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 ↓

redstem filaree ¹
Erodium cicutarium

Richardson's geranium ²
Geranium richardsonii

pineywoods geranium ³
Geranium caespitosum

western poison ivy ⁴
Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac ⁵
Rhus aromatica

boxelder maple ⁶
Acer negundo

Yellow Evening Primrose ⁷
Oenothera flava

hairy evening primrose ⁸
Oenothera villosa

Tufted evening primrose ⁷
Oenothera cespitosa

Gambel oak ⁹
Quercus gambelii

water birch ¹⁰
Betula occidentalis

Speckled Alder ¹¹
Alnus incana

great mullein ¹²
Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush ¹³
Castilleja linariifolia

common lilac ¹⁴
Syringa vulgaris

green ash ¹⁵
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

wild bergamot ¹⁶
Monarda fistulosa

Corn Mint ¹⁷
Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort ¹⁸
Stachys palustris

prostrate vervain ¹⁹
Verbena bracteata

greater plantain ²⁰
Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain ²¹
Plantago lanceolata

Common Mare's Tail ²²
Hippuris vulgaris

Columbian Monkshood ²³
Aconitum columbianum

Alkali Buttercup ²⁴
Ranunculus cymbalaria

western virgin's bower ²⁵
Clematis ligusticifolia

Creeping Mahonia ⁸
Berberis repens

field bindweed ²⁶
Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry ²⁷
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle ²⁸
Lonicera involucrata

red elderberry ²⁹
Sambucus racemosa

cutleaf water parsnip ¹⁸
Berula erecta

Western Water Hemlock ²⁷
Cicuta douglasii

Fendler's cowbane ³⁰
Oxypolis fendleri

Mountain sweet cicely ³¹
Osmorhiza berteroi

common cowparsnip ³²
Heracleum maximum

Hogweed ³³
Heracleum sphondylium

scarlet globemallow ⁸
Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow ³⁴
Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax ³⁵
Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood ⁸
Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood ³⁶
Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood ⁸
Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow ⁸
Salix exigua

Mountain Willow ³⁷
Salix monticola

bebb's willow ⁸
Salix bebbiana

Canada violet ³⁸
Viola canadensis

Lewis flax ³⁹
Linum lewisii

Ribseed Sandmat ⁴⁰
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Flatspine Stickseed ⁴¹
Lappula occidentalis

Hound's-tongue ⁴²
Cynoglossum officinale

Small Alison ³³
Alyssum alyssoides

common pepperweed ⁴³
Lepidium densiflorum

Hoary Cress ⁴⁴
Lepidium draba

clasping pepperweed ⁴⁵
Lepidium perfoliatum

heartleaf bittercress ⁴⁶
Cardamine cordifolia

watercress ¹⁹
Nasturtium officinale

Double Bladderpod ⁷
Physaria acutifolia

Field Penny-cress ²²
Thlaspi arvense

crossflower ⁴⁷
Chorispora tenella

littlepod false flax ⁴⁶
Camelina microcarpa

flixweed ⁴⁸
Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard ⁴⁹
Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant ⁵⁰
Ribes aureum

white-stemmed gooseberry ⁵¹
Ribes inerme

sea clubrush ⁵²
Bolboschoenus maritimus

Woolly Sedge ⁵³
Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge ⁸
Carex nebrascensis

Geyer's sedge ⁸
Carex geyeri

Common Spike-rush ⁵⁴
Eleocharis palustris

Barnyardgrass ⁵⁵
Echinochloa crus-galli

Fowl Mannagrass ⁵⁶
Glyceria striata

Redtop ⁵⁷
Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint ⁸
Calamagrostis canadensis

June Grass ⁸
Koeleria macrantha

orchard grass ⁸
Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue ⁵⁸
Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass ⁵⁹
Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass ⁶⁰
Poa annua

Bulbous Bluegrass ⁶¹
Poa bulbosa

muttongrass ⁸
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ⁶²
Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass ⁸
Poa secunda

Timothy ⁶³
Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail ⁸
Alopecurus aequalis

american slough grass ⁶⁴
Beckmannia syzigachne

Smooth Brome ⁶⁵
Bromus inermis

Japanese Brome ⁸
Bromus japonicus

Cheatgrass ⁶⁶
Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass ⁶⁷
Thinopyrum intermedium

Bluebunch Wheatgrass ⁶⁸
Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass ⁶⁹
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ⁷⁰
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ⁸
Elymus elymoides

blue wild rye ⁸
Elymus glaucus

Streamside Wild Rye ⁸
Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass ⁸
Elymus repens

Slender Wheatgrass ⁵⁵
Elymus trachycaulus

Meadow barley ⁸
Hordeum brachyantherum

Foxtail Barley ⁷¹
Hordeum jubatum

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

redstem filaree 1 Erodium cicutarium

Richardson's geranium 2 Geranium richardsonii

pineywoods geranium 3 Geranium caespitosum

western poison ivy 4 Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac 5 Rhus aromatica

boxelder maple 6 Acer negundo

Yellow Evening Primrose 7 Oenothera flava

hairy evening primrose 8 Oenothera villosa

Tufted evening primrose 7 Oenothera cespitosa

Gambel oak 9 Quercus gambelii

water birch 10 Betula occidentalis

Speckled Alder 11 Alnus incana

great mullein 12 Verbascum thapsus

Wyoming Indian paintbrush 13 Castilleja linariifolia

common lilac 14 Syringa vulgaris

green ash 15 Fraxinus pennsylvanica

wild bergamot 16 Monarda fistulosa

Corn Mint 17 Mentha arvensis

Marsh Woundwort 18 Stachys palustris

prostrate vervain 19 Verbena bracteata

greater plantain 20 Plantago major

Ribwort Plantain 21 Plantago lanceolata

Common Mare's Tail 22 Hippuris vulgaris

Columbian Monkshood 23 Aconitum columbianum

Alkali Buttercup 24 Ranunculus cymbalaria

western virgin's bower 25 Clematis ligusticifolia

Creeping Mahonia 8 Berberis repens

field bindweed 26 Convolvulus arvensis

Roundleaf Snowberry 27 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

twinberry honeysuckle 28 Lonicera involucrata

red elderberry 29 Sambucus racemosa

cutleaf water parsnip 18 Berula erecta

Western Water Hemlock 27 Cicuta douglasii

Fendler's cowbane 30 Oxypolis fendleri

Mountain sweet cicely 31 Osmorhiza berteroi

common cowparsnip 32 Heracleum maximum

Hogweed 33 Heracleum sphondylium

scarlet globemallow 8 Sphaeralcea coccinea

dwarf mallow 34 Malva neglecta

bastard toadflax 35 Comandra umbellata

narrowleaf cottonwood 8 Populus angustifolia

eastern cottonwood 36 Populus deltoides

lanceleaf cottonwood 8 Populus × acuminata

Narrowleaf Willow 8 Salix exigua

Mountain Willow 37 Salix monticola

bebb's willow 8 Salix bebbiana

Canada violet 38 Viola canadensis

Lewis flax 39 Linum lewisii

Ribseed Sandmat 40 Euphorbia glyptosperma

Flatspine Stickseed 41 Lappula occidentalis

Hound's-tongue 42 Cynoglossum officinale

Small Alison 33 Alyssum alyssoides

common pepperweed 43 Lepidium densiflorum

Hoary Cress 44 Lepidium draba

clasping pepperweed 45 Lepidium perfoliatum

heartleaf bittercress 46 Cardamine cordifolia

watercress 19 Nasturtium officinale

Double Bladderpod 7 Physaria acutifolia

Field Penny-cress 22 Thlaspi arvense

crossflower 47 Chorispora tenella

littlepod false flax 46 Camelina microcarpa

flixweed 48 Descurainia sophia

tumble mustard 49 Sisymbrium altissimum

golden currant 50 Ribes aureum

white-stemmed gooseberry 51 Ribes inerme

sea clubrush 52 Bolboschoenus maritimus

Woolly Sedge 53 Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge 8 Carex nebrascensis

Geyer's sedge 8 Carex geyeri

Common Spike-rush 54 Eleocharis palustris

Barnyardgrass 55 Echinochloa crus-galli

Fowl Mannagrass 56 Glyceria striata

Redtop 57 Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint 8 Calamagrostis canadensis

June Grass 8 Koeleria macrantha

orchard grass 8 Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue 58 Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass 59 Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass 60 Poa annua