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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 ↓

Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum
Agropyron cristatum pectinatum
ticklegrass 1
Agrostis scabra
creeping bent 1
Agrostis stolonifera
short-awn foxtail 1
Alopecurus aequalis
Anthoxanthum nitens
american slough grass
Beckmannia syzigachne
fringed brome 1
Bromus ciliatus
smooth brome 2
Bromus inermis
bluejoint 1
Calamagrostis canadensis
Slim-stem Small-reedgrass 3
Calamagrostis stricta
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa
Calamagrostis stricta inexpansa
water sedge 4
Carex aquatilis
wheat sedge
Carex atherodes
golden sedge 5
Carex aurea
Back's sedge
Carex backii
Bebb's sedge 6
Carex bebbii
brownish sedge
Carex brunnescens
Carex canescens ssp. canescens
Carex canescens canescens
creeping sedge 7
Carex chordorrhiza
Beautiful Sedge
Carex concinna
Crawford's sedge
Carex crawfordii
Dewey's sedge
Carex deweyana
Lesser Tussock Sedge 8
Carex diandra
two-seeded sedge
Carex disperma
spikeletrush sedge
Carex duriuscula
Northern bog sedge
Carex gynocrates
Hooker's Sedge
Carex hookeriana
lake sedge 9
Carex lacustris
woolly-fruited sedge 7
Carex lasiocarpa
bristle-stalked sedge
Carex leptalea
mud sedge 4
Carex limosa
Tall Bog-sedge 4
Carex magellanica
small-winged sedge
Carex microptera
Norway sedge
Carex norvegica
Blunt Sedge
Carex obtusata
Peck's sedge
Carex peckii
woolly sedge 10
Carex pellita
Pennsylvania Sedge 11
Carex pensylvanica
field sedge 12
Carex praegracilis
prairie sedge
Carex prairea
northern meadow sedge
Carex praticola
cyperus sedge 13
Carex pseudocyperus
Richardson's Sedge
Carex richardsonii
Ross's sedge 5
Carex rossii
beaked sedge 8
Carex rostrata
Sartwell's Sedge
Carex sartwellii
dry land sedge
Carex siccata
spongy sedge 1
Carex stipata
many-headed sedge
Carex sychnocephala
delicate quill sedge
Carex tenera
sparse-flowered sedge
Carex tenuiflora
Torrey's Sedge
Carex torreyi
threeseeded sedge 14
Carex trisperma
southern beaked sedge 15
Carex utriculata
drooping woodreed 1
Cinna latifolia
California oat grass 16
Danthonia californica
tufted hair grass 1
Deschampsia cespitosa
needle spikerush 17
Eleocharis acicularis
Common Spike-rush 18
Eleocharis palustris
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus 19
Elymus trachycaulus
Russet Cotton-grass
Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass 20
Eriophorum gracile
tussock cottongrass 21
Eriophorum vaginatum
Rough Fescue
Festuca hallii
red fescue 13
Festuca rubra
mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana
boreal manna grass 22
Glyceria borealis
american manna grass
Glyceria grandis
Fowl mannagrass 23
Glyceria striata
Foxtail Barley 24
Hordeum jubatum
Northern Green Rush
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Baltic rush 1
Juncus balticus
toad rush 1
Juncus bufonius
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
knotted rush
Juncus nodosus
June Grass 1
Koeleria macrantha
Northwestern Wildrye
Leymus innovatus
Heath Wood-rush 8
Luzula multiflora
Small-flower Woodrush 1
Luzula parviflora
Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata
mat muhly 1
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
green needlegrass 1
Nassella viridula
White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 25
Oryzopsis asperifolia
western wheatgrass 26
Pascopyrum smithii
Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy 1
Phleum pratense
Common Reed 27
Phragmites australis
Slender Mountain-ricegrass
Piptatherum pungens
Annual meadow grass 28
Poa annua
Prairie Bluegrass
Poa arida
canadian bluegrass 29
Poa compressa
fowl bluegrass 1
Poa palustris
Kentucky Bluegrass 1
Poa pratensis
Russian Wildrye
Psathyrostachys juncea
european alkali grass 4
Puccinellia distans
nuttall's alkali grass 30
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Purple Oat 31
Schizachne purpurascens
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Schoenoplectus acutus acutus
panicled bulrush 1
Scirpus microcarpus
Sprangletop
Scolochloa festucacea

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