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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 ↓

water birch 1
Betula occidentalis
Speckled Alder 2
Alnus incana
great mullein 3
Verbascum thapsus
Wyoming Indian paintbrush 4
Castilleja linariifolia
common lilac 5
Syringa vulgaris
green ash 6
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
wild bergamot 7
Monarda fistulosa
Corn Mint 8
Mentha arvensis
Marsh Woundwort 9
Stachys palustris
prostrate vervain 10
Verbena bracteata
greater plantain 11
Plantago major
Ribwort Plantain 12
Plantago lanceolata
Common Mare's Tail 13
Hippuris vulgaris
Columbian Monkshood 14
Aconitum columbianum
Alkali Buttercup 15
Ranunculus cymbalaria
western virgin's bower 16
Clematis ligusticifolia
Creeping Mahonia 17
Berberis repens
field bindweed 18
Convolvulus arvensis
Roundleaf Snowberry 19
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
twinberry honeysuckle 20
Lonicera involucrata
red elderberry 21
Sambucus racemosa
cutleaf water parsnip 9
Berula erecta
Western Water Hemlock 19
Cicuta douglasii
Fendler's cowbane 22
Oxypolis fendleri
Mountain sweet cicely 23
Osmorhiza berteroi
common cowparsnip 24
Heracleum maximum
Hogweed 25
Heracleum sphondylium
scarlet globemallow 17
Sphaeralcea coccinea
dwarf mallow 26
Malva neglecta
bastard toadflax 27
Comandra umbellata
narrowleaf cottonwood 17
Populus angustifolia
eastern cottonwood 28
Populus deltoides
lanceleaf cottonwood 17
Populus × acuminata
Narrowleaf Willow 17
Salix exigua
Mountain Willow 29
Salix monticola
bebb's willow 17
Salix bebbiana
Canada violet 30
Viola canadensis
Lewis flax 31
Linum lewisii
Ribseed Sandmat 32
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Flatspine Stickseed 33
Lappula occidentalis
Hound's-tongue 34
Cynoglossum officinale
Small Alison 25
Alyssum alyssoides
common pepperweed 35
Lepidium densiflorum
Hoary Cress 36
Lepidium draba
clasping pepperweed 37
Lepidium perfoliatum
heartleaf bittercress 38
Cardamine cordifolia
watercress 10
Nasturtium officinale
Double Bladderpod 39
Physaria acutifolia
Field Penny-cress 13
Thlaspi arvense
crossflower 40
Chorispora tenella
littlepod false flax 38
Camelina microcarpa
flixweed 41
Descurainia sophia
tumble mustard 42
Sisymbrium altissimum
golden currant 43
Ribes aureum
white-stemmed gooseberry 44
Ribes inerme

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