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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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meadow sedge 1
Carex praticola
beaked sedge 2
Carex rostrata
rush-like sedge 3
Carex scirpoidea
Sprengel's sedge 4
Carex sprengelii
green sedge 5
Carex viridula
safflower 6
Carthamus tinctorius
caraway 7
Carum carvi
yellow paintbrush 8
Castilleja cusickii
common red paintbrush 9
Castilleja miniata
brook grass 4
Catabrosa aquatica
diffuse knapweed 10
Centaurea diffusa
field mouse-ear chickweed 11
Cerastium arvense
hornwort 12
Ceratophyllum demersum
dwarf snapdragon 13
Chaenorhinum minus
chamaerhodos 14
Chamaerhodos erecta
lamb's-quarters 15
Chenopodium album
chicory 16
Cichorium intybus
narrow-leaved water-hemlock 17
Cicuta virosa
creeping thistle 18
Cirsium arvense
Flodman's thistle 19
Cirsium flodmanii
wavy-leaved thistle 4
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 20
Cirsium vulgare
western clematis 21
Clematis ligusticifolia
purple clematis 22
Clematis occidentalis
yellow clematis 23
Clematis tangutica
narrow-leaved collomia 24
Collomia linearis
hare's-ear mustard 4
Conringia orientalis
field bindweed 25
Convolvulus arvensis
striped coralroot 26
Corallorhiza striata
pale coralroot 27
Corallorhiza trifida
red-osier dogwood 28
Cornus sericea
golden corydalis 29
Corydalis aurea
round-leaved hawthorn 30
Crataegus chrysocarpa
hound's-tongue 13
Cynoglossum officinale
yellow lady's-slipper 31
Cypripedium parviflorum
sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper 32
Cypripedium passerinum
fragile bladder fern 33
Cystopteris fragilis
Parry oat grass
Danthonia parryi
tall larkspur 34
Delphinium glaucum
tufted hair grass 4
Deschampsia cespitosa
green tansy mustard 29
Descurainia pinnata
flixweed 35
Descurainia sophia
sand rocket 36
Diplotaxis muralis
golden draba 3
Draba aurea
boreal draba
Draba borealis
woodland draba 37
Draba nemorosa
yellow mountain avens 38
Dryas drummondii
barnyard grass 39
Echinochloa crus-galli
silverberry 40
Elaeagnus commutata
needle spike-rush 41
Eleocharis acicularis
creeping spike-rush 42
Eleocharis palustris
Canada wild rye 19
Elymus canadensis
common horsetail 43
Equisetum arvense
swamp horsetail 44
Equisetum fluviatile
common scouring-rush 45
Equisetum hyemale
smooth scouring-rush 4
Equisetum laevigatum
marsh horsetail 46
Equisetum palustre
meadow horsetail 47
Equisetum pratense
dwarf scouring-rush 48
Equisetum scirpoides
variegated horsetail 30
Equisetum variegatum
northern daisy fleabane 49
Erigeron acris
tufted fleabane 4
Erigeron caespitosus
horseweed 50
Erigeron canadensis
smooth fleabane 51
Erigeron glabellus
Philadelphia fleabane 37
Erigeron philadelphicus
showy fleabane 52
Erigeron speciosus
rough fleabane 37
Erigeron strigosus
yellow umbrella-plant 53
Eriogonum flavum
dog mustard 37
Erucastrum gallicum
wormseed mustard 54
Erysimum cheiranthoides
small-flowered rocket 55
Erysimum inconspicuum
leafy spurge 4
Euphorbia esula
ridge-seeded spurge 56
Euphorbia glyptosperma
thyme-leaved spurge 4
Euphorbia serpillifolia
common buckwheat 57
Fagopyrum esculentum
tartary buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
wild strawberry 58
Fragaria virginiana
gaillardia 59
Gaillardia aristata
hemp-nettle 60
Galeopsis tetrahit
northern bedstraw 61
Galium boreale
small bedstraw 33
Galium trifidum
sweet-scented bedstraw 62
Galium triflorum
yellow bedstraw 63
Galium verum
prairie gentian 64
Gentiana affinis
felwort 65
Gentianella amarella
northern fringed gentian 66
Gentianopsis detonsa
northern bastard toadflax
Geocaulon lividum
wild white geranium 67
Geranium richardsonii
sticky purple geranium 20
Geranium viscosissimum
yellow avens 68
Geum aleppicum
purple avens 69
Geum rivale
three-flowered avens 4
Geum triflorum
ground ivy 70
Glechoma hederacea
common tall manna grass
Glyceria grandis
fowl manna grass 71
Glyceria striata
wild licorice 33
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
curly-cup gumweed 4
Grindelia squarrosa
broomweed 72
Gutierrezia sarothrae
northern stickseed 73
Hackelia deflexa
large-flowered stickseed 74
Hackelia floribunda

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