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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 ↓

honey locust 1
Gleditsia triacanthos
strawberry clover 2
Trifolium fragiferum
white clover 3
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 4
Medicago sativa
White Sweet Clover 5
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 5
Melilotus officinalis
Milkweed Milkvetch 6
Astragalus asclepiadoides
Yellow Milkvetch 7
Astragalus flavus
crescent milkvetch 8
Astragalus amphioxys
Cicada Milkvetch 6
Astragalus chamaeleuce
black locust 9
Robinia pseudoacacia
Woods' rose 10
Rosa woodsii
American Plum 11
Prunus americana
Siberian elm 4
Ulmus pumila
Russian Olive 12
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Sand Gilia 13
Gilia leptomeria
Manybranched Ipomopsis 14
Ipomopsis polycladon
spiny phlox 15
Phlox hoodii
longleaf phlox 16
Phlox longifolia
miniature woollystar 17
Eriastrum diffusum
Wing-Seed Blazing Star 18
Mentzelia pterosperma
white-stem stickleaf 19
Mentzelia albicaulis
showy milkweed 20
Asclepias speciosa
horsetail milkweed 21
Asclepias subverticillata
hemp dogbane 22
Apocynum cannabinum
common purslane 23
Portulaca oleracea
claret-cup hedgehog cactus 24
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
smallflower fishhook cactus 25
Sclerocactus parviflorus
brown-spined prickly-pear 26
Opuntia phaeacantha
spotted lady's thumb 27
Persicaria maculosa
Bushy Knotweed 28
Polygonum ramosissimum
Oval Leaf Knotweed 29
Polygonum arenastrum
Prostrate Knotweed 30
Polygonum aviculare
Curly Dock 31
Rumex crispus
Pretty buckwheat 32
Eriogonum bicolor
Gordon's buckwheat 7
Eriogonum gordonii
desert trumpet 33
Eriogonum inflatum
Fragrant White Sand Verbena 34
Abronia elliptica
Red Tamarisk 35
Tamarix ramosissima
Shadscale 4
Atriplex confertifolia
Mat saltbush 36
Atriplex corrugata
Gardner's Saltbush 14
Atriplex gardneri
Powell's Saltweed 37
Atriplex powellii
Hopsage 38
Grayia spinosa
pitseed goosefoot 39
Chenopodium berlandieri
Procumbent Pigweed 40
Amaranthus blitoides
Redroot Pigweed 41
Amaranthus retroflexus
Fivehorn Smotherweed 42
Bassia hyssopifolia
Kochia 43
Bassia scoparia
Prickly Russian Thistle 44
Salsola tragus
Saltlover 45
Halogeton glomeratus
Greasewood 4
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
bull thistle 46
Cirsium vulgare
lesser burdock 47
Arctium minus
Scotch Thistle 48
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 26
Leuzea repens
chicory 49
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 50
Taraxacum officinale
prickly lettuce 51
Lactuca serriola
Texas Skeleton Plant 52
Lygodesmia texana
yellow salsify 53
Tragopogon dubius
purple salsify 54
Tragopogon porrifolius
oxeye daisy 55
Leucanthemum vulgare
Budsage 4
Artemisia spinescens
Common Sagebrush 4
Artemisia tridentata
broom snakeweed 4
Gutierrezia sarothrae
western goldenrod 56
Euthamia occidentalis
rubber rabbitbrush 4
Ericameria nauseosa
Yellow Rabbitbrush 26
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Pacific Aster 57
Symphyotrichum chilense
Rose-heath 44
Chaetopappa ericoides
Canadian Horseweed 58
Erigeron canadensis
Navajo Fleabane 16
Erigeron concinnus concinnus
Pointed Gumweed 59
Grindelia fastigiata
Curlycup Gumweed 12
Grindelia squarrosa
Charming Woodyaster 60
Xylorhiza venusta
Hoary Tansyaster 44
Dieteria canescens
shortspine horsebrush 4
Tetradymia spinosa
Poverty Weed 4
Iva axillaris
Marsh-elder 4
Iva xanthifolia
rough cocklebur 61
Xanthium strumarium
common sunflower 62
Helianthus annuus
Nodding Sunray 63
Enceliopsis nutans
red dome blanketflower 64
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Ives' Four-Nerved Daisy 65
Tetraneuris ivesiana
Desert Pincushion 66
Chaenactis stevioides
Redstem Filaree 67
Erodium cicutarium
Skunkbush Sumac 68
Rhus aromatica
velvetweed 69
Oenothera curtiflora
hairy evening primrose 70
Oenothera villosa
white-stem evening-primrose 65
Oenothera albicaulis
pale evening primrose 4
Oenothera pallida
Tufted Evening Primrose 16
Oenothera cespitosa
desert paintbrush 71
Castilleja chromosa
Green Ash 27
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
American germander 44
Teucrium canadense
Prostrate Vervain 44
Verbena bracteata
woolly plantain 4
Plantago patagonica
Ribwort Plantain 72
Plantago lanceolata
Moffatt's Beardtongue 73
Penstemon moffatii

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