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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 ↓

Red Clover 1
Trifolium pratense
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 3
Medicago sativa
black medick 4
Medicago lupulina
white sweet clover 5
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 5
Melilotus officinalis
purple crownvetch 6
Securigera varia
silvery lupine 7
Lupinus argenteus
Nevada Sweet Pea 8
Lathyrus lanszwertii
broad-leaved sweet pea 9
Lathyrus latifolius
American vetch 10
Vicia americana
Drummond's Milkvetch 11
Astragalus drummondii
Flexible Milkvetch 12
Astragalus flexuosus
Laxmann's Milkvetch 11
Astragalus laxmannii
Loose-flower Milkvetch 13
Astragalus tenellus
Parry's Milkvetch 14
Astragalus parryi
Early Purple Milkvetch 15
Astragalus shortianus
wild licorice 16
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
stemless point-vetch 17
Oxytropis lambertii
Fragrant Indigobush 18
Amorpha nana
spreadfruit goldenbanner 19
Thermopsis divaricarpa
Siberian peashrub 20
Caragana arborescens
slimflower scurfpea 21
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
wild strawberry 22
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 23
Fragaria virginiana
shrubby cinquefoil 24
Dasiphora fruticosa
bigflower cinquefoil 25
Drymocallis fissa
horse cinquefoil 26
Potentilla hippiana
rough cinquefoil 27
Potentilla norvegica
prairie cinquefoil 11
Potentilla pensylvanica
Sulphur Cinquefoil 28
Potentilla recta
roadside agrimony 29
Agrimonia striata
Yellow Avens 30
Geum aleppicum
large-leaved avens 31
Geum macrophyllum
Water Avens 32
Geum rivale
prairie smoke 11
Geum triflorum
Rocky Mountain raspberry 33
Rubus deliciosus
red raspberry 29
Rubus idaeus
American red raspberry 34
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Thimbleberry 35
Rubus parviflorus
prairie rose 36
Rosa arkansana
Woods' rose 37
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 38
Cercocarpus montanus
Greene's mountain ash 39
Sorbus scopulina
Saskatoon 40
Amelanchier alnifolia
fleshy hawthorn 41
Crataegus succulenta
Shiny Cotoneaster 42
Cotoneaster lucidus
apple 43
Malus pumila
choke cherry 20
Prunus virginiana
American Plum 44
Prunus americana
mountain ninebark 45
Physocarpus monogynus
rockspiraea 46
Holodiscus dumosus
Buckbrush 47
Ceanothus fendleri
stinging nettle 48
Urtica dioica
Pennsylvania pellitory 49
Parietaria pensylvanica
Siberian elm 11
Ulmus pumila
common hops 50
Humulus lupulus
netleaf hackberry 51
Celtis reticulata
woodland pinedrops 52
Pterospora andromedea
One-flowered Wintergreen 53
Moneses uniflora
Kinnikinnick 54
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
dark-throated shooting star 55
Primula pauciflora
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 56
Androsace septentrionalis
scarlet gilia 57
Ipomopsis aggregata
White-flowered Scarlet Gilia 14
Ipomopsis aggregata candida
Iron Ipomopsis 58
Ipomopsis laxiflora
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 59
Collomia linearis
Sticky Gilia 60
Aliciella pinnatifida
red osier dogwood 61
Cornus sericea
fivepetal cliffbush 46
Jamesia americana
Jeweled Blazingstar 62
Mentzelia speciosa
bushy blazingstar 11
Mentzelia dispersa
showy milkweed 63
Asclepias speciosa
Spreading dogbane 64
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 65
Galium boreale
fragrant bedstraw 66
Galium triflorum
catchweed bedstraw 67
Galium aparine
monument plant 68
Frasera speciosa
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 69
Pediocactus simpsonii
Missouri Foxtail Cactus 70
Escobaria missouriensis
brittle prickly-pear 71
Opuntia fragilis
brown-spined prickly-pear 72
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 73
Opuntia polyacantha
plains prickly pear 74
Opuntia macrorhiza
Douglas' knotweed 75
Polygonum douglasii
prostrate knotweed 76
Polygonum aviculare
Black-bindweed 77
Fallopia convolvulus
Sheep's sorrel 78
Rumex acetosella
curly dock 11
Rumex crispus
dense-flowered dock 79
Rumex densiflorus
white willow dock 80
Rumex triangulivalvis
alpine golden buckwheat 81
Eriogonum flavum
sulfur buckwheat 82
Eriogonum umbellatum
Winged buckwheat 6
Eriogonum alatum
field chickweed 83
Cerastium arvense
mouse-ear chickweed 84
Cerastium fontanum
tuber starwort 6
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
James' Nailwort 85
Paronychia jamesii
bouncing bet 84
Saponaria officinalis
Deptford Pink 86
Dianthus armeria

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