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Plants of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

purple onion grass ¹
Melica spectabilis

Pacific bentgrass ²
Agrostis exarata

ticklegrass ³
Agrostis scabra

Purple Reedgrass ⁴
Calamagrostis purpurascens

pine reed grass ³
Calamagrostis rubescens

prairie junegrass ⁵
Koeleria macrantha

Morton's alpine oatgrass ⁶
Helictotrichon mortonianum

spike trisetum ³
Trisetum spicatum

Wolf's trisetum ⁶
Trisetum wolfii

orchard grass ⁷
Dactylis glomerata

tufted hair grass ³
Deschampsia cespitosa

Shortleaf Fescue ⁸
Festuca brachyphylla

idaho fescue ³
Festuca idahoensis

Spike Fescue ⁹
Festuca kingii

small-flowered fescue ⁶
Festuca minutiflora

Sheep Fescue ¹⁰
Festuca ovina

red fescue ¹¹
Festuca rubra

mountain fescue ¹²
Festuca saximontana

Alpine Meadow-grass ³
Poa alpina

Annual Meadow-grass ¹³
Poa annua

Arctic Bluegrass ⁸
Poa arctica

Prairie Bluegrass ¹⁴
Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹⁰
Poa compressa

Cusick's Bluegrass ³
Poa cusickii

muttongrass ³
Poa fendleriana

glaucous meadow-grass ⁴
Poa glauca

Inland Bluegrass ¹⁵
Poa interior

marsh bluegrass ⁸
Poa leptocoma

Wheeler bluegrass ¹⁶
Poa nervosa

Swamp Meadow-grass ³
Poa palustris

Kentucky bluegrass ¹⁷
Poa pratensis

Nodding Bluegrass ⁶
Poa reflexa

Pine bluegrass ³
Poa secunda

Alpine Timothy ³
Phleum alpinum

Timothy ¹⁸
Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail ³
Alopecurus aequalis

Meadow Foxtail ³
Alopecurus pratensis

Smooth Brome ¹⁹
Bromus inermis

nodding brome ²⁰
Bromus porteri

Bluebunch Wheatgrass ²¹
Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass ²²
Pascopyrum smithii

squirreltail ³
Elymus elymoides

blue wild rye ³
Elymus glaucus

Streamside Wild Rye ³
Elymus lanceolatus

quackgrass ³
Elymus repens

scribner's wheat grass ²³
Elymus scribneri

slender wheat grass ²⁴
Elymus trachycaulus

Meadow barley ²⁵
Hordeum brachyantherum

Needle-and-Thread ²⁶
Hesperostipa comata

Indian ricegrass ²⁷
Achnatherum hymenoides

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Plants of State Forest State Park

purple onion grass 1 Melica spectabilis

Pacific bentgrass 2 Agrostis exarata

ticklegrass 3 Agrostis scabra

Purple Reedgrass 4 Calamagrostis purpurascens

pine reed grass 3 Calamagrostis rubescens

prairie junegrass 5 Koeleria macrantha

Morton's alpine oatgrass 6 Helictotrichon mortonianum

spike trisetum 3 Trisetum spicatum

Wolf's trisetum 6 Trisetum wolfii

orchard grass 7 Dactylis glomerata

tufted hair grass 3 Deschampsia cespitosa

Shortleaf Fescue 8 Festuca brachyphylla

idaho fescue 3 Festuca idahoensis

Spike Fescue 9 Festuca kingii

small-flowered fescue 6 Festuca minutiflora

Sheep Fescue 10 Festuca ovina

red fescue 11 Festuca rubra

mountain fescue 12 Festuca saximontana

Alpine Meadow-grass 3 Poa alpina

Annual Meadow-grass 13 Poa annua

Arctic Bluegrass 8 Poa arctica

Prairie Bluegrass 14 Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass 10 Poa compressa

Cusick's Bluegrass 3 Poa cusickii

muttongrass 3 Poa fendleriana

glaucous meadow-grass 4 Poa glauca

Inland Bluegrass 15 Poa interior

marsh bluegrass 8 Poa leptocoma

Wheeler bluegrass 16 Poa nervosa

Swamp Meadow-grass 3 Poa palustris

Kentucky bluegrass 17 Poa pratensis

Nodding Bluegrass 6 Poa reflexa

Pine bluegrass 3 Poa secunda

Alpine Timothy 3 Phleum alpinum

Timothy 18 Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail 3 Alopecurus aequalis

Meadow Foxtail 3 Alopecurus pratensis

Smooth Brome 19 Bromus inermis

nodding brome 20 Bromus porteri

Bluebunch Wheatgrass 21 Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass 22 Pascopyrum smithii

squirreltail 3 Elymus elymoides

blue wild rye 3 Elymus glaucus

Streamside Wild Rye 3 Elymus lanceolatus

quackgrass 3 Elymus repens

scribner's wheat grass 23 Elymus scribneri

slender wheat grass 24 Elymus trachycaulus

Meadow barley 25 Hordeum brachyantherum

Needle-and-Thread 26 Hesperostipa comata

Indian ricegrass 27 Achnatherum hymenoides