁴
Opuntia macrorhiza

Arrowleaf Tearthumb ⁵⁵
Persicaria sagittata

common knotweed ⁵⁶
Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed ⁵⁷
Polygonum aviculare

Black Bindweed ⁵⁶
Fallopia convolvulus

Sheep's Sorrel ⁵⁸
Rumex acetosella

curly dock ⁵⁹
Rumex crispus

sulfur buckwheat ⁶⁰
Eriogonum umbellatum

annual buckwheat ¹⁶
Eriogonum annuum

field chickweed ⁶¹
Cerastium arvense

Bouncing Bet ⁶²
Saponaria officinalis

white campion ⁶³
Silene latifolia

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock ⁶⁴
Mirabilis linearis

common lamb's-quarters ⁶⁵
Chenopodium album

Redroot Pigweed ⁶⁶
Amaranthus retroflexus

tumbleweed ²⁷
Salsola tragus

lanceleaf spring beauty ³
Claytonia lanceolata

western springbeauty ⁶⁷
Claytonia rosea

Redstem Springbeauty ⁶⁸
Claytonia rubra

Creeping Thistle ⁶⁹
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ³
Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle ²
Cirsium vulgare

plumeless thistle ⁷⁰
Carduus acanthoides

musk thistle ⁷¹
Carduus nutans

Lesser Burdock ⁷²
Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle ⁷³
Onopordum acanthium

Russian knapweed ⁷⁴
Leuzea repens

diffuse knapweed ⁷⁵
Centaurea diffusa

spotted knapweed ³
Centaurea stoebe

Chicory ⁶
Cichorium intybus

common dandelion ⁷⁶
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ⁷⁷
Lactuca serriola

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Plants of Roxborough State Park

alsike clover 1 Trifolium hybridum

red clover 2 Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa 3 Medicago sativa

black medick 4 Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover 4 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 4 Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine 3 Lupinus argenteus

Nevada Sweet Pea 5 Lathyrus lanszwertii

American Vetch 6 Vicia americana

field milkvetch 7 Astragalus agrestis

Two-grooved Milkvetch 8 Astragalus bisulcatus

Drummond's Milkvetch 3 Astragalus drummondii

Flexible Milkvetch 9 Astragalus flexuosus

Laxmann's milkvetch 3 Astragalus laxmannii

Timber Milkvetch 10 Astragalus miser

Ground-plum 3 Astragalus crassicarpus

Parry's Milkvetch 11 Astragalus parryi

Early Purple Milkvetch 12 Astragalus shortianus

wild licorice 13 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

stemless point-vetch 14 Oxytropis lambertii

White Prairie Clover 15 Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover 16 Dalea purpurea

spreadfruit goldenbanner 17 Thermopsis divaricarpa

Mountain goldenbean 18 Thermopsis montana

false lupine 3 Thermopsis rhombifolia

Slimflower Scurfpea 19 Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Virginia strawberry 20 Fragaria virginiana

Big-flower Cinquefoil 21 Drymocallis fissa

sticky cinquefoil 22 Drymocallis glandulosa

slender cinquefoil 3 Potentilla gracilis

Sulphur Cinquefoil 23 Potentilla recta

roadside agrimony 24 Agrimonia striata

large-leaved avens 25 Geum macrophyllum

prairie smoke 3 Geum triflorum

Apache plume 26 Fallugia paradoxa

Rocky Mountain Raspberry 16 Rubus deliciosus

Thimbleberry 27 Rubus parviflorus

prairie rose 28 Rosa arkansana

Woods' rose 29 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 30 Cercocarpus montanus

antelope bitterbrush 3 Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry 31 Amelanchier alnifolia

cerro hawthorn 32 Crataegus erythropoda

fleshy hawthorn 33 Crataegus succulenta

chokecherry 34 Prunus virginiana

American Plum 35 Prunus americana

mallow-leaf ninebark 36 Physocarpus malvaceus

mountain ninebark 37 Physocarpus monogynus

Ocean spray 38 Holodiscus discolor

common hops 39 Humulus lupulus

Russian Olive 33 Elaeagnus angustifolia

bearberry 40 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

fringed loosestrife 33 Lysimachia ciliata

scarlet gilia 41 Ipomopsis aggregata

White-flowered Scarlet Gilia 11 Ipomopsis aggregata candida

Ipomopsis aggregata collina 42

narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 3 Collomia linearis

slender phlox 43 Microsteris gracilis

red osier dogwood 44 Cornus sericea

showy milkweed 45 Asclepias speciosa

green milkweed 46 Asclepias viridiflora

spreading dogbane 47 Apocynum androsaemifolium

lesser periwinkle 48 Vinca minor

Northern Bedstraw 49 Galium boreale

catchweed bedstraw 50 Galium aparine

monument plant 51 Frasera speciosa

Common Purslane 52 Portulaca oleracea

starvation prickly-pear 53 Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear 54 Opuntia macrorhiza

Arrowleaf Tearthumb 55 Persicaria sagittata

common knotweed 56 Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed 57 Polygonum aviculare

Black Bindweed 56 Fallopia convolvulus

Sheep's Sorrel 58 Rumex acetosella

curly dock 59 Rumex crispus

sulfur buckwheat 60 Eriogonum umbellatum

annual buckwheat 16 Eriogonum annuum

field chickweed 61 Cerastium arvense

Bouncing Bet 62 Saponaria officinalis