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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 ↓

western wheatgrass 1
Pascopyrum smithii
Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy 2
Phleum pratense
Common Reed 3
Phragmites australis
Slender Mountain-ricegrass
Piptatherum pungens
north wind bog orchid 4
Platanthera aquilonis
Platanthera obtusata ssp. obtusata
Platanthera obtusata obtusata
Annual meadow grass 5
Poa annua
Prairie Bluegrass
Poa arida
canadian bluegrass 6
Poa compressa
fowl bluegrass 2
Poa palustris
Kentucky Bluegrass 2
Poa pratensis
Fries' Pondweed 7
Potamogeton friesii
Broad-leaved Pondweed 8
Potamogeton natans
Potamogeton pectinatus
Stuckenia pectinata
small pondweed 9
Potamogeton pusillus
Richardson's pondweed 10
Potamogeton richardsonii
eel-grass pondweed
Potamogeton zosteriformis
Rough-Fruited Fairybells 11
Prosartes trachycarpa
Russian Wildrye
Psathyrostachys juncea
european alkali grass 12
Puccinellia distans
nuttall's alkali grass 13
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Wigeon-grass 14
Ruppia cirrhosa
Arumleaf Arrowhead 15
Sagittaria cuneata
Rannoch Rush 16
Scheuchzeria palustris
Purple Oat 17
Schizachne purpurascens
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Schoenoplectus acutus acutus
panicled bulrush 2
Scirpus microcarpus
Sprangletop
Scolochloa festucacea
green bristle grass 18
Setaria viridis
Strict blue-eyed grass 19
Sisyrinchium montanum
Big Bur-reed 20
Sparganium eurycarpum
small bur-reed 7
Sparganium natans
alkali cord grass
Spartina gracilis
Irish Lady's-tresses 21
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Spirodela polyrrhiza
Spirodela polyrhiza
white twisted-stalk 22
Streptopus amplexifolius
Common Arrowgrass 6
Triglochin maritima
marsh arrow-grass 23
Triglochin palustris
Common Cattail 24
Typha latifolia
Dotted Watermeal
Wolffia borealis
Columbian Watermeal
Wolffia columbiana
Horned Pondweed
Zannichellia palustris
Zigadenus elegans 25
Anticlea elegans

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