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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 ↓

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

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