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Plants of Vega State Park

Vega State Park is located on the Grand Mesa, twelve miles east of Collbran and 43 miles east of Grand Junction in Mesa County. The 1,823-acre park lies at an elevation between 7,850 and 8,200 feet. The 898-surface-acre Vega reservoir supports rainbow, brook, brown, and cutthroat trout. ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

Blue spruce ³
Picea pungens

Red clover ⁴
Trifolium pratense

white clover ⁵
Trifolium repens

black medick ⁶
Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover ⁷
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁷
Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine ²
Lupinus argenteus

Silky Lupine ⁸
Lupinus sericeus

Nevada Sweet Pea ⁹
Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch ¹⁰
Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry ¹¹
Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil ¹²
Dasiphora fruticosa

thimbleberry ¹³
Rubus parviflorus

Woods' rose ¹⁴
Rosa woodsii

Greene's mountain ash ¹⁵
Sorbus scopulina

western serviceberry ¹⁶
Amelanchier alnifolia

Cerro Hawthorn ¹⁷
Crataegus erythropoda

choke cherry ¹⁸
Prunus virginiana

California Nettle ¹⁹
Urtica gracilis

common hop ²⁰
Humulus lupulus

Pipsissewa ²¹
Chimaphila umbellata

leafy Jacob's ladder ²²
Polemonium foliosissimum

Longleaf Phlox ²³
Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood ²⁴
Cornus sericea

showy milkweed ²⁵
Asclepias speciosa

Northern Bedstraw ²⁶
Galium boreale

monument plant ²⁷
Frasera speciosa

Water knotweed ²⁸
Persicaria amphibia

Oval Leaf Knotweed ²⁹
Polygonum arenastrum

Curly dock ³⁰
Rumex crispus

Kochia ³¹
Bassia scoparia

creeping thistle ³²
Cirsium arvense

Eaton's Thistle ³³
Cirsium eatonii

spear thistle ³⁴
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ³⁵
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ³⁶
Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle ³⁷
Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion ³⁸
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ³⁹
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ⁴⁰
Tragopogon dubius

Oxeye daisy ⁴¹
Leucanthemum vulgare

Silver Sagebrush ²
Artemisia cana

Common sagebrush ²
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁴²
Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush ²
Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush ⁴³
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Aspen fleabane ⁴⁴
Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed ⁴⁵
Grindelia squarrosa

common groundsel ⁴⁶
Senecio vulgaris

Mule-ears ⁴⁷
Wyethia amplexicaulis

Marsh-elder ²
Iva xanthifolia

cutleaf coneflower ⁴⁸
Rudbeckia laciniata

Western cone-flower ²²
Rudbeckia occidentalis

showy goldeneye ⁴⁹
Heliomeris multiflora

owlsclaws ⁵⁰
Hymenoxys hoopesii

Richardson's geranium ⁵¹
Geranium richardsonii

Sticky geranium ⁴
Geranium viscosissimum

Rocky Mountain maple ⁵²
Acer glabrum

Yellow Evening Primrose ²³
Oenothera flava

Fireweed ⁵³
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak ⁵⁴
Quercus gambelii

great mullein ⁷
Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush ⁵⁵
Castilleja linariifolia

Field mint ⁵⁶
Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort ⁵⁷
Stachys palustris

common toadflax ⁴⁵
Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain ⁵⁸
Plantago major

Dusty Beardtongue ⁵⁹
Penstemon comarrhenus

Tiger Beardtongue ⁶⁰
Penstemon mensarum

Rocky Mountain penstemon ⁶¹
Penstemon strictus

Colorado Blue Columbine ⁶²
Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue ⁶³
Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur ⁶⁴
Delphinium nuttallianum

Columbian Monkshood ⁶⁵
Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls ⁶⁶
Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower ²⁴
Clematis ligusticifolia

red baneberry ⁴⁵
Actaea rubra

creeping mahonia ⁶⁷
Berberis repens

field bindweed ⁶⁸
Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁶⁹
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Hairy Valerian ⁷⁰
Valeriana edulis

mountain sweet cicely ⁴⁹
Osmorhiza berteroi

Wasatch desertparsley ⁷¹
Lomatium bicolor

common cowparsnip ⁷²
Heracleum maximum

prairie mallow ⁵⁰
Sidalcea candida

cheeseweed mallow ⁷³
Malva parviflora

bastard toadflax ⁷⁴
Comandra umbellata

Narrowleaf cottonwood ²
Populus angustifolia

Eastern cottonwood ⁷⁵
Populus deltoides

Fremont cottonwood ⁷⁶
Populus fremontii

trembling aspen ²
Populus tremuloides

Lanceleaf cottonwood ²
Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow ²
Salix exigua

Shining Willow ⁷⁷
Salix lucida caudata

Geyer's willow ²
Salix geyeriana

Mountain Willow ⁷⁸
Salix monticola

Canada Violet ⁷⁹
Viola canadensis

Gypsum phacelia ⁸⁰
Phacelia integrifolia

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Plants of Vega State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

Blue spruce 3 Picea pungens

Red clover 4 Trifolium pratense

white clover 5 Trifolium repens

black medick 6 Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover 7 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 7 Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine 2 Lupinus argenteus

Silky Lupine 8 Lupinus sericeus

Nevada Sweet Pea 9 Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch 10 Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry 11 Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil 12 Dasiphora fruticosa

thimbleberry 13 Rubus parviflorus

Woods' rose 14 Rosa woodsii

Greene's mountain ash 15 Sorbus scopulina

western serviceberry 16 Amelanchier alnifolia

Cerro Hawthorn 17 Crataegus erythropoda

choke cherry 18 Prunus virginiana

California Nettle 19 Urtica gracilis

common hop 20 Humulus lupulus

Pipsissewa 21 Chimaphila umbellata

leafy Jacob's ladder 22 Polemonium foliosissimum

Longleaf Phlox 23 Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood 24 Cornus sericea

showy milkweed 25 Asclepias speciosa

Northern Bedstraw 26 Galium boreale

monument plant 27 Frasera speciosa

Water knotweed 28 Persicaria amphibia

Oval Leaf Knotweed 29 Polygonum arenastrum

Curly dock 30 Rumex crispus

Kochia 31 Bassia scoparia

creeping thistle 32 Cirsium arvense

Eaton's Thistle 33 Cirsium eatonii

spear thistle 34 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 35 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 36 Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle 37 Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion 38 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 39 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 40 Tragopogon dubius

Oxeye daisy 41 Leucanthemum vulgare

Silver Sagebrush 2 Artemisia cana

Common sagebrush 2 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 42 Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush 2 Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush 43 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Aspen fleabane 44 Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed 45 Grindelia squarrosa

common groundsel 46 Senecio vulgaris

Mule-ears 47 Wyethia amplexicaulis

Marsh-elder 2 Iva xanthifolia

cutleaf coneflower 48 Rudbeckia laciniata

Western cone-flower 22 Rudbeckia occidentalis

showy goldeneye 49 Heliomeris multiflora

owlsclaws 50 Hymenoxys hoopesii

Richardson's geranium 51 Geranium richardsonii

Sticky geranium 4 Geranium viscosissimum

Rocky Mountain maple 52 Acer glabrum

Yellow Evening Primrose 23 Oenothera flava

Fireweed 53 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak 54 Quercus gambelii

great mullein 7 Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush 55 Castilleja linariifolia

Field mint 56 Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort 57 Stachys palustris

common toadflax 45 Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain 58 Plantago major

Dusty Beardtongue 59 Penstemon comarrhenus

Tiger Beardtongue 60 Penstemon mensarum

Rocky Mountain penstemon 61 Penstemon strictus

Colorado Blue Columbine 62 Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue 63 Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur 64 Delphinium nuttallianum

Columbian Monkshood 65 Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls 66 Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower 24 Clematis ligusticifolia

red baneberry 45 Actaea rubra