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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 ↓

Sicklepod Holdback 1
Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa
white sweet clover 2
Melilotus albus
yellow sweet clover 2
Melilotus officinalis
Two-grooved Milkvetch 3
Astragalus bisulcatus
Missouri Milkvetch 4
Astragalus missouriensis
wild licorice 5
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
white prairie clover 6
Dalea candida
Boreal Sweet-vetch 7
Hedysarum boreale
black locust 8
Robinia pseudoacacia
slimflower scurfpea 9
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Woods' rose 10
Rosa woodsii
American plum 11
Prunus americana
Siberian elm 4
Ulmus pumila
Russian Olive 12
Elaeagnus angustifolia
eyed gilia 13
Gilia ophthalmoides
flaxflowered ipomopsis 14
Ipomopsis longiflora
carpet phlox 15
Phlox hoodii canescens
Ten-petal Stickleaf 16
Mentzelia decapetala
Bractless Blazingstar 17
Mentzelia nuda
white-stem stickleaf 18
Mentzelia albicaulis
antelope horns 19
Asclepias asperula
Engelmann's milkweed 20
Asclepias engelmanniana
broadleaf milkweed 21
Asclepias latifolia
showy milkweed 22
Asclepias speciosa
Slimleaf Milkweed 23
Asclepias stenophylla
horsetail milkweed 24
Asclepias subverticillata
Green Comet Milkweed 25
Asclepias viridiflora
hemp dogbane 26
Apocynum cannabinum
lace hedgehog cactus 27
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Nylon Hedgehog Cactus 28
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Spinystar 29
Escobaria vivipara
brown-spined prickly-pear 30
Opuntia phaeacantha
starvation prickly-pear 31
Opuntia polyacantha
twist spine prickly pear 32
Opuntia macrorhiza
Twist-spined Pricklypear 17
Opuntia tortispina
tree cholla 33
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Tall Dock 25
Rumex altissimus
Shortstem Buckwheat 34
Eriogonum brevicaule
Spreading Buckwheat 35
Eriogonum effusum
James' buckwheat 36
Eriogonum jamesii
annual buckwheat 36
Eriogonum annuum
James' Nailwort 37
Paronychia jamesii
Creeping nailwort 38
Paronychia sessiliflora
Hooker's sandwort 39
Eremogone hookeri
snowball sand verbena 40
Abronia fragrans
Colorado four o'clock 36
Mirabilis multiflora
Roundleaf Four O'clock 41
Mirabilis rotundifolia
small-flowered sand-verbena 42
Tripterocalyx micranthus
Five-stamen Tamarisk 43
Tamarix chinensis
red tamarisk 44
Tamarix ramosissima
fourwing saltbush 36
Atriplex canescens
Shadscale 4
Atriplex confertifolia
Strawberry Blite 45
Chenopodium capitatum
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 4
Chenopodium leptophyllum
winterfat 36
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Kochia 46
Bassia scoparia
Slender Russian-thistle 47
Salsola collina
tumbleweed 48
Salsola tragus
James' seaheath 49
Frankenia jamesii
Greasewood 4
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
creeping thistle 50
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 51
Cirsium undulatum
musk thistle 52
Carduus nutans
Russian knapweed 30
Leuzea repens
Perennial Sow Thistle 53
Sonchus arvensis
prickly lettuce 54
Lactuca serriola
rush skeletonplant 55
Lygodesmia juncea
yellow salsify 56
Tragopogon dubius
False Boneset 57
Brickellia eupatorioides
dotted gayfeather 4
Liatris punctata
absinthe wormwood 4
Artemisia absinthium
Tarragon 4
Artemisia dracunculus
fringed sagebrush 24
Artemisia frigida
silver wormwood 4
Artemisia ludoviciana
mountain sagebrush 4
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana
broom snakeweed 4
Gutierrezia sarothrae
rubber rabbitbrush 4
Ericameria nauseosa
Great Plains false willow 26
Baccharis salicina
yellow rabbitbrush 30
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
white prairie aster 38
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Fendler's Townsend daisy 58
Townsendia fendleri
Largeflower Townsend daisy 59
Townsendia grandiflora
Rose-heath 36
Chaetopappa ericoides
Heterotheca angustifolia 60
Harsh False Goldenaster 61
Heterotheca hirsutissima
hairy goldenaster 4
Heterotheca villosa
horseweed 62
Erigeron canadensis
Hoary fleabane 63
Erigeron canus
Plains fleabane 64
Erigeron modestus
Shaggy Fleabane 65
Erigeron pumilus
Leafy false goldenweed 66
Oonopsis foliosa
curlycup gumweed 12
Grindelia squarrosa
Spiny Ironplant 17
Machaeranthera pinnatifida
Spiny Goldenweed 17
Xanthisma spinulosum
blackfoot daisy 67
Melampodium leucanthum
threadleaf groundsel 68
Senecio flaccidus
Three-tooth Groundsel 69
Packera tridenticulata
devil's beggartick 70
Bidens frondosa
plains coreopsis 71
Coreopsis tinctoria
Border Goldthread 34
Thelesperma subnudum

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