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Plants of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

Bulbous Bluegrass 1
Poa bulbosa
Kentucky bluegrass 2
Poa pratensis
Smooth Brome 3
Bromus inermis
Japanese brome 4
Bromus japonicus
Cheatgrass 5
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 6
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 7
Elymus canadensis
tall wheatgrass 2
Elymus elongatus
squirreltail 2
Elymus elymoides
Intermediate Wheatgrass 8
Elymus hispidus
quackgrass 9
Elymus repens
Meadow barley 2
Hordeum brachyantherum
foxtail barley 10
Hordeum jubatum
wall barley 11
Hordeum murinum
crested wheatgrass 12
Agropyron cristatum
rye 2
Secale cereale
needle-and-thread 13
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 14
Achnatherum hymenoides
Composite Dropseed 15
Sporobolus asper
purple three-awn 2
Aristida purpurea
sand dropseed 2
Sporobolus cryptandrus
stinkgrass 16
Eragrostis cilianensis
sideoats grama 17
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalograss 7
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 18
Bouteloua gracilis
feather finger grass 2
Chloris virgata
saltgrass 2
Distichlis stricta
narrow-leaved cattail 19
Typha angustifolia
broad-leaved cattail 20
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 21
Juncus arcticus
Rocky Mountain rush 22
Juncus saximontanus
Torrey's Rush 23
Juncus torreyi
soapweed yucca 24
Yucca glauca
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 25
Maianthemum stellatum
Textile onion 2
Allium textile
common duckweed 26
Lemna minor
western spiderwort 27
Tradescantia occidentalis

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