![]() | Centennial Cone Park, Jefferson County, Colorado. |
Gazetteer Query: See also: Jefferson County Open Space. See also: Centennial Cone. Douglas Mountain.
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Centennial Cone Park offers a near-backcountry experience, with a 12-mile trail loop that challenges stamina, offers sweeping views of Clear Creek and provides the opportunity to see elk and other wildlife over wide expanses.
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Species collected at or near this location. This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.
Anacardiaceae Rhus trilobata Nutt. Squawbush (Obs) Apiaceae Harbouria trachypleura (A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose. Whiskbroom Parsley (Obs) Asteraceae Antennaria rosea Greene. Rosy Pussytoes (Obs) Artemisia dracunculus L. Tarragon, Dragon Wort (Obs) Artemisia frigida Willd. Prairie Sagewort (Obs) Crepis occidentalis Nutt. Largeflower Hawksbeard (Obs) Crepis occidentalis Nutt. costata (A. Gray) Babcock & Stebbins. Largeflower Hawksbeard (TAS) Erigeron divergens Torr. & A. Gray. Spreading Fleabane (Obs) Helianthus pumilus Nutt. Little Sunflower (Obs) Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners. Hairy False Goldenaster (Obs) Packera fendleri (A. Gray) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve. Fendler’s Ragwort (TAS+Obs) Senecio integerrimus Nutt. Columbia Ragwort (Obs) Boraginaceae Lithospermum incisum Lehm. Narrowleaf Stoneseed (Obs) Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Prairie Bluebells (Obs) Brassicaceae Alyssum simplex Rudolphi. European Madwort (Obs) Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene. Sanddune Wallflower (Obs) Physaria montana (A. Gray) Greene. Mountain Bladderpod (Obs) Cactaceae Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. Nylon Hedgehog Cactus (Obs) Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose. Mountain Ball Cactus (Obs) Caryophyllaceae Cerastium arvense L. strictum Gaudin. Field Chickweed (Obs) Eremogone fendleri (A. Gray) Ikonnikov. Fendler's Sandwort (TAS) Crassulaceae Sedum lanceolatum Torr. Spearleaf Stonecrop (TAS+Obs) Fabaceae Astragalus flexuosus G. Don. Flexible Milkvetch (Obs) Astragalus laxmannii Jacq. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & S. L. Welsh. Prairie Milkvetch (TAS+Obs) Oxytropis lambertii Pursh. Purple Locoweed (TAS) Lamiaceae Scutellaria brittonii Porter. Britton's Skullcap (Obs) Linaceae Linum lewisii Pursh. Prairie Blue Flax (Obs) Orobanchaceae Castilleja integra A. Gray. Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush (TAS) Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. Clustered Broomrape (TAS+Obs) Plantaginaceae Penstemon secundiflorus Benth. Sidebells Penstemon (TAS) Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Torrey in L. Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni Colorado Rivers. 168, plate 8. 1853. Winged Buckwheat (Obs) Eriogonum arcuatum Greene, Pittonia. 4: 319. 1901. Baker's Buckwheat (Obs) Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 241. 1827. Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat (Obs) Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. umbellatum. Sulphur-Flower Buckwheat (TAS) Rosaceae Cercocarpus montanus Raf. Alder-Leaf Mountain Mahogany (Obs) Potentilla fissa Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray. Bigflower Cinquefoil (Obs) Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth. Prairie Spiderwort (Obs) Cyperaceae Carex nebrascensis Dewey. Nebraska Sedge (Oth) Poaceae Bromus inermis Leyss. Smooth Brome (Obs) Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth. Needle and Thread (Obs) Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. Prairie Junegrass (TAS)
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M, Date and time this article was prepared:6:11:12 PM, 3/23/2025. |