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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 ↓

Lakeshore Club-rush 1
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Common Three-Square 2
Schoenoplectus pungens
Sea clubrush 3
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Common Spike-rush 4
Eleocharis palustris
Sand Reedgrass 5
Calamovilfa longifolia
Barnyardgrass 6
Echinochloa crus-galli
Witch grass 7
Panicum capillare
Switchgrass 8
Panicum virgatum
Little bluestem 9
Schizachyrium scoparium
Big Bluestem 10
Andropogon gerardii
Creeping Bent 10
Agrostis stolonifera
Prairie junegrass 11
Koeleria macrantha
Annual bluegrass 12
Poa annua
Kentucky bluegrass 13
Poa pratensis
Smooth Brome 14
Bromus inermis
Japanese Brome 15
Bromus japonicus
Cheatgrass 1
Bromus tectorum
Intermediate Wheatgrass 16
Thinopyrum intermedium
Western Wheatgrass 17
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 18
Elymus canadensis
Squirreltail 10
Elymus elymoides
Slender Wheat Grass 6
Elymus trachycaulus
Foxtail Barley 19
Hordeum jubatum
Crested wheatgrass 20
Agropyron cristatum
Needle-and-Thread 21
Hesperostipa comata
Green needlegrass 10
Nassella viridula
Indian Ricegrass 22
Achnatherum hymenoides
foxtail prickle grass 10
Crypsis alopecuroides
Composite Dropseed 23
Sporobolus asper
Purple three-awn 10
Aristida purpurea
Alkali sacaton 24
Sporobolus airoides
Sand dropseed 10
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Teal Lovegrass 25
Eragrostis hypnoides
Jersey Love-grass 7
Eragrostis pilosa
Purple Lovegrass 26
Eragrostis spectabilis
Sand Lovegrass 27
Eragrostis trichodes
Sideoats Grama 28
Bouteloua curtipendula
Buffalograss 18
Bouteloua dactyloides
Blue Grama 29
Bouteloua gracilis
Salt Grass 30
Distichlis spicata
Annual Muhly 31
Muhlenbergia minutissima

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