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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 ↓

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

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