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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 ↓

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

Red clover ¹
Trifolium pratense

white clover ²
Trifolium repens

black medick ³
Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover ⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine ⁵
Lupinus argenteus

Silky Lupine ⁶
Lupinus sericeus

Nevada Sweet Pea ⁷
Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch ⁸
Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry ⁹
Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil ¹⁰
Dasiphora fruticosa

thimbleberry ¹¹
Rubus parviflorus

Woods' rose ¹²
Rosa woodsii

Greene's mountain ash ¹³
Sorbus scopulina

western serviceberry ¹⁴
Amelanchier alnifolia

Cerro Hawthorn ¹⁵
Crataegus erythropoda

choke cherry ¹⁶
Prunus virginiana

California Nettle ¹⁷
Urtica gracilis

common hop ¹⁸
Humulus lupulus

Pipsissewa ¹⁹
Chimaphila umbellata

leafy Jacob's ladder ²⁰
Polemonium foliosissimum

Longleaf Phlox ²¹
Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood ²²
Cornus sericea

showy milkweed ²³
Asclepias speciosa

Northern Bedstraw ²⁴
Galium boreale

monument plant ²⁵
Frasera speciosa

Water knotweed ²⁶
Persicaria amphibia

Oval Leaf Knotweed ²⁷
Polygonum arenastrum

Curly dock ²⁸
Rumex crispus

Kochia ²⁹
Bassia scoparia

creeping thistle ³⁰
Cirsium arvense

Eaton's Thistle ³¹
Cirsium eatonii

spear thistle ³²
Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle ³³
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ³⁴
Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle ³⁵
Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion ³⁶
Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce ³⁷
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ³⁸
Tragopogon dubius

Oxeye daisy ³⁹
Leucanthemum vulgare

Silver Sagebrush ⁵
Artemisia cana

Common sagebrush ⁵
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁴⁰
Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush ⁵
Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush ⁴¹
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Aspen fleabane ⁴²
Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed ⁴³
Grindelia squarrosa

common groundsel ⁴⁴
Senecio vulgaris

Mule-ears ⁴⁵
Wyethia amplexicaulis

Marsh-elder ⁵
Iva xanthifolia

cutleaf coneflower ⁴⁶
Rudbeckia laciniata

Western cone-flower ²⁰
Rudbeckia occidentalis

showy goldeneye ⁴⁷
Heliomeris multiflora

owlsclaws ⁴⁸
Hymenoxys hoopesii

Richardson's geranium ⁴⁹
Geranium richardsonii

Sticky geranium ¹
Geranium viscosissimum

Rocky Mountain maple ⁵⁰
Acer glabrum

Yellow Evening Primrose ²¹
Oenothera flava

Fireweed ⁵¹
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak ⁵²
Quercus gambelii

great mullein ⁴
Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush ⁵³
Castilleja linariifolia

Field mint ⁵⁴
Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort ⁵⁵
Stachys palustris

common toadflax ⁴³
Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain ⁵⁶
Plantago major

Dusty Beardtongue ⁵⁷
Penstemon comarrhenus

Tiger Beardtongue ⁵⁸
Penstemon mensarum

Rocky Mountain penstemon ⁵⁹
Penstemon strictus

Colorado Blue Columbine ⁶⁰
Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue ⁶¹
Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur ⁶²
Delphinium nuttallianum

Columbian Monkshood ⁶³
Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls ⁶⁴
Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower ²²
Clematis ligusticifolia

red baneberry ⁴³
Actaea rubra

creeping mahonia ⁶⁵
Berberis repens

field bindweed ⁶⁶
Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁶⁷
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Hairy Valerian ⁶⁸
Valeriana edulis

mountain sweet cicely ⁴⁷
Osmorhiza berteroi

Wasatch desertparsley ⁶⁹
Lomatium bicolor

common cowparsnip ⁷⁰
Heracleum maximum

prairie mallow ⁴⁸
Sidalcea candida

cheeseweed mallow ⁷¹
Malva parviflora

bastard toadflax ⁷²
Comandra umbellata

Narrowleaf cottonwood ⁵
Populus angustifolia

Eastern cottonwood ⁷³
Populus deltoides

Fremont cottonwood ⁷⁴
Populus fremontii

trembling aspen ⁵
Populus tremuloides

Lanceleaf cottonwood ⁵
Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow ⁵
Salix exigua

Shining Willow ⁷⁵
Salix lucida caudata

Geyer's willow ⁵
Salix geyeriana

Mountain Willow ⁷⁶
Salix monticola

Canada Violet ⁷⁷
Viola canadensis

Gypsum phacelia ⁷⁸
Phacelia integrifolia

many-flowered stickseed ⁷⁹
Hackelia floribunda

Hound's-tongue ⁸⁰
Cynoglossum officinale

White Forget-me-not ⁸¹
Plagiobothrys scouleri

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Plants of Vega State Park

Red clover 1 Trifolium pratense

white clover 2 Trifolium repens

black medick 3 Medicago lupulina

White Sweet Clover 4 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 4 Melilotus officinalis

silvery lupine 5 Lupinus argenteus

Silky Lupine 6 Lupinus sericeus

Nevada Sweet Pea 7 Lathyrus lanszwertii

American vetch 8 Vicia americana

Virginia strawberry 9 Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil 10 Dasiphora fruticosa

thimbleberry 11 Rubus parviflorus

Woods' rose 12 Rosa woodsii

Greene's mountain ash 13 Sorbus scopulina

western serviceberry 14 Amelanchier alnifolia

Cerro Hawthorn 15 Crataegus erythropoda

choke cherry 16 Prunus virginiana

California Nettle 17 Urtica gracilis

common hop 18 Humulus lupulus

Pipsissewa 19 Chimaphila umbellata

leafy Jacob's ladder 20 Polemonium foliosissimum

Longleaf Phlox 21 Phlox longifolia

red osier dogwood 22 Cornus sericea

showy milkweed 23 Asclepias speciosa

Northern Bedstraw 24 Galium boreale

monument plant 25 Frasera speciosa

Water knotweed 26 Persicaria amphibia

Oval Leaf Knotweed 27 Polygonum arenastrum

Curly dock 28 Rumex crispus

Kochia 29 Bassia scoparia

creeping thistle 30 Cirsium arvense

Eaton's Thistle 31 Cirsium eatonii

spear thistle 32 Cirsium vulgare

Musk Thistle 33 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 34 Arctium minus

Cotton Thistle 35 Onopordum acanthium

common dandelion 36 Taraxacum officinale

prickly lettuce 37 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 38 Tragopogon dubius

Oxeye daisy 39 Leucanthemum vulgare

Silver Sagebrush 5 Artemisia cana

Common sagebrush 5 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 40 Achillea millefolium

rubber rabbitbrush 5 Ericameria nauseosa

Yellow Rabbitbrush 41 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Aspen fleabane 42 Erigeron speciosus

curlycup gumweed 43 Grindelia squarrosa

common groundsel 44 Senecio vulgaris

Mule-ears 45 Wyethia amplexicaulis

Marsh-elder 5 Iva xanthifolia

cutleaf coneflower 46 Rudbeckia laciniata

Western cone-flower 20 Rudbeckia occidentalis

showy goldeneye 47 Heliomeris multiflora

owlsclaws 48 Hymenoxys hoopesii

Richardson's geranium 49 Geranium richardsonii

Sticky geranium 1 Geranium viscosissimum

Rocky Mountain maple 50 Acer glabrum

Yellow Evening Primrose 21 Oenothera flava

Fireweed 51 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Gambel oak 52 Quercus gambelii

great mullein 4 Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush 53 Castilleja linariifolia

Field mint 54 Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort 55 Stachys palustris

common toadflax 43 Linaria vulgaris

Greater plantain 56 Plantago major

Dusty Beardtongue 57 Penstemon comarrhenus

Tiger Beardtongue 58 Penstemon mensarum

Rocky Mountain penstemon 59 Penstemon strictus

Colorado Blue Columbine 60 Aquilegia coerulea

Fendler's meadow-rue 61 Thalictrum fendleri

Nuttall's larkspur 62 Delphinium nuttallianum

Columbian Monkshood 63 Aconitum columbianum

sugarbowls 64 Clematis hirsutissima

western virgin's bower 22 Clematis ligusticifolia

red baneberry 43 Actaea rubra

creeping mahonia 65 Berberis repens

field bindweed 66 Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry 67 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius