Plants of Trinidad Lake State Park

Trinidad Lake State Park sits on 2,229 acres 5 miles to the southwest of Trinidad at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in the Purgatoire River Valley. The ecosystems within the park make up the transition zone between the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains and include pinyon-juniper ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

One-seed Juniper ³
Juniperus monosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper ⁴
Juniperus scopulorum

Common Juniper ⁵
Juniperus communis

Colorado Pinyon ⁶
Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine ⁷
Pinus ponderosa

alsike clover ⁸
Trifolium hybridum

alfalfa ⁹
Medicago sativa

Black Medick ¹⁰
Medicago lupulina

White sweet clover ¹⁰
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ¹⁰
Melilotus officinalis

American vetch ¹¹
Vicia americana

Drummond's Milkvetch ²
Astragalus drummondii

stemless point-vetch ¹²
Oxytropis lambertii

white prairie clover ¹³
Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover ¹⁴
Dalea purpurea

New Mexico locust ¹⁵
Robinia neomexicana

Slimflower scurfpea ¹⁶
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

mountain meadow cinquefoil ¹⁷
Potentilla diversifolia

Apache plume ¹⁸
Fallugia paradoxa

Woods' rose ¹⁹
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ²⁰
Cercocarpus montanus

antelope bitterbrush ²
Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry ²¹
Amelanchier alnifolia

chokecherry ²²
Prunus virginiana

American Plum ²³
Prunus americana

California Nettle ²⁴
Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm ²
Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive ²⁵
Elaeagnus angustifolia

scarlet gilia ²⁶
Ipomopsis aggregata

red osier dogwood ²⁷
Cornus sericea

Adonis blazingstar ²⁸
Mentzelia multiflora

Bractless Blazingstar ²⁹
Mentzelia nuda

antelope horns ³⁰
Asclepias asperula

broadleaf milkweed ³¹
Asclepias latifolia

horsetail milkweed ³²
Asclepias subverticillata

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus ³³
Echinocereus viridiflorus

scarlet hedgehog cactus ³⁴
Echinocereus coccineus

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ³⁵
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Spinystar ³⁶
Escobaria vivipara

Brown-spined Pricklypear ³⁷
Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear cactus ³⁸
Opuntia polyacantha

prairie pricklypear ³⁹
Opuntia macrorhiza

Twist-spined Pricklypear ²⁹
Opuntia tortispina

tree cholla cactus ⁴⁰
Cylindropuntia imbricata

pale smartweed ⁴¹
Persicaria lapathifolia

Douglas' knotweed ⁴²
Polygonum douglasii

curly dock ⁴³
Rumex crispus

willow dock ⁴⁴
Rumex salicifolius

James' buckwheat ⁴⁵
Eriogonum jamesii

Winged Buckwheat ⁴⁶
Eriogonum alatum

Colorado four o'clock ²⁸
Mirabilis multiflora

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock ²⁹
Mirabilis linearis

red tamarisk ⁴⁷
Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush ²⁸
Atriplex canescens

fetid goosefoot ⁴⁸
Dysphania graveolens

winterfat ⁴⁹
Krascheninnikovia lanata

kochia ⁵⁰
Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle ⁵¹
Salsola australis

creeping thistle ⁵²
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ⁵³
Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle ⁵⁴
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ⁵⁵
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ⁵⁶
Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle ⁵⁷
Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion ⁵⁸
Taraxacum officinale

Blue lettuce ²
Lactuca tatarica

yellow salsify ⁵⁹
Tragopogon dubius

tasselflower brickellia ⁶⁰
Brickellia grandiflora

False Boneset ⁶¹
Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather ²
Liatris punctata

fringed sagebrush ³²
Artemisia frigida

common sagebrush ²
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁶²
Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed ²
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ²
Ericameria nauseosa

velvety goldenrod ⁵¹
Solidago velutina

Harsh False Goldenaster ⁶³
Heterotheca hirsutissima

hairy goldenaster ²
Heterotheca villosa

horseweed ⁶⁴
Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane ⁶⁵
Erigeron divergens

tall fleabane ⁶⁶
Erigeron elatior

aspen fleabane ⁶⁷
Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed ²⁵
Grindelia squarrosa

Bigelow's Tansyaster ⁶⁸
Dieteria bigelovii

hoary aster ⁶⁹
Dieteria canescens

spiny goldenweed ²⁹
Xanthisma spinulosum

rayless greenthread ²⁸
Thelesperma megapotamicum

giant ragweed ⁷⁰
Ambrosia trifida

rough cocklebur ⁷¹
Xanthium strumarium

upright prairie coneflower ⁷²
Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower ⁷³
Helianthus annuus

showy goldeneye ⁶⁵
Heliomeris multiflora

desert zinnia ⁷⁴
Zinnia acerosa

Rocky Mountain zinnia ³⁷
Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy ⁷⁵
Verbesina encelioides

Dogweed ⁷⁶
Dyssodia papposa

Lemonscent ³¹
Pectis angustifolia

Indian blanket ⁷⁷
Gaillardia pulchella

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Plants of Trinidad Lake State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

One-seed Juniper 3 Juniperus monosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper 4 Juniperus scopulorum

Common Juniper 5 Juniperus communis

Colorado Pinyon 6 Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine 7 Pinus ponderosa

alsike clover 8 Trifolium hybridum

alfalfa 9 Medicago sativa

Black Medick 10 Medicago lupulina

White sweet clover 10 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 10 Melilotus officinalis

American vetch 11 Vicia americana

Drummond's Milkvetch 2 Astragalus drummondii

stemless point-vetch 12 Oxytropis lambertii

white prairie clover 13 Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover 14 Dalea purpurea

New Mexico locust 15 Robinia neomexicana

Slimflower scurfpea 16 Pediomelum tenuiflorum

mountain meadow cinquefoil 17 Potentilla diversifolia

Apache plume 18 Fallugia paradoxa

Woods' rose 19 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 20 Cercocarpus montanus

antelope bitterbrush 2 Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry 21 Amelanchier alnifolia

chokecherry 22 Prunus virginiana

American Plum 23 Prunus americana

California Nettle 24 Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm 2 Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive 25 Elaeagnus angustifolia

scarlet gilia 26 Ipomopsis aggregata

red osier dogwood 27 Cornus sericea

Adonis blazingstar 28 Mentzelia multiflora

Bractless Blazingstar 29 Mentzelia nuda

antelope horns 30 Asclepias asperula

broadleaf milkweed 31 Asclepias latifolia

horsetail milkweed 32 Asclepias subverticillata

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 33 Echinocereus viridiflorus

scarlet hedgehog cactus 34 Echinocereus coccineus

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 35 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Spinystar 36 Escobaria vivipara

Brown-spined Pricklypear 37 Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear cactus 38 Opuntia polyacantha

prairie pricklypear 39 Opuntia macrorhiza

Twist-spined Pricklypear 29 Opuntia tortispina

tree cholla cactus 40 Cylindropuntia imbricata

pale smartweed 41 Persicaria lapathifolia

Douglas' knotweed 42 Polygonum douglasii

curly dock 43 Rumex crispus

willow dock 44 Rumex salicifolius

James' buckwheat 45 Eriogonum jamesii

Winged Buckwheat 46 Eriogonum alatum

Colorado four o'clock 28 Mirabilis multiflora

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock 29 Mirabilis linearis

red tamarisk 47 Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush 28 Atriplex canescens

fetid goosefoot 48 Dysphania graveolens

winterfat 49 Krascheninnikovia lanata

kochia 50 Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle 51 Salsola australis

creeping thistle 52 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 53 Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle 54 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 55 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 56 Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle 57 Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion 58 Taraxacum officinale

Blue lettuce 2 Lactuca tatarica

yellow salsify 59 Tragopogon dubius

tasselflower brickellia 60 Brickellia grandiflora

False Boneset 61 Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather 2 Liatris punctata

fringed sagebrush 32 Artemisia frigida

common sagebrush 2 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 62 Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed 2 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 2 Ericameria nauseosa

velvety goldenrod 51 Solidago velutina

Harsh False Goldenaster 63 Heterotheca hirsutissima