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Native Trees and Shrubs of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park lies approximately 25 miles west of downtown Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park consists of 11,700 acres that lies across the boundary between the western edge of Jefferson County and the eastern edge of Gilpin County. Elevations range between ...more ↓

shrubby cinquefoil ¹
Dasiphora fruticosa

Rocky Mountain raspberry ²
Rubus deliciosus

thimbleberry ³
Rubus parviflorus

American red raspberry ⁴
Rubus idaeus strigosus

Prickly Wild Rose ⁵
Rosa acicularis

Woods' rose ⁶
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ⁷
Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry ⁸
Amelanchier alnifolia

chokecherry ⁹
Prunus virginiana

mountain ninebark ¹⁰
Physocarpus monogynus

Fendler's ceanothus ¹¹
Ceanothus fendleri

Canadian buffalo-berry ¹²
Shepherdia canadensis

bearberry ¹³
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

red osier dogwood ¹⁴
Cornus sericea

fivepetal cliffbush ¹⁵
Jamesia americana

fragrant sumac ¹⁶
Rhus aromatica

Rocky Mountain Maple ¹⁷
Acer glabrum

dwarf resin birch ¹⁸
Betula glandulosa

water birch ¹⁹
Betula occidentalis

grey alder ²⁰
Alnus incana

Beaked Hazelnut ²¹
Corylus cornuta

creeping mahonia ²²
Berberis repens

Common Snowberry ²³
Symphoricarpos albus

twinberry honeysuckle ²⁴
Lonicera involucrata

squashberry ²⁵
Viburnum edule

narrowleaf cottonwood ¹³
Populus angustifolia

balsam poplar ²⁶
Populus balsamifera

trembling aspen ²⁷
Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood ²⁸
Populus × acuminata

Peachleaf Willow ²⁹
Salix amygdaloides

bebb's willow ²²
Salix bebbiana

drummond's willow ³⁰
Salix drummondiana

Narrowleaf Willow ²²
Salix exigua

Dewystem Willow ³¹
Salix irrorata

shining willow ³²
Salix lucida

Mountain Willow ³³
Salix monticola

tea-leafed willow ³⁴
Salix planifolia

Scouler's willow ²²
Salix scouleriana

wax currant ¹⁹
Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry ³⁵
Ribes inerme

mountain gooseberry ³⁶
Ribes montigenum

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Native Trees and Shrubs of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

shrubby cinquefoil 1 Dasiphora fruticosa

Rocky Mountain raspberry 2 Rubus deliciosus

thimbleberry 3 Rubus parviflorus

American red raspberry 4 Rubus idaeus strigosus

Prickly Wild Rose 5 Rosa acicularis

Woods' rose 6 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 7 Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry 8 Amelanchier alnifolia

chokecherry 9 Prunus virginiana

mountain ninebark 10 Physocarpus monogynus

Fendler's ceanothus 11 Ceanothus fendleri

Canadian buffalo-berry 12 Shepherdia canadensis

bearberry 13 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

red osier dogwood 14 Cornus sericea

fivepetal cliffbush 15 Jamesia americana

fragrant sumac 16 Rhus aromatica

Rocky Mountain Maple 17 Acer glabrum

dwarf resin birch 18 Betula glandulosa

water birch 19 Betula occidentalis

grey alder 20 Alnus incana

Beaked Hazelnut 21 Corylus cornuta

creeping mahonia 22 Berberis repens

Common Snowberry 23 Symphoricarpos albus

twinberry honeysuckle 24 Lonicera involucrata

squashberry 25 Viburnum edule

narrowleaf cottonwood 13 Populus angustifolia

balsam poplar 26 Populus balsamifera

trembling aspen 27 Populus tremuloides

lanceleaf cottonwood 28 Populus × acuminata

Peachleaf Willow 29 Salix amygdaloides

bebb's willow 22 Salix bebbiana

drummond's willow 30 Salix drummondiana

Narrowleaf Willow 22 Salix exigua

Dewystem Willow 31 Salix irrorata

shining willow 32 Salix lucida

Mountain Willow 33 Salix monticola

tea-leafed willow 34 Salix planifolia

Scouler's willow 22 Salix scouleriana

wax currant 19 Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry 35 Ribes inerme

mountain gooseberry 36 Ribes montigenum