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Plants of Sweitzer Lake State Park

Sweitzer Lake State Park is located 3 miles south of the town of Delta, CO. The park lies at 5,000 feet elevation and encompasses about 137 acres of water and about 70 acres of land at the toe of the Garnet Mesa. The area is semi-arid with an average annual precipitation of about 12 inches. The ...more ↓

Lakeshore Club-rush 1
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Common Three-Square 2
Schoenoplectus pungens
sea clubrush 3
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Woolly Sedge 4
Carex lanuginosa
Common Spike-rush 5
Eleocharis palustris
Barnyardgrass 6
Echinochloa crus-galli
witch grass 7
Panicum capillare
Redtop 8
Agrostis gigantea
Kentucky Bluegrass 9
Poa pratensis
rabbitfoot grass 10
Polypogon monspeliensis
Smooth Brome 11
Bromus inermis
Cheatgrass 1
Bromus tectorum
Western Wheatgrass 12
Pascopyrum smithii
Squirreltail 9
Elymus elymoides
Intermediate wheatgrass 13
Elymus hispidus
Foxtail Barley 14
Hordeum jubatum
Clustered Wheat Grass 15
Agropyron desertorum
Indian Ricegrass 16
Achnatherum hymenoides
Tall Fescue 9
Festuca arundinacea
Reed Canarygrass 17
Phalaris arundinacea
common reed 10
Phragmites australis
Salt Grass 18
Distichlis spicata
scratch grass 19
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Mat muhly 9
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
narrow-leaved cattail 20
Typha angustifolia
broad-leaved cattail 21
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 22
Juncus arcticus
Torrey's Rush 23
Juncus torreyi

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