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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 ↓

Woolly Sedge 1
Carex lanuginosa
beaked sedge 2
Carex utriculata
Common Spike-rush 3
Eleocharis palustris
witch grass 4
Panicum capillare
Redtop 5
Agrostis gigantea
prairie junegrass 6
Koeleria macrantha
orchard grass 7
Dactylis glomerata
Reed Canarygrass 8
Phalaris arundinacea
Kentucky bluegrass 9
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 10
Poa secunda
Timothy 11
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 10
Alopecurus aequalis
Meadow Foxtail 10
Alopecurus pratensis
Nodding Brome 10
Bromus anomalus
smooth brome 12
Bromus inermis
Intermediate Wheatgrass 13
Thinopyrum intermedium
Western Wheatgrass 14
Pascopyrum smithii
squirreltail 10
Elymus elymoides
Quack Grass 10
Elymus repens
Slender Wheat Grass 15
Elymus trachycaulus
foxtail barley 16
Hordeum jubatum
Needle-and-Thread 17
Hesperostipa comata
Indian ricegrass 18
Achnatherum hymenoides
blue grama 19
Bouteloua gracilis
narrowleaf cattail 20
Typha angustifolia
broad-leaved cattail 21
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 22
Juncus arcticus
false Solomon's seal 23
Maianthemum racemosum

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