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 ↓

Sun Sedge ¹
Carex inops heliophila

water sedge ²
Carex aquatilis

Emory's Sedge ³
Carex emoryi

Nebraska sedge ⁴
Carex nebrascensis

beaked sedge ⁵
Carex utriculata

Bearded Flatsedge ⁶
Cyperus squarrosus

Pale Spikerush ⁷
Eleocharis macrostachya

Dwarf Spikerush ⁸
Eleocharis parvula anachaeta

Scribner's Panicgrass ⁹
Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

Indiangrass ⁴
Sorghastrum nutans

american manna grass ¹⁰
Glyceria grandis

ticklegrass ⁴
Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent ⁴
Agrostis stolonifera

Bluejoint ¹¹
Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass ⁴
Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue ¹²
Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass ¹³
Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass ¹⁴
Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹⁵
Poa compressa

muttongrass ⁴
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ⁴
Poa pratensis

Timothy ¹⁶
Phleum pratense

smooth brome ¹⁷
Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome ¹⁸
Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass ²
Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass ¹⁹
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ³
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ²⁰
Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye ⁴
Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley ²¹
Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass ¹
Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread ²²
Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass ⁴
Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass ²³
Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass ²⁴
Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass ²⁵
Achnatherum scribneri

common reed ²⁶
Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton ²⁷
Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed ⁴
Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama ²⁸
Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass ²⁹
Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly ³⁰
Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass ³¹
Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush ³²
Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses ³³
Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca ³⁴
Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ³⁵
Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus ³⁶
Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag ³⁷
Iris missouriensis

nodding onion ³⁸
Allium cernuum

Pondweed ³⁹
Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed ⁴⁰
Potamogeton crispus

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Plants of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Sun Sedge 1 Carex inops heliophila

water sedge 2 Carex aquatilis

Emory's Sedge 3 Carex emoryi

Nebraska sedge 4 Carex nebrascensis

beaked sedge 5 Carex utriculata

Bearded Flatsedge 6 Cyperus squarrosus

Pale Spikerush 7 Eleocharis macrostachya

Dwarf Spikerush 8 Eleocharis parvula anachaeta

Scribner's Panicgrass 9 Dichanthelium oligosanthes scribnerianum

Indiangrass 4 Sorghastrum nutans

american manna grass 10 Glyceria grandis

ticklegrass 4 Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent 4 Agrostis stolonifera

Bluejoint 11 Calamagrostis canadensis

tufted hair grass 4 Deschampsia cespitosa

meadow fescue 12 Festuca pratensis

Reed Canarygrass 13 Phalaris arundinacea

Arctic Bluegrass 14 Poa arctica

Flattened Meadow-grass 15 Poa compressa

muttongrass 4 Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass 4 Poa pratensis

Timothy 16 Phleum pratense

smooth brome 17 Bromus inermis

Thunberg's Brome 18 Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass 2 Bromus tectorum

Western Wheatgrass 19 Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye 3 Elymus canadensis

squirreltail 20 Elymus elymoides

Streamside Wild Rye 4 Elymus lanceolatus

Foxtail barley 21 Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass 1 Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread 22 Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass 4 Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass 23 Achnatherum hymenoides

Sleepy grass 24 Achnatherum robustum

Scribner needlegrass 25 Achnatherum scribneri

common reed 26 Phragmites australis

alkali sacaton 27 Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed 4 Sporobolus cryptandrus

blue grama 28 Bouteloua gracilis

Desert Saltgrass 29 Distichlis stricta

mountain muhly 30 Muhlenbergia montana

false buffalo-grass 31 Munroa squarrosa

Baltic Rush 32 Juncus balticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses 33 Spiranthes romanzoffiana

soapweed yucca 34 Yucca glauca

star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 35 Maianthemum stellatum

wild asparagus 36 Asparagus officinalis

western blue flag 37 Iris missouriensis

nodding onion 38 Allium cernuum

Pondweed 39 Potamogeton

Crisp-leaved Pondweed 40 Potamogeton crispus