Plants of Navajo State Park

Navajo State Park lies on 4,972 acres of land and 3,798 acres of water in Colorado on the border with New Mexico. The reservoir crosses the border and most of the reservoir's area sits in New Mexico. The park is comprised of Pinyon/Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Shrubland, Narrowleaf Cottonwood ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

smooth horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper ³
Juniperus osteosperma

Colorado Pinyon ⁴
Pinus edulis

ponderosa pine ⁵
Pinus ponderosa

blue spruce ⁶
Picea pungens

Alfalfa ⁷
Medicago sativa

black medick ⁸
Medicago lupulina

white sweet clover ⁹
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁹
Melilotus officinalis

black locust ¹⁰
Robinia pseudoacacia

Rough Cinquefoil ¹¹
Potentilla norvegica

Apache plume ¹²
Fallugia paradoxa

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ¹³
Cercocarpus montanus

wild crab apple ¹⁴
Peraphyllum ramosissimum

Russian Olive ¹⁵
Elaeagnus angustifolia

cliff fendlerbush ¹⁶
Fendlera rupicola

showy milkweed ¹⁷
Asclepias speciosa

Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus ¹⁸
Echinocereus fendleri

Spinystar ¹⁹
Escobaria vivipara

starvation prickly-pear ²⁰
Opuntia polyacantha

Whipple cholla ²¹
Cylindropuntia whipplei

Cylindropuntia whipplei whipplei ²²

spotted lady's thumb ²³
Persicaria maculosa

white willow dock ²⁴
Rumex triangulivalvis

Colorado Four o'Clock ²⁵
Mirabilis multiflora

red tamarisk ²⁶
Tamarix ramosissima

tumbleweed ²⁷
Salsola tragus

Canada thistle ²⁸
Cirsium arvense

bull thistle ²⁹
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ³⁰
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ³¹
Arctium minus

Russian knapweed ³
Leuzea repens

Spotted Knapweed ⁷
Centaurea stoebe

chicory ³²
Cichorium intybus

common dandelion ³³
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ³⁴
Lactuca serriola

Silver Sagebrush ⁷
Artemisia cana

common sagebrush ⁷
Artemisia tridentata

rubber rabbitbrush ⁷
Ericameria nauseosa

smooth blue aster ³⁵
Symphyotrichum laeve

panicled aster ³⁶
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

white prairie aster ³⁷
Symphyotrichum falcatum

Rose Heath ¹²
Chaetopappa ericoides

trailing fleabane ³⁸
Erigeron flagellaris

Horseweed ³⁹
Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed ¹⁵
Grindelia squarrosa

Spiny Goldenweed ⁴⁰
Xanthisma spinulosum

rough cocklebur ⁴¹
Xanthium strumarium

common stork's-bill ²⁷
Erodium cicutarium

Skunkbrush sumac ⁴²
Rhus aromatica

Skunkbush Sumac ⁴³
Rhus trilobata

Amur Maple ⁴⁴
Acer ginnala

fringed willowherb ⁴⁵
Epilobium ciliatum

Gambel oak ⁴⁶
Quercus gambelii

great mullein ⁹
Verbascum thapsus

clustered broomrape ⁴⁷
Aphyllon fasciculatum

green ash ⁴⁸
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

prostrate vervain ²⁵
Verbena bracteata

Two-lobe Speedwell ⁷
Veronica biloba

Greater plantain ⁴⁹
Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain ⁵⁰
Plantago lanceolata

Dusty Beardtongue ⁵¹
Penstemon comarrhenus

field bindweed ⁵²
Convolvulus arvensis

Western Water Hemlock ⁵³
Cicuta douglasii

poison hemlock ⁵⁴
Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow ⁵⁵
Sphaeralcea coccinea

eastern cottonwood ⁵⁶
Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood ⁷
Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow ⁷
Salix exigua

clasping pepperweed ⁵⁷
Lepidium perfoliatum

Field Penny-cress ⁵⁸
Thlaspi arvense

flixweed ⁵⁹
Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard ²⁴
Sisymbrium altissimum

bog bulrush ⁶⁰
Schoenoplectiella mucronata

hardstem bulrush ²⁵
Schoenoplectus acutus

American three-square bulrush ⁶¹
Schoenoplectus americanus

Pale Spikerush ⁶²
Eleocharis macrostachya

Barnyardgrass ⁶³
Echinochloa crus-galli

american manna grass ⁶⁴
Glyceria grandis

Redtop ⁶⁵
Agrostis gigantea

rabbitfoot grass ⁶⁶
Polypogon monspeliensis

Reed Canarygrass ⁶⁷
Phalaris arundinacea

Kentucky bluegrass ⁶⁸
Poa pratensis

Smooth Brome ⁶⁹
Bromus inermis

cheatgrass ⁷⁰
Bromus tectorum

squirreltail ⁷
Elymus elymoides

Quack Grass ⁷¹
Elymus repens

foxtail barley ⁷²
Hordeum jubatum

Clustered Wheat Grass ⁷³
Agropyron desertorum

jointed goat grass ⁷⁴
Aegilops cylindrica

Indian ricegrass ²⁶
Achnatherum hymenoides

Sand Ricegrass ²⁶
Eriocoma hymenoides

buffalograss ⁷⁵
Bouteloua dactyloides

Baltic Rush ⁷
Juncus balticus

Gunnison's Mariposa Lily ²⁵
Calochortus gunnisonii

Calochortus gunnisonii gunnisonii ⁷⁶

Sego Lily ⁷⁷
Calochortus nuttallii

broadleaf arrowhead ⁷⁸
Sagittaria latifolia

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Plants of Navajo State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

smooth horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper 3 Juniperus osteosperma

Colorado Pinyon 4 Pinus edulis

ponderosa pine 5 Pinus ponderosa

blue spruce 6 Picea pungens

Alfalfa 7 Medicago sativa

black medick 8 Medicago lupulina

white sweet clover 9 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 9 Melilotus officinalis

black locust 10 Robinia pseudoacacia

Rough Cinquefoil 11 Potentilla norvegica

Apache plume 12 Fallugia paradoxa

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 13 Cercocarpus montanus

wild crab apple 14 Peraphyllum ramosissimum

Russian Olive 15 Elaeagnus angustifolia

cliff fendlerbush 16 Fendlera rupicola

showy milkweed 17 Asclepias speciosa

Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus 18 Echinocereus fendleri

Spinystar 19 Escobaria vivipara

starvation prickly-pear 20 Opuntia polyacantha

Whipple cholla 21 Cylindropuntia whipplei

Cylindropuntia whipplei whipplei 22

spotted lady's thumb 23 Persicaria maculosa

white willow dock 24 Rumex triangulivalvis

Colorado Four o'Clock 25 Mirabilis multiflora

red tamarisk 26 Tamarix ramosissima

tumbleweed 27 Salsola tragus

Canada thistle 28 Cirsium arvense

bull thistle 29 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 30 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 31 Arctium minus

Russian knapweed 3 Leuzea repens

Spotted Knapweed 7 Centaurea stoebe

chicory 32 Cichorium intybus

common dandelion 33 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 34 Lactuca serriola

Silver Sagebrush 7 Artemisia cana

common sagebrush 7 Artemisia tridentata

rubber rabbitbrush 7 Ericameria nauseosa

smooth blue aster 35 Symphyotrichum laeve

panicled aster 36 Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

white prairie aster 37 Symphyotrichum falcatum

Rose Heath 12 Chaetopappa ericoides

trailing fleabane 38 Erigeron flagellaris

Horseweed 39 Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed 15 Grindelia squarrosa

Spiny Goldenweed 40 Xanthisma spinulosum

rough cocklebur 41 Xanthium strumarium

common stork's-bill 27 Erodium cicutarium

Skunkbrush sumac 42 Rhus aromatica

Skunkbush Sumac 43 Rhus trilobata

Amur Maple 44 Acer ginnala

fringed willowherb 45 Epilobium ciliatum

Gambel oak 46 Quercus gambelii

great mullein 9 Verbascum thapsus

clustered broomrape 47 Aphyllon fasciculatum

green ash 48 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

prostrate vervain 25 Verbena bracteata

Two-lobe Speedwell 7 Veronica biloba

Greater plantain 49 Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain 50 Plantago lanceolata

Dusty Beardtongue 51 Penstemon comarrhenus

field bindweed 52 Convolvulus arvensis

Western Water Hemlock 53 Cicuta douglasii

poison hemlock 54 Conium maculatum

scarlet globemallow 55 Sphaeralcea coccinea

eastern cottonwood 56 Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood 7 Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow 7 Salix exigua

clasping pepperweed 57 Lepidium perfoliatum

Field Penny-cress 58 Thlaspi arvense

flixweed 59 Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard 24 Sisymbrium altissimum

bog bulrush 60 Schoenoplectiella mucronata

hardstem bulrush 25 Schoenoplectus acutus

American three-square bulrush 61 Schoenoplectus americanus

Pale Spikerush 62 Eleocharis macrostachya

Barnyardgrass 63 Echinochloa crus-galli