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 ↓

Pacific bentgrass 1
Agrostis exarata
ticklegrass 2
Agrostis scabra
Purple Reedgrass 3
Calamagrostis purpurascens
pine reed grass 2
Calamagrostis rubescens
prairie junegrass 4
Koeleria macrantha
Morton's alpine oatgrass 5
Helictotrichon mortonianum
spike trisetum 2
Trisetum spicatum
Wolf's trisetum 5
Trisetum wolfii
orchard grass 6
Dactylis glomerata
tufted hair grass 2
Deschampsia cespitosa
Shortleaf Fescue 7
Festuca brachyphylla
idaho fescue 2
Festuca idahoensis
Spike Fescue 8
Festuca kingii
small-flowered fescue 5
Festuca minutiflora
Sheep Fescue 9
Festuca ovina
red fescue 10
Festuca rubra
mountain fescue 11
Festuca saximontana
Arctic Bluegrass 7
Poa arctica
Flattened Meadow-grass 9
Poa compressa
Cusick's Bluegrass 2
Poa cusickii
muttongrass 2
Poa fendleriana
Inland Bluegrass 14
Poa interior
marsh bluegrass 7
Poa leptocoma
Wheeler bluegrass 15
Poa nervosa
Swamp Meadow-grass 2
Poa palustris
Kentucky bluegrass 16
Poa pratensis
Nodding Bluegrass 5
Poa reflexa
Pine bluegrass 2
Poa secunda
Alpine Timothy 2
Phleum alpinum
Timothy 17
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 2
Alopecurus aequalis
Meadow Foxtail 2
Alopecurus pratensis

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