Plants of Mancos State Park

Mancos State Park encompasses 553 acres, with 337 acres of land and 216 acres of water within Jackson Gulch Reservoir. Elevation ranges from about 7,800 to 8,100 feet. The Park is located in Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado, about 5 miles north of Mancos and 34 miles west of Durango. ...more ↓

Utah Juniper ¹
Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain juniper ²
Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon ³
Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine ⁴
Pinus ponderosa

Alfalfa ⁵
Medicago sativa

black medick ⁶
Medicago lupulina

Wright's Deervetch ⁷
Acmispon wrightii

American vetch ⁸
Vicia americana

Sulphur Cinquefoil ⁹
Potentilla recta

Woods' rose ¹⁰
Rosa woodsii

Utah Serviceberry ¹¹
Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro Hawthorn ¹²
Crataegus erythropoda

chokecherry ¹³
Prunus virginiana

Fendler's ceanothus ¹⁴
Ceanothus fendleri

Scarlet Gilia ¹⁵
Ipomopsis aggregata

monument plant ¹⁶
Frasera speciosa

Oval Leaf Knotweed ¹⁷
Polygonum arenastrum

Curly Dock ¹⁸
Rumex crispus

Redroot Buckwheat ¹⁹
Eriogonum racemosum

Winged Buckwheat ²⁰
Eriogonum alatum

toadlily ²¹
Montia chamissoi

creeping thistle ²²
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ²³
Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle ²⁴
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ²⁵
Carduus nutans

Cotton Thistle ²⁶
Onopordum acanthium

Spotted Knapweed ⁵
Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion ²⁷
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ²⁸
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ²⁹
Tragopogon dubius

pink everlasting ³⁰
Antennaria rosea

common yarrow ³¹
Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush ⁵
Ericameria nauseosa

Harebell ³²
Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree ³³
Erodium cicutarium

Yellow Evening Primrose ³⁴
Oenothera flava

Gambel Oak ³⁵
Quercus gambelii

Water Birch ³⁶
Betula occidentalis

great mullein ⁶
Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Paintbrush ³⁷
Castilleja linariifolia

Tweedy's Plantain ³⁸
Plantago tweedyi

Toadflax Penstemon ³⁹
Penstemon linarioides

Fendler's meadow-rue ⁴⁰
Thalictrum fendleri

field bindweed ⁴¹
Convolvulus arvensis

Narrowleaf Cottonwood ⁵
Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood ⁴²
Populus deltoides

trembling aspen ⁵
Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow ⁵
Salix exigua

manyflowered gromwell ⁴³
Lithospermum multiflorum

Prairie Bluebells ⁴⁴
Mertensia lanceolata

Whitetop ⁴⁵
Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress ⁴⁶
Thlaspi arvense

beaked sedge ⁴⁷
Carex utriculata

Needle Spikerush ⁴⁸
Eleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Spikerush ⁴⁹
Eleocharis coloradoensis

Common Spike-Rush ⁵⁰
Eleocharis palustris

Redtop ⁵¹
Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint ⁵²
Calamagrostis canadensis

Annual Meadow-Grass ⁵³
Poa annua

Canada bluegrass ⁵⁴
Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass ⁵⁵
Poa pratensis

Smooth Brome ⁵⁶
Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass ⁵⁵
Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass ⁵⁷
Pascopyrum smithii

Quack Grass ⁵⁸
Elymus repens

Sand Ricegrass ⁵⁹
Eriocoma hymenoides

Broad-Leaved Cattail ⁶⁰
Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush ⁵
Juncus balticus

western blue flag ⁶¹
Iris missouriensis

Hooker's onion ⁶²
Allium acuminatum

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily ³⁹
Calochortus gunnisonii

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Plants of Mancos State Park

Utah Juniper 1 Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain juniper 2 Juniperus scopulorum

Colorado Pinyon 3 Pinus edulis

Ponderosa Pine 4 Pinus ponderosa

Alfalfa 5 Medicago sativa

black medick 6 Medicago lupulina

Wright's Deervetch 7 Acmispon wrightii

American vetch 8 Vicia americana

Sulphur Cinquefoil 9 Potentilla recta

Woods' rose 10 Rosa woodsii

Utah Serviceberry 11 Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro Hawthorn 12 Crataegus erythropoda

chokecherry 13 Prunus virginiana

Fendler's ceanothus 14 Ceanothus fendleri

Scarlet Gilia 15 Ipomopsis aggregata

monument plant 16 Frasera speciosa

Oval Leaf Knotweed 17 Polygonum arenastrum

Curly Dock 18 Rumex crispus

Redroot Buckwheat 19 Eriogonum racemosum

Winged Buckwheat 20 Eriogonum alatum

toadlily 21 Montia chamissoi

creeping thistle 22 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 23 Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle 24 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 25 Carduus nutans

Cotton Thistle 26 Onopordum acanthium

Spotted Knapweed 5 Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion 27 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 28 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 29 Tragopogon dubius

pink everlasting 30 Antennaria rosea

common yarrow 31 Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush 5 Ericameria nauseosa

Harebell 32 Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree 33 Erodium cicutarium

Yellow Evening Primrose 34 Oenothera flava

Gambel Oak 35 Quercus gambelii

Water Birch 36 Betula occidentalis

great mullein 6 Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Paintbrush 37 Castilleja linariifolia

Tweedy's Plantain 38 Plantago tweedyi

Toadflax Penstemon 39 Penstemon linarioides

Fendler's meadow-rue 40 Thalictrum fendleri

field bindweed 41 Convolvulus arvensis

Narrowleaf Cottonwood 5 Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood 42 Populus deltoides

trembling aspen 5 Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow 5 Salix exigua

manyflowered gromwell 43 Lithospermum multiflorum

Prairie Bluebells 44 Mertensia lanceolata

Whitetop 45 Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress 46 Thlaspi arvense

beaked sedge 47 Carex utriculata

Needle Spikerush 48 Eleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Spikerush 49 Eleocharis coloradoensis

Common Spike-Rush 50 Eleocharis palustris

Redtop 51 Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint 52 Calamagrostis canadensis

Annual Meadow-Grass 53 Poa annua

Canada bluegrass 54 Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass 55 Poa pratensis

Smooth Brome 56 Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass 55 Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass 57 Pascopyrum smithii

Quack Grass 58 Elymus repens

Sand Ricegrass 59 Eriocoma hymenoides

Broad-Leaved Cattail 60 Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush 5 Juncus balticus

western blue flag 61 Iris missouriensis

Hooker's onion 62 Allium acuminatum

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily 39 Calochortus gunnisonii