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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 ↓

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

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