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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 ↓

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

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