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Plants of Lone Mesa State Park

Lone Mesa State Park encompasses approximately 11,700 acres in Dolores County, Colorado. The elevations of the park range from about 7,600 feet at lower Plateau Creek to 9,200 feet on Lone Mesa itself. Lone Mesa, a large mesa that towers almost 1000 feet above the surrounding areas, is a well ...more ↓

Fendler's Waterleaf 1
Hydrophyllum fendleri
fringed puccoon 2
Lithospermum incisum
Manyflowered gromwell 1
Lithospermum multiflorum
Margined Stickseed 3
Lappula marginata
Flatspine Stickseed 4
Lappula redowskii
Shortstyle Bluebells 5
Mertensia brevistyla
mountain bluebells 6
Mertensia ciliata
Field Alison 7
Alyssum simplex
Pretty Draba 8
Draba streptocarpa
field peppergrass 9
Lepidium campestre
Common pepperweed 10
Lepidium densiflorum
Mountain Pepperweed 11
Lepidium montanum
heartleaf bittercress 12
Cardamine cordifolia
Double Bladderpod 11
Physaria acutifolia
Basin bladderpod 13
Physaria cinerea
Cushion Bladderpod 14
Physaria pulvinata
Straight Bladderpod 15
Physaria rectipes
Alpine Pennycress 16
Noccaea fendleri glauca
Shepherd's purse 17
Capsella bursa-pastoris
flixweed 18
Descurainia sophia
western wallflower 19
Erysimum capitatum
White-stemmed gooseberry 20
Ribes inerme
spearleaf stonecrop 21
Sedum lanceolatum
Siberian water-milfoil 22
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Woolly Sedge 23
Carex lanuginosa
beaked sedge 24
Carex utriculata
Sheep sedge 25
Carex illota
Douglas' sedge 21
Carex douglasii
Spikeletrush sedge 26
Carex duriuscula
Analogue Sedge 27
Carex simulata
Geyer's sedge 21
Carex geyeri
Pale Spikerush 28
Eleocharis macrostachya
Fowl manna grass 21
Glyceria elata
Redtop 29
Agrostis gigantea
Ticklegrass 21
Agrostis scabra
Creeping Bent 21
Agrostis stolonifera
Slim-stem Small-reedgrass 30
Calamagrostis stricta
prairie junegrass 31
Koeleria macrantha
orchardgrass 32
Dactylis glomerata
Tufted hair grass 33
Deschampsia cespitosa
Meadow fescue 34
Festuca pratensis
Canada bluegrass 35
Poa compressa
Muttongrass 21
Poa fendleriana
Kentucky bluegrass 36
Poa pratensis
Timothy 37
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 21
Alopecurus aequalis
Fringed brome 38
Bromus ciliatus
Smooth Brome 38
Bromus inermis
Mountain brome 39
Bromus marginatus
Cheatgrass 36
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 40
Pascopyrum smithii
Squirreltail 41
Elymus elymoides
Blue wild rye 21
Elymus glaucus
Streamside Wild Rye 21
Elymus lanceolatus
Slender wheat grass 42
Elymus trachycaulus
Meadow barley 21
Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail Barley 43
Hordeum jubatum
Crested wheatgrass 44
Agropyron cristatum
Needle-and-Thread 45
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 46
Achnatherum hymenoides
Salt Grass 47
Distichlis spicata
Broad-leaved cattail 48
Typha latifolia
Unbranched Bur-reed 49
Sparganium emersum
Baltic Rush 21
Juncus balticus
Dagger rush 21
Juncus ensifolius
Long-styled rush 50
Juncus longistylis
Rocky Mountain rush 51
Juncus saximontanus
Solomon's plume 52
Maianthemum racemosum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 53
Maianthemum stellatum
western blue flag 54
Iris missouriensis
Strict Blue-eyed Grass 55
Sisyrinchium montanum
Geyer's onion 12
Allium geyeri
Hooker's onion 21
Allium acuminatum
nodding onion 56
Allium cernuum
Gunnison's mariposa lily 57
Calochortus gunnisonii
Sego lily 58
Calochortus nuttallii
rough-fruited fairybells 58
Prosartes trachycarpa
Corn Lily 59
Veratrum californicum
common duckweed 60
Lemna minor
Star Moss 61
Syntrichia ruralis

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