Plants of Eleven Mile State Park

Located in the southeastern corner of South Park, Eleven Mile State Park consists of a 3,405-acre reservoir and 4,075 acres of upland. The eastern side of Eleven Mile State Park abuts the Pike National Forest and the southern edge of the park comes within one mile of the Forest. Eleven Mile ...more ↓

field horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail ²
Equisetum laevigatum

Brittle bladderfern ³
Cystopteris fragilis

common juniper ⁴
Juniperus communis

Limber Pine ⁵
Pinus flexilis

Ponderosa Pine ⁶
Pinus ponderosa

Douglas-fir ⁷
Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce ⁸
Picea engelmannii

yellow sweet clover ⁹
Melilotus officinalis

Bodin's Milkvetch ¹⁰
Astragalus bodinii

Drummond's Milkvetch ²
Astragalus drummondii

Laxmann's Milkvetch ²
Astragalus laxmannii

Platte River Milkvetch ¹¹
Astragalus plattensis

Early Purple Milkvetch ¹¹
Astragalus shortianus

White Point-vetch ¹²
Oxytropis sericea

Virginia strawberry ¹³
Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil ¹⁴
Dasiphora fruticosa

Big-flower Cinquefoil ¹⁵
Drymocallis fissa

common silverweed ¹⁶
Argentina anserina

Potentilla bicrenata ¹⁷

alpine cinquefoil ¹⁸
Potentilla concinna

Horse cinquefoil ¹⁹
Potentilla hippiana

Sheep Cinquefoil ²⁰
Potentilla ovina

large-leaved avens ²¹
Geum macrophyllum

Rocky Mountain raspberry ²²
Rubus deliciosus

American red raspberry ²³
Rubus idaeus strigosus

Woods' rose ²⁴
Rosa woodsii

Kinnikinnick ²⁵
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

pygmy-flower rock-jasmine ²⁶
Androsace septentrionalis

leafy Jacob's ladder ²⁷
Polemonium foliosissimum

scarlet gilia ²⁸
Ipomopsis aggregata

fivepetal cliffbush ²⁹
Jamesia americana

pleated gentian ³⁰
Gentiana affinis

Marsh Felwort ³¹
Lomatogonium rotatum

Simpson's hedgehog cactus ²
Pediocactus simpsonii

sulfur buckwheat ³²
Eriogonum umbellatum

Winged buckwheat ³³
Eriogonum alatum

Creeping nailwort ³⁴
Paronychia sessiliflora

Drummond's Campion ³⁵
Silene drummondii

Fendler's sandwort ³⁶
Eremogone fendleri

Narrowleaf Goosefoot ³⁷
Chenopodium leptophyllum

Large-seeded goosefoot ³⁸
Chenopodium simplex

Kochia ³⁹
Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle ⁴⁰
Salsola australis

tumbleweed ²⁶
Salsola tragus

Horned seablite ⁴¹
Suaeda calceoliformis

prairie fameflower ⁴²
Phemeranthus parviflorus

creeping thistle ⁴³
Cirsium arvense

prairie thistle ²⁶
Cirsium canescens

Elk Thistle ²
Cirsium scariosum

musk thistle ⁴⁴
Carduus nutans

diffuse knapweed ⁴⁵
Centaurea diffusa

common dandelion ⁴⁶
Taraxacum officinale

Dandelion hawksbeard ⁴⁷
Crepis runcinata

rush skeletonplant ⁴⁸
Lygodesmia juncea

Pale agoseris ²
Agoseris glauca

Nodding microseris ⁴⁹
Microseris nutans

yellow salsify ⁵⁰
Tragopogon dubius

Field Wormwood ²
Artemisia campestris

Tarragon ²
Artemisia dracunculus

Fringed sagebrush ⁵¹
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ²
Artemisia ludoviciana

common yarrow ⁵²
Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed ²
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ²
Ericameria nauseosa

Sticky Goldenrod ²⁶
Solidago simplex

yellow rabbitbrush ¹⁸
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Siskiyou Aster ⁵³
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

Hairy goldenaster ²
Heterotheca villosa

horseweed ⁵⁴
Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane ⁵⁵
Erigeron divergens

Engelmann's Fleabane ⁵⁶
Erigeron engelmannii

Aspen fleabane ⁵⁷
Erigeron speciosus

Early Bluetop Fleabane ⁵⁸
Erigeron vetensis

curlycup gumweed ²
Grindelia squarrosa

Bigelow's Tansyaster ⁵⁹
Dieteria bigelovii

broom-like ragwort ²⁶
Senecio spartioides

Fendler's ragwort ⁶⁰
Packera fendleri

Pingue rubberweed ²
Hymenoxys richardsonii

Parry's northern harebell ⁶¹
Campanula parryi

Harebell ⁶²
Campanula rotundifolia

Pinewoods geranium ⁶³
Geranium caespitosum

common evening-primrose ⁶⁴
Oenothera biennis

pale evening primrose ²
Oenothera pallida

fringed willowherb ⁶⁵
Epilobium ciliatum

Slender-fruited Willowherb ³³
Epilobium leptocarpum

great mullein ⁹
Verbascum thapsus

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush ⁶⁶
Castilleja integra

Scalloped-leaved lousewort ⁵⁸
Pedicularis crenulata

yellow owl's-clover ⁶⁷
Orthocarpus luteus

Field mint ⁶⁸
Mentha arvensis

White River coraldrops ⁶⁹
Besseya plantaginea

Greater plantain ⁷⁰
Plantago major

Beardlip Penstemon ²⁶
Penstemon barbatus

upright blue beardtongue ⁷¹
Penstemon virgatus

Common Mare's Tail ⁷²
Hippuris vulgaris

scrambled eggs ⁷³
Corydalis aurea

blue columbine ⁷⁴
Aquilegia coerulea

Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine ⁷⁵
Aquilegia saximontana

prairie pasqueflower ⁷⁶
Pulsatilla nuttalliana

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Plants of Eleven Mile State Park

field horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

Smooth Horsetail 2 Equisetum laevigatum

Brittle bladderfern 3 Cystopteris fragilis

common juniper 4 Juniperus communis

Limber Pine 5 Pinus flexilis

Ponderosa Pine 6 Pinus ponderosa

Douglas-fir 7 Pseudotsuga menziesii

Engelmann Spruce 8 Picea engelmannii

yellow sweet clover 9 Melilotus officinalis

Bodin's Milkvetch 10 Astragalus bodinii

Drummond's Milkvetch 2 Astragalus drummondii

Laxmann's Milkvetch 2 Astragalus laxmannii

Platte River Milkvetch 11 Astragalus plattensis

Early Purple Milkvetch 11 Astragalus shortianus

White Point-vetch 12 Oxytropis sericea

Virginia strawberry 13 Fragaria virginiana

shrubby cinquefoil 14 Dasiphora fruticosa

Big-flower Cinquefoil 15 Drymocallis fissa

common silverweed 16 Argentina anserina

Potentilla bicrenata 17

alpine cinquefoil 18 Potentilla concinna

Horse cinquefoil 19 Potentilla hippiana

Sheep Cinquefoil 20 Potentilla ovina

large-leaved avens 21 Geum macrophyllum

Rocky Mountain raspberry 22 Rubus deliciosus

American red raspberry 23 Rubus idaeus strigosus

Woods' rose 24 Rosa woodsii

Kinnikinnick 25 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 26 Androsace septentrionalis

leafy Jacob's ladder 27 Polemonium foliosissimum

scarlet gilia 28 Ipomopsis aggregata

fivepetal cliffbush 29 Jamesia americana

pleated gentian 30 Gentiana affinis

Marsh Felwort 31 Lomatogonium rotatum

Simpson's hedgehog cactus 2 Pediocactus simpsonii

sulfur buckwheat 32 Eriogonum umbellatum

Winged buckwheat 33 Eriogonum alatum

Creeping nailwort 34 Paronychia sessiliflora

Drummond's Campion 35 Silene drummondii

Fendler's sandwort 36 Eremogone fendleri

Narrowleaf Goosefoot 37 Chenopodium leptophyllum

Large-seeded goosefoot 38 Chenopodium simplex

Kochia 39 Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle 40 Salsola australis

tumbleweed 26 Salsola tragus

Horned seablite 41 Suaeda calceoliformis

prairie fameflower 42 Phemeranthus parviflorus

creeping thistle 43 Cirsium arvense

prairie thistle 26 Cirsium canescens

Elk Thistle 2 Cirsium scariosum

musk thistle 44 Carduus nutans

diffuse knapweed 45 Centaurea diffusa

common dandelion 46 Taraxacum officinale

Dandelion hawksbeard 47 Crepis runcinata

rush skeletonplant 48 Lygodesmia juncea

Pale agoseris 2 Agoseris glauca

Nodding microseris 49 Microseris nutans

yellow salsify 50 Tragopogon dubius

Field Wormwood 2 Artemisia campestris

Tarragon 2 Artemisia dracunculus

Fringed sagebrush 51 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 2 Artemisia ludoviciana

common yarrow 52 Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed 2 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 2 Ericameria nauseosa

Sticky Goldenrod 26 Solidago simplex

yellow rabbitbrush 18 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Siskiyou Aster 53 Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

Hairy goldenaster 2 Heterotheca villosa

horseweed 54 Erigeron canadensis

spreading fleabane 55 Erigeron divergens

Engelmann's Fleabane 56 Erigeron engelmannii

Aspen fleabane 57 Erigeron speciosus

Early Bluetop Fleabane 58 Erigeron vetensis

curlycup gumweed 2 Grindelia squarrosa

Bigelow's Tansyaster 59 Dieteria bigelovii

broom-like ragwort 26 Senecio spartioides

Fendler's ragwort 60 Packera fendleri

Pingue rubberweed 2 Hymenoxys richardsonii