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 ↓

creeping thistle ¹
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ²
Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle ³
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ⁴
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ⁵
Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle ⁶
Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion ⁷
Taraxacum officinale

Blue lettuce ⁸
Lactuca tatarica

yellow salsify ⁹
Tragopogon dubius

tasselflower brickellia ¹⁰
Brickellia grandiflora

False Boneset ¹¹
Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather ⁸
Liatris punctata

fringed sagebrush ¹²
Artemisia frigida

common sagebrush ⁸
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ¹³
Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed ⁸
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ⁸
Ericameria nauseosa

velvety goldenrod ¹⁴
Solidago velutina

Harsh False Goldenaster ¹⁵
Heterotheca hirsutissima

hairy goldenaster ⁸
Heterotheca villosa

horseweed ¹⁶
Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane ¹⁷
Erigeron divergens

tall fleabane ¹⁸
Erigeron elatior

aspen fleabane ¹⁹
Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed ²⁰
Grindelia squarrosa

Bigelow's Tansyaster ²¹
Dieteria bigelovii

hoary aster ²²
Dieteria canescens

spiny goldenweed ²³
Xanthisma spinulosum

rayless greenthread ²⁴
Thelesperma megapotamicum

giant ragweed ²⁵
Ambrosia trifida

rough cocklebur ²⁶
Xanthium strumarium

upright prairie coneflower ²⁷
Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower ²⁸
Helianthus annuus

showy goldeneye ¹⁷
Heliomeris multiflora

desert zinnia ²⁹
Zinnia acerosa

Rocky Mountain zinnia ³⁰
Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy ³¹
Verbesina encelioides

Dogweed ³²
Dyssodia papposa

Lemonscent ³³
Pectis angustifolia

Indian blanket ³⁴
Gaillardia pulchella

stemless four-nerve-daisy ³⁵
Tetraneuris acaulis

Oppositeleaf False Bahia ³⁶
Picradeniopsis oppositifolia

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Plants of Trinidad Lake State Park

creeping thistle 1 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 2 Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle 3 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 4 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 5 Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle 6 Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion 7 Taraxacum officinale

Blue lettuce 8 Lactuca tatarica

yellow salsify 9 Tragopogon dubius

tasselflower brickellia 10 Brickellia grandiflora

False Boneset 11 Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather 8 Liatris punctata

fringed sagebrush 12 Artemisia frigida

common sagebrush 8 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 13 Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed 8 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 8 Ericameria nauseosa

velvety goldenrod 14 Solidago velutina

Harsh False Goldenaster 15 Heterotheca hirsutissima

hairy goldenaster 8 Heterotheca villosa

horseweed 16 Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane 17 Erigeron divergens

tall fleabane 18 Erigeron elatior

aspen fleabane 19 Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed 20 Grindelia squarrosa

Bigelow's Tansyaster 21 Dieteria bigelovii

hoary aster 22 Dieteria canescens

spiny goldenweed 23 Xanthisma spinulosum

rayless greenthread 24 Thelesperma megapotamicum

giant ragweed 25 Ambrosia trifida

rough cocklebur 26 Xanthium strumarium

upright prairie coneflower 27 Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower 28 Helianthus annuus

showy goldeneye 17 Heliomeris multiflora

desert zinnia 29 Zinnia acerosa

Rocky Mountain zinnia 30 Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy 31 Verbesina encelioides

Dogweed 32 Dyssodia papposa

Lemonscent 33 Pectis angustifolia

Indian blanket 34 Gaillardia pulchella

stemless four-nerve-daisy 35 Tetraneuris acaulis

Oppositeleaf False Bahia 36 Picradeniopsis oppositifolia