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Plants of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

field horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
rough horsetail 2
Equisetum hyemale
Smooth Horsetail 3
Equisetum laevigatum
One-seed Juniper 4
Juniperus monosperma
Rocky Mountain juniper 5
Juniperus scopulorum
Colorado Pinyon 6
Pinus edulis
ponderosa pine 7
Pinus ponderosa
common Douglas-fir 8
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Alsike clover 9
Trifolium hybridum
red clover 10
Trifolium pratense
white clover 11
Trifolium repens
alfalfa 12
Medicago sativa
Black Medick 13
Medicago lupulina
white sweet clover 14
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 14
Melilotus officinalis
broad-leaved sweet pea 15
Lathyrus latifolius
American vetch 16
Vicia americana
Early Purple Milkvetch 17
Astragalus shortianus
wild licorice 18
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
White Point-vetch 17
Oxytropis sericea
false lupine 19
Thermopsis rhombifolia
black locust 9
Robinia pseudoacacia
Lance-leaved scurf-pea 20
Ladeania lanceolata
Rose Chamaerhodos 21
Chamaerhodos erecta
shrubby cinquefoil 22
Dasiphora fruticosa
Common silverweed 23
Potentilla anserina
horse cinquefoil 24
Potentilla hippiana
Rocky Mountain raspberry 25
Rubus deliciosus
Thimbleberry 26
Rubus parviflorus
Woods' rose 27
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 28
Cercocarpus montanus
European mountain ash 29
Sorbus aucuparia
Saskatoon 30
Amelanchier alnifolia
choke cherry 31
Prunus virginiana
Ocean spray 32
Holodiscus discolor
stinging nettle 33
Urtica dioica
Siberian elm 19
Ulmus pumila
Russian olive 34
Elaeagnus angustifolia
bearberry 35
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Granite Prickly Phlox 19
Linanthus pungens
scarlet gilia 36
Ipomopsis aggregata
Iron Ipomopsis 37
Ipomopsis laxiflora
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 19
Collomia linearis
Adonis Blazingstar 38
Mentzelia multiflora
Arkansas Canyon stickleaf
Mentzelia multiflora densa
Rusby's Blazingstar 39
Mentzelia rusbyi
Hall's milkweed 40
Asclepias hallii
broadleaf milkweed 41
Asclepias latifolia
showy milkweed 42
Asclepias speciosa
spreading dogbane 43
Apocynum androsaemifolium
hemp dogbane 44
Apocynum cannabinum
Northern Bedstraw 45
Galium boreale
pleated gentian 46
Gentiana affinis
common purslane 47
Portulaca oleracea
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 48
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus 49
Echinocereus viridiflorus viridiflorus
claret-cup hedgehog 50
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Mountain Ball Cactus 51
Pediocactus simpsonii
Brittle Pricklypear 52
Opuntia fragilis
starvation prickly-pear 53
Opuntia polyacantha
tree cholla 54
Cylindropuntia imbricata
spotted lady's thumb 55
Persicaria maculosa
Douglas' knotweed 56
Polygonum douglasii
Tall Dock 57
Rumex altissimus
white willow dock 56
Rumex triangulivalvis
winged dock 58
Rumex venosus
Spreading Buckwheat 59
Eriogonum effusum
James' buckwheat 60
Eriogonum jamesii
nodding wild buckwheat 56
Eriogonum cernuum
long-leaved starwort 61
Stellaria longifolia
snowball sand verbena 62
Abronia fragrans
Colorado four o'clock 60
Mirabilis multiflora
Smooth Spreading Four O'Clock 63
Mirabilis oxybaphoides
Narrowleaf four o'clock 64
Mirabilis linearis
red tamarisk 65
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 60
Atriplex canescens
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 19
Chenopodium leptophyllum
winterfat 60
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Redroot Pigweed 66
Amaranthus retroflexus
Summer-cypress 67
Bassia scoparia
Southern Russian Thistle 68
Salsola australis
tumbleweed 60
Salsola tragus
creeping thistle 69
Cirsium arvense
spear thistle 70
Cirsium vulgare
common dandelion 71
Taraxacum officinale
prickly lettuce 72
Lactuca serriola
yellow salsify 73
Tragopogon dubius
tasselflower brickellia 74
Brickellia grandiflora
False Boneset 75
Brickellia eupatorioides
dotted gayfeather 76
Liatris punctata
Tarragon 77
Artemisia dracunculus
fringed sagebrush 78
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 79
Artemisia ludoviciana
common yarrow 80
Achillea millefolium
broom snakeweed 19
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 19
Ericameria nauseosa
Parry's Goldenbush 81
Ericameria parryi
Canada goldenrod 14
Solidago canadensis
giant goldenrod 82
Solidago gigantea
western aster 19
Symphyotrichum ascendens

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