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 ↓

common purslane 1
Portulaca oleracea
Grassland Pricklypear 2
Opuntia cymochila
brittle prickly-pear 3
Opuntia fragilis
Plains Pricklypear 4
Opuntia polyacantha
plains prickly pear 5
Opuntia macrorhiza
pale smartweed 6
Persicaria lapathifolia
spotted lady's thumb 7
Persicaria maculosa
Douglas' knotweed 8
Polygonum douglasii
Oval Leaf Knotweed 9
Polygonum arenastrum
Black-bindweed 10
Fallopia convolvulus
Tall Dock 11
Rumex altissimus
curly dock 12
Rumex crispus
White willow dock 8
Rumex triangulivalvis
common soapwort 13
Saponaria officinalis
Greater Sea-spurry 14
Spergularia media
red tamarisk 15
Tamarix ramosissima
pitseed goosefoot 16
Chenopodium berlandieri
Leafy Goosefoot 17
Chenopodium foliosum
Oak-leaved goosefoot 18
Chenopodium glaucum
mealy goosefoot 19
Chenopodium incanum
Red Goosefoot 20
Chenopodium rubrum
Redroot Pigweed 21
Amaranthus retroflexus
Fivehorn smotherweed 22
Bassia hyssopifolia
Kochia 23
Bassia scoparia

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