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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 ↓

White Mountain Sedge 1
Carex geophila
Long-stolon Sedge 2
Carex inops
switchgrass 3
Panicum virgatum
little bluestem 4
Schizachyrium scoparium
big bluestem 5
Andropogon gerardi
orchard grass 6
Dactylis glomerata
muttongrass 7
Poa fendleriana
smooth brome 8
Bromus inermis
cheatgrass 9
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 10
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada wild rye 11
Elymus canadensis
needle-and-thread 12
Hesperostipa comata
sideoats grama 13
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 14
Bouteloua gracilis
Pine Dropseed 15
Blepharoneuron tricholepis
narrow-leaved cattail 16
Typha angustifolia
Big Bur-reed 17
Sparganium eurycarpum
spotted coralroot 18
Corallorhiza maculata
Great Plains yucca 19
Yucca glauca
common starlily 20
Leucocrinum montanum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 21
Maianthemum stellatum
Geyer's onion 22
Allium geyeri
Textile onion 2
Allium textile
nodding onion 23
Allium cernuum
Gunnison's mariposa lily 24
Calochortus gunnisonii
Meadow Deathcamas 25
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Midwestern Carrionflower 26
Smilax lasioneura
western spiderwort 27
Tradescantia occidentalis

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