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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 ↓

many-flowered stickseed ¹
Hackelia floribunda

Hound's-tongue ²
Cynoglossum officinale

White Forget-me-not ³
Plagiobothrys scouleri

Common pepperweed ⁴
Lepidium densiflorum

Whitetop ⁵
Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress ⁶
Thlaspi arvense

Shepherd's purse ⁷
Capsella bursa-pastoris

Water sedge ⁸
Carex aquatilis

Northwest Territory sedge ⁹
Carex utriculata

Common Spike-rush ¹⁰
Eleocharis palustris

Redtop ¹¹
Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint ¹²
Calamagrostis canadensis

Cock's-foot ¹³
Dactylis glomerata

Reed Canarygrass ¹⁴
Phalaris arundinacea

Flattened Meadow-grass ¹⁵
Poa compressa

Smooth Meadow-grass ¹⁶
Poa pratensis

Timothy ¹⁷
Phleum pratense

Short-awn foxtail ¹⁶
Alopecurus aequalis

Nodding Brome ¹⁶
Bromus anomalus

Smooth Brome ¹⁸
Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass ⁸
Bromus tectorum

Squirreltail ¹⁶
Elymus elymoides

Blue wild rye ¹⁶
Elymus glaucus

Quack Grass ¹⁹
Elymus repens

Western wheatgrass ²⁰
Elymus smithii

Meadow barley ¹⁶
Hordeum brachyantherum

Foxtail barley ²¹
Hordeum jubatum

Great Basin Wildrye ²²
Leymus cinereus

Green needlegrass ¹⁶
Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass ²³
Achnatherum hymenoides

Columbia needlegrass ¹⁶
Achnatherum nelsonii

Letterman's needle grass ¹⁶
Stipa lettermanii

narrow-leaved cattail ²⁴
Typha angustifolia

Broad-leaved cattail ²⁵
Typha latifolia

Arctic rush ²⁶
Juncus arcticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses ²⁷
Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Star-flowered lily-of-the-valley ²⁸
Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag ²⁹
Iris missouriensis

Geyer's onion ³⁰
Allium geyeri

Hooker's onion ³¹
Allium acuminatum

rough-fruited fairybells ³²
Prosartes trachycarpa

Corn Lily ³³
Veratrum californicum

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Plants of Vega State Park

many-flowered stickseed 1 Hackelia floribunda

Hound's-tongue 2 Cynoglossum officinale

White Forget-me-not 3 Plagiobothrys scouleri

Common pepperweed 4 Lepidium densiflorum

Whitetop 5 Lepidium draba

Field Penny-cress 6 Thlaspi arvense

Shepherd's purse 7 Capsella bursa-pastoris

Water sedge 8 Carex aquatilis

Northwest Territory sedge 9 Carex utriculata

Common Spike-rush 10 Eleocharis palustris

Redtop 11 Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint 12 Calamagrostis canadensis

Cock's-foot 13 Dactylis glomerata

Reed Canarygrass 14 Phalaris arundinacea

Flattened Meadow-grass 15 Poa compressa

Smooth Meadow-grass 16 Poa pratensis

Timothy 17 Phleum pratense

Short-awn foxtail 16 Alopecurus aequalis

Nodding Brome 16 Bromus anomalus

Smooth Brome 18 Bromus inermis

Cheatgrass 8 Bromus tectorum

Squirreltail 16 Elymus elymoides

Blue wild rye 16 Elymus glaucus

Quack Grass 19 Elymus repens

Western wheatgrass 20 Elymus smithii

Meadow barley 16 Hordeum brachyantherum

Foxtail barley 21 Hordeum jubatum

Great Basin Wildrye 22 Leymus cinereus

Green needlegrass 16 Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass 23 Achnatherum hymenoides

Columbia needlegrass 16 Achnatherum nelsonii

Letterman's needle grass 16 Stipa lettermanii

narrow-leaved cattail 24 Typha angustifolia

Broad-leaved cattail 25 Typha latifolia

Arctic rush 26 Juncus arcticus

Hooded Ladies' Tresses 27 Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 28 Maianthemum stellatum

western blue flag 29 Iris missouriensis

Geyer's onion 30 Allium geyeri

Hooker's onion 31 Allium acuminatum

rough-fruited fairybells 32 Prosartes trachycarpa

Corn Lily 33 Veratrum californicum