Plants of North Sterling State Park

North Sterling State Park is located on the high plains of northeast Colorado in Logan County, 12 miles north of the town of Sterling and 20 miles south of the Nebraska border. The Pawnee National Grasslands are 20 miles to the west and the Chimney Canyons bluffs are just north of the park. The ...more ↓

Alfalfa ¹
Medicago sativa

White Sweet Clover ²
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ²
Melilotus officinalis

Rusty lupine ³
Lupinus pusillus

Two-grooved Milkvetch ⁴
Astragalus bisulcatus

wild licorice ⁵
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

White prairie clover ⁶
Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover ⁷
Dalea purpurea

slimflower scurfpea ⁸
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

chokecherry ⁹
Prunus virginiana

American Plum ¹⁰
Prunus americana

Siberian elm ¹
Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive ¹¹
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Bractless Blazingstar ¹²
Mentzelia nuda

Engelmann's Milkweed ¹²
Asclepias engelmanniana

Swamp milkweed ¹³
Asclepias incarnata

Plains Milkweed ¹⁴
Asclepias pumila

showy milkweed ¹⁵
Asclepias speciosa

hemp dogbane ¹⁶
Apocynum cannabinum

Texas Bluebell ¹⁷
Eustoma grandiflorum

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus ¹⁸
Echinocereus viridiflorus

Simpson's hedgehog cactus ¹⁹
Pediocactus simpsonii

starvation prickly-pear ²⁰
Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear ²¹
Opuntia macrorhiza

water smartweed ²²
Persicaria amphibia

Spotted ladysthumb ²³
Persicaria maculosa

Black Bindweed ²⁴
Fallopia convolvulus

Curly dock ²⁵
Rumex crispus

willow dock ²⁶
Rumex salicifolius

Spreading Buckwheat ²⁷
Eriogonum effusum

Fourwing saltbush ²⁸
Atriplex canescens

Fat-hen ²⁹
Chenopodium album

winterfat ²⁸
Krascheninnikovia lanata

Redroot Pigweed ³⁰
Amaranthus retroflexus

kochia ³¹
Bassia scoparia

Slender Russian-thistle ³²
Salsola collina

Prickly Russian Thistle ²⁸
Salsola tragus

creeping thistle ³³
Cirsium arvense

yellowspine thistle ³⁴
Cirsium ochrocentrum

wavyleaf thistle ³⁵
Cirsium undulatum

Musk Thistle ³⁶
Carduus nutans

prickly lettuce ³⁷
Lactuca serriola

rush skeletonplant ³⁸
Lygodesmia juncea

yellow salsify ³⁹
Tragopogon dubius

False Boneset ⁴⁰
Brickellia eupatorioides

Dotted gayfeather ¹
Liatris punctata

biennial wormwood ¹
Artemisia biennis

Tarragon ¹
Artemisia dracunculus

Sand sagebrush ⁴¹
Artemisia filifolia

Fringed sagebrush ⁴²
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ¹
Artemisia ludoviciana

broom snakeweed ¹
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ³
Ericameria nauseosa

late goldenrod ¹¹
Solidago altissima

Hairy goldenaster ¹
Heterotheca villosa

Horseweed ⁴³
Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed ¹¹
Grindelia squarrosa

spiny goldenweed ¹²
Xanthisma spinulosum

devil's beggartick ⁴⁴
Bidens frondosa

Greenthread ⁴⁵
Thelesperma filifolium

Marsh Elder ⁴⁶
Cyclachaena xanthifolia

western ragweed ⁴⁷
Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed ⁴⁸
Ambrosia trifida

Poverty weed ¹
Iva axillaris

rough cocklebur ⁴⁹
Xanthium strumarium

upright prairie coneflower ⁵⁰
Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower ⁵¹
Helianthus annuus

Fetid marigold ⁵²
Dyssodia papposa

Bitter hymenoxys ⁵³
Hymenoxys odorata

redstem filaree ⁵⁴
Erodium cicutarium

Western poison ivy ¹¹
Toxicodendron rydbergii

Skunkbush Sumac ⁵⁵
Rhus aromatica

Velvetweed ⁵⁶
Oenothera curtiflora

hairy evening primrose ¹
Oenothera villosa

Spotted Evening Primrose ²⁸
Oenothera canescens

lavenderleaf sundrops ⁵⁷
Oenothera lavandulifolia

moth mullein ¹
Verbascum blattaria

corn mint ⁵⁸
Mentha arvensis

American Bugleweed ¹¹
Lycopus americanus

white horehound ⁵⁹
Marrubium vulgare

American germander ²⁸
Teucrium canadense

prostrate vervain ²⁸
Verbena bracteata

Wedgeleaf ²⁸
Phyla cuneifolia

woolly plantain ¹
Plantago patagonica

Ram's horn ⁶⁰
Proboscidea louisianica

prairie pasqueflower ⁶¹
Pulsatilla nuttalliana

purple groundcherry ⁶²
Quincula lobata

long-leaved groundcherry ⁶³
Physalis longifolia

buffalo bur ⁶⁴
Solanum rostratum

field bindweed ⁶⁵
Convolvulus arvensis

pretty dodder ⁶⁶
Cuscuta indecora

scarlet globemallow ¹
Sphaeralcea coccinea

Narrowleaf cottonwood ¹
Populus angustifolia

Eastern cottonwood ⁶⁷
Populus deltoides

Narrowleaf Willow ¹
Salix exigua

Peachleaf Willow ¹¹
Salix amygdaloides

Skunkweed ⁵
Croton texensis

Ribseed Sandmat ⁶⁸
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Prairie Sandmat ⁶⁹
Euphorbia missurica

prostrate sandmat ⁶⁸
Euphorbia prostrata

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Plants of North Sterling State Park

Alfalfa 1 Medicago sativa

White Sweet Clover 2 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 2 Melilotus officinalis

Rusty lupine 3 Lupinus pusillus

Two-grooved Milkvetch 4 Astragalus bisulcatus

wild licorice 5 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

White prairie clover 6 Dalea candida

Purple Prairie Clover 7 Dalea purpurea

slimflower scurfpea 8 Pediomelum tenuiflorum

chokecherry 9 Prunus virginiana

American Plum 10 Prunus americana

Siberian elm 1 Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive 11 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Bractless Blazingstar 12 Mentzelia nuda

Engelmann's Milkweed 12 Asclepias engelmanniana

Swamp milkweed 13 Asclepias incarnata

Plains Milkweed 14 Asclepias pumila

showy milkweed 15 Asclepias speciosa

hemp dogbane 16 Apocynum cannabinum

Texas Bluebell 17 Eustoma grandiflorum

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 18 Echinocereus viridiflorus

Simpson's hedgehog cactus 19 Pediocactus simpsonii

starvation prickly-pear 20 Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear 21 Opuntia macrorhiza

water smartweed 22 Persicaria amphibia

Spotted ladysthumb 23 Persicaria maculosa

Black Bindweed 24 Fallopia convolvulus

Curly dock 25 Rumex crispus

willow dock 26 Rumex salicifolius

Spreading Buckwheat 27 Eriogonum effusum

Fourwing saltbush 28 Atriplex canescens

Fat-hen 29 Chenopodium album

winterfat 28 Krascheninnikovia lanata

Redroot Pigweed 30 Amaranthus retroflexus

kochia 31 Bassia scoparia

Slender Russian-thistle 32 Salsola collina

Prickly Russian Thistle 28 Salsola tragus

creeping thistle 33 Cirsium arvense

yellowspine thistle 34 Cirsium ochrocentrum

wavyleaf thistle 35 Cirsium undulatum

Musk Thistle 36 Carduus nutans

prickly lettuce 37 Lactuca serriola

rush skeletonplant 38 Lygodesmia juncea

yellow salsify 39 Tragopogon dubius

False Boneset 40 Brickellia eupatorioides

Dotted gayfeather 1 Liatris punctata

biennial wormwood 1 Artemisia biennis

Tarragon 1 Artemisia dracunculus

Sand sagebrush 41 Artemisia filifolia

Fringed sagebrush 42 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 1 Artemisia ludoviciana

broom snakeweed 1 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 3 Ericameria nauseosa

late goldenrod 11 Solidago altissima

Hairy goldenaster 1 Heterotheca villosa

Horseweed 43 Conyza canadensis

curlycup gumweed 11 Grindelia squarrosa

spiny goldenweed 12 Xanthisma spinulosum

devil's beggartick 44 Bidens frondosa

Greenthread 45 Thelesperma filifolium

Marsh Elder 46 Cyclachaena xanthifolia

western ragweed 47 Ambrosia psilostachya

giant ragweed 48 Ambrosia trifida

Poverty weed 1 Iva axillaris

rough cocklebur 49 Xanthium strumarium

upright prairie coneflower 50 Ratibida columnifera

common sunflower 51 Helianthus annuus

Fetid marigold 52 Dyssodia papposa

Bitter hymenoxys 53 Hymenoxys odorata

redstem filaree 54 Erodium cicutarium

Western poison ivy 11 Toxicodendron rydbergii

Skunkbush Sumac 55 Rhus aromatica

Velvetweed 56 Oenothera curtiflora

hairy evening primrose 1 Oenothera villosa

Spotted Evening Primrose 28 Oenothera canescens

lavenderleaf sundrops 57 Oenothera lavandulifolia

moth mullein 1 Verbascum blattaria

corn mint 58 Mentha arvensis

American Bugleweed 11 Lycopus americanus