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

sea clubrush ⁴⁵
Bolboschoenus maritimus

Woolly Sedge ⁴⁶
Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge ¹⁷
Carex nebrascensis

Geyer's sedge ¹⁷
Carex geyeri

Common Spike-rush ⁴⁷
Eleocharis palustris

Barnyardgrass ⁴⁸
Echinochloa crus-galli

Fowl Mannagrass ⁴⁹
Glyceria striata

Redtop ⁵⁰
Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint ¹⁷
Calamagrostis canadensis

June Grass ¹⁷
Koeleria macrantha

orchard grass ¹⁷
Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue ⁵¹
Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass ⁵²
Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass ⁵³
Poa annua

Bulbous Bluegrass ⁵⁴
Poa bulbosa

muttongrass ¹⁷
Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass ⁵⁵
Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass ¹⁷
Poa secunda

Timothy ⁵⁶
Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail ¹⁷
Alopecurus aequalis

american slough grass ⁵⁷
Beckmannia syzigachne

Smooth Brome ⁵⁸
Bromus inermis

Japanese Brome ¹⁷
Bromus japonicus

Cheatgrass ⁵⁹
Bromus tectorum

Intermediate Wheatgrass ⁶⁰
Thinopyrum intermedium

Bluebunch Wheatgrass ⁶¹
Pseudoroegneria spicata

Western Wheatgrass ⁶²
Pascopyrum smithii

Canada Wild Rye ⁶³
Elymus canadensis

squirreltail ¹⁷
Elymus elymoides

blue wild rye ¹⁷
Elymus glaucus

Streamside Wild Rye ¹⁷
Elymus lanceolatus

Quack Grass ¹⁷
Elymus repens

Slender Wheatgrass ⁴⁸
Elymus trachycaulus

Meadow barley ¹⁷
Hordeum brachyantherum

Foxtail Barley ⁶⁴
Hordeum jubatum

Great Basin Wildrye ²²
Leymus cinereus

crested wheatgrass ⁶⁵
Agropyron cristatum

Needle-and-Thread ⁶⁶
Hesperostipa comata

green needlegrass ¹⁷
Nassella viridula

Indian ricegrass ⁶⁷
Achnatherum hymenoides

common reed ⁶⁸
Phragmites australis

sand dropseed ¹⁷
Sporobolus cryptandrus

James' galleta ⁶⁹
Hilaria jamesii

Salt Grass ⁷⁰
Distichlis spicata

scratch grass ⁷¹
Muhlenbergia asperifolia

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

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

sea clubrush 45 Bolboschoenus maritimus

Woolly Sedge 46 Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge 17 Carex nebrascensis

Geyer's sedge 17 Carex geyeri

Common Spike-rush 47 Eleocharis palustris

Barnyardgrass 48 Echinochloa crus-galli

Fowl Mannagrass 49 Glyceria striata

Redtop 50 Agrostis gigantea

Bluejoint 17 Calamagrostis canadensis

June Grass 17 Koeleria macrantha

orchard grass 17 Dactylis glomerata

Tall Fescue 51 Festuca arundinacea

Reed Canarygrass 52 Phalaris arundinacea

Annual Meadow-grass 53 Poa annua

Bulbous Bluegrass 54 Poa bulbosa

muttongrass 17 Poa fendleriana

Kentucky bluegrass 55 Poa pratensis

Pine bluegrass 17 Poa secunda

Timothy 56 Phleum pratense

short-awn foxtail 17 Alopecurus aequalis

american slough grass 57 Beckmannia syzigachne

Smooth Brome 58 Bromus inermis

Japanese Brome 17 Bromus japonicus

Cheatgrass 59 Bromus tectorum