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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 ↓

Richardson's geranium 1
Geranium richardsonii
pinewoods geranium 2
Geranium caespitosum
western poison ivy 3
Toxicodendron rydbergii
scarlet beeblossom 4
Oenothera suffrutescens
Gambel oak 5
Quercus gambelii
common mullein 6
Verbascum thapsus
wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 7
Castilleja integra
Yellow Owl's-clover 8
Orthocarpus luteus
common lilac 9
Syringa vulgaris
wild bergamot 10
Monarda fistulosa
Catnip 11
Nepeta cataria
Britton's Skullcap 12
Scutellaria brittonii
Common Motherwort 13
Leonurus cardiaca
Bigbract Verbena 14
Verbena bracteata
Common Toadflax 3
Linaria vulgaris
Texas toadflax 15
Nuttallanthus texanus
blue water-speedwell 16
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
maiden blue-eyed mary 17
Collinsia parviflora
Sidebells Penstemon 18
Penstemon secundiflorus
upright blue beardtongue 19
Penstemon virgatus
Front Range Beardtongue 20
Penstemon virens
scrambled eggs 1
Corydalis aurea
thistle poppy 21
Argemone polyanthemos
Nuttall's larkspur 22
Delphinium nuttallianum
common water-crowfoot 23
Ranunculus aquatilis
eastern pasqueflower 24
Anemone patens
prairie pasqueflower 25
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
meadow anemone 26
Anemonastrum canadense
creeping mahonia 27
Berberis repens
field bindweed 28
Convolvulus arvensis
Western Snowberry 29
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
water hemlock 14
Cicuta maculata
Oriental Desert-parsley 30
Lomatium orientale
poison hemlock 31
Conium maculatum
Common Cowparsnip 5
Heracleum maximum
wild sarsaparilla 32
Aralia nudicaulis
Scarlet Globemallow 25
Sphaeralcea coccinea
winecup mallow 33
Callirhoe involucrata
bastard toadflax 34
Comandra umbellata
eastern cottonwood 35
Populus deltoides
trembling aspen 27
Populus tremuloides
Narrowleaf Willow 27
Salix exigua
Dewystem Willow 36
Salix irrorata
Nuttall's Violet 37
Viola nuttallii
Canada violet 38
Viola canadensis
Lewis flax 39
Linum lewisii
leafy spurge 27
Euphorbia esula
Slender Leafy Spurge 40
Euphorbia virgata
common St. John's-wort 41
Hypericum perforatum
Silverleaf phacelia 42
Phacelia hastata
Fendler's Waterleaf 43
Hydrophyllum fendleri
narrowleaf puccoon 44
Lithospermum incisum
manyflowered gromwell 43
Lithospermum multiflorum
western false gromwell 45
Lithospermum occidentale
hound's-tongue 46
Cynoglossum officinale
Prairie Bluebells 47
Mertensia lanceolata
hoary alyssum 48
Berteroa incana
field penny-cress 49
Thlaspi arvense
Fendler's pennycress 50
Noccaea fendleri
flixweed 51
Descurainia sophia
western wallflower 52
Erysimum capitatum
wild black currant 53
Ribes americanum
golden currant 54
Ribes aureum
wax currant 55
Ribes cereum
Littleleaf Alumroot 14
Heuchera parvifolia
Prairie Alumroot 56
Heuchera richardsonii
spearleaf stonecrop 27
Sedum lanceolatum
Virginia creeper 57
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
White Mountain Sedge 58
Carex geophila
Long-stolon Sedge 27
Carex inops
switchgrass 59
Panicum virgatum
little bluestem 60
Schizachyrium scoparium
big bluestem 61
Andropogon gerardi
orchard grass 62
Dactylis glomerata
muttongrass 63
Poa fendleriana
smooth brome 64
Bromus inermis
cheatgrass 65
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 66
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada wild rye 67
Elymus canadensis
needle-and-thread 68
Hesperostipa comata
sideoats grama 69
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 70
Bouteloua gracilis
Pine Dropseed 71
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
narrow-leaved cattail 72
Typha angustifolia
Big Bur-reed 73
Sparganium eurycarpum
spotted coralroot 74
Corallorhiza maculata
Great Plains yucca 75
Yucca glauca
common starlily 76
Leucocrinum montanum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 77
Maianthemum stellatum
Geyer's onion 78
Allium geyeri
Textile onion 27
Allium textile
nodding onion 79
Allium cernuum
Gunnison's mariposa lily 14
Calochortus gunnisonii
Meadow Deathcamas 80
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Midwestern Carrionflower 81
Smilax lasioneura
western spiderwort 82
Tradescantia occidentalis
bristly haircap moss 83
Polytrichum piliferum

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