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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 ↓

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

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