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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
Chives 5
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum 6
Allium schoenoprasum sibiricum
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 7
Alnus incana rugosa
cutleaf anemone 8
Anemone multifida
Small-flower Anemone
Anemone parviflora
Purplestem Angelica 9
Angelica atropurpurea
wild sarsaparilla 10
Aralia nudicaulis
Twining Screwstem 11
Bartonia paniculata
Yellow Birch 12
Betula alleghaniensis
Northern Birch
Betula borealis
dwarf resin birch
Betula glandulosa
Betula michauxii
paper birch 13
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 14
Betula pumila
bluejoint 8
Calamagrostis canadensis
Pickering's Reed Bentgrass
Calamagrostis pickeringii
scabrous black sedge 15
Carex atratiformis
hair-like sedge 16
Carex capillaris
few-seeded sedge 17
Carex oligosperma
bulrush sedge
Carex scirpoidea
Blue-bead Lily 18
Clintonia borealis
Coeloglossum viride var. viride
Dactylorhiza viridis viride
Bastard Toadflax 19
Comandra umbellata
Threeleaf Goldthread 20
Coptis trifolia
Canadian Bunchberry 21
Cornus canadensis
Hairy Cockspurthorn
Crataegus submollis
showy lady's slipper 22
Cypripedium reginae
Poverty Oatgrass 23
Danthonia spicata
Diapensia 24
Diapensia lapponica
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
Dichanthelium acuminatum lindheimeri
rock whitlow-mustard 25
Draba arabisans
Rock Whitlow-grass
Draba glabella
Norwegian Whitlow-grass
Draba norvegica
Spoonleaf Sundew 26
Drosera intermedia
Round-leaved Sundew 27
Drosera rotundifolia
Empetrum atropurpureum
Rock Crowberry
Empetrum eamesii
Trailing Arbutus 11
Epigaea repens
Hornemann's Willowherb 7
Epilobium hornemannii
Milkflower Willowherb 28
Epilobium lactiflorum
Daisy Fleabane 29
Erigeron hyssopifolius
American beech 30
Fagus grandifolia
Proliferous Fescue
Festuca prolifera
white ash 31
Fraxinus americana
black ash 12
Fraxinus nigra
Boreal Bedstraw
Galium kamtschaticum
Creeping Snowberry 20
Gaultheria hispidula
Western rattlesnake plantain 32
Goodyera oblongifolia
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
Robinson's Hawkweed
Hieracium robinsonii
northern golden heather 11
Hudsonia ericoides
Blue Flag 33
Iris versicolor
butternut 34
Juglans cinerea
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
Juncus stygius ssp. americanus
Juncus stygius americanus
highland rush
Juncus trifidus
sheep laurel 35
Kalmia angustifolia
Narrowleaf Pinweed 14
Lechea intermedia
Ledum groenlandicum 21
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Small-flower Woodrush 8
Luzula parviflora
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley 36
Maianthemum canadense
Oysterplant 37
Mertensia maritima
Greenland stitchwort 38
Minuartia groenlandica
Bog Myrtle
Myrica gale
whorled wood aster 39
Oclemena acuminata
blunt-fruited sweet-cicely 40
Osmorhiza depauperata
Aniseroot 34
Osmorhiza longistylis
American hophornbeam 41
Ostrya virginiana
Mountain Wood-sorrel 42
Oxalis montana
alpine sorrel 43
Oxyria digyna
Yellow Oxytropis 44
Oxytropis campestris
Balsam Ragwort 9
Packera paupercula
Parnassia palustris var. parviflora
Parnassia palustris parviflora
Common Butterwort 45
Pinguicula vulgaris
Grove Meadow Grass
Poa alsodes
Glaucous Meadow-grass
Poa glauca
Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis
Poa pratensis pratensis
Ontario balsam poplar 46
Populus balsamifera
Bigtooth Aspen 12
Populus grandidentata
Trembling Aspen 47
Populus tremuloides
Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
Potentilla pensylvanica var. litoralis
Potentilla pensylvanica litoralis
Prenanthes trifoliolata 48
Nabalus trifoliolatus
Mistassini Primrose 49
Primula mistassinica
Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris vulgaris
fire cherry 34
Prunus pensylvanica
Northern Red Oak 50
Quercus rubra
Roseroot 51
Rhodiola rosea
Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
Lapland Azalea 52
Rhododendron lapponicum
White Beak-sedge 53
Rhynchospora alba
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Sheep's Sorrel 54
Rumex acetosella
Satiny willow
Salix pellita
Net-leaved Willow 55
Salix reticulata

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