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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 ↓

creeping thistle 1
Cirsium arvense
yellowspine thistle 2
Cirsium ochrocentrum
wavyleaf thistle 3
Cirsium undulatum
Musk Thistle 4
Carduus nutans
prickly lettuce 5
Lactuca serriola
rush skeletonplant 6
Lygodesmia juncea
yellow salsify 7
Tragopogon dubius
False Boneset 8
Brickellia eupatorioides
Dotted gayfeather 9
Liatris punctata
biennial wormwood 9
Artemisia biennis
Tarragon 9
Artemisia dracunculus
Sand sagebrush 10
Artemisia filifolia
Fringed sagebrush 11
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 9
Artemisia ludoviciana
broom snakeweed 9
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 12
Ericameria nauseosa
late goldenrod 13
Solidago altissima
Hairy goldenaster 9
Heterotheca villosa
Horseweed 14
Conyza canadensis
curlycup gumweed 13
Grindelia squarrosa
spiny goldenweed 15
Xanthisma spinulosum
devil's beggartick 16
Bidens frondosa
Greenthread 17
Thelesperma filifolium
Marsh Elder 18
Cyclachaena xanthifolia
western ragweed 19
Ambrosia psilostachya
giant ragweed 20
Ambrosia trifida
Poverty weed 9
Iva axillaris
rough cocklebur 21
Xanthium strumarium
upright prairie coneflower 22
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 23
Helianthus annuus
Fetid marigold 24
Dyssodia papposa
Bitter hymenoxys 25
Hymenoxys odorata

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