Plants of Elk Island National Park | Les plantes du parc national Elk Island

A guide to potential species observed in Elk Island National Park of Canada. For more information about Elk Island National Park, please visit: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/elkisland/index.aspx ...more ↓

northern meadow sedge
Carex praticola
cyperus sedge 1
Carex pseudocyperus
Richardson's Sedge
Carex richardsonii
Ross's sedge 2
Carex rossii
beaked sedge 3
Carex rostrata
Sartwell's Sedge
Carex sartwellii
dry land sedge
Carex siccata
spongy sedge 4
Carex stipata
many-headed sedge
Carex sychnocephala
delicate quill sedge
Carex tenera
sparse-flowered sedge
Carex tenuiflora
Torrey's Sedge
Carex torreyi
threeseeded sedge 5
Carex trisperma
southern beaked sedge 6
Carex utriculata
Caraway
Carum carvi
Giant red Indian paintbrush 7
Castilleja miniata
Field Chickweed 1
Cerastium arvense
Nodding Chickweed 8
Cerastium nutans
Coontail 9
Ceratophyllum demersum
Fireweed 10
Chamerion angustifolium
Lamb's Quarters 11
Chenopodium album
Strawberry Blite 12
Chenopodium capitatum
Chenopodium glaucum var. salinum
Chenopodium glaucum salinum
Iowa Golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium iowense
Northern Golden-carpet
Chrysosplenium tetrandrum
Spotted Water Hemlock 14
Cicuta maculata
Cowbane 15
Cicuta virosa
drooping woodreed 4
Cinna latifolia
Canada thistle 17
Cirsium arvense
dwarf thistle 18
Cirsium drummondii
Flodman's Thistle
Cirsium flodmanii
Purple Clematis 19
Clematis occidentalis
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 4
Collomia linearis
Bastard Toadflax 20
Comandra umbellata
marsh cinquefoil 3
Comarum palustre
Spotted Coralroot 21
Corallorhiza maculata
Yellow Coralroot 21
Corallorhiza trifida
Canadian Bunchberry 22
Cornus canadensis
red osier dogwood 23
Cornus sericea
golden corydalis 24
Corydalis aurea
beaked hazelnut 25
Corylus cornuta
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. chrysocarpa
Crataegus chrysocarpa chrysocarpa
Frog Orchid 27
Dactylorhiza viridis
California oat grass 28
Danthonia californica
tufted hair grass 4
Deschampsia cespitosa
Wood Whitlow-grass 11
Draba nemorosa
Round-leaved Sundew 1
Drosera rotundifolia
spinulose wood fern 29
Dryopteris carthusiana
crested buckler-fern 30
Dryopteris cristata
northern wood fern 31
Dryopteris expansa
Silverberry 4
Elaeagnus commutata
needle spikerush 32
Eleocharis acicularis
Common Spike-rush 33
Eleocharis palustris
fringed willowherb 35
Epilobium ciliatum
Linear-leaf Willowherb 36
Epilobium leptophyllum
marsh willowherb 37
Epilobium palustre
Field Horsetail 38
Equisetum arvense
Great Horsetail 39
Equisetum fluviatile
Rough Horsetail 40
Equisetum hyemale
meadow horsetail 1
Equisetum pratense
Wood Horsetail
Equisetum sylvaticum
Erigeron acris var. kamtschaticus
Erigeron acris kamtschaticus
Annual Fleabane 41
Erigeron annuus
Smooth fleabane
Erigeron glabellus
short-rayed fleabane 42
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Philadelphia Fleabane 43
Erigeron philadelphicus
Russet Cotton-grass
Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass 44
Eriophorum gracile
tussock cottongrass 45
Eriophorum vaginatum
Wormseed Mustard 46
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Upland Eyebright
Euphrasia frigida
Showy Aster
Eurybia conspicua
Rough Fescue
Festuca hallii
red fescue 1
Festuca rubra
mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana
Woodland strawberry 47
Fragaria vesca
Virginia Strawberry 48
Fragaria virginiana
Common hemp-nettle 49
Galeopsis tetrahit
northern bedstraw 50
Galium boreale
Bog Bedstraw
Galium labradoricum
Three-petal bedstraw 51
Galium trifidum
Fragrant Bedstraw 13
Galium triflorum
Creeping Snowberry 13
Gaultheria hispidula
autumn gentian 52
Gentianella amarella
Northern Cranesbill 13
Geranium bicknellii
Richardson's Geranium 53
Geranium richardsonii
yellow avens
Geum aleppicum
large-leaved avens 54
Geum macrophyllum
Water avens 55
Geum rivale
Prairie Smoke 4
Geum triflorum
Ground Ivy 55
Glechoma hederacea
boreal manna grass 56
Glyceria borealis
american manna grass
Glyceria grandis
Fowl mannagrass 57
Glyceria striata
marsh cudweed 58
Gnaphalium uliginosum

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