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 ↓

beaked sedge ¹
Carex utriculata

Needle Spikerush ²
Eleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Spikerush ³
Eleocharis coloradoensis

Common Spike-Rush ⁴
Eleocharis palustris

Redtop ⁵
Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint ⁶
Calamagrostis canadensis

Annual Meadow-Grass ⁷
Poa annua

Canada bluegrass ⁸
Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass ⁹
Poa pratensis

Smooth Brome ¹⁰
Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass ⁹
Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass ¹¹
Pascopyrum smithii

Quack Grass ¹²
Elymus repens

Sand Ricegrass ¹³
Eriocoma hymenoides

Broad-Leaved Cattail ¹⁴
Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush ¹⁵
Juncus balticus

western blue flag ¹⁶
Iris missouriensis

Hooker's onion ¹⁷
Allium acuminatum

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily ¹⁸
Calochortus gunnisonii

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Plants of Mancos State Park

beaked sedge 1 Carex utriculata

Needle Spikerush 2 Eleocharis acicularis

Dwarf Spikerush 3 Eleocharis coloradoensis

Common Spike-Rush 4 Eleocharis palustris

Redtop 5 Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint 6 Calamagrostis canadensis

Annual Meadow-Grass 7 Poa annua

Canada bluegrass 8 Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass 9 Poa pratensis

Smooth Brome 10 Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass 9 Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass 11 Pascopyrum smithii

Quack Grass 12 Elymus repens

Sand Ricegrass 13 Eriocoma hymenoides

Broad-Leaved Cattail 14 Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush 15 Juncus balticus

western blue flag 16 Iris missouriensis

Hooker's onion 17 Allium acuminatum

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily 18 Calochortus gunnisonii