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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 ↓

red clover 1
Trifolium pratense
white clover 2
Trifolium repens
Alfalfa 3
Medicago sativa
black medick 4
Medicago lupulina
White Sweet Clover 4
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 4
Melilotus officinalis
Baker's Lupine 5
Lupinus bakeri
wild licorice 6
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Virginia strawberry 7
Fragaria virginiana
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
American red raspberry 8
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Woods' rose 9
Rosa woodsii
antelope brush 3
Purshia tridentata
western serviceberry 10
Amelanchier alnifolia
choke cherry 11
Prunus virginiana
California Nettle 12
Urtica gracilis
Siberian elm 3
Ulmus pumila
common hops 13
Humulus lupulus
Kinnikinnick 14
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
red osier dogwood 15
Cornus sericea
showy milkweed 16
Asclepias speciosa
horsetail milkweed 17
Asclepias subverticillata
Northern Bedstraw 18
Galium boreale
Oval Leaf Knotweed 19
Polygonum arenastrum
small-flowered tamarisk 20
Tamarix parviflora
red tamarisk 21
Tamarix ramosissima
Redroot Pigweed 22
Amaranthus retroflexus
creeping thistle 23
Cirsium arvense
musk thistle 24
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 25
Arctium minus
Russian knapweed 26
Leuzea repens
common dandelion 27
Taraxacum officinale
yellow salsify 28
Tragopogon dubius
Hooker's Pussytoes 29
Antennaria racemosa
Tarragon 3
Artemisia dracunculus
fringed sagebrush 17
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 3
Artemisia ludoviciana
common sagebrush 3
Artemisia tridentata
common yarrow 30
Achillea millefolium
rubber rabbitbrush 3
Ericameria nauseosa
Yellow Rabbitbrush 31
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Smooth White Aster 32
Symphyotrichum porteri
aspen fleabane 33
Erigeron speciosus
Horseweed 34
Conyza canadensis
curlycup gumweed 35
Grindelia squarrosa
devil's beggartick 36
Bidens frondosa
northern mule's ears 37
Wyethia amplexicaulis
rough cocklebur 38
Xanthium strumarium
cutleaf coneflower 39
Rudbeckia laciniata
showy goldeneye 34
Heliomeris multiflora
Harebell 40
Campanula rotundifolia
western poison ivy 35
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Skunkbrush sumac 41
Rhus aromatica
Rocky Mountain maple 42
Acer glabrum
boxelder 43
Acer negundo
hairy evening primrose 3
Oenothera villosa
Fireweed 44
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Gambel oak 45
Quercus gambelii
Water birch 46
Betula occidentalis
grey alder 47
Alnus incana
Lanceleaf Figwort 48
Scrophularia lanceolata
great mullein 4
Verbascum thapsus
wild bergamot 49
Monarda fistulosa
prostrate vervain 50
Verbena bracteata
Balkan toadflax 50
Linaria dalmatica
common toadflax 35
Linaria vulgaris
Greater plantain 51
Plantago major
Ribwort Plantain 52
Plantago lanceolata
Fendler's meadow-rue 53
Thalictrum fendleri
western virgin's bower 15
Clematis ligusticifolia
Creeping mahonia 3
Berberis repens
Roundleaf Snowberry 54
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
twinberry honeysuckle 16
Lonicera involucrata
Hairy Valerian 55
Valeriana edulis
Fernleaf Biscuitroot 3
Lomatium dissectum
bastard toadflax 56
Comandra umbellata
narrowleaf cottonwood 3
Populus angustifolia
trembling aspen 3
Populus tremuloides
Narrowleaf Willow 3
Salix exigua
Shining willow 57
Salix lucida caudata
Mountain Willow 58
Salix monticola
fringed puccoon 59
Lithospermum incisum
Hound's-tongue 60
Cynoglossum officinale
golden currant 42
Ribes aureum
Woolly Sedge 61
Carex lanuginosa
beaked sedge 62
Carex utriculata
Common Spike-rush 63
Eleocharis palustris
witch grass 64
Panicum capillare
Redtop 65
Agrostis gigantea
prairie junegrass 66
Koeleria macrantha
orchard grass 67
Dactylis glomerata
Reed Canarygrass 68
Phalaris arundinacea
Kentucky bluegrass 69
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 3
Poa secunda
Timothy 70
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 3
Alopecurus aequalis
Meadow Foxtail 3
Alopecurus pratensis
Nodding Brome 3
Bromus anomalus
smooth brome 71
Bromus inermis
Intermediate Wheatgrass 72
Thinopyrum intermedium

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