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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).

This list was compiled by the famous Calgary ...more ↓

American elm 1
Ulmus americana
Japanese Elm 2
Ulmus davidiana japonica
Siberian elm 3
Ulmus pumila
common hackberry 4
Celtis occidentalis
Weeping fig 5
Ficus benjamina
Fiddle-leaf Fig 6
Ficus lyrata
white mulberry 7
Morus alba
Saskatoon 8
Amelanchier alnifolia
black chokeberry 9
Aronia melanocarpa
Common Cotoneaster 10
Cotoneaster integerrimus
Cotoneaster lucida
fireberry hawthorn 11
Crataegus chrysocarpa
common hawthorn 7
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus oxyacantha 12
Siberian crabapple 13
Malus baccata
European Wild Apple 14
Malus sylvestris
Potentilla fruticosa 15
Dasiphora fruticosa
common ninebark 16
Physocarpus opulifolius
Prinsepia sinensis
American plum 17
Prunus americana
Sour Cherry 18
Prunus cerasus
Plum 7
Prunus domestica
Manchurian Cherry 19
Prunus maackii
Manchurian Apricot 20
Prunus mandshurica
Canada plum 21
Prunus nigra
fire cherry 22
Prunus pensylvanica
Nanking Cherry
Prunus tomentosa
flowering plum 23
Prunus triloba
chokecherry 24
Prunus virginiana
Common Pear 25
Pyrus communis
Golden Spice Pear 26
Pyrus ussuriensis
Prickly Wild Rose 27
Rosa acicularis
prairie rose 28
Rosa arkansana
Red-leaved Rose 29
Rosa glauca
Woods' rose 30
Rosa woodsii
Sorbaria 31
Sorbaria sorbifolia
American mountain ash 24
Sorbus americana
rowan 32
Sorbus aucuparia
showy mountain-ash 33
Sorbus decora
Greene's mountain ash 34
Sorbus scopulina
Russian olive 22
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Silverberry 35
Elaeagnus commutata
Sea-buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
silver buffaloberry 36
Shepherdia argentea
Canadian buffalo-berry 37
Shepherdia canadensis
common buckthorn 4
Rhamnus cathartica

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