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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 ↓

sea clubrush 1
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Woolly Sedge 2
Carex lanuginosa
Nebraska sedge 3
Carex nebrascensis
Geyer's sedge 3
Carex geyeri
Common Spike-rush 4
Eleocharis palustris
Barnyardgrass 5
Echinochloa crus-galli
Fowl Mannagrass 6
Glyceria striata
Redtop 7
Agrostis gigantea
Bluejoint 3
Calamagrostis canadensis
June Grass 3
Koeleria macrantha
orchard grass 3
Dactylis glomerata
Tall Fescue 8
Festuca arundinacea
Reed Canarygrass 9
Phalaris arundinacea
Annual Meadow-grass 10
Poa annua
Bulbous Bluegrass 11
Poa bulbosa
muttongrass 3
Poa fendleriana
Kentucky bluegrass 12
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 3
Poa secunda
Timothy 13
Phleum pratense
short-awn foxtail 3
Alopecurus aequalis
american slough grass 14
Beckmannia syzigachne
Smooth Brome 15
Bromus inermis
Japanese Brome 3
Bromus japonicus
Cheatgrass 16
Bromus tectorum
Intermediate Wheatgrass 17
Thinopyrum intermedium
Bluebunch Wheatgrass 18
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Western Wheatgrass 19
Pascopyrum smithii
Canada Wild Rye 20
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 3
Elymus elymoides
blue wild rye 3
Elymus glaucus
Streamside Wild Rye 3
Elymus lanceolatus
Quack Grass 3
Elymus repens
Slender Wheatgrass 5
Elymus trachycaulus
Meadow barley 3
Hordeum brachyantherum
Foxtail Barley 21
Hordeum jubatum
Great Basin Wildrye 22
Leymus cinereus
crested wheatgrass 23
Agropyron cristatum
Needle-and-Thread 24
Hesperostipa comata
green needlegrass 3
Nassella viridula
Indian ricegrass 25
Achnatherum hymenoides
common reed 26
Phragmites australis
sand dropseed 3
Sporobolus cryptandrus
James' galleta 27
Hilaria jamesii
Salt Grass 28
Distichlis spicata
scratch grass 29
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
narrowleaf cattail 30
Typha angustifolia
broadleaf cattail 31
Typha latifolia
Arctic rush 32
Juncus arcticus
hooded ladies' tresses 33
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Slender Bog Orchid 34
Platanthera stricta
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 35
Maianthemum stellatum
Iris × hybrida 36
tapertip onion 3
Allium acuminatum
Sego lily 37
Calochortus nuttallii
Rough-Fruited Fairybells 37
Prosartes trachycarpa
common duckweed 38
Lemna minor
Horned Pondweed 39
Zannichellia palustris

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