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 ↓

Reed Canarygrass 1
Phalaris arundinacea
Canadian Bluegrass 3
Poa compressa
Wheeler bluegrass 4
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 6
Beckmannia syzigachne
smooth brome 7
Bromus inermis
cheat grass 8
Bromus tectorum
Intermediate Wheatgrass 9
Thinopyrum intermedium
squirreltail 10
Elymus elymoides
quackgrass 5
Elymus repens
Slender Wheatgrass 11
Elymus trachycaulus
Meadow barley 5
Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail Barley 12
Hordeum jubatum
crested wheatgrass 13
Agropyron cristatum
White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 14
Oryzopsis asperifolia
Littleseed Ricegrass 15
Oryzopsis micrantha
green needlegrass 16
Nassella viridula
Columbia needlegrass 17
Achnatherum nelsonii
timber oatgrass 18
Danthonia intermedia
Parry's oatgrass 19
Danthonia parryi
Blue Grama 20
Bouteloua gracilis
Pine Dropseed 21
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
mountain muhly 22
Muhlenbergia montana
broad-leaved cattail 23
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 24
Juncus arcticus
colorado rush 25
Juncus confusus
long-styled rush 26
Juncus longistylis
Small-flower Woodrush 5
Luzula parviflora
Fairy-slipper 27
Calypso bulbosa
spotted coralroot 28
Corallorhiza maculata
Hooded Ladies' Tresses 29
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Green Bog Orchid 30
Platanthera huronensis
soapweed yucca 31
Yucca glauca
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 32
Maianthemum stellatum
Western Blue Flag 33
Iris missouriensis
Strict Blue-eyed Grass 34
Sisyrinchium montanum
Geyer's onion 18
Allium geyeri
Nodding Onion 35
Allium cernuum
Gunnison's mariposa lily 36
Calochortus gunnisonii
white twisted-stalk 37
Streptopus amplexifolius
Mountain Deathcamas 38
Anticlea elegans
Meadow Deathcamas 39
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Duckweeds 40
Lemna
Dense Spikemoss 5
Selaginella densa
Weatherby's spikemoss 41
Selaginella weatherbiana

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