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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 ↓

Common Club-rush 1
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Common Three-Square 2
Schoenoplectus pungens
Saltmarsh Bulrush 3
Bolboschoenus maritimus paludosus
Emory's Sedge 4
Carex emoryi
Nebraska sedge 5
Carex nebrascensis
Common Spike-rush 6
Eleocharis palustris
Pale Bulrush 7
Scirpus pallidus
Sand Reedgrass 8
Calamovilfa longifolia
Barnyardgrass 9
Echinochloa crus-galli
Yellow Foxtail 10
Setaria glauca
Mat Sandbur 11
Cenchrus longispinus
witch grass 12
Panicum capillare
Switchgrass 8
Panicum virgatum
little bluestem 13
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sand Bluestem 14
Andropogon hallii
Redtop 15
Agrostis gigantea
rabbitfoot grass 16
Polypogon monspeliensis
meadow fescue 17
Festuca pratensis
Reed Canarygrass 18
Phalaris arundinacea
Bulbous Bluegrass 19
Poa bulbosa
Kentucky bluegrass 5
Poa pratensis
Smooth Brome 20
Bromus inermis
Japanese brome 21
Bromus japonicus
Cheatgrass 1
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 22
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 4
Elymus canadensis
tall wheatgrass 5
Elymus elongatus
squirreltail 5
Elymus elymoides
Intermediate Wheatgrass 23
Elymus hispidus
quackgrass 24
Elymus repens
Meadow barley 5
Hordeum brachyantherum
foxtail barley 25
Hordeum jubatum
wall barley 26
Hordeum murinum
crested wheatgrass 27
Agropyron cristatum
rye 5
Secale cereale
needle-and-thread 28
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 29
Achnatherum hymenoides
Composite Dropseed 9
Sporobolus asper
purple three-awn 5
Aristida purpurea
sand dropseed 5
Sporobolus cryptandrus
stinkgrass 12
Eragrostis cilianensis
sideoats grama 30
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalograss 4
Bouteloua dactyloides
blue grama 31
Bouteloua gracilis
feather finger grass 5
Chloris virgata
saltgrass 5
Distichlis stricta
narrow-leaved cattail 32
Typha angustifolia
broad-leaved cattail 33
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 34
Juncus arcticus
Rocky Mountain rush 35
Juncus saximontanus
Torrey's Rush 36
Juncus torreyi
soapweed yucca 37
Yucca glauca
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 38
Maianthemum stellatum
Textile onion 5
Allium textile
common duckweed 39
Lemna minor
western spiderwort 40
Tradescantia occidentalis

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