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Plants of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

field horsetail 1
Equisetum arvense
Rough horsetail 2
Equisetum hyemale
American parsley fern 3
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
brittle bladderfern 4
Cystopteris fragilis
Rocky Mountain Juniper 5
Juniperus scopulorum
Common Juniper 6
Juniperus communis
Limber Pine 7
Pinus flexilis
lodgepole pine 8
Pinus contorta
Douglas-fir 9
Pseudotsuga menziesii
subalpine fir 10
Abies lasiocarpa
Engelmann Spruce 11
Picea engelmannii
Blue Spruce 12
Picea pungens
alpine clover 13
Trifolium dasyphyllum
alsike clover 14
Trifolium hybridum
Dwarf Clover 15
Trifolium nanum
Parry Clover 16
Trifolium parryi
silvery lupine 17
Lupinus argenteus
Dwarf Lupine 18
Lupinus lepidus
white peavine 19
Lathyrus lanszwertii leucanthus
American vetch 20
Vicia americana
Alpine Milkvetch 17
Astragalus alpinus
Flexible Milkvetch 21
Astragalus flexuosus
Timber Milkvetch 22
Astragalus miser
spreadfruit goldenbanner 23
Thermopsis divaricarpa
Virginia strawberry 24
Fragaria virginiana
shrubby cinquefoil 25
Dasiphora fruticosa
Tall Cinquefoil 26
Drymocallis arguta
Big-flower Cinquefoil 27
Drymocallis fissa
creeping sibbaldia 28
Sibbaldia procumbens
mountain meadow cinquefoil 29
Potentilla diversifolia
slender cinquefoil 17
Potentilla gracilis
horse cinquefoil 30
Potentilla hippiana
Snow Cinquefoil 31
Potentilla nivea
prairie cinquefoil 17
Potentilla pensylvanica
Platte River Cinquefoil 21
Potentilla plattensis
Colorado Cinquefoil 32
Potentilla subjuga
large-leaved avens 3
Geum macrophyllum
Water avens 33
Geum rivale
Ross' Avens 34
Geum rossii
prairie smoke 17
Geum triflorum
American red raspberry 35
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Woods' rose 36
Rosa woodsii
Prickly Rose 37
Rosa acicularis sayi
antelope bitterbrush 17
Purshia tridentata
Mountain Avens 38
Dryas octopetala
western serviceberry 39
Amelanchier alnifolia
chokecherry 40
Prunus virginiana
Snowbrush Ceanothus 20
Ceanothus velutinus
Canadian buffalo-berry 41
Shepherdia canadensis
green-flowered wintergreen 42
Pyrola chlorantha
Kinnikinnick 43
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
alpine wintergreen 44
Gaultheria humifusa
dwarf bilberry 45
Vaccinium cespitosum
whortleberry 46
Vaccinium myrtillus
little-leaved huckleberry 45
Vaccinium scoparium
Parry's primrose 47
Primula parryi
slender-stemmed androsace 48
Androsace filiformis
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 49
Androsace septentrionalis
Pretty Jacob's-ladder 50
Polemonium pulcherrimum
sky pilot 51
Polemonium viscosum
scarlet gilia 52
Ipomopsis aggregata
spiny phlox 53
Phlox hoodii
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 17
Collomia linearis
slender phlox 54
Microsteris gracilis
low mountain bedstraw 55
Galium bifolium
Northern Bedstraw 56
Galium boreale
fragrant bedstraw 57
Galium triflorum
Arctic Gentian 58
Gentiana algida
Parry's gentian 45
Gentiana parryi
monument plant 59
Frasera speciosa
Felwort 60
Swertia perennis
Northern gentian 61
Gentianella amarella acuta
perennial fringed gentian 62
Gentianopsis barbellata
meadow gentain 63
Gentianopsis detonsa
Sheep's Sorrel 64
Rumex acetosella
alpine sorrel 44
Oxyria digyna
James' buckwheat 49
Eriogonum jamesii
sulfur buckwheat 65
Eriogonum umbellatum
umbellate starwort 66
Stellaria umbellata
field chickweed 67
Cerastium arvense
bering mouse-ear chickweed 68
Cerastium beeringianum
Common Mouse-ear Chickweed 69
Cerastium fontanum
Nailwort 70
Paronychia pulvinata
Moss Campion 71
Silene acaulis
Drummond's Campion 72
Silene drummondii
Beautiful Sandwort 8
Sabulina rubella
arctic pearlwort 73
Sagina saginoides
alpine sandwort 74
Cherleria obtusiloba
ballhead sandwort 75
Eremogone congesta
Fendler's sandwort 76
Eremogone fendleri
Red Sand Spurrey 77
Spergularia rubra
Over's Goosefoot 78
Chenopodium overi
fell-fields claytonia 79
Claytonia megarhiza
miner's lettuce 80
Claytonia perfoliata
Greasewood 17
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Fringed Grass of Parnassus 81
Parnassia fimbriata
creeping thistle 82
Cirsium arvense
prairie thistle 49
Cirsium canescens
Fringed Thistle 83
Cirsium centaureae
bull thistle 84
Cirsium vulgare

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