Plants of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

Field Horsetail ¹
Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail ²
Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Horsetail ³
Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper ⁴
Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper ⁵
Juniperus scopulorum

common juniper ⁶
Juniperus communis

Colorado Pinyon ⁷
Pinus edulis

White Fir ⁸
Abies concolor

Blue Spruce ⁹
Picea pungens

Green Mormon tea ¹⁰
Ephedra viridis

Honey Locust ¹¹
Gleditsia triacanthos

white clover ¹²
Trifolium repens

Alfalfa ¹³
Medicago sativa

black medick ¹⁴
Medicago lupulina

white sweetclover ¹⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ¹⁴
Melilotus officinalis

American vetch ¹⁵
Vicia americana

Chickpea Milkvetch ¹⁶
Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch ¹⁷
Astragalus linifolius

wild licorice ¹⁸
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean ¹⁹
Thermopsis montana

New Mexico locust ²⁰
Robinia neomexicana

Woods' rose ²¹
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ²²
Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry ²³
Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry ¹³
Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro hawthorn ²⁴
Crataegus erythropoda

Shiny Cotoneaster ²⁵
Cotoneaster lucidus

chokecherry ²⁶
Prunus virginiana

stinging nettle ²⁷
Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm ¹³
Ulmus pumila

Russian olive ²⁸
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Red osier dogwood ²⁹
Cornus sericea

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed ³⁰
Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed ³¹
Asclepias speciosa

Hemp dogbane ³²
Apocynum cannabinum

fragrant bedstraw ³³
Galium triflorum

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ³⁴
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

brittle prickly-pear cactus ³⁵
Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear cactus ³⁶
Opuntia polyacantha

water smartweed ³⁷
Persicaria amphibia

bushy knotweed ³⁸
Polygonum ramosissimum

common knotweed ³⁹
Polygonum arenastrum

curly dock ⁴⁰
Rumex crispus

spearleaf buckwheat ⁴¹
Eriogonum lonchophyllum

Gordon's buckwheat ⁴²
Eriogonum gordonii

saltcedar ⁴³
Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush ⁴⁴
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ¹³
Atriplex confertifolia

lamb's quarters ⁴⁵
Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot ¹³
Chenopodium berlandieri

winterfat ⁴⁴
Krascheninnikovia lanata

prostrate pigweed ⁴⁶
Amaranthus albus

kochia ⁴⁷
Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle ⁴⁰
Salsola australis

Greasewood ¹³
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Creeping Thistle ⁴⁸
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ⁴⁹
Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle ⁵⁰
Cirsium vulgare

Spiny plumeless thistle ³³
Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle ⁵¹
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ⁵²
Arctium minus

Russian knapweed ⁵³
Leuzea repens

common dandelion ⁵⁴
Taraxacum officinale

Tapertip Hawksbeard ⁵⁵
Crepis acuminata

spiny sow thistle ⁵⁶
Sonchus asper

prickly lettuce ⁵⁷
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ⁵⁸
Tragopogon dubius

Tarragon ¹³
Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush ⁵⁹
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ¹³
Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush ¹³
Artemisia nova

big sagebrush ¹³
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁶⁰
Achillea millefolium

Pineapple-weed ⁶¹
Matricaria discoidea

broom snakeweed ¹³
Gutierrezia sarothrae

Gray Aster ⁶²
Herrickia glauca

rubber rabbitbrush ¹³
Ericameria nauseosa

Late Goldenrod ⁶³
Solidago altissima

yellow rabbitbrush ⁵³
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Smooth aster ⁶⁴
Symphyotrichum laeve

Siskiyou Aster ⁶⁵
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

western aster ¹³
Symphyotrichum ascendens

Western meadow aster ⁶⁶
Symphyotrichum campestre

White Heath Aster ⁶⁷
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Rose-heath ⁶⁸
Chaetopappa ericoides

hairy goldenaster ¹³
Heterotheca villosa

Canadian horseweed ⁶⁹
Erigeron canadensis

cut-leaf fleabane ²⁹
Erigeron compositus

Curly-cup Gumweed ⁶³
Grindelia squarrosa

Gray Horsebrush ¹³
Tetradymia canescens

shortspine horsebrush ¹³
Tetradymia spinosa

Marshelder ⁷⁰
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Western Ragweed ⁷¹
Ambrosia psilostachya

poverty weed ¹³
Iva axillaris

rough cocklebur ⁷²
Xanthium strumarium

cutleaf coneflower ⁷³
Rudbeckia laciniata

black-eyed Susan ⁷⁴
Rudbeckia hirta

common sunflower ⁷⁵
Helianthus annuus

fineleaf woollywhite ¹⁸
Hymenopappus filifolius

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Plants of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Field Horsetail 1 Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail 2 Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Horsetail 3 Equisetum laevigatum

Utah Juniper 4 Juniperus osteosperma

Rocky Mountain Juniper 5 Juniperus scopulorum

common juniper 6 Juniperus communis

Colorado Pinyon 7 Pinus edulis

White Fir 8 Abies concolor

Blue Spruce 9 Picea pungens

Green Mormon tea 10 Ephedra viridis

Honey Locust 11 Gleditsia triacanthos

white clover 12 Trifolium repens

Alfalfa 13 Medicago sativa

black medick 14 Medicago lupulina

white sweetclover 14 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 14 Melilotus officinalis

American vetch 15 Vicia americana

Chickpea Milkvetch 16 Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch 17 Astragalus linifolius

wild licorice 18 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean 19 Thermopsis montana

New Mexico locust 20 Robinia neomexicana

Woods' rose 21 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 22 Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry 23 Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry 13 Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro hawthorn 24 Crataegus erythropoda

Shiny Cotoneaster 25 Cotoneaster lucidus

chokecherry 26 Prunus virginiana

stinging nettle 27 Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm 13 Ulmus pumila

Russian olive 28 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Red osier dogwood 29 Cornus sericea

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed 30 Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed 31 Asclepias speciosa

Hemp dogbane 32 Apocynum cannabinum

fragrant bedstraw 33 Galium triflorum

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 34 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

brittle prickly-pear cactus 35 Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear cactus 36 Opuntia polyacantha

water smartweed 37 Persicaria amphibia

bushy knotweed 38 Polygonum ramosissimum

common knotweed 39 Polygonum arenastrum

curly dock 40 Rumex crispus

spearleaf buckwheat 41 Eriogonum lonchophyllum

Gordon's buckwheat 42 Eriogonum gordonii

saltcedar 43 Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush 44 Atriplex canescens

Shadscale 13 Atriplex confertifolia

lamb's quarters 45 Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot 13 Chenopodium berlandieri

winterfat 44 Krascheninnikovia lanata

prostrate pigweed 46 Amaranthus albus

kochia 47 Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle 40 Salsola australis

Greasewood 13 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Creeping Thistle 48 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 49 Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle 50 Cirsium vulgare

Spiny plumeless thistle 33 Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle 51 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 52 Arctium minus

Russian knapweed 53 Leuzea repens

common dandelion 54 Taraxacum officinale

Tapertip Hawksbeard 55 Crepis acuminata

spiny sow thistle 56 Sonchus asper

prickly lettuce 57 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 58 Tragopogon dubius

Tarragon 13 Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush 59 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 13 Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush 13 Artemisia nova

big sagebrush 13 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 60 Achillea millefolium

Pineapple-weed 61 Matricaria discoidea

broom snakeweed 13 Gutierrezia sarothrae

Gray Aster 62 Herrickia glauca

rubber rabbitbrush 13 Ericameria nauseosa

Late Goldenrod 63 Solidago altissima