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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 ↓

sparse-flowered sedge
Carex tenuiflora
Torrey's Sedge
Carex torreyi
threeseeded sedge 1
Carex trisperma
southern beaked sedge 2
Carex utriculata
Caraway
Carum carvi
Giant red Indian paintbrush 3
Castilleja miniata
Field Chickweed 4
Cerastium arvense
Nodding Chickweed 5
Cerastium nutans
Coontail 6
Ceratophyllum demersum
Fireweed 7
Chamerion angustifolium
Lamb's Quarters 8
Chenopodium album
Strawberry Blite 9
Chenopodium capitatum
Chenopodium glaucum var. salinum
Chenopodium glaucum salinum
Iowa Golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium iowense
Northern Golden-carpet
Chrysosplenium tetrandrum
bulb-bearing water-hemlock 10
Cicuta bulbifera
Spotted Water Hemlock 11
Cicuta maculata
Cowbane 12
Cicuta virosa
drooping woodreed 13
Cinna latifolia
Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade 14
Circaea alpina
Canada thistle 15
Cirsium arvense
dwarf thistle 16
Cirsium drummondii
Flodman's Thistle
Cirsium flodmanii
Purple Clematis 17
Clematis occidentalis
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 13
Collomia linearis
Bastard Toadflax 18
Comandra umbellata
marsh cinquefoil 19
Comarum palustre
Spotted Coralroot 20
Corallorhiza maculata
Yellow Coralroot 20
Corallorhiza trifida
Canadian Bunchberry 21
Cornus canadensis
red osier dogwood 22
Cornus sericea
golden corydalis 23
Corydalis aurea
beaked hazelnut 24
Corylus cornuta
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. chrysocarpa
Crataegus chrysocarpa chrysocarpa
Small white northern Lady's-slipper 25
Cypripedium passerinum
Frog Orchid 26
Dactylorhiza viridis
California oat grass 27
Danthonia californica
tufted hair grass 13
Deschampsia cespitosa
Wood Whitlow-grass 8
Draba nemorosa
Round-leaved Sundew 4
Drosera rotundifolia
Silverberry 13
Elaeagnus commutata
needle spikerush 28
Eleocharis acicularis
Common Spike-rush 29
Eleocharis palustris
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus 30
Elymus trachycaulus
fringed willowherb 31
Epilobium ciliatum
Linear-leaf Willowherb 32
Epilobium leptophyllum
marsh willowherb 33
Epilobium palustre
Erigeron acris var. kamtschaticus
Erigeron acris kamtschaticus
Annual Fleabane 34
Erigeron annuus
Smooth fleabane
Erigeron glabellus
short-rayed fleabane 35
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Philadelphia Fleabane 36
Erigeron philadelphicus
Russet Cotton-grass
Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass 37
Eriophorum gracile
tussock cottongrass 38
Eriophorum vaginatum
Wormseed Mustard 39
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Upland Eyebright
Euphrasia frigida
Showy Aster
Eurybia conspicua
Rough Fescue
Festuca hallii
red fescue 4
Festuca rubra
mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana
Woodland strawberry 40
Fragaria vesca
Virginia Strawberry 41
Fragaria virginiana
Common hemp-nettle 42
Galeopsis tetrahit
northern bedstraw 43
Galium boreale
Bog Bedstraw
Galium labradoricum
Three-petal bedstraw 44
Galium trifidum
Fragrant Bedstraw 10
Galium triflorum
Creeping Snowberry 10
Gaultheria hispidula
autumn gentian 45
Gentianella amarella
Northern Cranesbill 10
Geranium bicknellii
Richardson's Geranium 46
Geranium richardsonii
yellow avens
Geum aleppicum
large-leaved avens 47
Geum macrophyllum
Water avens 48
Geum rivale
Prairie Smoke 13
Geum triflorum
Ground Ivy 48
Glechoma hederacea
boreal manna grass 49
Glyceria borealis
american manna grass
Glyceria grandis
Fowl mannagrass 50
Glyceria striata
marsh cudweed 51
Gnaphalium uliginosum
lesser rattlesnake plantain 52
Goodyera repens
Curly-cup Gumweed 8
Grindelia squarrosa
Hackelia deflexa var. americana
Hackelia deflexa americana
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
Nuttall's Sunflower 53
Helianthus nuttallii
Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus
Helianthus pauciflorus subrhomboideus
Common Cowparsnip
Heracleum maximum
Hairy Goldenaster 13
Heterotheca villosa
Canada hawkweed 54
Hieracium umbellatum
Common Mare's Tail 55
Hippuris vulgaris
Foxtail Barley 56
Hordeum jubatum
Common Hop 57
Humulus lupulus
Spotted Touch-Me-Not 11
Impatiens capensis
Northern Green Rush
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Baltic rush 13
Juncus balticus
toad rush 13
Juncus bufonius
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
knotted rush
Juncus nodosus
June Grass 13
Koeleria macrantha

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