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Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada Quttinirpaaq

A guide to potential species observed in Quttinirpaaq National Park. For more information about Quttinirpaaq National Park, please visit: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nu/quttinirpaaq/index.aspx ...more ↓

Alpine Foxtail
Alopecurus magellanicus
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 1
Androsace septentrionalis
Broadleaf Arctagrostis
Arctagrostis latifolia
Purple Reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens
Arctic Harebell
Campanula uniflora
Alpine Bittercress 2
Cardamine bellidifolia
Cardamine nymanii 3
Carex aquatilis var. stans
Carex aquatilis stans
Scorched Alpine-sedge
Carex atrofusca
hair-like sedge 4
Carex capillaris
Alpine Sedge
Carex glacialis
Sea Sedge
Carex marina
Curved Sedge 5
Carex maritima
Fragile-seed Sedge
Carex membranacea
Nard Sedge
Carex nardina
Rock Sedge
Carex rupestris
russet sedge
Carex saxatilis
Bear Sedge
Carex ursina
Arctic Bell-heather 6
Cassiope tetragona
Alpine Mouse-ear 7
Cerastium alpinum
bering mouse-ear chickweed 8
Cerastium beeringianum
Cerastium nigrescens ssp. arcticum
Cerastium nigrescens arcticum
Regel's Chickweed
Cerastium regelii
greenland cochlearia
Cochlearia groenlandica
Shortleaf Hairgrass
Deschampsia brevifolia
Shortleaf Sedge
Carex misandra
Alpine Whitlow-grass
Draba alpina
Fell-field Whitlow-grass
Draba arctogena
Grayleaf Whitlow-grass
Draba cinerea
Snowbed Whitlow-grass
Draba crassifolia
White Arctic Whitlow-grass
Draba fladnizensis
Milky Whitlow-grass
Draba lactea
Canadian Arctic Whitlow-grass
Draba oblongata
Ellesmere Island Whitlow-grass
Draba subcapitata
Fisher's Dupontia
Dupontia fisheri
Alaska Wild Rye
Elymus alaskanus
Arctic Willowherb
Epilobium arcticum
Epilobium latifolium 9
Chamerion latifolium
cut-leaf fleabane 10
Erigeron compositus
Scheuchzer's Cotton-grass 3
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
Pallas' Wallflower
Erysimum pallasii
Edward's Eutrema 11
Eutrema edwardsii
Baffin Fescue
Festuca baffinensis
Shortleaf Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
Boreal Fescue
Festuca hyperborea
Soft Rockcress
Halimolobos mollis
Common Mare's Tail 12
Hippuris vulgaris
Northern White Rush
Juncus albescens
Arctic rush 13
Juncus arcticus
Two-flower Rush
Juncus biglumis
Chestnut Rush
Juncus castaneus
seep kobresia
Kobresia myosuroides
Simple Kobresia
Kobresia simpliciuscula
Arctic Woodrush
Luzula arctica
Northern Woodrush
Luzula confusa
Ross' Stitchwort
Minuartia rossii
Reddish Sandwort 14
Minuartia rubella
alpine sorrel 15
Oxyria digyna
Polar Poppy 16
Papaver dahlianum
Lapland Poppy
Papaver lapponicum
Capitate Lousewort
Pedicularis capitata
Hairy Lousewort
Pedicularis hirsuta
Sudetic Lousewort
Pedicularis sudetica
Ice Grass
Phippsia algida
Physaria arctica
Sabine-grass
Pleuropogon sabinei
dwarf bluegrass
Poa abbreviata
Poa arctica ssp. arctica
Poa arctica arctica
Glaucous Meadow-grass
Poa glauca
Hartz's Bluegrass
Poa hartzii
Polygonum viviparum 17
Persicaria vivipara
Snow Cinquefoil
Potentilla nivea
Pretty cinquefoil 18
Potentilla pulchella
Vahl's Cinquefoil
Potentilla vahliana
Tundra Alkali Grass
Puccinellia agrostidea
Prince Patrick Alkali Grass
Puccinellia bruggemannii
Creeping Alkali Grass
Puccinellia phryganodes
Floodplain Alkali Grass
Puccinellia poacea
Arctic Tussock Alkali Grass
Puccinellia vaginata
Vahl's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia vahliana
Arctic Buttercup
Ranunculus hyperboreus
Snowy Buttercup
Ranunculus nivalis
Sabine's Buttercup
Ranunculus sabinei
Sulphur Buttercup
Ranunculus sulphureus
Snow Pearlwort
Sagina nivalis
arctic willow 19
Salix arctica
Drooping Saxifrage 20
Saxifraga cernua
Saxifraga foliolosa
Micranthes foliolosa
Alpine Saxifrage
Saxifraga nivalis
Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Highland Saxifrage
Saxifraga rivularis
Prickly Saxifrage 21
Saxifraga tricuspidata
Moss Campion 22
Silene acaulis
Sorensen's Catchfly
Silene sorensenis
Tundra Stichwort
Stellaria ciliatosepala
Tundra Starwort
Stellaria crassipes
Creeping Sandwort
Stellaria humifusa
Longstalk starwort 23
Stellaria longipes
Northern Dandelion
Taraxacum phymatocarpum
spike trisetum 24
Trisetum spicatum

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