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 ↓

alpine false springparsley 1
Pseudocymopterus montanus
Giant angelica 2
Angelica ampla
Rocky Mountain Indian Parsley 3
Cymopterus anisatus
common cowparsnip 4
Heracleum maximum
trembling aspen 5
Populus tremuloides
Narrowleaf Willow 5
Salix exigua
yellow willow 5
Salix lutea
Geyer's willow 5
Salix geyeriana
Meadow Willow 6
Salix petiolaris
booth's willow 5
Salix boothii
Mountain Willow 7
Salix monticola
Wolf's willow 8
Salix wolfii
Dewystem Willow 9
Salix irrorata
drummond's willow 5
Salix drummondiana
tea-leafed willow 10
Salix planifolia
bebb's willow 5
Salix bebbiana
Canada violet 11
Viola canadensis
Lewis flax 12
Linum lewisii
Horned Spurge 13
Euphorbia brachycera
Baker's Phacelia 14
Phacelia bakeri
Silky Phacelia 15
Phacelia sericea
Fendler's Waterleaf 16
Hydrophyllum fendleri
manyflowered gromwell 17
Lithospermum multiflorum
many-flowered stickseed 18
Hackelia floribunda
Flatspine Stickseed 19
Lappula redowskii
Miner's Candle 20
Oreocarya virgata
mountain bluebells 21
Mertensia ciliata
Prairie Bluebells 22
Mertensia lanceolata
Golden Draba 23
Draba aurea
Wood Whitlow-grass 19
Draba nemorosa
Pretty Draba 24
Draba streptocarpa
Branched Pepper-grass 25
Lepidium ramosissimum
Mountain Bladderpod 7
Physaria montana
Field Penny-cress 26
Thlaspi arvense
Fendler's pennycress 27
Noccaea fendleri
alpine pennycress 28
Noccaea fendleri glauca
Fendler's rockcress 29
Boechera fendleri
drummond's rockcress 30
Boechera stricta
Shepherd's Purse 31
Capsella bursa-pastoris
flixweed 32
Descurainia sophia
Prairie-rocket Wallflower 33
Erysimum asperum
western wallflower 34
Erysimum capitatum
False London-rocket 35
Sisymbrium loeselii
golden currant 36
Ribes aureum
wax currant 18
Ribes cereum
Trumpet gooseberry 38
Ribes leptanthum
mountain gooseberry 39
Ribes montigenum
Littleleaf Alumroot 40
Heuchera parvifolia
Front Range alumroot 41
Heuchera hallii
Spotted Saxifrage 42
Saxifraga vespertina
Diamondleaf Saxifrage 43
Micranthes rhomboidea
spearleaf stonecrop 5
Sedum lanceolatum
western roseroot 44
Rhodiola integrifolia
Redpod stonecrop 45
Rhodiola rhodantha
Blunt Sedge 46
Carex obtusata
water sedge 47
Carex aquatilis
Nebraska sedge 48
Carex nebrascensis
Golden Sedge 49
Carex aurea
Northwest Territory sedge 50
Carex utriculata
inland sedge 51
Carex interior
Douglas' sedge 5
Carex douglasii
needleleaf sedge 52
Carex stenophylla
small-winged sedge 53
Carex microptera
two-seeded sedge 54
Carex disperma
Geyer's sedge 55
Carex geyeri
Blunt Spikerush 56
Eleocharis obtusa
Few-flower Spikerush 47
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Common Spike-rush 57
Eleocharis palustris
Panicled Bulrush 58
Scirpus microcarpus
Reed Meadowgrass 59
Glyceria maxima
Fowl Mannagrass 60
Glyceria striata
Redtop 61
Agrostis gigantea
ticklegrass 62
Agrostis scabra
Bluejoint 63
Calamagrostis canadensis
Purple Reedgrass 64
Calamagrostis purpurascens
June Grass 65
Koeleria macrantha
spike trisetum 66
Trisetum spicatum
tufted hair grass 67
Deschampsia cespitosa
Arizona Fescue 68
Festuca arizonica
idaho fescue 69
Festuca idahoensis
Thurber's fescue 70
Festuca thurberi
Reed Canarygrass 71
Phalaris arundinacea
Canadian Bluegrass 73
Poa compressa
Wheeler bluegrass 7
Poa nervosa
fowl bluegrass 5
Poa palustris
Kentucky bluegrass 5
Poa pratensis
Timothy 5
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 5
Alopecurus aequalis
american slough grass 74
Beckmannia syzigachne
smooth brome 75
Bromus inermis
cheat grass 47
Bromus tectorum
Intermediate Wheatgrass 76
Thinopyrum intermedium
squirreltail 62
Elymus elymoides
quackgrass 5
Elymus repens
Slender Wheatgrass 77
Elymus trachycaulus
Meadow barley 5
Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail Barley 78
Hordeum jubatum
crested wheatgrass 79
Agropyron cristatum

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