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Plants of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

macoun's buttercup ¹
Ranunculus macounii

common water-crowfoot ²
Ranunculus aquatilis

Alkali Buttercup ³
Halerpestes cymbalaria

white marsh marigold ⁴
Caltha leptosepala

hairy clematis ⁵
Clematis hirsutissima

blue clematis ⁶
Clematis columbiana

prairie pasqueflower ⁷
Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Cutleaf Anemone ⁸
Anemone multifida

red baneberry ⁹
Actaea rubra

field bindweed ¹⁰
Convolvulus arvensis

twinberry honeysuckle ¹¹
Lonicera involucrata

twinflower ¹²
Linnaea borealis

Sharpleaf Valerian ¹³
Valeriana acutiloba

Hairy Valerian ¹
Valeriana edulis

red elderberry ¹⁴
Sambucus racemosa

Rocky Mountain hemlockparsley ¹⁵
Conioselinum scopulorum

Caraway ¹⁶
Carum carvi

Western Water Hemlock ¹⁷
Cicuta douglasii

alpine false springparsley ¹⁸
Pseudocymopterus montanus

Giant angelica ¹⁹
Angelica ampla

Rocky Mountain Indian Parsley ²⁰
Cymopterus anisatus

common cowparsnip ²¹
Heracleum maximum

trembling aspen ⁸
Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow ⁸
Salix exigua

yellow willow ⁸
Salix lutea

Geyer's willow ⁸
Salix geyeriana

Meadow Willow ²²
Salix petiolaris

booth's willow ⁸
Salix boothii

Mountain Willow ¹⁶
Salix monticola

Wolf's willow ²³
Salix wolfii

Dewystem Willow ²⁴
Salix irrorata

drummond's willow ⁸
Salix drummondiana

tea-leafed willow ²⁵
Salix planifolia

bebb's willow ⁸
Salix bebbiana

Canada violet ²⁶
Viola canadensis

Lewis flax ²⁷
Linum lewisii

Horned Spurge ²⁸
Euphorbia brachycera

Baker's Phacelia ²⁹
Phacelia bakeri

Silky Phacelia ³⁰
Phacelia sericea

Fendler's Waterleaf ³¹
Hydrophyllum fendleri

manyflowered gromwell ³²
Lithospermum multiflorum

many-flowered stickseed ³³
Hackelia floribunda

Flatspine Stickseed ³⁴
Lappula redowskii

Miner's Candle ³⁵
Oreocarya virgata

mountain bluebells ³⁶
Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells ³⁷
Mertensia lanceolata

Golden Draba ³⁸
Draba aurea

Wood Whitlow-grass ³⁴
Draba nemorosa

Pretty Draba ³⁹
Draba streptocarpa

Branched Pepper-grass ⁴⁰
Lepidium ramosissimum

Mountain Bladderpod ¹⁶
Physaria montana

Field Penny-cress ⁴¹
Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress ⁴²
Noccaea fendleri

alpine pennycress ⁴³
Noccaea fendleri glauca

Fendler's rockcress ⁴⁴
Boechera fendleri

drummond's rockcress ⁴⁵
Boechera stricta

Shepherd's Purse ⁴⁶
Capsella bursa-pastoris

flixweed ⁴⁷
Descurainia sophia

Prairie-rocket Wallflower ¹
Erysimum asperum

western wallflower ⁴⁸
Erysimum capitatum

False London-rocket ⁴⁹
Sisymbrium loeselii

golden currant ⁵⁰
Ribes aureum

wax currant ³³
Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry ⁵¹
Ribes inerme

Trumpet gooseberry ⁵²
Ribes leptanthum

mountain gooseberry ⁵³
Ribes montigenum

Littleleaf Alumroot ⁵⁴
Heuchera parvifolia

Front Range alumroot ⁵⁵
Heuchera hallii

Spotted Saxifrage ⁵⁶
Saxifraga vespertina

Diamondleaf Saxifrage ⁵⁷
Micranthes rhomboidea

spearleaf stonecrop ⁸
Sedum lanceolatum

western roseroot ⁵⁸
Rhodiola integrifolia

Redpod stonecrop ⁵⁹
Rhodiola rhodantha

Blunt Sedge ⁶⁰
Carex obtusata

water sedge ⁶¹
Carex aquatilis

Nebraska sedge ⁶²
Carex nebrascensis

Golden Sedge ⁶³
Carex aurea

Northwest Territory sedge ⁶⁴
Carex utriculata

inland sedge ⁶⁵
Carex interior

Douglas' sedge ⁸
Carex douglasii

needleleaf sedge ⁶⁶
Carex stenophylla

small-winged sedge ⁶⁷
Carex microptera

two-seeded sedge ⁶⁸
Carex disperma

Geyer's sedge ⁶⁹
Carex geyeri

Blunt Spikerush ⁷⁰
Eleocharis obtusa

Few-flower Spikerush ⁶¹
Eleocharis quinqueflora

Common Spike-rush ⁷¹
Eleocharis palustris

Panicled Bulrush ⁷²
Scirpus microcarpus

Reed Meadowgrass ⁷³
Glyceria maxima

Fowl Mannagrass ⁷⁴
Glyceria striata

Redtop ⁷⁵
Agrostis gigantea

ticklegrass ⁷⁶
Agrostis scabra

Bluejoint ⁷⁷
Calamagrostis canadensis

Purple Reedgrass ⁷⁸
Calamagrostis purpurascens

June Grass ⁷⁹
Koeleria macrantha

spike trisetum ⁸⁰
Trisetum spicatum

tufted hair grass ⁸¹
Deschampsia cespitosa

Arizona Fescue ⁸²
Festuca arizonica

idaho fescue ⁸³
Festuca idahoensis

Thurber's fescue ⁸⁴
Festuca thurberi

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Plants of Mueller State Park

macoun's buttercup 1 Ranunculus macounii

common water-crowfoot 2 Ranunculus aquatilis

Alkali Buttercup 3 Halerpestes cymbalaria

white marsh marigold 4 Caltha leptosepala

hairy clematis 5 Clematis hirsutissima

blue clematis 6 Clematis columbiana

prairie pasqueflower 7 Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Cutleaf Anemone 8 Anemone multifida

red baneberry 9 Actaea rubra

field bindweed 10 Convolvulus arvensis

twinberry honeysuckle 11 Lonicera involucrata

twinflower 12 Linnaea borealis

Sharpleaf Valerian 13 Valeriana acutiloba

Hairy Valerian 1 Valeriana edulis

red elderberry 14 Sambucus racemosa

Rocky Mountain hemlockparsley 15 Conioselinum scopulorum

Caraway 16 Carum carvi

Western Water Hemlock 17 Cicuta douglasii

alpine false springparsley 18 Pseudocymopterus montanus

Giant angelica 19 Angelica ampla

Rocky Mountain Indian Parsley 20 Cymopterus anisatus

common cowparsnip 21 Heracleum maximum

trembling aspen 8 Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow 8 Salix exigua

yellow willow 8 Salix lutea

Geyer's willow 8 Salix geyeriana

Meadow Willow 22 Salix petiolaris

booth's willow 8 Salix boothii

Mountain Willow 16 Salix monticola

Wolf's willow 23 Salix wolfii

Dewystem Willow 24 Salix irrorata

drummond's willow 8 Salix drummondiana

tea-leafed willow 25 Salix planifolia

bebb's willow 8 Salix bebbiana

Canada violet 26 Viola canadensis

Lewis flax 27 Linum lewisii

Horned Spurge 28 Euphorbia brachycera

Baker's Phacelia 29 Phacelia bakeri

Silky Phacelia 30 Phacelia sericea

Fendler's Waterleaf 31 Hydrophyllum fendleri

manyflowered gromwell 32 Lithospermum multiflorum

many-flowered stickseed 33 Hackelia floribunda

Flatspine Stickseed 34 Lappula redowskii

Miner's Candle 35 Oreocarya virgata

mountain bluebells 36 Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells 37 Mertensia lanceolata

Golden Draba 38 Draba aurea

Wood Whitlow-grass 34 Draba nemorosa

Pretty Draba 39 Draba streptocarpa

Branched Pepper-grass 40 Lepidium ramosissimum

Mountain Bladderpod 16 Physaria montana

Field Penny-cress 41 Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress 42 Noccaea fendleri

alpine pennycress 43 Noccaea fendleri glauca

Fendler's rockcress 44 Boechera fendleri

drummond's rockcress 45 Boechera stricta

Shepherd's Purse 46 Capsella bursa-pastoris

flixweed 47 Descurainia sophia

Prairie-rocket Wallflower 1 Erysimum asperum

western wallflower 48 Erysimum capitatum

False London-rocket 49 Sisymbrium loeselii

golden currant 50 Ribes aureum

wax currant 33 Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry 51 Ribes inerme

Trumpet gooseberry 52 Ribes leptanthum

mountain gooseberry 53 Ribes montigenum

Littleleaf Alumroot 54 Heuchera parvifolia

Front Range alumroot 55 Heuchera hallii

Spotted Saxifrage 56 Saxifraga vespertina

Diamondleaf Saxifrage 57 Micranthes rhomboidea

spearleaf stonecrop 8 Sedum lanceolatum

western roseroot 58 Rhodiola integrifolia

Redpod stonecrop 59 Rhodiola rhodantha

Blunt Sedge 60 Carex obtusata

water sedge 61 Carex aquatilis

Nebraska sedge 62 Carex nebrascensis

Golden Sedge 63 Carex aurea

Northwest Territory sedge 64 Carex utriculata

inland sedge 65 Carex interior