Cacti, Succulents and Other Plants That May Be Seen Along the Old Gordon Trail Colorado National Monument (Not an All-Inclusive List)

Cacti, Succulents and Other Plants That May Be Seen Along the Old Gordon Trail Colorado National Monument (Not an All-inclusive List)

DICampbell - 4/08

CACTI Echinocereus triglochidiatus Claret-cup Hedgehog var. mojavensis Echinocereus triglochidiatus Spineless Hedgehog fm. inermis Escobaria missouriensis Missouri Pincushion Opuntia debreczyi, 'rutila' Potato Cactus Opuntia fragilis Brittle Prickly Pear Opuntia phaeacantha Purple Fruited Prickly Pear Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina Porcupine Prickly Pear Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperiana Juniper Prickly Pear Opuntia polyacantha var. rhodantha Cliff Prickly Pear Opuntia polyacantha var. trichophora Hair-Spined Prickly Pear Opuntia tortispina Twisted Spine Prickly Pear Pediocactus simpsonii Mountain Ball Cactus Sclerocactus parviflorus Devil Claw Cactus SUCCULENTS (Non-cacti) Sedum lanceolatum Yellow Stonecrop Phemeranthus confertiflorus New Mexico Fameflower YUCCAS Yucca baccata Banana Yucca Yucca glauca Soapweed Yucca TREES Fraxinus anomala Singleleaf Ash Pinus edulis Pinyon Pine Populus sp. Cottonwood Quercus gambellii Gambel's Oak Sabina (Juniperus) osteosperma Utah Juniper SHRUBS Amelanchier utahensis Serviceberry Arctostaphylos patula Greenleaf Manzanita Artemisia bigelovii Bigelow's Sagebrush Atriplex canescens Four-Wing Saltbrush Atriplex confertifolia Shadscale Cercocarpus (3 species) Mountain Mahogany Chrysothamnus sp. Rabbitbrush Ephedra viridis Mormon Tea Fendlera rupicola Fendlerbush Salix sp. Willow Sarcobatus vermiculatus Greasewood Seriphidium (Arteismesia) tridentatum Big Sagebrush Tamarix ramosissima Salt-Cedar Toxicodendron rydbergii Poison Ivy Guitierrezia sarothrae Broom Snakeweed FORBS Allium sp. Wild Onion Artemisia ludoviciana Louisiana Sagewort Asclepias sp. Milkweed Astragalus (several species) Milkvetch, Locoweed Castilleja sp. Paintbrush Chaenactis douglasii Desert Pincushion Cryptantha sp. Crypthantha Delphinium nuttallianum Nelson's Larkspur Erigeron pumilus Low Fleabane Erodium cintarium Cranesbill Eriogonum ovalifolium Desert Buckwheat Eriogonum inflatum Bottle Plant Erysimum capitatum Wallflower Gaillardia pinnatifida Blanketflower Hymenopappus filifolius Creamtips Ipomopsis aggregata Scarlet Gilia, Fairy Trumpet Lepidium perfoliatum Peppergrass Lithospermum incisum Puccoon Lygodesmia grandiflora Skeletonweed Machaeranthera grindelloides Goldenrod Mirarbilis multiflora Showy Four-O'Clock Mahonia repens Oregon Grape Oenothera (several species) Evening Primrose Oreocarya sp. Borage/Cryptantha Packera multilobata Groundsel Penstemon comarrhenus Dusty Penstemon Penstemon cyanocaulis Bluestem Penstemon Phlox longifolia Long-leaf Phlox Physaria acutifolia Double Bladderpod Senecio multicapitatus Groundsel Sphaeralcea sp. Globemallow Streptanthus cordatus Twist-Flower Townsendia incana Townsendia Daisy Verbascum thapsus Mullien GRASSES Achnaherum hymenoides Indian Ricegrass Agropyron cristatum Crested Wheatgrass Aristida purpureae Purple Three-awn Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama Grass Distichlis stricta Desert Saltgrass Hesperostipa comata Needle and Thread Grass Hilaria jamesii Galleta Grass Koelaria micrantha Junegrass Muhlenbergia asperifolia Alkali Muhly Poa fendleriana Muttongrass Sporobolus airoides Alkali Sacaton