Plants of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

rough horsetail ¹
Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

Rocky Mountain Juniper ³
Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon ⁴
Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine ⁵
Pinus ponderosa

Engelmann Spruce ⁶
Picea engelmannii

Torrey's Mormon tea ⁷
Ephedra torreyana

honey locust ⁸
Gleditsia triacanthos

strawberry clover ⁹
Trifolium fragiferum

white clover ¹⁰
Trifolium repens

Alfalfa ²
Medicago sativa

White Sweet Clover ¹¹
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ¹¹
Melilotus officinalis

Milkweed Milkvetch ¹²
Astragalus asclepiadoides

Yellow Milkvetch ¹³
Astragalus flavus

crescent milkvetch ¹⁴
Astragalus amphioxys

Cicada Milkvetch ¹²
Astragalus chamaeleuce

black locust ¹⁵
Robinia pseudoacacia

Woods' rose ¹⁶
Rosa woodsii

American Plum ¹⁷
Prunus americana

Siberian elm ²
Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive ¹⁸
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Sand Gilia ¹⁹
Gilia leptomeria

Manybranched Ipomopsis ²⁰
Ipomopsis polycladon

spiny phlox ²¹
Phlox hoodii

longleaf phlox ²²
Phlox longifolia

miniature woollystar ²³
Eriastrum diffusum

Wing-Seed Blazing Star ²⁴
Mentzelia pterosperma

white-stem stickleaf ²⁵
Mentzelia albicaulis

showy milkweed ²⁶
Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed ²⁷
Asclepias subverticillata

hemp dogbane ²⁸
Apocynum cannabinum

common purslane ²⁹
Portulaca oleracea

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ³⁰
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

smallflower fishhook cactus ³¹
Sclerocactus parviflorus

brown-spined prickly-pear ³²
Opuntia phaeacantha

spotted lady's thumb ³³
Persicaria maculosa

Bushy Knotweed ³⁴
Polygonum ramosissimum

Oval Leaf Knotweed ³⁵
Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed ³⁶
Polygonum aviculare

Curly Dock ³⁷
Rumex crispus

Pretty buckwheat ³⁸
Eriogonum bicolor

Gordon's buckwheat ¹³
Eriogonum gordonii

desert trumpet ³⁹
Eriogonum inflatum

Fragrant White Sand Verbena ⁴⁰
Abronia elliptica

Red Tamarisk ⁴¹
Tamarix ramosissima

Shadscale ²
Atriplex confertifolia

Mat saltbush ⁴²
Atriplex corrugata

Gardner's Saltbush ²⁰
Atriplex gardneri

Powell's Saltweed ⁴³
Atriplex powellii

Hopsage ⁴⁴
Grayia spinosa

pitseed goosefoot ⁴⁵
Chenopodium berlandieri

Procumbent Pigweed ⁴⁶
Amaranthus blitoides

Redroot Pigweed ⁴⁷
Amaranthus retroflexus

Fivehorn Smotherweed ⁴⁸
Bassia hyssopifolia

Kochia ⁴⁹
Bassia scoparia

Prickly Russian Thistle ⁵⁰
Salsola tragus

Saltlover ⁵¹
Halogeton glomeratus

Greasewood ²
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

bull thistle ⁵²
Cirsium vulgare

lesser burdock ⁵³
Arctium minus

Scotch Thistle ⁵⁴
Onopordum acanthium

Russian knapweed ³²
Leuzea repens

chicory ⁵⁵
Cichorium intybus

common dandelion ⁵⁶
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ⁵⁷
Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant ⁵⁸
Lygodesmia texana

yellow salsify ⁵⁹
Tragopogon dubius

purple salsify ⁶⁰
Tragopogon porrifolius

oxeye daisy ⁶¹
Leucanthemum vulgare

Budsage ²
Artemisia spinescens

Common Sagebrush ²
Artemisia tridentata

broom snakeweed ²
Gutierrezia sarothrae

western goldenrod ⁶²
Euthamia occidentalis

rubber rabbitbrush ²
Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush ³²
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Pacific Aster ⁶³
Symphyotrichum chilense

Rose-heath ⁵⁰
Chaetopappa ericoides

Canadian Horseweed ⁶⁴
Erigeron canadensis

Navajo Fleabane ²²
Erigeron concinnus concinnus

Pointed Gumweed ⁶⁵
Grindelia fastigiata

Curlycup Gumweed ¹⁸
Grindelia squarrosa

Charming Woodyaster ⁶⁶
Xylorhiza venusta

Hoary Tansyaster ⁵⁰
Dieteria canescens

shortspine horsebrush ²
Tetradymia spinosa

Poverty Weed ²
Iva axillaris

Marsh-elder ²
Iva xanthifolia

rough cocklebur ⁶⁷
Xanthium strumarium

common sunflower ⁶⁸
Helianthus annuus

Nodding Sunray ⁶⁹
Enceliopsis nutans

red dome blanketflower ⁷⁰
Gaillardia pinnatifida

Ives' Four-Nerved Daisy ⁷¹
Tetraneuris ivesiana

Desert Pincushion ⁷²
Chaenactis stevioides

Redstem Filaree ⁷³
Erodium cicutarium

Skunkbush Sumac ⁷⁴
Rhus aromatica

velvetweed ⁷⁵
Oenothera curtiflora

hairy evening primrose ⁷⁶
Oenothera villosa

white-stem evening-primrose ⁷¹
Oenothera albicaulis

pale evening primrose ²
Oenothera pallida

Tufted Evening Primrose ²²
Oenothera cespitosa

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Plants of Highline Lake State Park

rough horsetail 1 Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

Rocky Mountain Juniper 3 Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon 4 Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine 5 Pinus ponderosa

Engelmann Spruce 6 Picea engelmannii

Torrey's Mormon tea 7 Ephedra torreyana

honey locust 8 Gleditsia triacanthos

strawberry clover 9 Trifolium fragiferum

white clover 10 Trifolium repens

Alfalfa 2 Medicago sativa

White Sweet Clover 11 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 11 Melilotus officinalis

Milkweed Milkvetch 12 Astragalus asclepiadoides

Yellow Milkvetch 13 Astragalus flavus

crescent milkvetch 14 Astragalus amphioxys

Cicada Milkvetch 12 Astragalus chamaeleuce

black locust 15 Robinia pseudoacacia

Woods' rose 16 Rosa woodsii

American Plum 17 Prunus americana

Siberian elm 2 Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive 18 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Sand Gilia 19 Gilia leptomeria

Manybranched Ipomopsis 20 Ipomopsis polycladon

spiny phlox 21 Phlox hoodii

longleaf phlox 22 Phlox longifolia

miniature woollystar 23 Eriastrum diffusum

Wing-Seed Blazing Star 24 Mentzelia pterosperma

white-stem stickleaf 25 Mentzelia albicaulis

showy milkweed 26 Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed 27 Asclepias subverticillata

hemp dogbane 28 Apocynum cannabinum

common purslane 29 Portulaca oleracea

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 30 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

smallflower fishhook cactus 31 Sclerocactus parviflorus

brown-spined prickly-pear 32 Opuntia phaeacantha

spotted lady's thumb 33 Persicaria maculosa

Bushy Knotweed 34 Polygonum ramosissimum

Oval Leaf Knotweed 35 Polygonum arenastrum

Prostrate Knotweed 36 Polygonum aviculare

Curly Dock 37 Rumex crispus

Pretty buckwheat 38 Eriogonum bicolor

Gordon's buckwheat 13 Eriogonum gordonii

desert trumpet 39 Eriogonum inflatum

Fragrant White Sand Verbena 40 Abronia elliptica

Red Tamarisk 41 Tamarix ramosissima

Shadscale 2 Atriplex confertifolia

Mat saltbush 42 Atriplex corrugata

Gardner's Saltbush 20 Atriplex gardneri

Powell's Saltweed 43 Atriplex powellii

Hopsage 44 Grayia spinosa

pitseed goosefoot 45 Chenopodium berlandieri

Procumbent Pigweed 46 Amaranthus blitoides

Redroot Pigweed 47 Amaranthus retroflexus

Fivehorn Smotherweed 48 Bassia hyssopifolia

Kochia 49 Bassia scoparia

Prickly Russian Thistle 50 Salsola tragus

Saltlover 51 Halogeton glomeratus

Greasewood 2 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

bull thistle 52 Cirsium vulgare

lesser burdock 53 Arctium minus

Scotch Thistle 54 Onopordum acanthium

Russian knapweed 32 Leuzea repens

chicory 55 Cichorium intybus

common dandelion 56 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 57 Lactuca serriola

Texas Skeleton Plant 58 Lygodesmia texana

yellow salsify 59 Tragopogon dubius

purple salsify 60 Tragopogon porrifolius

oxeye daisy 61 Leucanthemum vulgare

Budsage 2 Artemisia spinescens

Common Sagebrush 2 Artemisia tridentata

broom snakeweed 2 Gutierrezia sarothrae

western goldenrod 62 Euthamia occidentalis

rubber rabbitbrush 2 Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush 32 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Pacific Aster 63 Symphyotrichum chilense

Rose-heath 50 Chaetopappa ericoides

Canadian Horseweed 64 Erigeron canadensis