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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 ↓

Geyer's sedge ¹
Carex geyeri

Rocky Mountain Sedge ²
Carex saximontana

Barnyardgrass ³
Echinochloa crus-galli

Witch Grass ⁴
Panicum capillare

little bluestem ⁵
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁶
Sorghastrum nutans

Redtop ⁷
Agrostis gigantea

orchard grass ⁶
Dactylis glomerata

sixweeks fescue ⁶
Vulpia octoflora

canary grass ⁶
Phalaris canariensis

Prairie Bluegrass ⁸
Poa arida

bulbous bluegrass ⁹
Poa bulbosa

Canadian Bluegrass ¹⁰
Poa compressa

muttongrass ⁶
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ⁶
Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass ⁶
Poa secunda

Timothy ⁶
Phleum pratense

smooth brome ¹¹
Bromus inermis

Japanese brome ¹²
Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass ¹³
Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass ¹⁴
Thinopyrum intermedium

Western Wheatgrass ¹⁵
Pascopyrum smithii

Quack grass ⁶
Elymus repens

Barley ¹⁶
Hordeum vulgare

crested wheatgrass ¹⁷
Agropyron cristatum

green needlegrass ⁶
Nassella viridula

Prairie Dropseed ¹⁸
Sporobolus heterolepis

sand dropseed ⁶
Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sideoats Grama ¹⁹
Bouteloua curtipendula

Green Muhly ²⁰
Muhlenbergia racemosa

spike muhly ⁸
Muhlenbergia wrightii

spotted coralroot ²¹
Corallorhiza maculata

soaptree yucca ²²
Yucca elata

Great Plains yucca ²³
Yucca glauca

common starlily ²⁴
Leucocrinum montanum

false Solomon's seal ²⁵
Maianthemum racemosum

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ²⁶
Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag ²⁷
Iris missouriensis

Strict Blue-eyed Grass ²⁸
Sisyrinchium montanum

Textile onion ⁶
Allium textile

nodding onion ²⁹
Allium cernuum

Gunnison's mariposa lily ²⁵
Calochortus gunnisonii

Wood Lily ³⁰
Lilium philadelphicum

Mountain Deathcamas ³¹
Anticlea elegans

foothill deathcamas ³²
Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Meadow Deathcamas ³³
Toxicoscordion venenosum

midwestern carrionflower ³⁴
Smilax lasioneura

western spiderwort ³⁵
Tradescantia occidentalis

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Plants of Roxborough State Park

Geyer's sedge 1 Carex geyeri

Rocky Mountain Sedge 2 Carex saximontana

Barnyardgrass 3 Echinochloa crus-galli

Witch Grass 4 Panicum capillare

little bluestem 5 Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass 6 Sorghastrum nutans

Redtop 7 Agrostis gigantea

orchard grass 6 Dactylis glomerata

sixweeks fescue 6 Vulpia octoflora

canary grass 6 Phalaris canariensis

Prairie Bluegrass 8 Poa arida

bulbous bluegrass 9 Poa bulbosa

Canadian Bluegrass 10 Poa compressa

muttongrass 6 Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass 6 Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass 6 Poa secunda

Timothy 6 Phleum pratense

smooth brome 11 Bromus inermis

Japanese brome 12 Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass 13 Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass 14 Thinopyrum intermedium

Western Wheatgrass 15 Pascopyrum smithii

Quack grass 6 Elymus repens

Barley 16 Hordeum vulgare

crested wheatgrass 17 Agropyron cristatum

green needlegrass 6 Nassella viridula

Prairie Dropseed 18 Sporobolus heterolepis

sand dropseed 6 Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sideoats Grama 19 Bouteloua curtipendula

Green Muhly 20 Muhlenbergia racemosa

spike muhly 8 Muhlenbergia wrightii

spotted coralroot 21 Corallorhiza maculata

soaptree yucca 22 Yucca elata

Great Plains yucca 23 Yucca glauca

common starlily 24 Leucocrinum montanum

false Solomon's seal 25 Maianthemum racemosum

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 26 Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag 27 Iris missouriensis

Strict Blue-eyed Grass 28 Sisyrinchium montanum

Textile onion 6 Allium textile

nodding onion 29 Allium cernuum

Gunnison's mariposa lily 25 Calochortus gunnisonii

Wood Lily 30 Lilium philadelphicum

Mountain Deathcamas 31 Anticlea elegans

foothill deathcamas 32 Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Meadow Deathcamas 33 Toxicoscordion venenosum

midwestern carrionflower 34 Smilax lasioneura

western spiderwort 35 Tradescantia occidentalis