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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 ↓

desert paintbrush 1
Castilleja chromosa
Green Ash 2
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
American germander 3
Teucrium canadense
Prostrate Vervain 3
Verbena bracteata
woolly plantain 4
Plantago patagonica
Ribwort Plantain 5
Plantago lanceolata
Moffatt's Beardtongue 6
Penstemon moffatii
Nuttall's Larkspur 7
Delphinium nuttallianum
Alkali Buttercup 8
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Curveseed Butterwort 9
Ceratocephala testiculata
Virginia Ground Cherry 3
Physalis virginiana
bittersweet nightshade 10
Solanum dulcamara
field bindweed 11
Convolvulus arvensis
pretty dodder 12
Cuscuta indecora
Bulbous Springparsley 13
Cymopterus bulbosus
Fendler's Springparsley 14
Cymopterus fendleri
scarlet globemallow 4
Sphaeralcea coccinea
dwarf mallow 15
Malva neglecta
eastern cottonwood 16
Populus deltoides
Lanceleaf Cottonwood 4
Populus × acuminata
Narrowleaf Willow 4
Salix exigua
Peachleaf Willow 17
Salix amygdaloides
Fendler's Sandmat 18
Euphorbia fendleri
Ribseed Sandmat 19
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Green Poinsettia 3
Euphorbia dentata
notch-leaf scorpion-weed 20
Phacelia crenulata
Patch Phacelia 14
Phacelia splendens
fringed puccoon 21
Lithospermum incisum
Margined Stickseed 14
Lappula marginata
Flatspine Stickseed 17
Lappula redowskii
Wingnut Cryptantha 22
Cryptantha pterocarya
Alyssum 23
Alyssum simplex
Carolina draba 24
Draba reptans
Common Pepperweed 25
Lepidium densiflorum
Whitetop 26
Lepidium draba
Mountain Pepperweed 27
Lepidium montanum
clasping pepperweed 28
Lepidium perfoliatum
Westwater Tumblemustard 29
Thelypodiopsis elegans
prince's plume 30
Stanleya pinnata
African mustard 31
Strigosella africana
Double Bladderpod 27
Physaria acutifolia
Field Penny-cress 32
Thlaspi arvense
beautiful rockcress 33
Boechera pulchra
crossflower 34
Chorispora tenella
Shepherd's purse 35
Capsella bursa-pastoris
littlepod false flax 36
Camelina microcarpa
western tansy mustard 4
Descurainia pinnata
flixweed 37
Descurainia sophia
tumble mustard 38
Sisymbrium altissimum
golden currant 39
Ribes aureum
woodbine 40
Parthenocissus inserta
Virginia Creeper 41
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Lakeshore Club-rush 42
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Common Three-Square 43
Schoenoplectus pungens
Sea Clubrush 44
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Woolly Sedge 45
Carex lanuginosa
Common Spike-rush 46
Eleocharis palustris
Barnyardgrass 47
Echinochloa crus-galli
Green Bristle Grass 48
Setaria viridis
Mat Sandbur 49
Cenchrus longispinus
Witch Grass 50
Panicum capillare
Redtop 51
Agrostis gigantea
Bluejoint 52
Calamagrostis canadensis
Rabbitfoot Grass 53
Polypogon monspeliensis
Orchard Grass 54
Dactylis glomerata
sixweeks fescue 55
Vulpia octoflora
Tall Fescue 56
Festuca arundinacea
Reed Canarygrass 57
Phalaris arundinacea
Kentucky bluegrass 4
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 4
Poa secunda
Smooth Brome 58
Bromus inermis
Japanese Brome 59
Bromus japonicus
Cheatgrass 42
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 60
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 61
Elymus canadensis
Great Basin Wild Rye 4
Elymus cinereus
Squirreltail 4
Elymus elymoides
Intermediate Wheatgrass 62
Elymus hispidus
Salina Pass Wild Rye 4
Elymus salina
Slender Wheat Grass 63
Elymus trachycaulus
Foxtail Barley 64
Hordeum jubatum
Clustered Wheat Grass 14
Agropyron desertorum
Needle-and-Thread 65
Hesperostipa comata
Indian Ricegrass 66
Achnatherum hymenoides
common reed 53
Phragmites australis
Sand Dropseed 4
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Mesa Dropseed 36
Sporobolus flexuosus
Windmill Grass 61
Chloris verticillata
James' Galleta 67
Hilaria jamesii
Salt Grass 68
Distichlis spicata
Scratch Grass 62
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Mat Muhly 4
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
broadleaf cattail 69
Typha latifolia
Arctic Rush 70
Juncus arcticus
Torrey's Rush 71
Juncus torreyi
Wild Asparagus 72
Asparagus officinalis
Sego Lily 73
Calochortus nuttallii
Longleaf Pondweed 3
Potamogeton nodosus

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