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Vascular Plants of Calgary

The attached list is of vascular plants that are noted in the “Calgary’s Natural Areas” book that was edited by Harold Pinel and published through Calgary Field Naturalists' Society in 1980. Common names have been referenced to ACIMS 2015 list of Alberta's Vascular plants.

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Manitoba maple 1
Acer negundo
sneezewort yarrow 2
Achillea ptarmica
Indian rice grass 3
Achnatherum hymenoides
red and white baneberry 4
Actaea rubra
yellow false dandelion 5
Agoseris glauca
crested wheatgrass 6
Agropyron cristatum
rough hair grass 5
Agrostis scabra
broad-leaved water-plantain 7
Alisma triviale
nodding onion 8
Allium cernuum
wild chives 9
Allium schoenoprasum
prairie onion 5
Allium textile
alder 10
Alnus incana
green alder 11
Alnus viridis
short-awned foxtail 5
Alopecurus aequalis
small alyssum 12
Alyssum alyssoides
white amaranth 13
Amaranthus albus
prostrate amaranth 14
Amaranthus blitoides
red-root pigweed 15
Amaranthus retroflexus
saskatoon 16
Amelanchier alnifolia
pearly everlasting 17
Anaphalis margaritacea
sweet-flowered androsace 18
Androsace chamaejasme
northern fairy candelabra 19
Androsace septentrionalis
Canada anemone 20
Anemone canadensis
long-fruited anemone 21
Anemone cylindrica
cut-leaved anemone 5
Anemone multifida
small wood anemone 22
Anemone parviflora
broad-leaved everlasting 23
Antennaria neglecta
small-leaved everlasting 24
Antennaria parvifolia
showy everlasting 25
Antennaria pulcherrima
rosy everlasting 26
Antennaria rosea
mayweed 27
Anthemis cotula
spreading dogbane 28
Apocynum androsaemifolium
blue columbine 29
Aquilegia brevistyla
hairy rockcress
Arabis pycnocarpa
wild sarsaparilla 30
Aralia nudicaulis
common burdock 31
Arctium minus
common bearberry 32
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
heart-leaved arnica
Arnica cordifolia
shining arnica 33
Arnica fulgens
spear-leaved arnica 34
Arnica lonchophylla
absinthe wormwood 5
Artemisia absinthium
biennial sagewort 5
Artemisia biennis
plains wormwood 5
Artemisia campestris
dragonwort 5
Artemisia dracunculus
pasture sagewort 35
Artemisia frigida
prairie sagewort 5
Artemisia ludoviciana
asparagus 36
Asparagus officinalis
alpine aster 37
Aster alpinus
purple milk vetch 38
Astragalus agrestis
alpine milk vetch 5
Astragalus alpinus
American milk vetch 39
Astragalus americanus
Indian milk vetch 40
Astragalus australis
Canadian milk vetch 19
Astragalus canadensis
ground-plum 5
Astragalus crassicarpus
Drummond's milk vetch 5
Astragalus drummondii
slender milk vetch 41
Astragalus flexuosus
cushion milk vetch 42
Astragalus gilviflorus
ascending purple milk-vetch 5
Astragalus laxmannii
timber milk vetch 5
Astragalus miser
Missouri milk vetch 5
Astragalus missouriensis
narrow-leaved milk vetch 43
Astragalus pectinatus
loose-flowered milk vetch 34
Astragalus tenellus
few-flowered milk vetch 44
Astragalus vexilliflexus
garden orache 45
Atriplex hortensis
spear orach 46
Atriplex patula
wild oat 47
Avena fatua
cultivated oat 48
Avena sativa
Russian pigweed
Axyris amaranthoides
American winter cress 49
Barbarea orthoceras
slough grass 50
Beckmannia syzigachne
water birch 19
Betula occidentalis
white birch 51
Betula papyrifera
dwarf birch 52
Betula pumila
nodding beggarticks 53
Bidens cernua
Virginia grape fern 54
Botrypus virginianus
blue grama 55
Bouteloua gracilis
Indian mustard 56
Brassica juncea
Bird's rape 57
Brassica rapa
low braya 58
Braya humilis
smooth brome 59
Bromus inermis
Japanese chess
Bromus japonicus
Pumpelly brome 34
Bromus inermis pumpellianus
downy brome 60
Bromus tectorum
bluejoint 61
Calamagrostis canadensis
narrow reed grass 52
Calamagrostis stricta
sand grass 62
Sporobolus rigidus
vernal water-starwort 60
Callitriche palustris
creeping bellflower 5
Campanula rapunculoides
shepherd's-purse 63
Capsella bursa-pastoris
common caragana 64
Caragana arborescens
bitter cress 65
Cardamine pensylvanica
water sedge 66
Carex aquatilis
awned sedge 67
Carex atherodes
golden sedge 68
Carex aurea
hair-like sedge 60
Carex capillaris
beautiful sedge 69
Carex concinna
bristle-leaved sedge
Carex eburnea
thread-leaved sedge 5
Carex filifolia
inland sedge 70
Carex interior
hairy-fruited sedge 71
Carex lasiocarpa

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