Plants of Paonia State Park

Paonia State Park sits on 1,507 acres of land and lies between Glenwood Springs to the North and Delta to the West. The Ruby Mountains and Ragged Wilderness flank the park's east side, while the Grand Mesa flanks the west. Paonia hosts a variety of vegetation communities including Gambel oak ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

Rocky Mountain Juniper ³
Juniperus scopulorum

ponderosa pine ⁴
Pinus ponderosa

common Douglas-fir ⁵
Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce ⁶
Picea engelmannii

blue spruce ⁷
Picea pungens

red clover ⁸
Trifolium pratense

white clover ⁹
Trifolium repens

Alfalfa ²
Medicago sativa

black medick ¹⁰
Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover ¹⁰
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ¹⁰
Melilotus officinalis

Baker's Lupine ¹¹
Lupinus bakeri

wild licorice ¹²
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Virginia strawberry ¹³
Fragaria virginiana

Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus

American red raspberry ¹⁴
Rubus idaeus strigosus

Woods' rose ¹⁵
Rosa woodsii

antelope brush ²
Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry ¹⁶
Amelanchier alnifolia

choke cherry ¹⁷
Prunus virginiana

California Nettle ¹⁸
Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm ²
Ulmus pumila

common hops ¹⁹
Humulus lupulus

Kinnikinnick ²⁰
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

red osier dogwood ²¹
Cornus sericea

showy milkweed ²²
Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed ²³
Asclepias subverticillata

Northern Bedstraw ²⁴
Galium boreale

Oval Leaf Knotweed ²⁵
Polygonum arenastrum

small-flowered tamarisk ²⁶
Tamarix parviflora

red tamarisk ²⁷
Tamarix ramosissima

Redroot Pigweed ²⁸
Amaranthus retroflexus

creeping thistle ²⁹
Cirsium arvense

musk thistle ³⁰
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ³¹
Arctium minus

Russian knapweed ³²
Leuzea repens

common dandelion ³³
Taraxacum officinale

yellow salsify ³⁴
Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's Pussytoes ³⁵
Antennaria racemosa

Tarragon ²
Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush ²³
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ²
Artemisia ludoviciana

common sagebrush ²
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ³⁶
Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush ²
Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush ³⁷
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Smooth White Aster ³⁸
Symphyotrichum porteri

aspen fleabane ³⁹
Erigeron speciosus

Horseweed ⁴⁰
Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed ⁴¹
Grindelia squarrosa

devil's beggartick ⁴²
Bidens frondosa

northern mule's ears ⁴³
Wyethia amplexicaulis

rough cocklebur ⁴⁴
Xanthium strumarium

cutleaf coneflower ⁴⁵
Rudbeckia laciniata

showy goldeneye ⁴⁰
Heliomeris multiflora

Harebell ⁴⁶
Campanula rotundifolia

western poison ivy ⁴¹
Toxicodendron rydbergii

Skunkbrush sumac ⁴⁷
Rhus aromatica

Rocky Mountain maple ⁴⁸
Acer glabrum

boxelder ⁴⁹
Acer negundo

hairy evening primrose ²
Oenothera villosa

Fireweed ⁵⁰
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak ⁵¹
Quercus gambelii

Water birch ⁵²
Betula occidentalis

grey alder ⁵³
Alnus incana

Lanceleaf Figwort ⁵⁴
Scrophularia lanceolata

great mullein ¹⁰
Verbascum thapsus

wild bergamot ⁵⁵
Monarda fistulosa

prostrate vervain ⁵⁶
Verbena bracteata

Balkan toadflax ⁵⁶
Linaria dalmatica

common toadflax ⁴¹
Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain ⁵⁷
Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain ⁵⁸
Plantago lanceolata

Fendler's meadow-rue ⁵⁹
Thalictrum fendleri

western virgin's bower ²¹
Clematis ligusticifolia

Creeping mahonia ²
Berberis repens

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁶⁰
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle ²²
Lonicera involucrata

Hairy Valerian ⁶¹
Valeriana edulis

Fernleaf Biscuitroot ²
Lomatium dissectum

bastard toadflax ⁶²
Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood ²
Populus angustifolia

trembling aspen ²
Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow ²
Salix exigua

Shining willow ⁶³
Salix lucida caudata

Mountain Willow ⁶⁴
Salix monticola

fringed puccoon ⁶⁵
Lithospermum incisum

Hound's-tongue ⁶⁶
Cynoglossum officinale

golden currant ⁴⁸
Ribes aureum

Woolly Sedge ⁶⁷
Carex lanuginosa

beaked sedge ⁶⁸
Carex utriculata

Common Spike-rush ⁶⁹
Eleocharis palustris

witch grass ⁷⁰
Panicum capillare

Redtop ⁷¹
Agrostis gigantea

prairie junegrass ⁷²
Koeleria macrantha

orchard grass ⁷³
Dactylis glomerata

Reed Canarygrass ⁷⁴
Phalaris arundinacea

Kentucky bluegrass ⁷⁵
Poa pratensis

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Plants of Paonia State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

Rocky Mountain Juniper 3 Juniperus scopulorum

ponderosa pine 4 Pinus ponderosa

common Douglas-fir 5 Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce 6 Picea engelmannii

blue spruce 7 Picea pungens

red clover 8 Trifolium pratense

white clover 9 Trifolium repens

Alfalfa 2 Medicago sativa

black medick 10 Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover 10 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 10 Melilotus officinalis

Baker's Lupine 11 Lupinus bakeri

wild licorice 12 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Virginia strawberry 13 Fragaria virginiana

Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus

American red raspberry 14 Rubus idaeus strigosus

Woods' rose 15 Rosa woodsii

antelope brush 2 Purshia tridentata

western serviceberry 16 Amelanchier alnifolia

choke cherry 17 Prunus virginiana

California Nettle 18 Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm 2 Ulmus pumila

common hops 19 Humulus lupulus

Kinnikinnick 20 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

red osier dogwood 21 Cornus sericea

showy milkweed 22 Asclepias speciosa

horsetail milkweed 23 Asclepias subverticillata

Northern Bedstraw 24 Galium boreale

Oval Leaf Knotweed 25 Polygonum arenastrum

small-flowered tamarisk 26 Tamarix parviflora

red tamarisk 27 Tamarix ramosissima

Redroot Pigweed 28 Amaranthus retroflexus

creeping thistle 29 Cirsium arvense

musk thistle 30 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 31 Arctium minus

Russian knapweed 32 Leuzea repens

common dandelion 33 Taraxacum officinale

yellow salsify 34 Tragopogon dubius

Hooker's Pussytoes 35 Antennaria racemosa

Tarragon 2 Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush 23 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 2 Artemisia ludoviciana

common sagebrush 2 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 36 Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush 2 Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush 37 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Smooth White Aster 38 Symphyotrichum porteri

aspen fleabane 39 Erigeron speciosus

Horseweed 40 Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed 41 Grindelia squarrosa

devil's beggartick 42 Bidens frondosa

northern mule's ears 43 Wyethia amplexicaulis

rough cocklebur 44 Xanthium strumarium

cutleaf coneflower 45 Rudbeckia laciniata

showy goldeneye 40 Heliomeris multiflora

Harebell 46 Campanula rotundifolia

western poison ivy 41 Toxicodendron rydbergii

Skunkbrush sumac 47 Rhus aromatica

Rocky Mountain maple 48 Acer glabrum

boxelder 49 Acer negundo

hairy evening primrose 2 Oenothera villosa

Fireweed 50 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak 51 Quercus gambelii

Water birch 52 Betula occidentalis

grey alder 53 Alnus incana

Lanceleaf Figwort 54 Scrophularia lanceolata

great mullein 10 Verbascum thapsus

wild bergamot 55 Monarda fistulosa

prostrate vervain 56 Verbena bracteata

Balkan toadflax 56 Linaria dalmatica

common toadflax 41 Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain 57 Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain 58 Plantago lanceolata

Fendler's meadow-rue 59 Thalictrum fendleri

western virgin's bower 21 Clematis ligusticifolia

Creeping mahonia 2 Berberis repens

Roundleaf Snowberry 60 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius