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Plants of Crawford State Park

Crawford State Park sits in southwestern Colorado 33 miles east of Delta. The West Elk Mountains lie to the east and the Fruitland Mesa lies to the west of the park. The reservoir park hosts a mix of pinyon-juniper woodlands and riparian and wetland communities.

field horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
western scouringrush 2
Equisetum hyemale affine
Utah Juniper 3
Juniperus osteosperma
Rocky Mountain juniper 4
Juniperus scopulorum
Colorado Pinyon 5
Pinus edulis
Torrey's Mormon tea 6
Ephedra torreyana
green ephedra 7
Ephedra viridis
Alfalfa 8
Medicago sativa
Black Medick 9
Medicago lupulina
White sweet clover 9
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 9
Melilotus officinalis
King's lupine 10
Lupinus kingii
woolly locoweed 11
Astragalus mollissimus
Arboles Milkvetch 12
Astragalus oocalycis
wild licorice 13
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Yellow Oxytropis 14
Oxytropis campestris
stemless point-vetch 15
Oxytropis lambertii
Mountain goldenbean 16
Thermopsis montana
Boreal Sweet-vetch 17
Hedysarum boreale
shrubby cinquefoil 18
Dasiphora fruticosa
Woods' rose 19
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 20
Cercocarpus montanus
Saskatoon 21
Amelanchier alnifolia
Utah serviceberry 8
Amelanchier utahensis
Black Hawthorn 22
Crataegus douglasii
Hawthorn 23
Crataegus erythropoda
wild crab apple 24
Peraphyllum ramosissimum
chokecherry 25
Prunus virginiana
Siberian elm 8
Ulmus pumila
Russian Olive 26
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Canadian buffalo-berry 27
Shepherdia canadensis
scarlet gilia 28
Ipomopsis aggregata
longleaf phlox 29
Phlox longifolia
cliff fendlerbush 30
Fendlera rupicola
showy milkweed 31
Asclepias speciosa
horsetail milkweed 32
Asclepias subverticillata
common purslane 33
Portulaca oleracea
Mojave Kingcup Cactus 34
Echinocereus triglochidiatus mojavensis
Mountain Ball Cactus 35
Pediocactus simpsonii
Brittle Pricklypear 36
Opuntia fragilis
Opuntia × debreczyi 37
water smartweed 38
Persicaria amphibia
bushy knotweed 39
Polygonum ramosissimum
Oval Leaf Knotweed 40
Polygonum arenastrum
curly dock 41
Rumex crispus
Mexican Dock 42
Rumex mexicanus
crispleaf buckwheat 43
Eriogonum corymbosum
Winged Four O'clock 44
Mirabilis alipes
red tamarisk 45
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 6
Atriplex canescens
Hopsage 8
Grayia spinosa
Fremont's goosefoot 6
Chenopodium fremontii
procumbent pigweed 46
Amaranthus blitoides
Redroot Pigweed 47
Amaranthus retroflexus
kochia 48
Bassia scoparia
Southern Russian Thistle 49
Salsola australis
Greasewood 8
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
creeping thistle 50
Cirsium arvense
Cainville Thistle 51
Cirsium calcareum
wavyleaf thistle 52
Cirsium undulatum
spear thistle 53
Cirsium vulgare
Musk Thistle 54
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 55
Arctium minus
Russian knapweed 3
Leuzea repens
chicory 56
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 57
Taraxacum officinale
spiny sowthistle 58
Sonchus asper
prickly lettuce 59
Lactuca serriola
Pale agoseris 8
Agoseris glauca
yellow salsify 60
Tragopogon dubius
common sagebrush 8
Artemisia tridentata
Rubber Rabbitbrush 8
Ericameria nauseosa nauseosa
yellow rabbitbrush 3
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Thrift Mock Goldenweed 61
Stenotus armerioides
Smooth Blue Aster 62
Symphyotrichum laeve
cut-leaf fleabane 63
Erigeron compositus
curlycup gumweed 26
Grindelia squarrosa
Tall western groundsel 42
Senecio integerrimus
Fendler's ragwort 10
Packera fendleri
Lobeleaf Groundsel 64
Packera multilobata
spineless horsebrush 8
Tetradymia canescens
arrowleaf balsamroot 8
Balsamorhiza sagittata
poverty weed 8
Iva axillaris
rough cocklebur 65
Xanthium strumarium
Colorado Feverfew 61
Parthenium ligulatum
upright prairie coneflower 66
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 67
Helianthus annuus
showy goldeneye 68
Heliomeris multiflora
Indian blanket 69
Gaillardia pulchella
stemless four-nerve-daisy 70
Tetraneuris acaulis
redstem filaree 71
Erodium cicutarium
Fragrant sumac 25
Rhus aromatica
crownleaf evening primrose 72
Oenothera coronopifolia
fragrant evening primrose 29
Oenothera cespitosa
Gambel oak 73
Quercus gambelii
Thinleaf alder 74
Alnus incana tenuifolia
great mullein 9
Verbascum thapsus
desert paintbrush 75
Castilleja chromosa
wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 76
Castilleja integra
corn mint 77
Mentha arvensis

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