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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Vascular Plants Phylum Tracheophyta
- Flowering Plants Subphylum Angiospermae
  - 52 Monocots Class Liliopsida
  - 187 Dicots Class Magnoliopsida

Bluejoint ¹
Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass ²
Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue ³
Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass ⁴
Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass ⁵
Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass ⁶
Poa compressa

muttongrass ²
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ²
Poa pratensis

Timothy ⁷
Phleum pratense

smooth brome ⁸
Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome ⁹
Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass ¹⁰
Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass ¹¹
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ¹²
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ¹³
Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye ²
Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley ¹⁴
Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass ¹⁵
Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread ¹⁶
Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass ²
Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass ¹⁷
Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass ¹⁸
Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass ¹⁹
Achnatherum scribneri

common reed ²⁰
Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton ²¹
Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed ²
Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama ²²
Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass ²³
Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly ²⁴
Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass ²⁵
Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush ²⁶
Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses ²⁷
Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca ²⁸
Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ²⁹
Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus ³⁰
Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag ³¹
Iris missouriensis

nodding onion ³²
Allium cernuum

Pondweed ³³
Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed ³⁴
Potamogeton crispus

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Plants of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Bluejoint 1 Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass 2 Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue 3 Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass 4 Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass 5 Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass 6 Poa compressa

muttongrass 2 Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass 2 Poa pratensis

Timothy 7 Phleum pratense

smooth brome 8 Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome 9 Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass 10 Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass 11 Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye 12 Elymus canadensis

squirreltail 13 Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye 2 Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley 14 Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass 15 Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread 16 Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass 2 Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass 17 Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass 18 Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass 19 Achnatherum scribneri

common reed 20 Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton 21 Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed 2 Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama 22 Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass 23 Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly 24 Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass 25 Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush 26 Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses 27 Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca 28 Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 29 Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus 30 Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag 31 Iris missouriensis

nodding onion 32 Allium cernuum

Pondweed 33 Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed 34 Potamogeton crispus