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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 ↓

white clover 1
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 2
Medicago sativa
Black Medick 3
Medicago lupulina
white sweet clover 3
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 3
Melilotus officinalis
silvery lupine 2
Lupinus argenteus
American vetch 4
Vicia americana
Drummond's Milkvetch 2
Astragalus drummondii
Foothill Milkvetch 5
Astragalus tridactylicus
Parry's Milkvetch 6
Astragalus parryi
Early Purple Milkvetch 7
Astragalus shortianus
wild licorice 8
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
stemless point-vetch 9
Oxytropis lambertii
Purple Prairie Clover 10
Dalea purpurea
spreadfruit goldenbanner 11
Thermopsis divaricarpa
Siberian peashrub 12
Caragana arborescens
Slimflower Scurfpea 13
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Virginia strawberry 14
Fragaria virginiana
Big-flower Cinquefoil 15
Drymocallis fissa
mountain meadow cinquefoil 16
Potentilla diversifolia
Rough Cinquefoil 17
Potentilla norvegica
white-leaved cinquefoil 18
Potentilla pulcherrima
Sulphur Cinquefoil 19
Potentilla recta
roadside agrimony 20
Agrimonia striata
large-leaved avens 21
Geum macrophyllum
Rocky Mountain raspberry 10
Rubus deliciosus
Thimbleberry 22
Rubus parviflorus
prairie rose 23
Rosa arkansana
Woods' rose 24
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 25
Cercocarpus montanus
antelope brush 2
Purshia tridentata
Saskatoon 26
Amelanchier alnifolia
Hawthorn 27
Crataegus erythropoda
Shiny Cotoneaster 28
Cotoneaster lucidus
choke cherry 12
Prunus virginiana
wild cherry 29
Prunus avium
American Plum 30
Prunus americana
mountain ninebark 31
Physocarpus monogynus
Fendler's ceanothus 32
Ceanothus fendleri
stinging nettle 33
Urtica dioica
common hops 34
Humulus lupulus
Russian Olive 35
Elaeagnus angustifolia
woodland pinedrops 22
Pterospora andromedea
bog wintergreen 36
Pyrola asarifolia
lesser wintergreen 37
Pyrola minor
one-sided wintergreen 8
Orthilia secunda
Kinnikinnick 38
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
dark-throated shooting star 39
Primula pauciflora
leafy Jacob's ladder 40
Polemonium foliosissimum
Pretty Jacob's-ladder 41
Polemonium pulcherrimum
scarlet gilia 42
Ipomopsis aggregata
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 2
Collomia linearis
Sticky Gilia 43
Aliciella pinnatifida
fivepetal cliffbush 44
Jamesia americana
Yellow evening star 5
Mentzelia speciosa
Plains Milkweed 45
Asclepias pumila
showy milkweed 46
Asclepias speciosa
green comet milkweed 23
Asclepias viridiflora
Spreading dogbane 47
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Northern Bedstraw 48
Galium boreale
fragrant bedstraw 49
Galium triflorum
catchweed bedstraw 50
Galium aparine
pleated gentian 51
Gentiana affinis
monument plant 52
Frasera speciosa
Felwort 8
Swertia perennis
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 53
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Missouri Foxtail Cactus 2
Escobaria missouriensis
starvation prickly-pear 54
Opuntia polyacantha
twist spine prickly pear 55
Opuntia macrorhiza
Spotted Lady's Thumb 13
Persicaria maculosa
Douglas' knotweed 56
Polygonum douglasii
Oval Leaf Knotweed 57
Polygonum arenastrum
curly dock 58
Rumex crispus
willow dock 44
Rumex salicifolius
sulfur buckwheat 59
Eriogonum umbellatum
Winged Buckwheat 60
Eriogonum alatum
field chickweed 61
Cerastium arvense
Short-stalked Chickweed 62
Cerastium brachypodum
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 63
Cerastium fontanum
Field mouse ear 56
Cerastium strictum
James' Nailwort 64
Paronychia jamesii
common soapwort 18
Saponaria officinalis
Deptford pink 65
Dianthus armeria
narrowleaf four o'clock 66
Mirabilis linearis
common lamb's-quarters 67
Chenopodium album
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 2
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Redroot Pigweed 68
Amaranthus retroflexus
Kochia 69
Bassia scoparia
Southern Russian Thistle 70
Salsola australis
Slender Russian-thistle 71
Salsola collina
Russian thistle 72
Salsola tragus
prairie fameflower 73
Phemeranthus parviflorus
western springbeauty 74
Claytonia rosea
creeping thistle 75
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 76
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 77
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 78
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 79
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 80
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 81
Leuzea repens

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