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Plant Checklist for the Rocky Mountain National Park

Rubiaceae

Galium aparine L., Stickywilly, Cleavers, Synonym: Galium spurium L., Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Galium bifolium S.Watson, Twinleaf bedstraw, twin-leaf bedstraw, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Galium boreale L., Northern Bedstraw, Synonym: Galium septentrionale Roem. & Schult., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Galium trifidum L., Threepetal bedstraw, three-petal bedstraw, Small bedstraw, Synonym: Galium brandegeei A. Gray, Galium trifidum ssp. subbiflorum (Wiegand) Piper, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Galium triflorum Michx., Fragrant bedstraw, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Galium verum L., Yellow spring bedstraw, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Ruppiaceae

Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande, Spiral ditchgrass, Synonym: Ruppia maritima L. var. occidentalis (S. Watson) Graebn., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Ruscaceae

Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (Nutt.) LaFrankie, Large false Solomon's seal, Synonym: Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link, False Solomon's seal, Few-flowered Solomon's seal, Synonym: Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salicaceae

Populus alba L., White poplar, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Populus angustifolia E.James, Narrow-leaved Cottonwood, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Populus balsamifera L., Balsam poplar, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall, Cottonwood, Including Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall ssp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenwalder, Populus deltoides W. Bartram ex Marshall var. wislizeni (S. Watson) Dorn, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Populus tremuloides Michx., Quaking aspen, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Populus X acuminata Rydb., Lanceleaf cottonwood, Populus angustifolia X P. deltoides, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix alba L., White willow, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix amygdaloides Andersson, Peachleaf willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix babylonica L., Weeping willow, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix bebbiana Sarg., Bebb Willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix boothii Dorn, Booth's willow, Blueberry willow, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix brachycarpa Nutt., Shortfruit willow, Barrenground willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix candida Flueggé ex Willd., Silver willow, Sageleaf willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix discolor Muhl., Pussy willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix drummondiana Barratt ex Hook., Drummond's willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix eriocephala Michx. var. ligulifolia (C.R. Ball) Dorn, Strapleaf willow, Synonym: Salix ligulifolia (C.R. Ball) C.R. Ball ex C.K. Schneid., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix eriocephala Michx. var. watsonii (Bebb) Dorn, Strapleaf willow, Synonym: Salix lutea Nutt., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix exigua Nutt., Coyote willow, Narrowleaf willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix exigua Nutt. ssp. interior (Rowlee) Cronquist, Coyote willow, Narrowleaf willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix geyeriana Andersson, Geyer's willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix glauca L., Grayleaf willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix irrorata Andersson, Bluestem willow, Dewystem willow, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix lasiandra Benth. var. lasiandra, Pacific willow, Synonym: Salix lucida Muhl. ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) A.E. Murray, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix lasiandra Benth. var. caudata (Nutt.) Sudw., Pacific willow, Synonym: Salix lucida Muhl. ssp. caudata (Nutt.) A.E. Murray, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix melanopsis Nutt., Dusky willow, Native, Jackson & Grand Cos., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix monticola Bebb, Mountain willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix petiolaris Sm., Meadow willow, slender willow, Synonym: Salix gracilis Andersson, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix petrophila Rydb., Alpine willow, Synonym: Salix arctica Pall. var. petrophila (Rydb.) L. Kelso, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix planifolia Pursh, Planeleaf willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix purpurea L., Basket willow, Purple-osier willow, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix reticulata L. var. nana (Hook.) Andersson, Snow willow, Synonym: Salix nivalis Hook., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook., Scouler's willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix serissima (Bailey ex Arthur) Fernald, Autumn willow, Native, Rare, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Salix wolfii Bebb, Wolf's willow, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Sapindaceae

Acer glabrum Torr., Mountain maple, Rocky Mt. maple, Synonym: Acer glabrum Torr. var. neomexicanum (Greene) Kearney & Peebles, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Acer negundo L., Boxelder, Synonym: Negundo aceroides (L.) Moench, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saururaceae

Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn., Yerba mansa, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifragaceae

Chrysosplenium tetrandrum (Lund ex Malmgr.) Th. Fr., Northern golden saxifrage, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Conimitella williamsii (D.C. Eaton) Rydb., Williams' miterwort, Native, Grand Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Heuchera bracteata (Torr.) Ser., Rocky Mountain alumroot, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, Common alumroot, Littleleaf alumroot, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Lithophragma glabrum Nutt., Bulbous woodland star, Smooth woodland star, Synonym: Lithophragma bulbiferum Rydb., Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Lithophragma parviflorum (Hook.) Nutt., Smallflower woodland star, Native, Uncommon, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Lithophragma tenellum Nutt., Slender woodland star, Native, Jackson & Grand Cos., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Micranthes odontoloma (Piper) W.A. Weber, Brook saxifrage, streambank saxifrage, Synonym: Saxifraga odontoloma Piper, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Micranthes oregana (Howell) Small, Oregon saxifrage, Synonym: Saxifraga oregana Howell, Native, Grand & Boulder Cos., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Micranthes rhomboidea (Greene) Small, Diamond leaf saxifrage, Synonym: Saxifraga rhomboidea Greene, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Mitella pentandra Hook., Five-star mitrewort, Common mitreroot, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Mitella stauropetala Piper var. stenopetala (Piper) Rosend., Side-flowered mitrewort, Drywoods miterwort, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga adscendens L., Wedgeleaf saxifrage, Synonym: Muscaria adscendens (L.) Small p.p., Native, Grand Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga bronchialis L. var. austromontana (Wiegand) Piper ex G.N. Jones, Spotted saxifrage, Matted saxifrage, Synonym: Ciliaria austromontana (Wiegand) W.A. Weber, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga cernua L., Nodding saxifrage, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga cespitosa L., Tufted alpine saxifrage, Synonym: Saxifraga cespitosa L. ssp. delicatula (Small) A.E. Porsild, Muscaria delicatula Small, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga chrysantha A. Gray, Golden saxifrage, Goldbloom saxifrage, Synonym: Hirculus serpyllifolius (Pursh) W.A. Weber ssp. chrysanthus (A. Gray) W.A. Weber, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga flagellaris Willd. ex Sternb. ssp. crandallii (Gandog.) Hultén, Stoloniferous saxifrage, Crandall's saxifrage, Synonym: Hirculus platysepalus (Trautv.) W.A. Weber ssp. crandallii (Gandog.) W.A. Weber, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga hirculus L., Yellow marsh saxifrage, Synonym: Hirculus prorepens (Fisher ex Sterb.) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Saxifraga rivularis L., Weak saxifrage, Alpine brook saxifrage, Pygmy saxifrage, Synonym: Saxifraga debilis Engelm. ex A. Gray, Saxifraga hyperborea R. Br., Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Telesonix jamesii (Torr.) Raf., Alumroot brookfoam, James Saxifrage, Synonym: Boykinia jamesii (Torr.) Engl., Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Scrophulariaceae

Limosella aquatica L., Water mudwort, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh, Lanceleaf figwort, Native, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Verbascum blattaria L., Moth mullein, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Verbascum lychnitis L., White mullein, Not reported for Colorado in USDA Plants, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Verbascum phlomoides L., Orange mullein, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Verbascum thapsus L., Woolly mullein, Introduced, Common, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Simaroubaceae

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, Tree of heaven, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Smilacaceae

Smilax lasioneura Hook., Blue ridge carrionflower, Synonym: Smilax herbacea L. var. lasioneura (Hook.) A. DC., Smilax herbacea L. ssp. lasioneura (Small) Rydb., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanaceae

Datura stramonium L., Jimsonweed, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Datura wrightii Regel, Indian apple, Sacred thorn apple, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Hyoscyamus niger L., Fetid nightshade, Black henbane, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Lycium barbarum L., Matrimony vine, Synonym: Lycium halimifolium Mill., Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Watson, coyote tobacco, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Physalis hederifolia A. Gray, Ivy-leaf ground cherry, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Physalis heterophylla Nees, Clammy ground cherry, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Physalis hispida (Waterf.) Cronquist, Prairie ground cherry, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Physalis longifolia Nutt., Longleaf ground cherry, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Physalis virginiana Mill., Virginia ground cherry, Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Quincula lobata (Torr.) Raf., Purple ground cherry, Chinese lantern, Synonym: Physalis lobata Torr., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum carolinense L., Carolina horse-nettle, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum dulcamara L., Climbing nightshade, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav., Silverleaf nightshade, Introduced, Boulder Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum heterodoxum Dunal, Melonleaf nightshade, Introduced, Weld Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum jamesii Torr., Wild potato, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum nigrum L, Black nightshade, Synonym: Solanum nigrum L. var. americanum (Mill.) O.E. Schulz, Solanum americanum Mill., Native, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum physalifolium Rusby, Hairy nightshade, Ground cherry nightshade, Synonym: Solanum sarachoides auct. non Sendtn., Introduced, Rare, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum rostratum Dunal, Buffalo bur, Buffalo bur nightshade, Introduced, Larimer Co., Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants

Solanum triflorum Nutt., Cutleaf nightshade, Native, Abundance - Unknown, Photos Phytoimages, USDA_Plants