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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 ↓

Alfalfa 1
Medicago sativa
white sweetclover 2
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 2
Melilotus officinalis
Rusty lupine 1
Lupinus pusillus
Manystem Pea 3
Lathyrus polymorphus
Ground-plum 1
Astragalus crassicarpus
wild licorice 4
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
purple prairie clover 5
Dalea purpurea
black locust 6
Robinia pseudoacacia
Lance-leaved scurf-pea 7
Ladeania lanceolata
prairie rose 8
Rosa arkansana
Woods' rose 9
Rosa woodsii
chokecherry 10
Prunus virginiana
American Plum 11
Prunus americana
stinging nettle 12
Urtica dioica
Siberian elm 1
Ulmus pumila
common hop 13
Humulus lupulus
Russian olive 14
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Silverberry 15
Elaeagnus commutata
Ten-petal Stickleaf 16
Mentzelia decapetala
Bractless Blazingstar 17
Mentzelia nuda
white-stem stickleaf 18
Mentzelia albicaulis
swamp milkweed 19
Asclepias incarnata
showy milkweed 20
Asclepias speciosa
butterfly milkweed 21
Asclepias tuberosa
Hemp dogbane 22
Apocynum cannabinum
common purslane 23
Portulaca oleracea
viviparous foxtail cactus 24
Escobaria vivipara
brittle prickly-pear 25
Opuntia fragilis
starvation prickly-pear 26
Opuntia polyacantha
water smartweed 27
Persicaria amphibia
pale smartweed 4
Persicaria lapathifolia
Pinkweed 28
Persicaria pensylvanica
common knotweed 29
Polygonum arenastrum
prostrate knotweed 30
Polygonum aviculare
curly dock 31
Rumex crispus
snowball sand verbena 32
Abronia fragrans
saltcedar 33
Tamarix ramosissima
Fourwing Saltbush 34
Atriplex canescens
Common Orache 35
Atriplex patula
lamb's quarters 36
Chenopodium album
Redroot Pigweed 37
Amaranthus retroflexus
kochia 38
Bassia scoparia
Slender Russian-thistle 39
Salsola collina
Prickly Russian thistle 40
Salsola tragus
Creeping Thistle 41
Cirsium arvense
yellowspine thistle 42
Cirsium ochrocentrum
wavyleaf thistle 43
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 44
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 45
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 46
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 47
Onopordum acanthium
diffuse knapweed 48
Centaurea diffusa
common dandelion 49
Taraxacum officinale
spiny sow thistle 50
Sonchus asper
prickly lettuce 51
Lactuca serriola
blue lettuce 1
Lactuca tatarica
rush skeletonplant 52
Lygodesmia juncea
yellow salsify 53
Tragopogon dubius
False boneset 29
Brickellia eupatorioides
dotted gayfeather 1
Liatris punctata
sand sagebrush 54
Artemisia filifolia
silver wormwood 55
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 56
Achillea millefolium
pineapple-weed 57
Matricaria discoidea
broom snakeweed 1
Gutierrezia sarothrae
western goldenrod 58
Euthamia occidentalis
rubber rabbitbrush 1
Ericameria nauseosa
stiff goldenrod 1
Solidago rigida
Missouri goldenrod 59
Solidago missouriensis
Rubber Rabbitbrush 60
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
white prairie aster 61
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Harsh False Goldenaster 62
Heterotheca hirsutissima
hairy goldenaster 63
Heterotheca villosa
Horseweed 64
Erigeron canadensis
spreading fleabane 65
Erigeron divergens
trailing fleabane 66
Erigeron flagellaris
Daisy Fleabane 14
Erigeron strigosus
Curly-cup Gumweed 14
Grindelia squarrosa
Bigelow's tansyaster 67
Dieteria bigelovii bigelovii
broom-like ragwort 40
Senecio spartioides
Fendler's ragwort 66
Packera fendleri
Bigelow's beggarticks 68
Bidens bigelovii
Nodding Bur-marigold 69
Bidens cernua
devil's beggartick 70
Bidens frondosa
Marshelder 71
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Common Ragweed 72
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Western Ragweed 73
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 74
Ambrosia trifida
poverty weed 1
Iva axillaris
rough cocklebur 75
Xanthium strumarium
upright prairie coneflower 76
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 77
Helianthus annuus
prairie sunflower 4
Helianthus petiolaris
cowpen daisy 78
Verbesina encelioides
great blanketflower 79
Gaillardia aristata
Indian blanket 80
Gaillardia pulchella
redstem filaree 81
Erodium cicutarium
western poison ivy 14
Toxicodendron rydbergii
fragrant sumac 10
Rhus aromatica

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