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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton

A guide to potential species observed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. For more information about Cape Breton Highlands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

balsam fir 1
Abies balsamea
Striped Maple 2
Acer pensylvanicum
red maple 3
Acer rubrum
Sugar Maple 4
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Common Yarrow 5
Achillea millefolium
Chives 6
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum 7
Allium schoenoprasum sibiricum
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 8
Alnus incana rugosa
cutleaf anemone 9
Anemone multifida
Small-flower Anemone
Anemone parviflora
Purplestem Angelica 10
Angelica atropurpurea
wild sarsaparilla 11
Aralia nudicaulis
maidenhair spleenwort 12
Asplenium trichomanes
green spleenwort 13
Asplenium viride
Twining Screwstem 14
Bartonia paniculata
Yellow Birch 15
Betula alleghaniensis
Northern Birch
Betula borealis
dwarf resin birch
Betula glandulosa
Betula michauxii
paper birch 16
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 17
Betula pumila
little grapefern 18
Botrychium simplex
bluejoint 9
Calamagrostis canadensis
Pickering's Reed Bentgrass
Calamagrostis pickeringii
scabrous black sedge 19
Carex atratiformis
hair-like sedge 20
Carex capillaris
few-seeded sedge 21
Carex oligosperma
bulrush sedge
Carex scirpoidea
Blue-bead Lily 22
Clintonia borealis
Coeloglossum viride var. viride
Dactylorhiza viridis viride
Bastard Toadflax 23
Comandra umbellata
Threeleaf Goldthread 24
Coptis trifolia
Canadian Bunchberry 25
Cornus canadensis
Hairy Cockspurthorn
Crataegus submollis
showy lady's slipper 26
Cypripedium reginae
brittle bladderfern 27
Cystopteris fragilis
brittle bladderfern 28
Cystopteris tenuis
Poverty Oatgrass 29
Danthonia spicata
Diapensia 30
Diapensia lapponica
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
Dichanthelium acuminatum lindheimeri
Ground-cedar 31
Diphasiastrum complanatum
rock whitlow-mustard 32
Draba arabisans
Rock Whitlow-grass
Draba glabella
Norwegian Whitlow-grass
Draba norvegica
Spoonleaf Sundew 33
Drosera intermedia
Round-leaved Sundew 34
Drosera rotundifolia
Male fern 9
Dryopteris filix-mas
fragrant wood fern 24
Dryopteris fragrans
Empetrum atropurpureum
Rock Crowberry
Empetrum eamesii
Trailing Arbutus 14
Epigaea repens
Hornemann's Willowherb 8
Epilobium hornemannii
Milkflower Willowherb 35
Epilobium lactiflorum
meadow horsetail 34
Equisetum pratense
Daisy Fleabane 36
Erigeron hyssopifolius
American beech 37
Fagus grandifolia
Proliferous Fescue
Festuca prolifera
white ash 38
Fraxinus americana
black ash 15
Fraxinus nigra
Boreal Bedstraw
Galium kamtschaticum
Creeping Snowberry 24
Gaultheria hispidula
Western rattlesnake plantain 39
Goodyera oblongifolia
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
Robinson's Hawkweed
Hieracium robinsonii
northern golden heather 14
Hudsonia ericoides
northern firmoss 40
Huperzia selago
Blue Flag 41
Iris versicolor
butternut 42
Juglans cinerea
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
Juncus stygius ssp. americanus
Juncus stygius americanus
highland rush
Juncus trifidus
sheep laurel 43
Kalmia angustifolia
Tamarack 15
Larix laricina
Narrowleaf Pinweed 17
Lechea intermedia
Ledum groenlandicum 25
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Small-flower Woodrush 9
Luzula parviflora
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley 44
Maianthemum canadense
Oysterplant 45
Mertensia maritima
Greenland stitchwort 46
Minuartia groenlandica
Bog Myrtle
Myrica gale
whorled wood aster 47
Oclemena acuminata
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 48
Osmorhiza depauperata
Aniseroot 42
Osmorhiza longistylis
Osmunda cinnamomea 11
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
American hophornbeam 49
Ostrya virginiana
Mountain Wood-sorrel 27
Oxalis montana
alpine sorrel 50
Oxyria digyna
Yellow Oxytropis 51
Oxytropis campestris
Balsam Ragwort 10
Packera paupercula
Parnassia palustris var. parviflora
Parnassia palustris parviflora
White Spruce 52
Picea glauca
Black Spruce 53
Picea mariana
Red Spruce 54
Picea rubens
Common Butterwort 55
Pinguicula vulgaris
Jack Pine 56
Pinus banksiana
Eastern White Pine 57
Pinus strobus
Grove Meadow Grass
Poa alsodes
Glaucous Meadow-grass
Poa glauca
Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis
Poa pratensis pratensis

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