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Plants of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Castlewood Canyon State Park is located in central Douglas County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. It lies east of Interstate 25 and is equidistant between the two largest metropolitan areas within Colorado - Denver and Colorado Springs. The park lies at the intersection of ...more ↓

Field Horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
rough horsetail 2
Equisetum hyemale
Fendler's lipfern 3
Myriopteris fendleri
common bracken 4
Pteridium aquilinum
brittle bladderfern 5
Cystopteris fragilis
northern spleenwort 6
Asplenium septentrionale
New Mexican woodsia 7
Woodsia neomexicana
Male fern 8
Dryopteris filix-mas
Rocky Mountain Juniper 9
Juniperus scopulorum
Common Juniper 10
Juniperus communis
Ponderosa Pine 11
Pinus ponderosa
Common Douglas-fir 12
Pseudotsuga menziesii
red clover 13
Trifolium pratense
white clover 14
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 8
Medicago sativa
White Sweetclover 15
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 16
Melilotus officinalis
silvery lupine 8
Lupinus argenteus
field milkvetch 17
Astragalus agrestis
Drummond's Milkvetch 8
Astragalus drummondii
Flexible Milkvetch 18
Astragalus flexuosus
Laxmann's Milkvetch 8
Astragalus laxmannii
Parry's Milkvetch 19
Astragalus parryi
Early Purple Milkvetch 20
Astragalus shortianus
wild licorice 21
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
White Point-vetch 22
Oxytropis sericea
white prairie clover 23
Dalea candida
Mountain goldenbean 24
Thermopsis montana
Wild Strawberry 25
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 26
Fragaria virginiana
Big-flower Cinquefoil 27
Drymocallis fissa
sulphur cinquefoil 28
Potentilla recta
prairie smoke 8
Geum triflorum
Apache plume 29
Fallugia paradoxa
Rocky Mountain Raspberry 30
Rubus deliciosus
wild red raspberry 31
Rubus idaeus
prairie rose 32
Rosa arkansana
Woods' rose 33
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 34
Cercocarpus montanus
black chokeberry 35
Aronia melanocarpa
Utah Serviceberry 36
Amelanchier utahensis
Choke Cherry 37
Prunus virginiana
American Plum 38
Prunus americana
mountain ninebark 39
Physocarpus monogynus
common hop 40
Humulus lupulus
Russian olive 41
Elaeagnus angustifolia
woodland pinedrops 42
Pterospora andromedea
Kinnikinnick 43
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
scarlet gilia 44
Ipomopsis aggregata
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 45
Collomia linearis
red osier dogwood 46
Cornus sericea
Fivepetal Cliffbush 47
Jamesia americana
Showy Milkweed 48
Asclepias speciosa
spreading dogbane 49
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 50
Galium boreale
catchweed bedstraw 51
Galium aparine
monument plant 52
Frasera speciosa
Common Purslane 53
Portulaca oleracea
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 54
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 55
Pediocactus simpsonii
plains prickly pear 56
Opuntia macrorhiza
curly dock 57
Rumex crispus
Sulphur Buckwheat 58
Eriogonum umbellatum
white campion 59
Silene latifolia
narrowleaf four o'clock 60
Mirabilis linearis
Common Lambsquarters 61
Chenopodium album
summer-cypress 62
Bassia scoparia
western springbeauty 63
Claytonia rosea
creeping thistle 64
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 65
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 66
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 67
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 68
Arctium minus
diffuse knapweed 69
Centaurea diffusa
common dandelion 70
Taraxacum officinale
prickly lettuce 47
Lactuca serriola
rush skeletonplant 71
Lygodesmia juncea
Prairie False Dandelion 32
Nothocalais cuspidata
yellow salsify 72
Tragopogon dubius
dotted gayfeather 8
Liatris punctata
small-leaf pussytoes 73
Antennaria parvifolia
pink everlasting 74
Antennaria rosea
tansy 75
Tanacetum vulgare
field wormwood 8
Artemisia campestris
fringed sagebrush 76
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 77
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 78
Achillea millefolium
Missouri goldenrod 79
Solidago missouriensis
Harsh False Goldenaster 80
Heterotheca hirsutissima
hairy goldenaster 8
Heterotheca villosa
Curly-cup Gumweed 41
Grindelia squarrosa
Fendler's ragwort 60
Packera fendleri
Western Ragweed 81
Ambrosia psilostachya
upright prairie coneflower 82
Ratibida columnifera
sunflower 83
Helianthus annuus
Nuttall's Sunflower 84
Helianthus nuttallii
showy goldeneye 85
Heliomeris multiflora
Indian blanket 86
Gaillardia pulchella
Harebell 87
Campanula rotundifolia
Redstem Stork's-bill 88
Erodium cicutarium

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