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 ↓

Green Mormon tea ¹
Ephedra viridis

Tufted evening primrose ²
Oenothera cespitosa

Alfalfa ³
Medicago sativa

Alkali Buttercup ⁴
Ranunculus cymbalaria

American vetch ⁵
Vicia americana

Annual Meadow-grass ⁶
Poa annua

Arctic rush ⁷
Juncus arcticus

Barnyardgrass ⁸
Echinochloa crus-galli

Blue Spruce ⁹
Picea pungens

Bluebunch Wheatgrass ¹⁰
Pseudoroegneria spicata

Bluejoint ³
Calamagrostis canadensis

Bulbous Bluegrass ¹¹
Poa bulbosa

Canada Wild Rye ¹²
Elymus canadensis

Canada violet ¹³
Viola canadensis

Canadian horseweed ¹⁴
Erigeron canadensis

Cerro hawthorn ¹⁵
Crataegus erythropoda

Cheatgrass ¹⁶
Bromus tectorum

Chickpea Milkvetch ¹⁷
Astragalus cicer

Colorado Pinyon ¹⁸
Pinus edulis

Columbian Monkshood ¹⁹
Aconitum columbianum

Common Mare's Tail ²⁰
Hippuris vulgaris

Common Spike-rush ²¹
Eleocharis palustris

Corn Mint ²²
Mentha arvensis

Creeping Mahonia ³
Berberis repens

Creeping Thistle ²³
Cirsium arvense

Curly-cup Gumweed ²⁴
Grindelia squarrosa

Double Bladderpod ²
Physaria acutifolia

Fendler's cowbane ²⁵
Oxypolis fendleri

Field Horsetail ²⁶
Equisetum arvense

Field Penny-cress ²⁰
Thlaspi arvense

Flatspine Stickseed ²⁷
Lappula occidentalis

Fowl Mannagrass ²⁸
Glyceria striata

Foxtail Barley ²⁹
Hordeum jubatum

Gambel oak ³⁰
Quercus gambelii

Geyer's sedge ³
Carex geyeri

Gordon's buckwheat ³¹
Eriogonum gordonii

Grand Junction milkvetch ³²
Astragalus linifolius

Gray Aster ³³
Herrickia glauca

Gray Horsebrush ³
Tetradymia canescens

Greasewood ³
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Great Basin Wildrye ²⁵
Leymus cinereus

Hemp dogbane ³⁴
Apocynum cannabinum

Hoary Cress ³⁵
Lepidium draba

Hogweed ³⁶
Heracleum sphondylium

Honey Locust ³⁷
Gleditsia triacanthos

Horned Pondweed ³⁸
Zannichellia palustris

Hound's-tongue ³⁹
Cynoglossum officinale

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed ⁴⁰
Asclepias cryptoceras

Indian ricegrass ⁴¹
Achnatherum hymenoides

Intermediate Wheatgrass ⁴²
Thinopyrum intermedium

Iris × hybrida ⁴³

James' galleta ⁴⁴
Hilaria jamesii

Japanese Brome ³
Bromus japonicus

June Grass ³
Koeleria macrantha

Kentucky bluegrass ⁴⁵
Poa pratensis

Late Goldenrod ²⁴
Solidago altissima

Lewis flax ⁴⁶
Linum lewisii

Marsh Woundwort ⁴⁷
Stachys palustris

Marshelder ⁴⁸
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Meadow barley ³
Hordeum brachyantherum

Mountain Willow ⁴⁹
Salix monticola

Mountain goldenbean ⁵⁰
Thermopsis montana

Mountain sweet cicely ⁵¹
Osmorhiza berteroi

Musk Thistle ⁵²
Carduus nutans

Narrowleaf Willow ³
Salix exigua

Nebraska sedge ³
Carex nebrascensis

Needle-and-Thread ⁵³
Hesperostipa comata

New Mexico locust ⁵⁴
Robinia neomexicana

Pine bluegrass ³
Poa secunda

Pineapple-weed ⁵⁵
Matricaria discoidea

Quack Grass ³
Elymus repens

Red osier dogwood ⁵⁶
Cornus sericea

Redtop ⁵⁷
Agrostis gigantea

Reed Canarygrass ⁵⁸
Phalaris arundinacea

Ribseed Sandmat ⁵⁹
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Ribwort Plantain ⁶⁰
Plantago lanceolata

Richardson's geranium ⁶¹
Geranium richardsonii

Rocky Mountain Juniper ⁶²
Juniperus scopulorum

Rose-heath ⁶³
Chaetopappa ericoides

Rough-Fruited Fairybells ⁶⁴
Prosartes trachycarpa

Roundleaf Snowberry ⁶⁵
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Russian knapweed ⁴
Leuzea repens

Russian olive ⁶⁶
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Salt Grass ⁶⁷
Distichlis spicata

Sego lily ⁶⁴
Calochortus nuttallii

Shadscale ³
Atriplex confertifolia

Shiny Cotoneaster ⁶⁸
Cotoneaster lucidus

Siberian elm ³
Ulmus pumila

Siskiyou Aster ⁶⁹
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

Slender Bog Orchid ⁷⁰
Platanthera stricta

Slender Wheatgrass ⁸
Elymus trachycaulus

Small Alison ³⁶
Alyssum alyssoides

Smooth Brome ⁷¹
Bromus inermis

Smooth Horsetail ⁷²
Equisetum laevigatum

Smooth aster ⁷³
Symphyotrichum laeve

Southern Russian Thistle ⁷⁴
Salsola australis

Speckled Alder ⁷⁵
Alnus incana

Spiny plumeless thistle ⁷⁶
Carduus acanthoides

Streamside Wild Rye ³
Elymus lanceolatus

Tall Fescue ⁷⁷
Festuca arundinacea

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

Green Mormon tea 1 Ephedra viridis

Tufted evening primrose 2 Oenothera cespitosa

Alfalfa 3 Medicago sativa

Alkali Buttercup 4 Ranunculus cymbalaria

American vetch 5 Vicia americana

Annual Meadow-grass 6 Poa annua

Arctic rush 7 Juncus arcticus

Barnyardgrass 8 Echinochloa crus-galli

Blue Spruce 9 Picea pungens

Bluebunch Wheatgrass 10 Pseudoroegneria spicata

Bluejoint 3 Calamagrostis canadensis

Bulbous Bluegrass 11 Poa bulbosa

Canada Wild Rye 12 Elymus canadensis

Canada violet 13 Viola canadensis

Canadian horseweed 14 Erigeron canadensis

Cerro hawthorn 15 Crataegus erythropoda

Cheatgrass 16 Bromus tectorum

Chickpea Milkvetch 17 Astragalus cicer

Colorado Pinyon 18 Pinus edulis

Columbian Monkshood 19 Aconitum columbianum

Common Mare's Tail 20 Hippuris vulgaris

Common Spike-rush 21 Eleocharis palustris

Corn Mint 22 Mentha arvensis

Creeping Mahonia 3 Berberis repens

Creeping Thistle 23 Cirsium arvense

Curly-cup Gumweed 24 Grindelia squarrosa

Double Bladderpod 2 Physaria acutifolia

Fendler's cowbane 25 Oxypolis fendleri

Field Horsetail 26 Equisetum arvense

Field Penny-cress 20 Thlaspi arvense

Flatspine Stickseed 27 Lappula occidentalis

Fowl Mannagrass 28 Glyceria striata

Foxtail Barley 29 Hordeum jubatum

Gambel oak 30 Quercus gambelii

Geyer's sedge 3 Carex geyeri

Gordon's buckwheat 31 Eriogonum gordonii

Grand Junction milkvetch 32 Astragalus linifolius

Gray Aster 33 Herrickia glauca

Gray Horsebrush 3 Tetradymia canescens

Greasewood 3 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Great Basin Wildrye 25 Leymus cinereus

Hemp dogbane 34 Apocynum cannabinum

Hoary Cress 35 Lepidium draba

Hogweed 36 Heracleum sphondylium

Honey Locust 37 Gleditsia triacanthos

Horned Pondweed 38 Zannichellia palustris

Hound's-tongue 39 Cynoglossum officinale

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed 40 Asclepias cryptoceras

Indian ricegrass 41 Achnatherum hymenoides

Intermediate Wheatgrass 42 Thinopyrum intermedium

Iris × hybrida 43

James' galleta 44 Hilaria jamesii

Japanese Brome 3 Bromus japonicus

June Grass 3 Koeleria macrantha

Kentucky bluegrass 45 Poa pratensis

Late Goldenrod 24 Solidago altissima

Lewis flax 46 Linum lewisii

Marsh Woundwort 47 Stachys palustris

Marshelder 48 Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Meadow barley 3 Hordeum brachyantherum

Mountain Willow 49 Salix monticola

Mountain goldenbean 50 Thermopsis montana

Mountain sweet cicely 51 Osmorhiza berteroi

Musk Thistle 52 Carduus nutans

Narrowleaf Willow 3 Salix exigua

Nebraska sedge 3 Carex nebrascensis

Needle-and-Thread 53 Hesperostipa comata

New Mexico locust 54 Robinia neomexicana

Pine bluegrass 3 Poa secunda

Pineapple-weed 55 Matricaria discoidea

Quack Grass 3 Elymus repens

Red osier dogwood 56 Cornus sericea

Redtop 57 Agrostis gigantea

Reed Canarygrass 58 Phalaris arundinacea

Ribseed Sandmat 59 Euphorbia glyptosperma

Ribwort Plantain 60 Plantago lanceolata

Richardson's geranium 61 Geranium richardsonii

Rocky Mountain Juniper 62 Juniperus scopulorum

Rose-heath 63 Chaetopappa ericoides