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

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bluejoint ¹
Calamagrostis canadensis

Pickering's Reed Bentgrass
Calamagrostis pickeringii

scabrous black sedge ²
Carex atratiformis

hair-like sedge ³
Carex capillaris

few-seeded sedge ⁴
Carex oligosperma

bulrush sedge
Carex scirpoidea

Poverty Oatgrass ⁵
Danthonia spicata

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
Dichanthelium acuminatum lindheimeri

Proliferous Fescue
Festuca prolifera

dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi

Juncus stygius ssp. americanus
Juncus stygius americanus

highland rush
Juncus trifidus

Small-flower Woodrush ¹
Luzula parviflora

Grove Meadow Grass
Poa alsodes

Glaucous Meadow-grass
Poa glauca

Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis
Poa pratensis pratensis

White Beak-sedge ⁶
Rhynchospora alba

woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus

Northern Bur-reed
Sparganium hyperboreum

Trichophorum caespitosum ⁷
Trichophorum cespitosum

Purple False Oats
Trisetum melicoides

spike trisetum ¹
Trisetum spicatum

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

bluejoint 1 Calamagrostis canadensis

Pickering's Reed Bentgrass Calamagrostis pickeringii

scabrous black sedge 2 Carex atratiformis

hair-like sedge 3 Carex capillaris

few-seeded sedge 4 Carex oligosperma

bulrush sedge Carex scirpoidea

Poverty Oatgrass 5 Danthonia spicata

Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri Dichanthelium acuminatum lindheimeri

Proliferous Fescue Festuca prolifera

dudley's rush Juncus dudleyi

Juncus stygius ssp. americanus Juncus stygius americanus

highland rush Juncus trifidus

Small-flower Woodrush 1 Luzula parviflora

Grove Meadow Grass Poa alsodes

Glaucous Meadow-grass Poa glauca

Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis Poa pratensis pratensis

White Beak-sedge 6 Rhynchospora alba

woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus

Northern Bur-reed Sparganium hyperboreum

Trichophorum caespitosum 7 Trichophorum cespitosum

Purple False Oats Trisetum melicoides

spike trisetum 1 Trisetum spicatum