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 reservoir. Most of the land in the Park is comprised of grassland communities with species that are tolerant of drought. Some shrubs, including rabbitbrush, winter fat, snakeweed, and prickly-pear cactus, are also present in the grasslands. Ponderosa pine woodlands and mountain mahogany shrublands occur on the slopes of Spinney Mountain. Wetland and riparian plant communities, such as salt meadows, marshes, and riparian shrublands, occur in the floodplain of the South Fork of the South Platte River. less ↑