Plants of Spinney Mountain State Park

Spinney Mountain State Park is located about 55 miles west of Colorado Springs, CO. It includes the 2,450-acre Spinney Mountain Reservoir and 3,470 acres of surrounding land. The park also includes about 4 miles of the South Fork of the South Platte River upstream and downstream of the ...more ↓

ponderosa pine ¹
Pinus ponderosa

bird's-foot trefoil ²
Lotus corniculatus

White Point-vetch ³
Oxytropis sericea

common silverweed ⁴
Argentina anserina

Horse cinquefoil ⁵
Potentilla hippiana

prairie cinquefoil ⁶
Potentilla pensylvanica

Platte River Cinquefoil ⁷
Potentilla plattensis

Woods' rose ⁸
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ⁹
Cercocarpus montanus

Sea Milkwort ¹⁰
Lysimachia maritima

Granite prickly phlox ⁶
Linanthus pungens

ballhead ipomopsis ⁶
Ipomopsis congesta

Simpson's hedgehog cactus ¹¹
Pediocactus simpsonii

starvation prickly-pear cactus ¹²
Opuntia polyacantha

spotted lady's thumb ¹³
Persicaria maculosa

sulfur buckwheat ¹⁴
Eriogonum umbellatum

Winged buckwheat ¹⁵
Eriogonum alatum

Creeping nailwort ¹⁶
Paronychia sessiliflora

Fendler's sandwort ¹⁷
Eremogone fendleri

slimleaf goosefoot ¹⁸
Chenopodium desiccatum

Narrowleaf Goosefoot ⁶
Chenopodium leptophyllum

Mexican tea ¹⁹
Dysphania ambrosioides

winterfat ¹⁵
Krascheninnikovia lanata

Kochia ²⁰
Bassia scoparia

Western Glasswort ⁶
Salicornia rubra

Slender Russian-thistle ²¹
Salsola collina

Horned seablite ²²
Suaeda calceoliformis

prairie thistle ¹⁵
Cirsium canescens

wavyleaf thistle ⁶
Cirsium undulatum

Perennial Sow Thistle ²³
Sonchus arvensis

Tarragon ⁶
Artemisia dracunculus

Fringed sagebrush ²⁴
Artemisia frigida

Common yarrow ²⁵
Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed ⁶
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ⁶
Ericameria nauseosa

yellow rabbitbrush ²⁶
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Siskiyou Aster ²⁷
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

Alkali Marsh Aster ²⁸
Almutaster pauciflorus

Hairy goldenaster ⁶
Heterotheca villosa

Engelmann's Fleabane ²⁹
Erigeron engelmannii

Sticky aster ³⁰
Machaeranthera bigelovii

Spiny Ironplant ³¹
Machaeranthera pinnatifida

Broom-like Ragwort ¹⁵
Senecio spartioides

Three-tooth Groundsel ³²
Packera tridenticulata

spineless horsebrush ⁶
Tetradymia canescens

Pingue rubberweed ⁶
Hymenoxys richardsonii

pinewoods geranium ³³
Geranium caespitosum

Scarlet Beeblossom ³⁴
Oenothera suffrutescens

pale evening primrose ⁶
Oenothera pallida

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush ³⁵
Castilleja integra

White River coraldrops ³⁶
Besseya plantaginea

Saline Plantain ³⁷
Plantago eriopoda

upright blue beardtongue ³⁸
Penstemon virgatus

Common Mare's Tail ³⁹
Hippuris vulgaris

Alkali Buttercup ²⁶
Halerpestes cymbalaria

Narrowleaf Willow ⁶
Salix exigua

Lewis flax ⁴⁰
Linum lewisii

Calcareous Cryptantha ⁴¹
Cryptantha thyrsiflora

Prairie Bluebells ⁴²
Mertensia lanceolata

flixweed ⁴³
Descurainia sophia

Rocky Mountain Beeplant ⁴⁴
Cleomella serrulata

Rocky Mountain bee plant ⁴⁵
Peritoma serrulata

Sun Sedge ⁴⁶
Carex inops heliophila

Field sedge ⁴⁷
Carex praegracilis

Grassyslope sedge ⁴⁸
Carex oreocharis

Common Spike-rush ⁴⁹
Eleocharis palustris

Alkali cord grass ⁵⁰
Spartina gracilis

Bluejoint ⁵¹
Calamagrostis canadensis

Prairie junegrass ⁵²
Koeleria macrantha

Nuttall's alkali grass ⁵³
Puccinellia nuttalliana

Arizona Fescue ⁵⁴
Festuca arizonica

American slough grass ⁵⁵
Beckmannia syzigachne

Western Wheatgrass ²⁴
Pascopyrum smithii

Squirreltail ⁶
Elymus elymoides

Foxtail barley ⁵⁶
Hordeum jubatum

alkali sacaton ⁵⁷
Sporobolus airoides

Blue Grama ⁵⁸
Bouteloua gracilis

Saltgrass ⁵⁹
Distichlis stricta

Mountain muhly ⁶⁰
Muhlenbergia montana

Mat muhly ⁶
Muhlenbergia richardsonis

Baltic Rush ⁶¹
Juncus balticus

Toad rush ⁶
Juncus bufonius

Soapweed yucca ¹⁵
Yucca glauca

western blue flag ⁶²
Iris missouriensis

Nodding onion ⁶³
Allium cernuum

Common Arrowgrass ⁶⁴
Triglochin maritima

Dense Spikemoss ⁶
Selaginella densa

Shield lichens ⁶⁵
Parmelia

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Plants of Spinney Mountain State Park

ponderosa pine 1 Pinus ponderosa

bird's-foot trefoil 2 Lotus corniculatus

White Point-vetch 3 Oxytropis sericea

common silverweed 4 Argentina anserina

Horse cinquefoil 5 Potentilla hippiana

prairie cinquefoil 6 Potentilla pensylvanica

Platte River Cinquefoil 7 Potentilla plattensis

Woods' rose 8 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 9 Cercocarpus montanus

Sea Milkwort 10 Lysimachia maritima

Granite prickly phlox 6 Linanthus pungens

ballhead ipomopsis 6 Ipomopsis congesta

Simpson's hedgehog cactus 11 Pediocactus simpsonii

starvation prickly-pear cactus 12 Opuntia polyacantha

spotted lady's thumb 13 Persicaria maculosa

sulfur buckwheat 14 Eriogonum umbellatum

Winged buckwheat 15 Eriogonum alatum

Creeping nailwort 16 Paronychia sessiliflora

Fendler's sandwort 17 Eremogone fendleri

slimleaf goosefoot 18 Chenopodium desiccatum

Narrowleaf Goosefoot 6 Chenopodium leptophyllum

Mexican tea 19 Dysphania ambrosioides

winterfat 15 Krascheninnikovia lanata

Kochia 20 Bassia scoparia

Western Glasswort 6 Salicornia rubra

Slender Russian-thistle 21 Salsola collina

Horned seablite 22 Suaeda calceoliformis

prairie thistle 15 Cirsium canescens

wavyleaf thistle 6 Cirsium undulatum

Perennial Sow Thistle 23 Sonchus arvensis

Tarragon 6 Artemisia dracunculus

Fringed sagebrush 24 Artemisia frigida

Common yarrow 25 Achillea millefolium

broom snakeweed 6 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 6 Ericameria nauseosa

yellow rabbitbrush 26 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Siskiyou Aster 27 Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

Alkali Marsh Aster 28 Almutaster pauciflorus

Hairy goldenaster 6 Heterotheca villosa

Engelmann's Fleabane 29 Erigeron engelmannii

Sticky aster 30 Machaeranthera bigelovii

Spiny Ironplant 31 Machaeranthera pinnatifida

Broom-like Ragwort 15 Senecio spartioides

Three-tooth Groundsel 32 Packera tridenticulata

spineless horsebrush 6 Tetradymia canescens

Pingue rubberweed 6 Hymenoxys richardsonii

pinewoods geranium 33 Geranium caespitosum

Scarlet Beeblossom 34 Oenothera suffrutescens

pale evening primrose 6 Oenothera pallida

wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 35 Castilleja integra

White River coraldrops 36 Besseya plantaginea

Saline Plantain 37 Plantago eriopoda

upright blue beardtongue 38 Penstemon virgatus

Common Mare's Tail 39 Hippuris vulgaris

Alkali Buttercup 26 Halerpestes cymbalaria

Narrowleaf Willow 6 Salix exigua

Lewis flax 40 Linum lewisii

Calcareous Cryptantha 41 Cryptantha thyrsiflora

Prairie Bluebells 42 Mertensia lanceolata

flixweed 43 Descurainia sophia

Rocky Mountain Beeplant 44 Cleomella serrulata

Rocky Mountain bee plant 45 Peritoma serrulata

Sun Sedge 46 Carex inops heliophila

Field sedge 47 Carex praegracilis

Grassyslope sedge 48 Carex oreocharis

Common Spike-rush 49 Eleocharis palustris

Alkali cord grass 50 Spartina gracilis

Bluejoint 51 Calamagrostis canadensis

Prairie junegrass 52 Koeleria macrantha

Nuttall's alkali grass 53 Puccinellia nuttalliana

Arizona Fescue 54 Festuca arizonica

American slough grass 55 Beckmannia syzigachne

Western Wheatgrass 24 Pascopyrum smithii

Squirreltail 6 Elymus elymoides

Foxtail barley 56 Hordeum jubatum

alkali sacaton 57 Sporobolus airoides

Blue Grama 58 Bouteloua gracilis

Saltgrass 59 Distichlis stricta

Mountain muhly 60 Muhlenbergia montana