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 ↓

Canada thistle 1
Cirsium arvense
spear thistle 2
Cirsium vulgare
musk thistle 3
Carduus nutans
lesser burdock 4
Arctium minus
Cotton Thistle 5
Onopordum acanthium
Russian knapweed 6
Leuzea repens
diffuse knapweed 7
Centaurea diffusa
chicory 8
Cichorium intybus
common dandelion 9
Taraxacum officinale
Perennial Sow Thistle 10
Sonchus arvensis
prickly lettuce 11
Lactuca serriola
yellow salsify 12
Tragopogon dubius
Cottonbatting plant 13
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Rubber Rabbitbrush 14
Ericameria nauseosa
Canada goldenrod 15
Solidago canadensis
Smooth White Aster 16
Symphyotrichum porteri
Eaton's aster 17
Symphyotrichum bracteolatum
Horseweed 18
Conyza canadensis
curlycup gumweed 19
Grindelia squarrosa
Tahoka daisy 20
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
devil's beggartick 21
Bidens frondosa
Marsh Elder 17
Cyclachaena xanthifolia
Western ragweed 22
Ambrosia psilostachya
Annual ragweed 23
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior
rough cocklebur 24
Xanthium strumarium
upright prairie coneflower 25
Ratibida columnifera
common sunflower 26
Helianthus annuus
cowpen daisy 27
Verbesina encelioides
great blanketflower 28
Gaillardia aristata
Indian blanket 29
Gaillardia pulchella

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