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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 ↓

salt spring checkerbloom 1
Sidalcea neomexicana
scarlet globemallow 2
Sphaeralcea coccinea
dwarf mallow 3
Malva neglecta
narrowleaf cottonwood 4
Populus angustifolia
trembling aspen 5
Populus tremuloides
Park Willow 6
Salix monticola
bebb's willow 2
Salix bebbiana
Lewis flax 7
Linum lewisii
prostrate sandmat 8
Euphorbia prostrata
Hound's-tongue 9
Cynoglossum officinale
Small Alison 10
Alyssum alyssoides
desert madwort 11
Alyssum desertorum
Whitetop 12
Lepidium draba
broadleaved pepperweed 13
Lepidium latifolium
clasping pepperweed 14
Lepidium perfoliatum
Double Bladderpod 15
Physaria acutifolia
Straight Bladderpod 16
Physaria rectipes
drummond's rockcress 17
Boechera stricta
shepherd's-purse 18
Capsella bursa-pastoris
golden currant 19
Ribes aureum
golden sedge 20
Carex aurea
prairie junegrass 21
Koeleria macrantha
orchard grass 22
Dactylis glomerata
Reed Canarygrass 23
Phalaris arundinacea
smooth brome 24
Bromus inermis
Cheat Grass 25
Bromus tectorum
tall wheatgrass 26
Thinopyrum elongatum
Western Wheatgrass 27
Pascopyrum smithii
Squirreltail 28
Elymus elymoides
Quack Grass 2
Elymus repens
Foxtail Barley 29
Hordeum jubatum
crested wheatgrass 30
Agropyron cristatum
Needle-and-thread Grass 31
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 32
Achnatherum hymenoides
Sand Ricegrass 32
Eriocoma hymenoides
alkali sacaton 33
Sporobolus airoides
blue grama 34
Bouteloua gracilis
James' galleta 35
Hilaria jamesii
Hooded Ladies' Tresses 36
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
sparse-flowered bog orchid 37
Platanthera sparsiflora
Great Basin Bog Orchid 38
Platanthera tescamnis
narrowleaf yucca 39
Yucca angustissima
Dwarf Yucca 40
Yucca harrimaniae
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 41
Maianthemum stellatum
strict blue-eyed grass 42
Sisyrinchium montanum
Sego Lily 43
Calochortus nuttallii
common arrowgrass 44
Triglochin maritima

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