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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 ↓

Prairie Cordgrass ¹
Spartina pectinata

tall mannagrass ²
Glyceria elata

American manna grass ²
Glyceria grandis

Fowl Mannagrass ³
Glyceria striata

Redtop ⁴
Agrostis gigantea

ticklegrass ²
Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent ²
Agrostis stolonifera

prairie junegrass ⁵
Koeleria macrantha

tall oat grass ⁶
Arrhenatherum elatius

orchard grass ²
Dactylis glomerata

tall fescue ⁷
Lolium arundinaceum

Spike Fescue ⁸
Festuca kingii

mountain fescue ⁹
Festuca saximontana

reed canary grass ²
Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass ¹⁰
Poa annua

Prairie Bluegrass ¹¹
Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹²
Poa compressa

muttongrass ²
Poa fendleriana

Inland Bluegrass ¹³
Poa interior

Smooth Meadow-grass ²
Poa pratensis

Timothy ¹⁴
Phleum pratense

Fringed Brome ¹⁵
Bromus ciliatus

Hungarian Brome ¹⁶
Bromus inermis

woolly brome ¹⁷
Bromus lanatipes

Hairy Woodland Brome ¹⁸
Bromus pubescens

rattlesnake brome ¹⁹
Bromus briziformis

Japanese brome ²⁰
Bromus japonicus

California brome ²
Bromus carinatus

cheatgrass ²¹
Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass ²²
Thinopyrum intermedium

Eurasian Quackgrass ²³
Thinopyrum ponticum

Bluebunch Wheatgrass ²⁴
Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass ²⁵
Pascopyrum smithii

Montana wild rye ²⁶
Elymus albicans

Canada Wild Rye ²⁷
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ²
Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye ²
Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass ²⁸
Elymus repens

slender wheat grass ²⁹
Elymus trachycaulus

Virginia wildrye ³⁰
Elymus virginicus

Foxtail Barley ³¹
Hordeum jubatum

Creeping wild rye ³²
Leymus triticoides

crested wheatgrass ³³
Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread ¹¹
Hesperostipa comata

littleseed ricegrass ³⁴
Piptatheropsis micrantha

green needlegrass ²
Nassella viridula

Columbia needlegrass ²
Achnatherum nelsonii

sleepygrass ³⁵
Achnatherum robustum

Western Needlegrass ²
Stipa occidentalis

purple three-awn ³⁶
Aristida purpurea

Parry's Oatgrass ³⁷
Danthonia parryi

Poverty oatgrass ³⁸
Danthonia spicata

prairie sandreed ³⁹
Sporobolus rigidus

sand dropseed ²
Sporobolus cryptandrus

sideoats grama ⁴⁰
Bouteloua curtipendula

blue grama ⁴¹
Bouteloua gracilis

Pine Dropseed ⁴²
Blepharoneuron tricholepis

Plains Muhlenbergia ³³
Muhlenbergia cuspidata

mountain muhly ⁴³
Muhlenbergia montana

Green Muhly ⁴⁴
Muhlenbergia racemosa

broadleaf cattail ⁴⁵
Typha latifolia

Arctic rush ⁴⁶
Juncus arcticus

Jointed rush ⁴⁷
Juncus articulatus

Forked Rush ⁴⁸
Juncus dichotomus

Dudley's Rush ¹⁵
Juncus dudleyi

dagger rush ²
Juncus ensifolius

Inland Rush ³⁶
Juncus interior

spotted coralroot ⁴⁹
Corallorhiza maculata

Striped Coralroot ⁵⁰
Corallorhiza striata

Western Rattlesnake Plantain ¹¹
Goodyera oblongifolia

Great Plains yucca ⁵¹
Yucca glauca

common starlily ⁵²
Leucocrinum montanum

Solomon's plume ⁵³
Maianthemum racemosum

Solomon's plume ²⁶
Maianthemum racemosum amplexicaule

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ⁵⁴
Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag ⁵⁵
Iris missouriensis

strict blue-eyed grass ⁵⁶
Sisyrinchium montanum

Geyer's onion ⁵⁷
Allium geyeri

Textile onion ²
Allium textile

nodding onion ⁵⁸
Allium cernuum

Gunnison's mariposa lily ⁵⁹
Calochortus gunnisonii

white twisted-stalk ⁶⁰
Streptopus amplexifolius

Foothill deathcamas ⁶¹
Toxicoscordion paniculatum

common duckweed ¹²
Lemna minor

western spiderwort ⁶²
Tradescantia occidentalis

dense spikemoss ²
Selaginella densa

Underwood's Spikemoss ⁶³
Selaginella underwoodii

Weatherby's spikemoss ⁶⁴
Selaginella weatherbiana

Silvery Bryum ⁶⁵
Bryum argenteum

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Plants of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Prairie Cordgrass 1 Spartina pectinata

tall mannagrass 2 Glyceria elata

American manna grass 2 Glyceria grandis

Fowl Mannagrass 3 Glyceria striata

Redtop 4 Agrostis gigantea

ticklegrass 2 Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent 2 Agrostis stolonifera

prairie junegrass 5 Koeleria macrantha

tall oat grass 6 Arrhenatherum elatius

orchard grass 2 Dactylis glomerata

tall fescue 7 Lolium arundinaceum

Spike Fescue 8 Festuca kingii

mountain fescue 9 Festuca saximontana

reed canary grass 2 Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass 10 Poa annua

Prairie Bluegrass 11 Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass 12 Poa compressa

muttongrass 2 Poa fendleriana

Inland Bluegrass 13 Poa interior

Smooth Meadow-grass 2 Poa pratensis

Timothy 14 Phleum pratense

Fringed Brome 15 Bromus ciliatus

Hungarian Brome 16 Bromus inermis

woolly brome 17 Bromus lanatipes

Hairy Woodland Brome 18 Bromus pubescens

rattlesnake brome 19 Bromus briziformis

Japanese brome 20 Bromus japonicus

California brome 2 Bromus carinatus

cheatgrass 21 Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass 22 Thinopyrum intermedium

Eurasian Quackgrass 23 Thinopyrum ponticum

Bluebunch Wheatgrass 24 Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass 25 Pascopyrum smithii

Montana wild rye 26 Elymus albicans

Canada Wild Rye 27 Elymus canadensis

squirreltail 2 Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye 2 Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass 28 Elymus repens

slender wheat grass 29 Elymus trachycaulus

Virginia wildrye 30 Elymus virginicus

Foxtail Barley 31 Hordeum jubatum

Creeping wild rye 32 Leymus triticoides

crested wheatgrass 33 Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread 11 Hesperostipa comata

littleseed ricegrass 34 Piptatheropsis micrantha

green needlegrass 2 Nassella viridula

Columbia needlegrass 2 Achnatherum nelsonii

sleepygrass 35 Achnatherum robustum

Western Needlegrass 2 Stipa occidentalis

purple three-awn 36 Aristida purpurea

Parry's Oatgrass 37 Danthonia parryi

Poverty oatgrass 38 Danthonia spicata

prairie sandreed 39 Sporobolus rigidus

sand dropseed 2 Sporobolus cryptandrus

sideoats grama 40 Bouteloua curtipendula

blue grama 41 Bouteloua gracilis

Pine Dropseed 42 Blepharoneuron tricholepis

Plains Muhlenbergia 33 Muhlenbergia cuspidata

mountain muhly 43 Muhlenbergia montana

Green Muhly 44 Muhlenbergia racemosa

broadleaf cattail 45 Typha latifolia

Arctic rush 46 Juncus arcticus

Jointed rush 47 Juncus articulatus

Forked Rush 48 Juncus dichotomus

Dudley's Rush 15 Juncus dudleyi

dagger rush 2 Juncus ensifolius

Inland Rush 36 Juncus interior

spotted coralroot 49 Corallorhiza maculata

Striped Coralroot 50 Corallorhiza striata

Western Rattlesnake Plantain 11 Goodyera oblongifolia

Great Plains yucca 51 Yucca glauca

common starlily 52 Leucocrinum montanum

Solomon's plume 53 Maianthemum racemosum

Solomon's plume 26 Maianthemum racemosum amplexicaule

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 54 Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag 55 Iris missouriensis

strict blue-eyed grass 56 Sisyrinchium montanum

Geyer's onion 57 Allium geyeri

Textile onion 2 Allium textile