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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 ↓

Red Clover 1
Trifolium pratense
Alfalfa 2
Medicago sativa
White Sweetclover 3
Melilotus albus
American vetch 4
Vicia americana
Rocky Mountain Milkvetch 5
Astragalus scopulorum
Missouri Milkvetch 2
Astragalus missouriensis
wild licorice 6
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Mountain goldenbean 7
Thermopsis montana
shrubby cinquefoil 8
Dasiphora fruticosa
Woods' rose 9
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 10
Cercocarpus montanus
serviceberry 11
Amelanchier alnifolia
River hawthorn 12
Crataegus rivularis
wild crab apple 13
Peraphyllum ramosissimum
chokecherry 14
Prunus virginiana
Russian Olive 15
Elaeagnus angustifolia
silver buffaloberry 16
Shepherdia argentea
scarlet gilia 17
Ipomopsis aggregata
longleaf phlox 18
Phlox longifolia
red osier dogwood 19
Cornus sericea
showy milkweed 20
Asclepias speciosa
horsetail milkweed 21
Asclepias subverticillata
hemp dogbane 22
Apocynum cannabinum
pleated gentian 23
Gentiana affinis
Mojave Mound Cactus 18
Echinocereus mojavensis
claret-cup hedgehog cactus 24
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 25
Pediocactus simpsonii
brittle prickly-pear 26
Opuntia fragilis
starvation prickly-pear 27
Opuntia polyacantha
Four-wing saltbush 28
Atriplex canescens
winterfat 29
Krascheninnikovia lanata
kochia 6
Bassia scoparia
Russian Thistle 28
Salsola tragus
Greasewood 30
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Fringed Grass of Parnassus 31
Parnassia fimbriata
small-flowered grass-of-parnassus 32
Parnassia parviflora
Canada Thistle 33
Cirsium arvense
Rocky Mountain thistle 34
Cirsium perplexans
wavyleaf thistle 2
Cirsium undulatum
Bull thistle 35
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 36
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 37
Arctium minus
Russian knapweed 38
Leuzea repens
diffuse knapweed 39
Centaurea diffusa
chicory 40
Cichorium intybus
yellow salsify 41
Tragopogon dubius
ox-eye daisy 42
Leucanthemum vulgare
tansy 14
Tanacetum vulgare
fringed sagebrush 43
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 2
Artemisia ludoviciana
big sagebrush 2
Artemisia tridentata
broom snakeweed 44
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 2
Ericameria nauseosa
Rose-heath 28
Chaetopappa ericoides
hairy goldenaster 2
Heterotheca villosa
Navajo Fleabane 18
Erigeron concinnus
trailing fleabane 45
Erigeron flagellaris
curlycup gumweed 2
Grindelia squarrosa
splitleaf groundsel 46
Packera dimorphophylla
cutleaf coneflower 47
Rudbeckia laciniata
showy goldeneye 48
Heliomeris multiflora
Stemless Four-nerved Daisy 49
Tetraneuris acaulis
Ives' four-nerved daisy 6
Tetraneuris ivesiana
fineleaf woollywhite 6
Hymenopappus filifolius
common stork's-bill 50
Erodium cicutarium
pinewoods geranium 51
Geranium caespitosum
Fragrant Sumac 14
Rhus aromatica
Skunkbush Sumac 52
Rhus trilobata
boxelder 53
Acer negundo
fragrant evening primrose 18
Oenothera cespitosa
Gambel oak 54
Quercus gambelii
water birch 13
Betula occidentalis
grey alder 39
Alnus incana
Thinleaf Alder 55
Alnus incana tenuifolia
great mullein 56
Verbascum thapsus
desert paintbrush 57
Castilleja chromosa
Labrador Indian-paintbrush 58
Castilleja septentrionalis
Sulphur Indian-paintbrush 59
Castilleja sulphurea
single-leaf ash 60
Fraxinus anomala
Purple Wood Sage 40
Salvia nemorosa
blue water-speedwell 61
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
firecracker penstemon 62
Penstemon eatonii
sagebrush buttercup 2
Ranunculus glaberrimus
hairy clematis 63
Clematis hirsutissima
Western White Clematis 64
Clematis ligusticifolia
creeping mahonia 2
Berberis repens
bittersweet 65
Solanum dulcamara
field bindweed 66
Convolvulus arvensis
Roundleaf Snowberry 28
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
twinberry honeysuckle 20
Lonicera involucrata
Adobe Desert parsley 67
Lomatium concinnum
salt spring checkerbloom 28
Sidalcea neomexicana
scarlet globemallow 2
Sphaeralcea coccinea
dwarf mallow 68
Malva neglecta
narrowleaf cottonwood 69
Populus angustifolia
trembling aspen 55
Populus tremuloides
Park Willow 70
Salix monticola
bebb's willow 2
Salix bebbiana
Lewis flax 71
Linum lewisii
prostrate sandmat 72
Euphorbia prostrata

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