Plants of Grasslands National Park | Les plantes du parc national des Prairies

A guide to potential plant species observed in Grasslands National Park of Canada. For more information about Grasslands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

Box Elder 1
Acer negundo
Common Yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
Indian ricegrass 3
Achnatherum hymenoides
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei
Achnatherum nelsonii dorei
red baneberry 4
Actaea rubra
Anise Hyssop 5
Agastache foeniculum
Pale agoseris 6
Agoseris glauca
Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum
Agropyron cristatum pectinatum
ticklegrass 6
Agrostis scabra
northern water plantain 7
Alisma triviale
Textile onion 6
Allium textile
Tufted Foxtail 6
Alopecurus carolinianus
Marsh foxtail 8
Alopecurus geniculatus
Tumbleweed 9
Amaranthus albus
procumbent pigweed 9
Amaranthus blitoides
Saskatoon 10
Amelanchier alnifolia
pygmy-flower rock-jasmine 7
Androsace septentrionalis
Meadow Anemone 11
Anemone canadensis
Thimbleweed 12
Anemone cylindrica
Flat-top Pussytoes 13
Antennaria corymbosa
Low Pussytoes 14
Antennaria dimorpha
small-leaf pussytoes 15
Antennaria parvifolia
Pink Everlasting 16
Antennaria rosea
umber pussytoes 17
Antennaria umbrinella
Spreading Dogbane 18
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Arabis holboellii 19
Boechera holboellii
slender rock cress
Arabis pycnocarpa
Pinemat Manzanita 20
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta
Aristida purpurea longiseta
hillside arnica
Arnica fulgens
biennial wormwood 6
Artemisia biennis
Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis
Artemisia campestris borealis
Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata
Artemisia campestris caudata
silver sagebrush 6
Artemisia cana
tarragon 6
Artemisia dracunculus
fringed sagebrush 21
Artemisia frigida
Longleaf Wormwood
Artemisia longifolia
White Sagebrush 6
Artemisia ludoviciana
Oval-Leaved Milkweed 22
Asclepias ovalifolia
Astragalus adsurgens var. robustior
Astragalus adsurgens robustior
field milkvetch
Astragalus agrestis
Two-grooved Milkvetch
Astragalus bisulcatus
Flexible Milkvetch
Astragalus flexuosus
Threeleaf Milkvetch 23
Astragalus gilviflorus
Low Milkvetch 24
Astragalus lotiflorus
Missouri Milkvetch
Astragalus missouriensis
Narrowleaf Milkvetch
Astragalus pectinatus
woollypod milkvetch 25
Astragalus purshii
Tufted Milkvetch
Astragalus spatulatus
Bent-flower Milkvetch
Astragalus vexilliflexus
silverscale 6
Atriplex argentea
Common Orache 26
Atriplex patula
wild oat 27
Avena fatua
Russian-pigweed
Axyris amaranthoides
american slough grass
Beckmannia syzigachne
Boltonia asteroides var. recognita
Boltonia asteroides recognita
Blue Grama 28
Bouteloua gracilis
Black Mustard 6
Brassica nigra
Nodding Brome 6
Bromus anomalus
California brome 6
Bromus carinatus
fringed brome 6
Bromus ciliatus
Japanese chess
Bromus japonicus
Plains Reedgrass
Calamagrostis montanensis
Slim-stem Small-reedgrass 29
Calamagrostis stricta
Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa
Calamagrostis stricta inexpansa
Sand Reedgrass
Calamovilfa longifolia
Hedge Bindweed 30
Calystegia sepium
Harebell 31
Campanula rotundifolia
Siberian peashrub 32
Caragana arborescens
water sedge 33
Carex aquatilis
wheat sedge
Carex atherodes
long-bracted sedge 34
Carex athrostachya
Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
Douglas' sedge 6
Carex douglasii
spikeletrush sedge
Carex duriuscula
threadleaf sedge 6
Carex filifolia
small-winged sedge
Carex microptera
Blunt Sedge
Carex obtusata
woolly sedge 7
Carex pellita
Pennsylvania Sedge 35
Carex pensylvanica
field sedge 36
Carex praegracilis
northern meadow sedge
Carex praticola
Ross's sedge 37
Carex rossii
long-beaked sedge 6
Carex sprengelii
whitescale sedge
Carex xerantica
Downy Indian-Paintbrush 38
Castilleja sessiliflora
Field Chickweed 39
Cerastium arvense
Rose Chamaerhodos
Chamaerhodos erecta
Lamb's Quarters 40
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii
Chenopodium berlandieri zschackii
Fremont's goosefoot 7
Chenopodium fremontii
Chenopodium glaucum var. salinum
Chenopodium glaucum salinum
gaping goosefoot 41
Chenopodium hians
Narrowleaf Goosefoot 6
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Canada thistle 42
Cirsium arvense
wavyleaf thistle 6
Cirsium undulatum
narrow-leaf mountain trumpet 6
Collomia linearis
Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida 43
Comandra umbellata pallida
Hare's-ear Mustard 6
Conringia orientalis

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