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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 ↓

Sweetflag
Acorus americanus
Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum
Agropyron cristatum pectinatum
ticklegrass 1
Agrostis scabra
creeping bent 1
Agrostis stolonifera
nodding onion 2
Allium cernuum
short-awn foxtail 1
Alopecurus aequalis
Roundleaf Orchis 3
Amerorchis rotundifolia
Anthoxanthum nitens
american slough grass
Beckmannia syzigachne
fringed brome 1
Bromus ciliatus
smooth brome 4
Bromus inermis
bluejoint 1
Calamagrostis canadensis
Slim-stem Small-reedgrass 5
Calamagrostis stricta
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa
Calamagrostis stricta inexpansa
Bog Arum 6
Calla palustris
water sedge 7
Carex aquatilis
wheat sedge
Carex atherodes
golden sedge 8
Carex aurea
Back's sedge
Carex backii
Bebb's sedge 9
Carex bebbii
brownish sedge
Carex brunnescens
Carex canescens ssp. canescens
Carex canescens canescens
creeping sedge 10
Carex chordorrhiza
Beautiful Sedge
Carex concinna
Crawford's sedge
Carex crawfordii
Dewey's sedge
Carex deweyana
Lesser Tussock Sedge 11
Carex diandra
two-seeded sedge
Carex disperma
spikeletrush sedge
Carex duriuscula
Northern bog sedge
Carex gynocrates
Hooker's Sedge
Carex hookeriana
lake sedge 12
Carex lacustris
woolly-fruited sedge 10
Carex lasiocarpa
bristle-stalked sedge
Carex leptalea
mud sedge 7
Carex limosa
Tall Bog-sedge 7
Carex magellanica
small-winged sedge
Carex microptera
Norway sedge
Carex norvegica
Blunt Sedge
Carex obtusata
Peck's sedge
Carex peckii
woolly sedge 13
Carex pellita
Pennsylvania Sedge 14
Carex pensylvanica
field sedge 15
Carex praegracilis
prairie sedge
Carex prairea
northern meadow sedge
Carex praticola
cyperus sedge 16
Carex pseudocyperus
Richardson's Sedge
Carex richardsonii
Ross's sedge 8
Carex rossii
beaked sedge 11
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 17
Carex trisperma
southern beaked sedge 18
Carex utriculata
drooping woodreed 1
Cinna latifolia
Spotted Coralroot 19
Corallorhiza maculata
Yellow Coralroot 19
Corallorhiza trifida
Small white northern Lady's-slipper 3
Cypripedium passerinum
Frog Orchid 20
Dactylorhiza viridis
California oat grass 21
Danthonia californica
tufted hair grass 1
Deschampsia cespitosa
needle spikerush 22
Eleocharis acicularis
Common Spike-rush 23
Eleocharis palustris
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus 24
Elymus trachycaulus
Russet Cotton-grass
Eriophorum chamissonis
slender cottongrass 25
Eriophorum gracile
tussock cottongrass 26
Eriophorum vaginatum
Rough Fescue
Festuca hallii
red fescue 16
Festuca rubra
mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana
boreal manna grass 27
Glyceria borealis
american manna grass
Glyceria grandis
Fowl mannagrass 28
Glyceria striata
lesser rattlesnake plantain 29
Goodyera repens
Foxtail Barley 30
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
Ivy-leaved Duckweed 31
Lemna trisulca
Red Duckweed 32
Lemna turionifera
Northwestern Wildrye
Leymus innovatus
wood lily 33
Lilium philadelphicum
Listera borealis 34
Neottia borealis
Listera cordata
Neottia cordata
Heath Wood-rush 11
Luzula multiflora
Small-flower Woodrush 1
Luzula parviflora
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley 35
Maianthemum canadense
Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley 36
Maianthemum stellatum
Three-leaf Solomon’s-seal 37
Maianthemum trifolium
Marsh Muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata
mat muhly 1
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
green needlegrass 1
Nassella viridula
White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 38
Oryzopsis asperifolia

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