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 ↓

White Fir ¹
Abies concolor

boxelder maple ²
Acer negundo

common yarrow ³
Achillea millefolium

Indian ricegrass ⁴
Achnatherum hymenoides

Columbian Monkshood ⁵
Aconitum columbianum

crested wheatgrass ⁶
Agropyron cristatum

Redtop ⁷
Agrostis gigantea

tapertip onion ⁸
Allium acuminatum

Speckled Alder ⁹
Alnus incana

short-awn foxtail ⁸
Alopecurus aequalis

Small Alison ¹⁰
Alyssum alyssoides

prostrate pigweed ¹¹
Amaranthus albus

Western Ragweed ¹²
Ambrosia psilostachya

western serviceberry ¹³
Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry ⁸
Amelanchier utahensis

Hemp dogbane ¹⁴
Apocynum cannabinum

lesser burdock ¹⁵
Arctium minus

Tarragon ⁸
Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush ¹⁶
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ⁸
Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush ⁸
Artemisia nova

big sagebrush ⁸
Artemisia tridentata

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed ¹⁷
Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed ¹⁸
Asclepias speciosa

Chickpea Milkvetch ¹⁹
Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch ²⁰
Astragalus linifolius

fourwing saltbush ²¹
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ⁸
Atriplex confertifolia

kochia ²²
Bassia scoparia

american slough grass ²³
Beckmannia syzigachne

Creeping Mahonia ⁸
Berberis repens

cutleaf water parsnip ²⁴
Berula erecta

water birch ²⁵
Betula occidentalis

sea clubrush ²⁶
Bolboschoenus maritimus

Smooth Brome ²⁷
Bromus inermis

Japanese Brome ⁸
Bromus japonicus

Cheatgrass ²⁸
Bromus tectorum

Bluejoint ⁸
Calamagrostis canadensis

Sego lily ²⁹
Calochortus nuttallii

littlepod false flax ³⁰
Camelina microcarpa

heartleaf bittercress ³⁰
Cardamine cordifolia

Spiny plumeless thistle ³¹
Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle ³²
Carduus nutans

Geyer's sedge ⁸
Carex geyeri

Woolly Sedge ³³
Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge ⁸
Carex nebrascensis

Wyoming Indian paintbrush ³⁴
Castilleja linariifolia

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ³⁵
Cercocarpus montanus

Rose-heath ³⁶
Chaetopappa ericoides

lamb's quarters ³⁷
Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot ⁸
Chenopodium berlandieri

crossflower ³⁸
Chorispora tenella

yellow rabbitbrush ³⁹
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Western Water Hemlock ⁴⁰
Cicuta douglasii

Creeping Thistle ⁴¹
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ⁴²
Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle ⁴³
Cirsium vulgare

western virgin's bower ⁴⁴
Clematis ligusticifolia

bastard toadflax ⁴⁵
Comandra umbellata

field bindweed ⁴³
Convolvulus arvensis

Red osier dogwood ⁴⁴
Cornus sericea

Shiny Cotoneaster ⁴⁶
Cotoneaster lucidus

Cerro hawthorn ⁴⁷
Crataegus erythropoda

Tapertip Hawksbeard ⁴⁸
Crepis acuminata

Marshelder ⁴⁹
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Hound's-tongue ⁵⁰
Cynoglossum officinale

orchard grass ⁸
Dactylis glomerata

flixweed ⁵¹
Descurainia sophia

Salt Grass ⁵²
Distichlis spicata

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ⁵³
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Barnyardgrass ⁵⁴
Echinochloa crus-galli

Russian olive ⁵⁵
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Common Spike-rush ⁵⁶
Eleocharis palustris

Canada Wild Rye ⁵⁷
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 ⁵⁴
Elymus trachycaulus

Green Mormon tea ⁵⁸
Ephedra viridis

Field Horsetail ⁵⁹
Equisetum arvense

rough horsetail ⁶⁰
Equisetum hyemale

Smooth Horsetail ⁶¹
Equisetum laevigatum

rubber rabbitbrush ⁸
Ericameria nauseosa

Canadian horseweed ⁶²
Erigeron canadensis

cut-leaf fleabane ⁴⁴
Erigeron compositus

Gordon's buckwheat ⁶³
Eriogonum gordonii

spearleaf buckwheat ⁶⁴
Eriogonum lonchophyllum

redstem filaree ⁶⁵
Erodium cicutarium

Ribseed Sandmat ⁶⁶
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Tall Fescue ⁶⁷
Festuca arundinacea

green ash ⁶⁸
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

fragrant bedstraw ³¹
Galium triflorum

pineywoods geranium ⁶⁹
Geranium caespitosum

Richardson's geranium ⁷⁰
Geranium richardsonii

Honey Locust ⁷¹
Gleditsia triacanthos

Fowl Mannagrass ⁷²
Glyceria striata

wild licorice ³⁴
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Curly-cup Gumweed ⁷³
Grindelia squarrosa

broom snakeweed ⁸
Gutierrezia sarothrae

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

White Fir 1 Abies concolor

boxelder maple 2 Acer negundo

common yarrow 3 Achillea millefolium

Indian ricegrass 4 Achnatherum hymenoides

Columbian Monkshood 5 Aconitum columbianum

crested wheatgrass 6 Agropyron cristatum

Redtop 7 Agrostis gigantea

tapertip onion 8 Allium acuminatum

Speckled Alder 9 Alnus incana

short-awn foxtail 8 Alopecurus aequalis

Small Alison 10 Alyssum alyssoides

prostrate pigweed 11 Amaranthus albus

Western Ragweed 12 Ambrosia psilostachya

western serviceberry 13 Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry 8 Amelanchier utahensis

Hemp dogbane 14 Apocynum cannabinum

lesser burdock 15 Arctium minus

Tarragon 8 Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush 16 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 8 Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush 8 Artemisia nova

big sagebrush 8 Artemisia tridentata

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed 17 Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed 18 Asclepias speciosa

Chickpea Milkvetch 19 Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch 20 Astragalus linifolius

fourwing saltbush 21 Atriplex canescens

Shadscale 8 Atriplex confertifolia

kochia 22 Bassia scoparia

american slough grass 23 Beckmannia syzigachne

Creeping Mahonia 8 Berberis repens

cutleaf water parsnip 24 Berula erecta

water birch 25 Betula occidentalis

sea clubrush 26 Bolboschoenus maritimus

Smooth Brome 27 Bromus inermis

Japanese Brome 8 Bromus japonicus

Cheatgrass 28 Bromus tectorum

Bluejoint 8 Calamagrostis canadensis

Sego lily 29 Calochortus nuttallii

littlepod false flax 30 Camelina microcarpa

heartleaf bittercress 30 Cardamine cordifolia

Spiny plumeless thistle 31 Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle 32 Carduus nutans

Geyer's sedge 8 Carex geyeri

Woolly Sedge 33 Carex lanuginosa

Nebraska sedge 8 Carex nebrascensis

Wyoming Indian paintbrush 34 Castilleja linariifolia

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 35 Cercocarpus montanus

Rose-heath 36 Chaetopappa ericoides

lamb's quarters 37 Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot 8 Chenopodium berlandieri

crossflower 38 Chorispora tenella

yellow rabbitbrush 39 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Western Water Hemlock 40 Cicuta douglasii

Creeping Thistle 41 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 42 Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle 43 Cirsium vulgare

western virgin's bower 44 Clematis ligusticifolia

bastard toadflax 45 Comandra umbellata

field bindweed 43 Convolvulus arvensis

Red osier dogwood 44 Cornus sericea

Shiny Cotoneaster 46 Cotoneaster lucidus

Cerro hawthorn 47 Crataegus erythropoda

Tapertip Hawksbeard 48 Crepis acuminata

Marshelder 49 Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Hound's-tongue 50 Cynoglossum officinale

orchard grass 8 Dactylis glomerata

flixweed 51 Descurainia sophia

Salt Grass 52 Distichlis spicata

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 53 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Barnyardgrass 54 Echinochloa crus-galli

Russian olive 55 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Common Spike-rush 56 Eleocharis palustris

Canada Wild Rye 57 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 54 Elymus trachycaulus