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Plants of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park lies eight miles southwest of the city of Boulder along the eastern edge of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in an ecotone between the grasslands below and coniferous forests in and above the park. The park is made up of of 1,442 acres owned by the State of ...more ↓

stemless Indian parsley ¹
Cymopterus hallii

Alpine False Springparsley ²
Cymopterus lemmonii

poison hemlock ³
Conium maculatum

common cowparsnip ⁴
Heracleum maximum

wild sarsaparilla ⁵
Aralia nudicaulis

dwarf mallow ⁶
Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax ⁷
Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood ⁸
Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood ⁹
Populus deltoides

trembling aspen ⁸
Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow ⁸
Salix exigua

peachleaf willow ¹⁰
Salix amygdaloides

Scouler's willow ¹¹
Salix scouleriana

strap-leafed willow ¹²
Salix ligulifolia

yellow willow ⁸
Salix lutea

Mountain Willow ¹³
Salix monticola

Dewystem Willow ¹⁴
Salix irrorata

bebb's willow ⁸
Salix bebbiana

Nuttall's Violet ¹⁵
Viola nuttallii

Canada violet ¹⁶
Viola canadensis

Lewis flax ¹⁷
Linum lewisii

desert noseburn ¹⁸
Tragia ramosa

leafy spurge ⁸
Euphorbia esula

myrtle spurge ¹⁹
Euphorbia myrsinites

horned spurge ²⁰
Euphorbia brachycera

common St. John's-wort ²¹
Hypericum perforatum

virgate scorpionweed ²²
Phacelia heterophylla

Fendler's Waterleaf ²²
Hydrophyllum fendleri

corn gromwell ²³
Buglossoides arvensis

fringed puccoon ²⁴
Lithospermum incisum

manyflowered gromwell ²⁵
Lithospermum multiflorum

western false gromwell ²⁶
Lithospermum occidentale

many-flowered stickseed ²⁷
Hackelia floribunda

Flatspine Stickseed ²⁸
Lappula occidentalis

Hound's-tongue ²⁹
Cynoglossum officinale

Miner's Candle ³⁰
Oreocarya virgata

mountain bluebells ³¹
Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells ³²
Mertensia lanceolata

upright yellow woodsorrel ³³
Oxalis stricta

desert madwort ³⁴
Alyssum desertorum

Field Alison ³⁵
Alyssum simplex

Wood Whitlow-grass ³⁶
Draba nemorosa

Slender Rockcress ³⁷
Arabis pycnocarpa

field peppergrass ³⁸
Lepidium campestre

American yellowrocket ³⁹
Barbarea orthoceras

bitter wintercress ⁴⁰
Barbarea vulgaris

watercress ⁴¹
Nasturtium officinale

Bog Yellowcress ⁴²
Rorippa palustris

Front Range Twinpod ³⁵
Physaria bellii

Mountain Bladderpod ⁴³
Physaria montana

fiddle-leaf twinpod ⁴⁴
Physaria vitulifera

field penny-cress ⁴⁵
Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress ⁴⁶
Noccaea fendleri

Fendler's rockcress ⁴⁷
Boechera fendleri

drummond's rockcress ⁴⁸
Boechera stricta

crossflower ⁴⁹
Chorispora tenella

shepherd's-purse ⁵⁰
Capsella bursa-pastoris

littlepod false flax ⁵¹
Camelina microcarpa

mountain tansy mustard ⁵¹
Descurainia incisa

flixweed ⁵²
Descurainia sophia

western wallflower ⁵³
Erysimum capitatum

dame's rocket ⁵⁴
Hesperis matronalis

Tower Mustard ⁵⁵
Turritis glabra

tumble mustard ⁵⁶
Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant ⁵⁷
Ribes aureum

wax currant ⁵⁸
Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry ⁵⁹
Ribes inerme

littleleaf alumroot ⁴¹
Heuchera parvifolia

bracted alumroot ³⁵
Heuchera bracteata

smallflower woodland star ⁶⁰
Lithophragma parviflorum

Alpine Mitrewort ⁶¹
Mitella pentandra

Saxifraga bronchialis ⁶²

Brook Saxifrage ⁶³
Micranthes odontoloma

Diamondleaf Saxifrage ⁶⁴
Micranthes rhomboidea

spearleaf stonecrop ⁸
Sedum lanceolatum

thicket creeper ⁶⁵
Parthenocissus inserta

riverbank grape ⁶⁶
Vitis riparia

mountain mat sedge ⁶⁷
Carex deflexa boottii

Sun Sedge ⁶⁸
Carex inops heliophila

water sedge ⁶⁹
Carex aquatilis

Nebraska sedge ⁸
Carex nebrascensis

Northwest Territory sedge ⁷⁰
Carex utriculata

longbeak sedge ⁸
Carex sprengelii

woolly sedge ⁷¹
Carex pellita

dry land sedge ⁴⁸
Carex siccata

spikeletrush sedge ⁷²
Carex duriuscula

field sedge ⁷³
Carex praegracilis

Bebb's Sedge ⁷⁴
Carex bebbii

Shortbeak Sedge ⁷⁵
Carex brevior

Liddon's sedge ⁶⁷
Carex petasata

Tahoe sedge ⁷⁶
Carex tahoensis

fox sedge ⁷⁷
Carex vulpinoidea

western sedge ⁵⁸
Carex occidentalis

two-seeded sedge ⁷⁸
Carex disperma

Common Spike-rush ⁷⁹
Eleocharis palustris

Panicled Bulrush ⁸
Scirpus microcarpus

slimleaf panicgrass ⁸⁰
Dichanthelium linearifolium

few-flowered panicgrass ⁸¹
Dichanthelium oligosanthes

little bluestem ⁸²
Schizachyrium scoparium

big bluestem ⁸³
Andropogon gerardi

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Plants of Eldorado Canyon State Park

stemless Indian parsley 1 Cymopterus hallii

Alpine False Springparsley 2 Cymopterus lemmonii

poison hemlock 3 Conium maculatum

common cowparsnip 4 Heracleum maximum

wild sarsaparilla 5 Aralia nudicaulis

dwarf mallow 6 Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax 7 Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood 8 Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood 9 Populus deltoides

trembling aspen 8 Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow 8 Salix exigua

peachleaf willow 10 Salix amygdaloides

Scouler's willow 11 Salix scouleriana

strap-leafed willow 12 Salix ligulifolia

yellow willow 8 Salix lutea

Mountain Willow 13 Salix monticola

Dewystem Willow 14 Salix irrorata

bebb's willow 8 Salix bebbiana

Nuttall's Violet 15 Viola nuttallii

Canada violet 16 Viola canadensis

Lewis flax 17 Linum lewisii

desert noseburn 18 Tragia ramosa

leafy spurge 8 Euphorbia esula

myrtle spurge 19 Euphorbia myrsinites

horned spurge 20 Euphorbia brachycera

common St. John's-wort 21 Hypericum perforatum

virgate scorpionweed 22 Phacelia heterophylla

Fendler's Waterleaf 22 Hydrophyllum fendleri

corn gromwell 23 Buglossoides arvensis

fringed puccoon 24 Lithospermum incisum

manyflowered gromwell 25 Lithospermum multiflorum

western false gromwell 26 Lithospermum occidentale

many-flowered stickseed 27 Hackelia floribunda

Flatspine Stickseed 28 Lappula occidentalis

Hound's-tongue 29 Cynoglossum officinale

Miner's Candle 30 Oreocarya virgata

mountain bluebells 31 Mertensia ciliata

Prairie Bluebells 32 Mertensia lanceolata

upright yellow woodsorrel 33 Oxalis stricta

desert madwort 34 Alyssum desertorum

Field Alison 35 Alyssum simplex

Wood Whitlow-grass 36 Draba nemorosa

Slender Rockcress 37 Arabis pycnocarpa

field peppergrass 38 Lepidium campestre

American yellowrocket 39 Barbarea orthoceras

bitter wintercress 40 Barbarea vulgaris

watercress 41 Nasturtium officinale

Bog Yellowcress 42 Rorippa palustris

Front Range Twinpod 35 Physaria bellii

Mountain Bladderpod 43 Physaria montana

fiddle-leaf twinpod 44 Physaria vitulifera

field penny-cress 45 Thlaspi arvense

Fendler's pennycress 46 Noccaea fendleri

Fendler's rockcress 47 Boechera fendleri

drummond's rockcress 48 Boechera stricta

crossflower 49 Chorispora tenella

shepherd's-purse 50 Capsella bursa-pastoris

littlepod false flax 51 Camelina microcarpa

mountain tansy mustard 51 Descurainia incisa

flixweed 52 Descurainia sophia

western wallflower 53 Erysimum capitatum

dame's rocket 54 Hesperis matronalis

Tower Mustard 55 Turritis glabra

tumble mustard 56 Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant 57 Ribes aureum

wax currant 58 Ribes cereum

white-stemmed gooseberry 59 Ribes inerme

littleleaf alumroot 41 Heuchera parvifolia

bracted alumroot 35 Heuchera bracteata

smallflower woodland star 60 Lithophragma parviflorum

Alpine Mitrewort 61 Mitella pentandra

Saxifraga bronchialis 62

Brook Saxifrage 63 Micranthes odontoloma

Diamondleaf Saxifrage 64 Micranthes rhomboidea

spearleaf stonecrop 8 Sedum lanceolatum

thicket creeper 65 Parthenocissus inserta

riverbank grape 66 Vitis riparia

mountain mat sedge 67 Carex deflexa boottii

Sun Sedge 68 Carex inops heliophila