Woody Plants of Calgary

This is a list of woody plants (non-herbaceous) that have been documented growing within Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the urban environment there are an abundance of exotic and cultivar species (some of which iNaturalist does not recognize).

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Laurel willow ¹
Salix pentandra

tea-leafed willow ²
Salix planifolia

Mountain Willow
Salix monticola

Purple Willow ³
Salix purpurea

Autumn Willow ⁴
Salix serissima

rhododendrons and azaleas ⁵
Rhododendron

Mountain Currant ⁶
Ribes alpinum

American Black Currant ⁷
Ribes americanum

golden currant ⁸
Ribes aureum

Smooth Gooseberry ⁹
Ribes hirtellum

Northern Black Currant
Ribes hudsonianum

swamp currant ¹⁰
Ribes lacustre

golden currant
Ribes odoratum

Canadian gooseberry ¹¹
Ribes oxyacanthoides

Ribes sativum ¹²
Ribes rubrum

northern redcurrant ¹³
Ribes triste

Saskatoon ¹⁴
Amelanchier alnifolia

black chokeberry ¹⁵
Aronia melanocarpa

Common Cotoneaster ¹⁶
Cotoneaster integerrimus

Cotoneaster lucida

fireberry hawthorn ¹⁷
Crataegus chrysocarpa

common hawthorn ¹⁸
Crataegus monogyna

Crataegus oxyacantha ¹⁹

Siberian crabapple ²⁰
Malus baccata

European Wild Apple ²¹
Malus sylvestris

Potentilla fruticosa ²²
Dasiphora fruticosa

common ninebark ²³
Physocarpus opulifolius

Prinsepia sinensis

American plum ²⁴
Prunus americana

Sour Cherry ²⁵
Prunus cerasus

Plum ¹⁸
Prunus domestica

Manchurian Cherry ²⁶
Prunus maackii

Manchurian Apricot ²⁷
Prunus mandshurica

Canada plum ²⁸
Prunus nigra

fire cherry ²⁹
Prunus pensylvanica

Nanking Cherry
Prunus tomentosa

flowering plum ³⁰
Prunus triloba

chokecherry ³¹
Prunus virginiana

Common Pear ³²
Pyrus communis

Golden Spice Pear ³³
Pyrus ussuriensis

Prickly Wild Rose ³⁴
Rosa acicularis

prairie rose ³⁵
Rosa arkansana

Red-leaved Rose ³⁶
Rosa glauca

Woods' rose ³⁷
Rosa woodsii

Sorbaria ³⁸
Sorbaria sorbifolia

American mountain ash ³¹
Sorbus americana

rowan ³⁹
Sorbus aucuparia

showy mountain-ash ⁴⁰
Sorbus decora

Greene's mountain ash ⁴¹
Sorbus scopulina

false indigo ⁴²
Amorpha fruticosa

Siberian peashrub ³¹
Caragana arborescens

Russian peashrub ⁴³
Caragana frutex

Caragana pygmaea ⁴⁴

Gleditsia triacanthos ⁴⁵
Gleditsia triacanthos

Russian olive ²⁹
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Silverberry ⁴⁶
Elaeagnus commutata

Sea-buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides

silver buffaloberry ⁴⁷
Shepherdia argentea

Canadian buffalo-berry ⁴⁸
Shepherdia canadensis

Rose Daphne ⁴⁹
Daphne cneorum

Mezereon ⁵⁰
Daphne mezereum

Eucalyptus sp. ⁵¹
Eucalyptus

White Dogwood ⁵²
Cornus alba

alternate-leaved dogwood ²⁹
Cornus alternifolia

silky dogwood ⁵³
Cornus amomum

red osier dogwood ⁵⁴
Cornus sericea

winged euonymus ⁵⁵
Euonymus alatus

common buckthorn ⁵⁶
Rhamnus cathartica

Virginia creeper ⁵⁷
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Ohio buckeye ⁵⁸
Aesculus glabra

Horse-chestnut ⁵⁹
Aesculus hippocastanum

Amur Maple ⁶⁰
Acer ginnala

boxelder maple ⁶¹
Acer negundo

black maple ²⁹
Acer nigrum

Japanese maple ⁶²
Acer palmatum

Norway maple ⁶³
Acer platanoides

Korean maple ⁶⁴
Acer pseudosieboldianum

red maple ⁶⁵
Acer rubrum

silver maple ⁶⁶
Acer saccharinum

sugar maple ⁶⁷
Acer saccharum

Mountain Maple ⁶⁸
Acer spicatum

Tartarian Maple ⁶⁹
Acer tataricum

fragrant sumac ³¹
Rhus aromatica

smooth sumac ⁷⁰
Rhus glabra

Amur Corktree ⁷¹
Phellodendron amurense

wild sarsaparilla ⁷²
Aralia nudicaulis

common oleander ⁷³
Nerium oleander

matrimony vine ⁷⁴
Lycium barbarum

bittersweet nightshade ⁷⁵
Solanum dulcamara

Korean Forsythia
Forsythia ovata

European ash ⁷⁶
Fraxinus excelsior

Fraxinus mandshurica ⁷⁷

black ash ⁷⁸
Fraxinus nigra

Syringa amurensis

Syringa meyeri

Japanese Tree Lilac ⁷⁹
Syringa reticulata

Syringa villosa

common lilac ⁸⁰
Syringa vulgaris

Syringa hyacinthiflora

Cape Honeysuckle ⁸¹
Tecomaria capensis

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Woody Plants of Calgary

Laurel willow 1 Salix pentandra

tea-leafed willow 2 Salix planifolia

Mountain Willow Salix monticola

Purple Willow 3 Salix purpurea

Autumn Willow 4 Salix serissima

rhododendrons and azaleas 5 Rhododendron

Mountain Currant 6 Ribes alpinum

American Black Currant 7 Ribes americanum

golden currant 8 Ribes aureum

Smooth Gooseberry 9 Ribes hirtellum

Northern Black Currant Ribes hudsonianum

swamp currant 10 Ribes lacustre

golden currant Ribes odoratum

Canadian gooseberry 11 Ribes oxyacanthoides

Ribes sativum 12 Ribes rubrum

northern redcurrant 13 Ribes triste

Saskatoon 14 Amelanchier alnifolia

black chokeberry 15 Aronia melanocarpa

Common Cotoneaster 16 Cotoneaster integerrimus

fireberry hawthorn 17 Crataegus chrysocarpa

common hawthorn 18 Crataegus monogyna

Siberian crabapple 20 Malus baccata

European Wild Apple 21 Malus sylvestris

Potentilla fruticosa 22 Dasiphora fruticosa

common ninebark 23 Physocarpus opulifolius

American plum 24 Prunus americana

Sour Cherry 25 Prunus cerasus

Plum 18 Prunus domestica

Manchurian Cherry 26 Prunus maackii

Manchurian Apricot 27 Prunus mandshurica

Canada plum 28 Prunus nigra

fire cherry 29 Prunus pensylvanica

Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa

flowering plum 30 Prunus triloba

chokecherry 31 Prunus virginiana

Common Pear 32 Pyrus communis

Golden Spice Pear 33 Pyrus ussuriensis

Prickly Wild Rose 34 Rosa acicularis

prairie rose 35 Rosa arkansana

Red-leaved Rose 36 Rosa glauca

Woods' rose 37 Rosa woodsii

Sorbaria 38 Sorbaria sorbifolia

American mountain ash 31 Sorbus americana

rowan 39 Sorbus aucuparia

showy mountain-ash 40 Sorbus decora

Greene's mountain ash 41 Sorbus scopulina

false indigo 42 Amorpha fruticosa

Siberian peashrub 31 Caragana arborescens

Russian peashrub 43 Caragana frutex

Gleditsia triacanthos 45 Gleditsia triacanthos

Russian olive 29 Elaeagnus angustifolia

Silverberry 46 Elaeagnus commutata

Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides

silver buffaloberry 47 Shepherdia argentea

Canadian buffalo-berry 48 Shepherdia canadensis

Rose Daphne 49 Daphne cneorum

Mezereon 50 Daphne mezereum

Eucalyptus sp. 51 Eucalyptus

White Dogwood 52 Cornus alba

alternate-leaved dogwood 29 Cornus alternifolia

silky dogwood 53 Cornus amomum

red osier dogwood 54 Cornus sericea

winged euonymus 55 Euonymus alatus

common buckthorn 56 Rhamnus cathartica

Virginia creeper 57 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Ohio buckeye 58 Aesculus glabra

Horse-chestnut 59 Aesculus hippocastanum

Amur Maple 60 Acer ginnala

boxelder maple 61 Acer negundo

black maple 29 Acer nigrum

Japanese maple 62 Acer palmatum

Norway maple 63 Acer platanoides

Korean maple 64 Acer pseudosieboldianum

red maple 65 Acer rubrum

silver maple 66 Acer saccharinum

sugar maple 67 Acer saccharum

Mountain Maple 68 Acer spicatum

Tartarian Maple 69 Acer tataricum

fragrant sumac 31 Rhus aromatica