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 ↓

Alfalfa ¹
Medicago sativa

black medick ²
Medicago lupulina

Wright's Deervetch ³
Acmispon wrightii

American vetch ⁴
Vicia americana

Sulphur Cinquefoil ⁵
Potentilla recta

Woods' rose ⁶
Rosa woodsii

Utah Serviceberry ⁷
Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro Hawthorn ⁸
Crataegus erythropoda

chokecherry ⁹
Prunus virginiana

Fendler's ceanothus ¹⁰
Ceanothus fendleri

Scarlet Gilia ¹¹
Ipomopsis aggregata

monument plant ¹²
Frasera speciosa

Oval Leaf Knotweed ¹³
Polygonum arenastrum

Curly Dock ¹⁴
Rumex crispus

Redroot Buckwheat ¹⁵
Eriogonum racemosum

Winged Buckwheat ¹⁶
Eriogonum alatum

toadlily ¹⁷
Montia chamissoi

creeping thistle ¹⁸
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ¹⁹
Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle ²⁰
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ²¹
Carduus nutans

Cotton Thistle ²²
Onopordum acanthium

Spotted Knapweed ¹
Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion ²³
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ²⁴
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ²⁵
Tragopogon dubius

pink everlasting ²⁶
Antennaria rosea

common yarrow ²⁷
Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush ¹
Ericameria nauseosa

Harebell ²⁸
Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree ²⁹
Erodium cicutarium

Yellow Evening Primrose ³⁰
Oenothera flava

Gambel Oak ³¹
Quercus gambelii

Water Birch ³²
Betula occidentalis

great mullein ²
Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Paintbrush ³³
Castilleja linariifolia

Tweedy's Plantain ³⁴
Plantago tweedyi

Toadflax Penstemon ³⁵
Penstemon linarioides

Fendler's meadow-rue ³⁶
Thalictrum fendleri

field bindweed ³⁷
Convolvulus arvensis

Narrowleaf Cottonwood ¹
Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood ³⁸
Populus deltoides

trembling aspen ¹
Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow ¹
Salix exigua

manyflowered gromwell ³⁹
Lithospermum multiflorum

Prairie Bluebells ⁴⁰
Mertensia lanceolata

Whitetop ⁴¹
Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress ⁴²
Thlaspi arvense

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Plants of Mancos State Park

Alfalfa 1 Medicago sativa

black medick 2 Medicago lupulina

Wright's Deervetch 3 Acmispon wrightii

American vetch 4 Vicia americana

Sulphur Cinquefoil 5 Potentilla recta

Woods' rose 6 Rosa woodsii

Utah Serviceberry 7 Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro Hawthorn 8 Crataegus erythropoda

chokecherry 9 Prunus virginiana

Fendler's ceanothus 10 Ceanothus fendleri

Scarlet Gilia 11 Ipomopsis aggregata

monument plant 12 Frasera speciosa

Oval Leaf Knotweed 13 Polygonum arenastrum

Curly Dock 14 Rumex crispus

Redroot Buckwheat 15 Eriogonum racemosum

Winged Buckwheat 16 Eriogonum alatum

toadlily 17 Montia chamissoi

creeping thistle 18 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 19 Cirsium undulatum

spear thistle 20 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 21 Carduus nutans

Cotton Thistle 22 Onopordum acanthium

Spotted Knapweed 1 Centaurea stoebe

common dandelion 23 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 24 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 25 Tragopogon dubius

pink everlasting 26 Antennaria rosea

common yarrow 27 Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush 1 Ericameria nauseosa

Harebell 28 Campanula rotundifolia

redstem filaree 29 Erodium cicutarium

Yellow Evening Primrose 30 Oenothera flava

Gambel Oak 31 Quercus gambelii

Water Birch 32 Betula occidentalis

great mullein 2 Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Paintbrush 33 Castilleja linariifolia

Tweedy's Plantain 34 Plantago tweedyi

Toadflax Penstemon 35 Penstemon linarioides

Fendler's meadow-rue 36 Thalictrum fendleri

field bindweed 37 Convolvulus arvensis

Narrowleaf Cottonwood 1 Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood 38 Populus deltoides

trembling aspen 1 Populus tremuloides

Narrowleaf Willow 1 Salix exigua

manyflowered gromwell 39 Lithospermum multiflorum

Prairie Bluebells 40 Mertensia lanceolata

Whitetop 41 Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress 42 Thlaspi arvense