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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 ↓

bird's-foot trefoil 1
Lotus corniculatus
White Point-vetch 2
Oxytropis sericea
common silverweed 3
Argentina anserina
Horse cinquefoil 4
Potentilla hippiana
prairie cinquefoil 5
Potentilla pensylvanica
Platte River Cinquefoil 6
Potentilla plattensis
Woods' rose 7
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 8
Cercocarpus montanus
Sea Milkwort 9
Lysimachia maritima
Granite prickly phlox 5
Linanthus pungens
ballhead ipomopsis 5
Ipomopsis congesta
Simpson's hedgehog cactus 10
Pediocactus simpsonii
starvation prickly-pear cactus 11
Opuntia polyacantha
spotted lady's thumb 12
Persicaria maculosa
sulfur buckwheat 13
Eriogonum umbellatum
Winged buckwheat 14
Eriogonum alatum
Creeping nailwort 15
Paronychia sessiliflora
Fendler's sandwort 16
Eremogone fendleri
slimleaf goosefoot 17
Chenopodium desiccatum
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 5
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Mexican tea 18
Dysphania ambrosioides
winterfat 14
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Kochia 19
Bassia scoparia
Western Glasswort 5
Salicornia rubra
Slender Russian-thistle 20
Salsola collina
Horned seablite 21
Suaeda calceoliformis
prairie thistle 14
Cirsium canescens
wavyleaf thistle 5
Cirsium undulatum
Perennial Sow Thistle 22
Sonchus arvensis
Tarragon 5
Artemisia dracunculus
Fringed sagebrush 23
Artemisia frigida
Common yarrow 24
Achillea millefolium
broom snakeweed 5
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 5
Ericameria nauseosa
yellow rabbitbrush 25
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Siskiyou Aster 26
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium
Alkali Marsh Aster 27
Almutaster pauciflorus
Hairy goldenaster 5
Heterotheca villosa
Engelmann's Fleabane 28
Erigeron engelmannii
Sticky aster 29
Machaeranthera bigelovii
Spiny Ironplant 30
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
Broom-like Ragwort 14
Senecio spartioides
Three-tooth Groundsel 31
Packera tridenticulata
spineless horsebrush 5
Tetradymia canescens
Pingue rubberweed 5
Hymenoxys richardsonii
pinewoods geranium 32
Geranium caespitosum
Scarlet Beeblossom 33
Oenothera suffrutescens
pale evening primrose 5
Oenothera pallida
wholeleaf Indian paintbrush 34
Castilleja integra
White River coraldrops 35
Besseya plantaginea
Saline Plantain 36
Plantago eriopoda
upright blue beardtongue 37
Penstemon virgatus
Common Mare's Tail 38
Hippuris vulgaris
Alkali Buttercup 25
Halerpestes cymbalaria
Narrowleaf Willow 5
Salix exigua
Lewis flax 39
Linum lewisii
Calcareous Cryptantha 40
Cryptantha thyrsiflora
Prairie Bluebells 41
Mertensia lanceolata
flixweed 42
Descurainia sophia
Rocky Mountain Beeplant 43
Cleomella serrulata
Rocky Mountain bee plant 44
Peritoma serrulata
Sun Sedge 45
Carex inops heliophila
Field sedge 46
Carex praegracilis
Grassyslope sedge 47
Carex oreocharis
Common Spike-rush 48
Eleocharis palustris
Alkali cord grass 49
Spartina gracilis
Bluejoint 50
Calamagrostis canadensis
Prairie junegrass 51
Koeleria macrantha
Nuttall's alkali grass 52
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Arizona Fescue 53
Festuca arizonica
American slough grass 54
Beckmannia syzigachne
Western Wheatgrass 23
Pascopyrum smithii
Squirreltail 5
Elymus elymoides
Foxtail barley 55
Hordeum jubatum
alkali sacaton 56
Sporobolus airoides
Blue Grama 57
Bouteloua gracilis
Saltgrass 58
Distichlis stricta
Mountain muhly 59
Muhlenbergia montana
Mat muhly 5
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Baltic Rush 60
Juncus balticus
Toad rush 5
Juncus bufonius
Soapweed yucca 14
Yucca glauca
western blue flag 61
Iris missouriensis
Nodding onion 62
Allium cernuum
Common Arrowgrass 63
Triglochin maritima

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