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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 ↓

Striped Maple 1
Acer pensylvanicum
red maple 2
Acer rubrum
Sugar Maple 3
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Common Yarrow 4
Achillea millefolium
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 5
Alnus incana rugosa
cutleaf anemone 6
Anemone multifida
Small-flower Anemone
Anemone parviflora
Purplestem Angelica 7
Angelica atropurpurea
wild sarsaparilla 8
Aralia nudicaulis
Twining Screwstem 9
Bartonia paniculata
Yellow Birch 10
Betula alleghaniensis
Northern Birch
Betula borealis
dwarf resin birch
Betula glandulosa
Betula michauxii
paper birch 11
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 12
Betula pumila
Bastard Toadflax 13
Comandra umbellata
Threeleaf Goldthread 14
Coptis trifolia
Canadian Bunchberry 15
Cornus canadensis
Hairy Cockspurthorn
Crataegus submollis
Diapensia 16
Diapensia lapponica
rock whitlow-mustard 17
Draba arabisans
Rock Whitlow-grass
Draba glabella
Norwegian Whitlow-grass
Draba norvegica
Spoonleaf Sundew 18
Drosera intermedia
Round-leaved Sundew 19
Drosera rotundifolia
Empetrum atropurpureum
Rock Crowberry
Empetrum eamesii
Trailing Arbutus 9
Epigaea repens
Hornemann's Willowherb 5
Epilobium hornemannii
Milkflower Willowherb 20
Epilobium lactiflorum
Daisy Fleabane 21
Erigeron hyssopifolius
American beech 22
Fagus grandifolia
white ash 23
Fraxinus americana
black ash 10
Fraxinus nigra
Boreal Bedstraw
Galium kamtschaticum
Creeping Snowberry 14
Gaultheria hispidula
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
Robinson's Hawkweed
Hieracium robinsonii
northern golden heather 9
Hudsonia ericoides
butternut 24
Juglans cinerea
sheep laurel 25
Kalmia angustifolia
Narrowleaf Pinweed 12
Lechea intermedia
Ledum groenlandicum 15
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Oysterplant 26
Mertensia maritima
Greenland stitchwort 27
Minuartia groenlandica
Bog Myrtle
Myrica gale
whorled wood aster 28
Oclemena acuminata
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 29
Osmorhiza depauperata
Aniseroot 24
Osmorhiza longistylis
American hophornbeam 30
Ostrya virginiana
Mountain Wood-sorrel 31
Oxalis montana
alpine sorrel 32
Oxyria digyna
Yellow Oxytropis 33
Oxytropis campestris
Balsam Ragwort 7
Packera paupercula
Parnassia palustris var. parviflora
Parnassia palustris parviflora
Common Butterwort 34
Pinguicula vulgaris
Ontario balsam poplar 35
Populus balsamifera
Bigtooth Aspen 10
Populus grandidentata
Trembling Aspen 36
Populus tremuloides
Potentilla pensylvanica var. litoralis
Potentilla pensylvanica litoralis
Prenanthes trifoliolata 37
Nabalus trifoliolatus
Mistassini Primrose 38
Primula mistassinica
Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris vulgaris
fire cherry 24
Prunus pensylvanica
Northern Red Oak 39
Quercus rubra
Roseroot 40
Rhodiola rosea
Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
Lapland Azalea 41
Rhododendron lapponicum
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Sheep's Sorrel 42
Rumex acetosella
Satiny willow
Salix pellita
Net-leaved Willow 43
Salix reticulata
Bearberry Willow
Salix uva-ursi
Rock Willow
Salix vestita
Yellow Saxifrage 44
Saxifraga aizoides
Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Livelong Saxifrage 45
Saxifraga paniculata
northern goldenrod 6
Solidago multiradiata
American Mountain Ash 15
Sorbus americana
Northern Meadowsweet
Spiraea septentrionalis
Suaeda maritima ssp. richii
Suaeda maritima richii
Starflower 46
Trientalis borealis
American Elm 47
Ulmus americana
Horned Bladderwort 48
Utricularia cornuta
Lowbush Blueberry 49
Vaccinium angustifolium
Northern Blueberry
Vaccinium boreale
Vaccinium caespitosum 50
Vaccinium cespitosum
Cranberry 51
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Oval-leaf Blueberry 52
Vaccinium ovalifolium
bog bilberry 53
Vaccinium uliginosum
squashberry 54
Viburnum edule
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides 55
Viburnum nudum cassinoides

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