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 ↓

Taxonomy
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- Subfamily Chloridoideae

prairie cordgrass ¹
Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton ²
Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed ³
Sporobolus cryptandrus

Stinkgrass ⁴
Eragrostis cilianensis

Blue Grama ⁵
Bouteloua gracilis

Salt Grass ⁶
Distichlis spicata

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Plants of St. Vrain State Park

prairie cordgrass 1 Sporobolus michauxianus

alkali sacaton 2 Sporobolus airoides

sand dropseed 3 Sporobolus cryptandrus

Stinkgrass 4 Eragrostis cilianensis

Blue Grama 5 Bouteloua gracilis

Salt Grass 6 Distichlis spicata