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 ↓

Bearded Flatsedge ¹
Cyperus squarrosus

Pale Spikerush ²
Eleocharis macrostachya

Dwarf Spikerush ³
Eleocharis parvula anachaeta

Scribner's Panicgrass ⁴
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

Indiangrass ⁵
Sorghastrum nutans

american manna grass ⁶
Glyceria grandis

ticklegrass ⁵
Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent ⁵
Agrostis stolonifera

Bluejoint ⁷
Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass ⁵
Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue ⁸
Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass ⁹
Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass ¹⁰
Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹¹
Poa compressa

muttongrass ⁵
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ⁵
Poa pratensis

Timothy ¹²
Phleum pratense

smooth brome ¹³
Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome ¹⁴
Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass ¹⁵
Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass ¹⁶
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ¹⁷
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ¹⁸
Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye ⁵
Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley ¹⁹
Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass ²⁰
Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread ²¹
Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass ⁵
Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass ²²
Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass ²³
Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass ²⁴
Achnatherum scribneri

common reed ²⁵
Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton ²⁶
Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed ⁵
Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama ²⁷
Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass ²⁸
Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly ²⁹
Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass ³⁰
Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush ³¹
Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses ³²
Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca ³³
Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ³⁴
Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus ³⁵
Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag ³⁶
Iris missouriensis

nodding onion ³⁷
Allium cernuum

Pondweed ³⁸
Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed ³⁹
Potamogeton crispus

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Plants of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Bearded Flatsedge 1 Cyperus squarrosus

Pale Spikerush 2 Eleocharis macrostachya

Dwarf Spikerush 3 Eleocharis parvula anachaeta

Scribner's Panicgrass 4 Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

Indiangrass 5 Sorghastrum nutans

american manna grass 6 Glyceria grandis

ticklegrass 5 Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent 5 Agrostis stolonifera

Bluejoint 7 Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass 5 Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue 8 Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass 9 Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass 10 Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass 11 Poa compressa

muttongrass 5 Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass 5 Poa pratensis

Timothy 12 Phleum pratense

smooth brome 13 Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome 14 Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass 15 Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass 16 Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye 17 Elymus canadensis

squirreltail 18 Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye 5 Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley 19 Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass 20 Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread 21 Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass 5 Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass 22 Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass 23 Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass 24 Achnatherum scribneri

common reed 25 Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton 26 Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed 5 Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama 27 Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass 28 Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly 29 Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass 30 Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush 31 Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses 32 Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca 33 Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 34 Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus 35 Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag 36 Iris missouriensis

nodding onion 37 Allium cernuum

Pondweed 38 Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed 39 Potamogeton crispus