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Plants of Lory State Park

Lory State Park's 2,492 acres are situated 7 miles west of Fort Collins in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park borders Horsetooth Reservoir and reaches 7,015 feet at its highest point. The park contains a gradual gradation of ecosystems from grasslands and riparian areas into ...more ↓

Russian thistle 1
Salsola tragus
prairie fameflower 2
Phemeranthus parviflorus
western springbeauty 3
Claytonia rosea
creeping thistle 4
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 5
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 6
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 7
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 8
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 9
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 10
Leuzea repens
common dandelion 11
Taraxacum officinale
spiny sow thistle 12
Sonchus asper
prickly lettuce 13
Lactuca serriola
Pale agoseris 14
Agoseris glauca
prairie false dandelion 15
Nothocalais cuspidata
yellow salsify 16
Tragopogon dubius
meadow salsify 17
Tragopogon pratensis
tasselflower brickellia 18
Brickellia grandiflora
California brickellbush 19
Brickellia californica
dotted gayfeather 20
Liatris punctata
Handsome Pussytoes 21
Antennaria anaphaloides
pearly everlasting 22
Anaphalis margaritacea
macoun's everlasting 23
Pseudognaphalium macounii
field wormwood 23
Artemisia campestris
fringed sagebrush 24
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 25
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 26
Achillea millefolium
broom snakeweed 27
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 14
Ericameria nauseosa
Stiff-leaved Goldenrod 14
Solidago rigida
giant goldenrod 28
Solidago gigantea
Ground Goldenrod 29
Solidago mollis
smooth blue aster 30
Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth White Aster 31
Symphyotrichum porteri
western mountain aster 32
Symphyotrichum spathulatum
white prairie aster 33
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Easter daisy 34
Townsendia exscapa
Largeflower Ground-Daisy 35
Townsendia grandiflora
Heterotheca hirsuta 36
Harsh False Goldenaster 37
Heterotheca hirsutissima
hairy goldenaster 14
Heterotheca villosa
horseweed 38
Erigeron canadensis
trailing fleabane 39
Erigeron flagellaris
daisy fleabane 40
Erigeron strigosus
curlycup gumweed 40
Grindelia squarrosa
subalpine gumweed 41
Grindelia subalpina
Tall western groundsel 42
Senecio integerrimus
Broom-like Ragwort 43
Senecio spartioides
Prairie Groundsel 44
Packera plattensis
common ragweed 45
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
western ragweed 46
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 47
Ambrosia trifida
rough cocklebur 48
Xanthium strumarium
black-eyed Susan 49
Rudbeckia hirta
upright prairie coneflower 50
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 51
Helianthus annuus
Nuttall's Sunflower 52
Helianthus nuttallii
Little Sunflower 53
Helianthus pumilus
cowpen daisy 54
Verbesina encelioides
great blanketflower 55
Gaillardia aristata
red dome blanketflower 56
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Harebell 57
Campanula rotundifolia
clasping Venus's looking glass 58
Triodanis perfoliata
redstem filaree 59
Erodium cicutarium
Richardson's geranium 20
Geranium richardsonii
pinewoods geranium 60
Geranium caespitosum
western poison ivy 40
Toxicodendron rydbergii
fragrant sumac 61
Rhus aromatica
smooth sumac 62
Rhus glabra
Skunkbush Sumac 63
Rhus trilobata
Rocky Mountain maple 64
Acer glabrum
boxelder 65
Acer negundo
velvetweed 66
Oenothera curtiflora
Scarlet Beeblossom 67
Oenothera suffrutescens
hairy evening primrose 68
Oenothera villosa
yellow sundrops 69
Oenothera serrulata
panicled willowherb 70
Epilobium brachycarpum
fireweed 71
Chamaenerion angustifolium
water birch 72
Betula occidentalis
Lanceleaf Figwort 73
Scrophularia lanceolata
moth mullein 14
Verbascum blattaria
great mullein 74
Verbascum thapsus
giant red Indian paintbrush 75
Castilleja miniata
yellow owl's-clover 76
Orthocarpus luteus
clustered broomrape 77
Aphyllon fasciculatum
wild bergamot 78
Monarda fistulosa
corn mint 79
Mentha arvensis
American Bugleweed 40
Lycopus americanus
American dragonhead 80
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Catnip 81
Nepeta cataria
common selfheal 82
Prunella vulgaris
Britton's Skullcap 83
Scutellaria brittonii
American germander 43
Teucrium canadense
prostrate vervain 43
Verbena bracteata
blue vervain 40
Verbena hastata
Balkan toadflax 43
Linaria dalmatica
common toadflax 40
Linaria vulgaris
American brooklime 84
Veronica americana
blue water-speedwell 85
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
chain speedwell 86
Veronica catenata

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