Plants of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

one-seed juniper ¹
Juniperus monosperma

Colorado Pinyon ²
Pinus edulis

Sicklepod Holdback ³
Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa

white sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus officinalis

Two-grooved Milkvetch ⁵
Astragalus bisulcatus

Missouri Milkvetch ⁶
Astragalus missouriensis

wild licorice ⁷
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

white prairie clover ⁸
Dalea candida

Boreal Sweet-vetch ⁹
Hedysarum boreale

black locust ¹⁰
Robinia pseudoacacia

slimflower scurfpea ¹¹
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Woods' rose ¹²
Rosa woodsii

American plum ¹³
Prunus americana

Siberian elm ⁶
Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive ¹⁴
Elaeagnus angustifolia

eyed gilia ¹⁵
Gilia ophthalmoides

flaxflowered ipomopsis ¹⁶
Ipomopsis longiflora

carpet phlox ¹⁷
Phlox hoodii canescens

Ten-petal Stickleaf ¹⁸
Mentzelia decapetala

Bractless Blazingstar ¹⁹
Mentzelia nuda

white-stem stickleaf ²⁰
Mentzelia albicaulis

antelope horns ²¹
Asclepias asperula

Engelmann's milkweed ²²
Asclepias engelmanniana

broadleaf milkweed ²³
Asclepias latifolia

showy milkweed ²⁴
Asclepias speciosa

Slimleaf Milkweed ²⁵
Asclepias stenophylla

horsetail milkweed ²⁶
Asclepias subverticillata

Green Comet Milkweed ²⁷
Asclepias viridiflora

hemp dogbane ²⁸
Apocynum cannabinum

lace hedgehog cactus ²⁹
Echinocereus reichenbachii

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus ³⁰
Echinocereus viridiflorus

Spinystar ³¹
Escobaria vivipara

brown-spined prickly-pear ³²
Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear ³³
Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear ³⁴
Opuntia macrorhiza

Twist-spined Pricklypear ¹⁹
Opuntia tortispina

tree cholla ³⁵
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Tall Dock ²⁷
Rumex altissimus

Shortstem Buckwheat ³⁶
Eriogonum brevicaule

Spreading Buckwheat ³⁷
Eriogonum effusum

James' buckwheat ³⁸
Eriogonum jamesii

annual buckwheat ³⁸
Eriogonum annuum

James' Nailwort ³⁹
Paronychia jamesii

Creeping nailwort ⁴⁰
Paronychia sessiliflora

Hooker's sandwort ⁴¹
Eremogone hookeri

snowball sand verbena ⁴²
Abronia fragrans

Colorado four o'clock ³⁸
Mirabilis multiflora

Roundleaf Four O'clock ⁴³
Mirabilis rotundifolia

small-flowered sand-verbena ⁴⁴
Tripterocalyx micranthus

Five-stamen Tamarisk ⁴⁵
Tamarix chinensis

red tamarisk ⁴⁶
Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush ³⁸
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ⁶
Atriplex confertifolia

Strawberry Blite ⁴⁷
Chenopodium capitatum

Narrowleaf Goosefoot ⁶
Chenopodium leptophyllum

winterfat ³⁸
Krascheninnikovia lanata

Kochia ⁴⁸
Bassia scoparia

Slender Russian-thistle ⁴⁹
Salsola collina

tumbleweed ⁵⁰
Salsola tragus

James' seaheath ⁵¹
Frankenia jamesii

Greasewood ⁶
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

creeping thistle ⁵²
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ⁵³
Cirsium undulatum

musk thistle ⁵⁴
Carduus nutans

Russian knapweed ³²
Leuzea repens

Perennial Sow Thistle ⁵⁵
Sonchus arvensis

prickly lettuce ⁵⁶
Lactuca serriola

rush skeletonplant ⁵⁷
Lygodesmia juncea

yellow salsify ⁵⁸
Tragopogon dubius

False Boneset ⁵⁹
Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather ⁶
Liatris punctata

absinthe wormwood ⁶
Artemisia absinthium

Tarragon ⁶
Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush ²⁶
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ⁶
Artemisia ludoviciana

mountain sagebrush ⁶
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana

broom snakeweed ⁶
Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush ⁶
Ericameria nauseosa

Great Plains false willow ²⁸
Baccharis salicina

yellow rabbitbrush ³²
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

white prairie aster ⁴⁰
Symphyotrichum falcatum

Fendler's Townsend daisy ⁶⁰
Townsendia fendleri

Largeflower Townsend daisy ⁶¹
Townsendia grandiflora

Rose-heath ³⁸
Chaetopappa ericoides

Heterotheca angustifolia ⁶²

Harsh False Goldenaster ⁶³
Heterotheca hirsutissima

hairy goldenaster ⁶
Heterotheca villosa

horseweed ⁶⁴
Erigeron canadensis

Hoary fleabane ⁶⁵
Erigeron canus

Plains fleabane ⁶⁶
Erigeron modestus

Shaggy Fleabane ⁶⁷
Erigeron pumilus

Leafy false goldenweed ⁶⁸
Oonopsis foliosa

curlycup gumweed ¹⁴
Grindelia squarrosa

Spiny Ironplant ¹⁹
Machaeranthera pinnatifida

Spiny Goldenweed ¹⁹
Xanthisma spinulosum

blackfoot daisy ⁶⁹
Melampodium leucanthum

threadleaf groundsel ⁷⁰
Senecio flaccidus

Three-tooth Groundsel ⁷¹
Packera tridenticulata

devil's beggartick ⁷²
Bidens frondosa

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Plants of Lake Pueblo State Park

one-seed juniper 1 Juniperus monosperma

Colorado Pinyon 2 Pinus edulis

Sicklepod Holdback 3 Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa

white sweet clover 4 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 4 Melilotus officinalis

Two-grooved Milkvetch 5 Astragalus bisulcatus

Missouri Milkvetch 6 Astragalus missouriensis

wild licorice 7 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

white prairie clover 8 Dalea candida

Boreal Sweet-vetch 9 Hedysarum boreale

black locust 10 Robinia pseudoacacia

slimflower scurfpea 11 Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Woods' rose 12 Rosa woodsii

American plum 13 Prunus americana

Siberian elm 6 Ulmus pumila

Russian Olive 14 Elaeagnus angustifolia

eyed gilia 15 Gilia ophthalmoides

flaxflowered ipomopsis 16 Ipomopsis longiflora

carpet phlox 17 Phlox hoodii canescens

Ten-petal Stickleaf 18 Mentzelia decapetala

Bractless Blazingstar 19 Mentzelia nuda

white-stem stickleaf 20 Mentzelia albicaulis

antelope horns 21 Asclepias asperula

Engelmann's milkweed 22 Asclepias engelmanniana

broadleaf milkweed 23 Asclepias latifolia

showy milkweed 24 Asclepias speciosa

Slimleaf Milkweed 25 Asclepias stenophylla

horsetail milkweed 26 Asclepias subverticillata

Green Comet Milkweed 27 Asclepias viridiflora

hemp dogbane 28 Apocynum cannabinum

lace hedgehog cactus 29 Echinocereus reichenbachii

Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 30 Echinocereus viridiflorus

Spinystar 31 Escobaria vivipara

brown-spined prickly-pear 32 Opuntia phaeacantha

starvation prickly-pear 33 Opuntia polyacantha

twist spine prickly pear 34 Opuntia macrorhiza

Twist-spined Pricklypear 19 Opuntia tortispina

tree cholla 35 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Tall Dock 27 Rumex altissimus

Shortstem Buckwheat 36 Eriogonum brevicaule

Spreading Buckwheat 37 Eriogonum effusum

James' buckwheat 38 Eriogonum jamesii

annual buckwheat 38 Eriogonum annuum

James' Nailwort 39 Paronychia jamesii

Creeping nailwort 40 Paronychia sessiliflora

Hooker's sandwort 41 Eremogone hookeri

snowball sand verbena 42 Abronia fragrans

Colorado four o'clock 38 Mirabilis multiflora

Roundleaf Four O'clock 43 Mirabilis rotundifolia

small-flowered sand-verbena 44 Tripterocalyx micranthus

Five-stamen Tamarisk 45 Tamarix chinensis

red tamarisk 46 Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush 38 Atriplex canescens

Shadscale 6 Atriplex confertifolia

Strawberry Blite 47 Chenopodium capitatum

Narrowleaf Goosefoot 6 Chenopodium leptophyllum

winterfat 38 Krascheninnikovia lanata

Kochia 48 Bassia scoparia

Slender Russian-thistle 49 Salsola collina

tumbleweed 50 Salsola tragus

James' seaheath 51 Frankenia jamesii

Greasewood 6 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

creeping thistle 52 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 53 Cirsium undulatum

musk thistle 54 Carduus nutans

Russian knapweed 32 Leuzea repens

Perennial Sow Thistle 55 Sonchus arvensis

prickly lettuce 56 Lactuca serriola

rush skeletonplant 57 Lygodesmia juncea

yellow salsify 58 Tragopogon dubius

False Boneset 59 Brickellia eupatorioides

dotted gayfeather 6 Liatris punctata

absinthe wormwood 6 Artemisia absinthium

Tarragon 6 Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush 26 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 6 Artemisia ludoviciana

mountain sagebrush 6 Artemisia tridentata vaseyana

broom snakeweed 6 Gutierrezia sarothrae

rubber rabbitbrush 6 Ericameria nauseosa