Plants of Ridgway State Park

Voted one of the top ten state parks in the country by National Geographic Traveler, Ridgway State Park’s scenic beauty and biological diversity are true assets to the state park system. Located in the Uncompahgre River Valley in west central Colorado, the park is surrounded by the San Juan ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail ²
Equisetum hyemale

smooth horsetail ³
Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper ⁴
Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper ⁵
Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon ⁶
Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine ⁷
Pinus ponderosa

Colorado blue spruce ⁸
Picea pungens

Green Ephedra ⁹
Ephedra viridis

Red Clover ¹⁰
Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa ¹¹
Medicago sativa

White Sweetclover ¹²
Melilotus albus

American vetch ¹³
Vicia americana

Rocky Mountain Milkvetch ¹⁴
Astragalus scopulorum

Missouri Milkvetch ¹¹
Astragalus missouriensis

wild licorice ¹⁵
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean ¹⁶
Thermopsis montana

shrubby cinquefoil ¹⁷
Dasiphora fruticosa

Woods' rose ¹⁸
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ¹⁹
Cercocarpus montanus

serviceberry ²⁰
Amelanchier alnifolia

River hawthorn ²¹
Crataegus rivularis

wild crab apple ²²
Peraphyllum ramosissimum

chokecherry ²³
Prunus virginiana

Russian Olive ²⁴
Elaeagnus angustifolia

silver buffaloberry ²⁵
Shepherdia argentea

scarlet gilia ²⁶
Ipomopsis aggregata

longleaf phlox ²⁷
Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood ²⁸
Cornus sericea

showy milkweed ²⁹
Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed ³⁰
Asclepias subverticillata

hemp dogbane ³¹
Apocynum cannabinum

pleated gentian ³²
Gentiana affinis

Mojave Mound Cactus ²⁷
Echinocereus mojavensis

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ³³
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Simpson's hedgehog cactus ³⁴
Pediocactus simpsonii

brittle prickly-pear ³⁵
Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear ³⁶
Opuntia polyacantha

Four-wing saltbush ³⁷
Atriplex canescens

winterfat ³⁸
Krascheninnikovia lanata

kochia ¹⁵
Bassia scoparia

Russian Thistle ³⁷
Salsola tragus

Greasewood ³⁹
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Fringed Grass of Parnassus ⁴⁰
Parnassia fimbriata

small-flowered grass-of-parnassus ⁴¹
Parnassia parviflora

Canada Thistle ⁴²
Cirsium arvense

Rocky Mountain thistle ⁴³
Cirsium perplexans

wavyleaf thistle ¹¹
Cirsium undulatum

Bull thistle ⁴⁴
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ⁴⁵
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ⁴⁶
Arctium minus

Russian knapweed ⁴⁷
Leuzea repens

diffuse knapweed ⁴⁸
Centaurea diffusa

chicory ⁴⁹
Cichorium intybus

yellow salsify ⁵⁰
Tragopogon dubius

ox-eye daisy ⁵¹
Leucanthemum vulgare

tansy ²³
Tanacetum vulgare

fringed sagebrush ⁵²
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ¹¹
Artemisia ludoviciana

big sagebrush ¹¹
Artemisia tridentata

broom snakeweed ⁵³
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ¹¹
Ericameria nauseosa

Rose-heath ³⁷
Chaetopappa ericoides

hairy goldenaster ¹¹
Heterotheca villosa

Navajo Fleabane ²⁷
Erigeron concinnus

trailing fleabane ⁵⁴
Erigeron flagellaris

curlycup gumweed ¹¹
Grindelia squarrosa

splitleaf groundsel ⁵⁵
Packera dimorphophylla

cutleaf coneflower ⁵⁶
Rudbeckia laciniata

showy goldeneye ⁵⁷
Heliomeris multiflora

Stemless Four-nerved Daisy ⁵⁸
Tetraneuris acaulis

Ives' four-nerved daisy ¹⁵
Tetraneuris ivesiana

fineleaf woollywhite ¹⁵
Hymenopappus filifolius

common stork's-bill ⁵⁹
Erodium cicutarium

pinewoods geranium ⁶⁰
Geranium caespitosum

Fragrant Sumac ²³
Rhus aromatica

Skunkbush Sumac ⁶¹
Rhus trilobata

boxelder ⁶²
Acer negundo

fragrant evening primrose ²⁷
Oenothera cespitosa

Gambel oak ⁶³
Quercus gambelii

water birch ²²
Betula occidentalis

grey alder ⁴⁸
Alnus incana

Thinleaf Alder ⁶⁴
Alnus incana tenuifolia

great mullein ⁶⁵
Verbascum thapsus

desert paintbrush ⁶⁶
Castilleja chromosa

Labrador Indian-paintbrush ⁶⁷
Castilleja septentrionalis

Sulphur Indian-paintbrush ⁶⁸
Castilleja sulphurea

single-leaf ash ⁶⁹
Fraxinus anomala

Purple Wood Sage ⁴⁹
Salvia nemorosa

blue water-speedwell ⁷⁰
Veronica anagallis-aquatica

firecracker penstemon ⁷¹
Penstemon eatonii

sagebrush buttercup ¹¹
Ranunculus glaberrimus

hairy clematis ⁷²
Clematis hirsutissima

Western White Clematis ⁷³
Clematis ligusticifolia

creeping mahonia ¹¹
Berberis repens

bittersweet ⁷⁴
Solanum dulcamara

field bindweed ⁷⁵
Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry ³⁷
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle ²⁹
Lonicera involucrata

Adobe Desert parsley ⁷⁶
Lomatium concinnum

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Plants of Ridgway State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail 2 Equisetum hyemale

smooth horsetail 3 Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper 4 Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper 5 Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon 6 Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine 7 Pinus ponderosa

Colorado blue spruce 8 Picea pungens

Green Ephedra 9 Ephedra viridis

Red Clover 10 Trifolium pratense

Alfalfa 11 Medicago sativa

White Sweetclover 12 Melilotus albus

American vetch 13 Vicia americana

Rocky Mountain Milkvetch 14 Astragalus scopulorum

Missouri Milkvetch 11 Astragalus missouriensis

wild licorice 15 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean 16 Thermopsis montana

shrubby cinquefoil 17 Dasiphora fruticosa

Woods' rose 18 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 19 Cercocarpus montanus

serviceberry 20 Amelanchier alnifolia

River hawthorn 21 Crataegus rivularis

wild crab apple 22 Peraphyllum ramosissimum

chokecherry 23 Prunus virginiana

Russian Olive 24 Elaeagnus angustifolia

silver buffaloberry 25 Shepherdia argentea

scarlet gilia 26 Ipomopsis aggregata

longleaf phlox 27 Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood 28 Cornus sericea

showy milkweed 29 Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed 30 Asclepias subverticillata

hemp dogbane 31 Apocynum cannabinum

pleated gentian 32 Gentiana affinis

Mojave Mound Cactus 27 Echinocereus mojavensis

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 33 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Simpson's hedgehog cactus 34 Pediocactus simpsonii

brittle prickly-pear 35 Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear 36 Opuntia polyacantha

Four-wing saltbush 37 Atriplex canescens

winterfat 38 Krascheninnikovia lanata

kochia 15 Bassia scoparia

Russian Thistle 37 Salsola tragus

Greasewood 39 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Fringed Grass of Parnassus 40 Parnassia fimbriata

small-flowered grass-of-parnassus 41 Parnassia parviflora

Canada Thistle 42 Cirsium arvense

Rocky Mountain thistle 43 Cirsium perplexans

wavyleaf thistle 11 Cirsium undulatum

Bull thistle 44 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 45 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 46 Arctium minus

Russian knapweed 47 Leuzea repens

diffuse knapweed 48 Centaurea diffusa

chicory 49 Cichorium intybus

yellow salsify 50 Tragopogon dubius

ox-eye daisy 51 Leucanthemum vulgare

tansy 23 Tanacetum vulgare

fringed sagebrush 52 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 11 Artemisia ludoviciana

big sagebrush 11 Artemisia tridentata

broom snakeweed 53 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 11 Ericameria nauseosa

Rose-heath 37 Chaetopappa ericoides

hairy goldenaster 11 Heterotheca villosa

Navajo Fleabane 27 Erigeron concinnus

trailing fleabane 54 Erigeron flagellaris

curlycup gumweed 11 Grindelia squarrosa

splitleaf groundsel 55 Packera dimorphophylla

cutleaf coneflower 56 Rudbeckia laciniata

showy goldeneye 57 Heliomeris multiflora

Stemless Four-nerved Daisy 58 Tetraneuris acaulis

Ives' four-nerved daisy 15 Tetraneuris ivesiana

fineleaf woollywhite 15 Hymenopappus filifolius

common stork's-bill 59 Erodium cicutarium

pinewoods geranium 60 Geranium caespitosum

Fragrant Sumac 23 Rhus aromatica

Skunkbush Sumac 61 Rhus trilobata

boxelder 62 Acer negundo

fragrant evening primrose 27 Oenothera cespitosa