Plants of St. Vrain State Park

St. Vrain State Park is centrally located in the northern Front Range in western Weld County about five miles east of the City of Longmont. It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from Longmont and other parts of the northern Front Range and, to a lesser extent, from the ...more ↓

eastern cottonwood ¹
Populus deltoides

Crack Willow ²
Salix fragilis

Narrowleaf Willow ²
Salix exigua

Snow-on-the-mountain ³
Euphorbia marginata

puncture vine ⁴
Tribulus terrestris

Alyssum ⁵
Alyssum simplex

Heart-podded Hoary Cress ⁶
Lepidium draba

broadleaved pepperweed ⁷
Lepidium latifolium

clasping pepperweed ⁸
Lepidium perfoliatum

Field Penny-cress ⁹
Thlaspi arvense

western tansy mustard ²
Descurainia pinnata

flixweed ¹⁰
Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard ¹¹
Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant ¹²
Ribes aureum

White-stemmed gooseberry ¹³
Ribes inerme

Hardstem bulrush ¹⁴
Schoenoplectus acutus

Common Three-Square ¹⁵
Schoenoplectus pungens

Softstem Bulrush ¹⁶
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

sea clubrush ¹⁷
Bolboschoenus maritimus

Emory's Sedge ¹⁸
Carex emoryi

Northwest Territory sedge ¹⁹
Carex utriculata

Spikeletrush sedge ²⁰
Carex duriuscula

Field sedge ²¹
Carex praegracilis

Pale Spikerush ²²
Eleocharis macrostachya

Barnyardgrass ²³
Echinochloa crus-galli

Yellow Foxtail ²⁴
Setaria glauca

witch grass ²⁵
Panicum capillare

Switchgrass ²⁶
Panicum virgatum

Ticklegrass ²
Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent ²
Agrostis stolonifera

rabbitfoot grass ²⁷
Polypogon monspeliensis

Nuttall's alkali grass ²⁸
Puccinellia nuttalliana

orchard grass ²⁹
Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue ³⁰
Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass ³⁰
Phalaris arundinacea

Prairie Bluegrass ³¹
Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass ³²
Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass ¹⁶
Poa pratensis

short-awn foxtail ²
Alopecurus aequalis

Japanese brome ³³
Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass ¹⁶
Bromus tectorum

Russian Wildrye ²⁸
Psathyrostachys juncea

Intermediate Wheatgrass ³⁴
Thinopyrum intermedium

Western Wheatgrass ³⁵
Pascopyrum smithii

Streamside Wild Rye ²
Elymus lanceolatus

Slender wheat grass ²³
Elymus trachycaulus

Foxtail Barley ³⁶
Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass ³⁷
Agropyron cristatum

common reed ³⁸
Phragmites australis

Purple Pampas Grass ³⁹
Cortaderia jubata

prairie cordgrass ⁴⁰
Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton ⁴¹
Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed ²
Sporobolus cryptandrus

Stinkgrass ²⁵
Eragrostis cilianensis

Blue Grama ⁴²
Bouteloua gracilis

Salt Grass ⁴³
Distichlis spicata

Narrow-leaved cattail ⁴⁴
Typha angustifolia

Broad-leaved cattail ⁴⁵
Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush ³⁰
Juncus balticus

Slender Rush ²
Juncus tenuis

Torrey's Rush ⁴⁶
Juncus torreyi

wild asparagus ⁴⁷
Asparagus officinalis

Common duckweed ³²
Lemna minor

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Plants of St. Vrain State Park

eastern cottonwood 1 Populus deltoides

Crack Willow 2 Salix fragilis

Narrowleaf Willow 2 Salix exigua

Snow-on-the-mountain 3 Euphorbia marginata

puncture vine 4 Tribulus terrestris

Alyssum 5 Alyssum simplex

Heart-podded Hoary Cress 6 Lepidium draba

broadleaved pepperweed 7 Lepidium latifolium

clasping pepperweed 8 Lepidium perfoliatum

Field Penny-cress 9 Thlaspi arvense

western tansy mustard 2 Descurainia pinnata

flixweed 10 Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard 11 Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant 12 Ribes aureum

White-stemmed gooseberry 13 Ribes inerme

Hardstem bulrush 14 Schoenoplectus acutus

Common Three-Square 15 Schoenoplectus pungens

Softstem Bulrush 16 Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

sea clubrush 17 Bolboschoenus maritimus

Emory's Sedge 18 Carex emoryi

Northwest Territory sedge 19 Carex utriculata

Spikeletrush sedge 20 Carex duriuscula

Field sedge 21 Carex praegracilis

Pale Spikerush 22 Eleocharis macrostachya

Barnyardgrass 23 Echinochloa crus-galli

Yellow Foxtail 24 Setaria glauca

witch grass 25 Panicum capillare

Switchgrass 26 Panicum virgatum

Ticklegrass 2 Agrostis scabra

Creeping Bent 2 Agrostis stolonifera

rabbitfoot grass 27 Polypogon monspeliensis

Nuttall's alkali grass 28 Puccinellia nuttalliana

orchard grass 29 Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue 30 Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass 30 Phalaris arundinacea

Prairie Bluegrass 31 Poa arida

Flattened Meadow-grass 32 Poa compressa

Kentucky bluegrass 16 Poa pratensis

short-awn foxtail 2 Alopecurus aequalis

Japanese brome 33 Bromus japonicus

cheatgrass 16 Bromus tectorum

Russian Wildrye 28 Psathyrostachys juncea

Intermediate Wheatgrass 34 Thinopyrum intermedium

Western Wheatgrass 35 Pascopyrum smithii

Streamside Wild Rye 2 Elymus lanceolatus

Slender wheat grass 23 Elymus trachycaulus

Foxtail Barley 36 Hordeum jubatum

crested wheatgrass 37 Agropyron cristatum

common reed 38 Phragmites australis

Purple Pampas Grass 39 Cortaderia jubata

prairie cordgrass 40 Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton 41 Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed 2 Sporobolus cryptandrus

Stinkgrass 25 Eragrostis cilianensis

Blue Grama 42 Bouteloua gracilis

Salt Grass 43 Distichlis spicata

Narrow-leaved cattail 44 Typha angustifolia

Broad-leaved cattail 45 Typha latifolia

Baltic Rush 30 Juncus balticus

Slender Rush 2 Juncus tenuis

Torrey's Rush 46 Juncus torreyi

wild asparagus 47 Asparagus officinalis

Common duckweed 32 Lemna minor