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 ↓

Honey Locust ¹
Gleditsia triacanthos

white clover ²
Trifolium repens

Alfalfa ³
Medicago sativa

black medick ⁴
Medicago lupulina

white sweetclover ⁴
Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover ⁴
Melilotus officinalis

American vetch ⁵
Vicia americana

Chickpea Milkvetch ⁶
Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch ⁷
Astragalus linifolius

wild licorice ⁸
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean ⁹
Thermopsis montana

New Mexico locust ¹⁰
Robinia neomexicana

Woods' rose ¹¹
Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany ¹²
Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry ¹³
Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry ³
Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro hawthorn ¹⁴
Crataegus erythropoda

Shiny Cotoneaster ¹⁵
Cotoneaster lucidus

chokecherry ¹⁶
Prunus virginiana

stinging nettle ¹⁷
Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm ³
Ulmus pumila

Russian olive ¹⁸
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Red osier dogwood ¹⁹
Cornus sericea

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed ²⁰
Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed ²¹
Asclepias speciosa

Hemp dogbane ²²
Apocynum cannabinum

fragrant bedstraw ²³
Galium triflorum

claret-cup hedgehog cactus ²⁴
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

brittle prickly-pear cactus ²⁵
Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear cactus ²⁶
Opuntia polyacantha

water smartweed ²⁷
Persicaria amphibia

bushy knotweed ²⁸
Polygonum ramosissimum

common knotweed ²⁹
Polygonum arenastrum

curly dock ³⁰
Rumex crispus

spearleaf buckwheat ³¹
Eriogonum lonchophyllum

Gordon's buckwheat ³²
Eriogonum gordonii

saltcedar ³³
Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush ³⁴
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ³
Atriplex confertifolia

lamb's quarters ³⁵
Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot ³
Chenopodium berlandieri

winterfat ³⁴
Krascheninnikovia lanata

prostrate pigweed ³⁶
Amaranthus albus

kochia ³⁷
Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle ³⁰
Salsola australis

Greasewood ³
Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Creeping Thistle ³⁸
Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle ³⁹
Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle ⁴⁰
Cirsium vulgare

Spiny plumeless thistle ²³
Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle ⁴¹
Carduus nutans

lesser burdock ⁴²
Arctium minus

Russian knapweed ⁴³
Leuzea repens

common dandelion ⁴⁴
Taraxacum officinale

Tapertip Hawksbeard ⁴⁵
Crepis acuminata

spiny sow thistle ⁴⁶
Sonchus asper

prickly lettuce ⁴⁷
Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify ⁴⁸
Tragopogon dubius

Tarragon ³
Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush ⁴⁹
Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood ³
Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush ³
Artemisia nova

big sagebrush ³
Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow ⁵⁰
Achillea millefolium

Pineapple-weed ⁵¹
Matricaria discoidea

broom snakeweed ³
Gutierrezia sarothrae

Gray Aster ⁵²
Herrickia glauca

rubber rabbitbrush ³
Ericameria nauseosa

Late Goldenrod ⁵³
Solidago altissima

yellow rabbitbrush ⁴³
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Smooth aster ⁵⁴
Symphyotrichum laeve

Siskiyou Aster ⁵⁵
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

western aster ³
Symphyotrichum ascendens

Western meadow aster ⁵⁶
Symphyotrichum campestre

White Heath Aster ⁵⁷
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Rose-heath ⁵⁸
Chaetopappa ericoides

hairy goldenaster ³
Heterotheca villosa

Canadian horseweed ⁵⁹
Erigeron canadensis

cut-leaf fleabane ¹⁹
Erigeron compositus

Curly-cup Gumweed ⁵³
Grindelia squarrosa

Gray Horsebrush ³
Tetradymia canescens

shortspine horsebrush ³
Tetradymia spinosa

Marshelder ⁶⁰
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia

Western Ragweed ⁶¹
Ambrosia psilostachya

poverty weed ³
Iva axillaris

rough cocklebur ⁶²
Xanthium strumarium

cutleaf coneflower ⁶³
Rudbeckia laciniata

black-eyed Susan ⁶⁴
Rudbeckia hirta

common sunflower ⁶⁵
Helianthus annuus

fineleaf woollywhite ⁸
Hymenopappus filifolius

redstem filaree ⁶⁶
Erodium cicutarium

Richardson's geranium ⁶⁷
Geranium richardsonii

pineywoods geranium ⁶⁸
Geranium caespitosum

western poison ivy ⁵³
Toxicodendron rydbergii

fragrant sumac ¹⁶
Rhus aromatica

boxelder maple ⁶⁹
Acer negundo

Yellow Evening Primrose ⁷⁰
Oenothera flava

hairy evening primrose ³
Oenothera villosa

Tufted evening primrose ⁷⁰
Oenothera cespitosa

Gambel oak ⁷¹
Quercus gambelii

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

Honey Locust 1 Gleditsia triacanthos

white clover 2 Trifolium repens

Alfalfa 3 Medicago sativa

black medick 4 Medicago lupulina

white sweetclover 4 Melilotus albus

yellow sweet clover 4 Melilotus officinalis

American vetch 5 Vicia americana

Chickpea Milkvetch 6 Astragalus cicer

Grand Junction milkvetch 7 Astragalus linifolius

wild licorice 8 Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Mountain goldenbean 9 Thermopsis montana

New Mexico locust 10 Robinia neomexicana

Woods' rose 11 Rosa woodsii

alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 12 Cercocarpus montanus

western serviceberry 13 Amelanchier alnifolia

Utah serviceberry 3 Amelanchier utahensis

Cerro hawthorn 14 Crataegus erythropoda

Shiny Cotoneaster 15 Cotoneaster lucidus

chokecherry 16 Prunus virginiana

stinging nettle 17 Urtica gracilis

Siberian elm 3 Ulmus pumila

Russian olive 18 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Red osier dogwood 19 Cornus sericea

Humboldt Mountains Milkweed 20 Asclepias cryptoceras

showy milkweed 21 Asclepias speciosa

Hemp dogbane 22 Apocynum cannabinum

fragrant bedstraw 23 Galium triflorum

claret-cup hedgehog cactus 24 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

brittle prickly-pear cactus 25 Opuntia fragilis

starvation prickly-pear cactus 26 Opuntia polyacantha

water smartweed 27 Persicaria amphibia

bushy knotweed 28 Polygonum ramosissimum

common knotweed 29 Polygonum arenastrum

curly dock 30 Rumex crispus

spearleaf buckwheat 31 Eriogonum lonchophyllum

Gordon's buckwheat 32 Eriogonum gordonii

saltcedar 33 Tamarix ramosissima

fourwing saltbush 34 Atriplex canescens

Shadscale 3 Atriplex confertifolia

lamb's quarters 35 Chenopodium album

pitseed goosefoot 3 Chenopodium berlandieri

winterfat 34 Krascheninnikovia lanata

prostrate pigweed 36 Amaranthus albus

kochia 37 Bassia scoparia

Southern Russian Thistle 30 Salsola australis

Greasewood 3 Sarcobatus vermiculatus

Creeping Thistle 38 Cirsium arvense

wavyleaf thistle 39 Cirsium undulatum

bull thistle 40 Cirsium vulgare

Spiny plumeless thistle 23 Carduus acanthoides

Musk Thistle 41 Carduus nutans

lesser burdock 42 Arctium minus

Russian knapweed 43 Leuzea repens

common dandelion 44 Taraxacum officinale

Tapertip Hawksbeard 45 Crepis acuminata

spiny sow thistle 46 Sonchus asper

prickly lettuce 47 Lactuca serriola

yellow salsify 48 Tragopogon dubius

Tarragon 3 Artemisia dracunculus

fringed sagebrush 49 Artemisia frigida

silver wormwood 3 Artemisia ludoviciana

black sagebrush 3 Artemisia nova

big sagebrush 3 Artemisia tridentata

common yarrow 50 Achillea millefolium

Pineapple-weed 51 Matricaria discoidea

broom snakeweed 3 Gutierrezia sarothrae

Gray Aster 52 Herrickia glauca

rubber rabbitbrush 3 Ericameria nauseosa

Late Goldenrod 53 Solidago altissima

yellow rabbitbrush 43 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Smooth aster 54 Symphyotrichum laeve

Siskiyou Aster 55 Symphyotrichum lanceolatum hesperium

western aster 3 Symphyotrichum ascendens

Western meadow aster 56 Symphyotrichum campestre

White Heath Aster 57 Symphyotrichum ericoides

Rose-heath 58 Chaetopappa ericoides

hairy goldenaster 3 Heterotheca villosa

Canadian horseweed 59 Erigeron canadensis

cut-leaf fleabane 19 Erigeron compositus