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Plants of Waterton Lakes National Park (Guide 2) | Les plantes du parc national des Lacs-Waterton (guide 2)

A guide to potential trees and grasses observed in Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada. For more information about Waterton Lakes National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

dry land sedge
Carex siccata
short-beaked or analog sedge 1
Carex simulata
showy sedge 2
Carex spectabilis
long-beaked sedge 3
Carex sprengelii
delicate quill sedge
Carex tenera
Torrey's Sedge
Carex torreyi
parasol sedge
Carex umbellata
Northwest Territory sedge 4
Carex utriculata
inflated sedge 5
Carex vesicaria
little green sedge 6
Carex viridula
whitescale sedge
Carex xerantica
Water Whorl-grass 3
Catabrosa aquatica
drooping woodreed 3
Cinna latifolia
California oat grass 7
Danthonia californica
Vasey's Oatgrass
Danthonia intermedia
Parry's Oatgrass
Danthonia parryi
one-spike oat grass 3
Danthonia unispicata
Deschampsia caespitosa 3
Deschampsia cespitosa
slender hair grass 3
Deschampsia elongata
needle spikerush 8
Eleocharis acicularis
Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis elliptica
Common Spike-rush 9
Eleocharis palustris
Few-flower Spikerush 10
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Montana Wild Rye
Elymus albicans
Canada wild rye 11
Elymus canadensis
squirreltail 3
Elymus elymoides
blue wild rye 3
Elymus glaucus
Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus 3
Elymus lanceolatus lanceolatus
scribner's wheat grass
Elymus scribneri
Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus 12
Elymus trachycaulus
Common Cotton-grass 13
Eriophorum angustifolium
Russet Cotton-grass
Eriophorum chamissonis
Green Keeled Cotton-grass 14
Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Baffin Fescue
Festuca baffinensis
Shortleaf Fescue
Festuca brachyphylla
Big Rough Fescue
Festuca campestris
idaho fescue 3
Festuca idahoensis
western fescue 15
Festuca occidentalis
mountain fescue
Festuca saximontana
bearded fescue
Festuca subulata
Festuca viviparoidea ssp. krajinae
Festuca viviparoidea krajinae
boreal manna grass 15
Glyceria borealis
fowl manna grass 3
Glyceria elata
american manna grass
Glyceria grandis
Fowl mannagrass 16
Glyceria striata
Glyceria striata var. stricta
Glyceria striata stricta
Spike-oat
Helictotrichon hookeri
Western Porcupine Grass
Hesperostipa curtiseta
Foxtail Barley 17
Hordeum jubatum
Northern White Rush
Juncus albescens
Northern Green Rush
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Baltic rush 3
Juncus balticus
toad rush 3
Juncus bufonius
colorado rush 18
Juncus confusus
drummond's rush 3
Juncus drummondii
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
dagger rush 3
Juncus ensifolius
long-styled rush
Juncus longistylis
mertens' rush
Juncus mertensianus
knotted rush
Juncus nodosus
parry's rush
Juncus parryi
common juniper 19
Juniperus communis
creeping juniper 3
Juniperus horizontalis
Rocky Mountain Juniper 20
Juniperus scopulorum
seep kobresia
Kobresia myosuroides
Simple Kobresia
Kobresia simpliciuscula
June Grass 3
Koeleria macrantha
Subalpine larch 21
Larix lyallii
Western larch 22
Larix occidentalis
Great Basin Wildrye
Leymus cinereus
Northwestern Wildrye
Leymus innovatus
Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii
Luzula glabrata hitchcockii
Heath Wood-rush 23
Luzula multiflora
Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora
Luzula multiflora multiflora
Small-flower Woodrush 3
Luzula parviflora
Piper's Woodrush
Luzula piperi
Spiked Woodrush
Luzula spicata
Alberta Melicgrass
Melica hitchcockii
Smith's Melicgrass
Melica smithii
purple onion grass
Melica spectabilis
Alaska Oniongrass 24
Melica subulata
Plains Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia cuspidata
mat muhly 3
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
green needlegrass 3
Nassella viridula
White-grained Mountain-ricegrass 25
Oryzopsis asperifolia
western wheatgrass 26
Pascopyrum smithii
Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Alpine Timothy 3
Phleum alpinum
Engelmann spruce 27
Picea engelmannii
White Spruce 28
Picea glauca
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulis
Lodgepole Pine 29
Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Pinus contorta latifolia
Limber Pine 30
Pinus flexilis
Western White Pine 31
Pinus monticola
Little Ricegrass
Piptatherum exiguum
Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii
Poa abbreviata pattersonii
Alpine Meadow-grass 3
Poa alpina
Arctic Bluegrass
Poa arctica
Prairie Bluegrass
Poa arida

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