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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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beaked sedge 1
Carex rostrata
rush-like sedge 2
Carex scirpoidea
Sprengel's sedge 3
Carex sprengelii
green sedge 4
Carex viridula
safflower 5
Carthamus tinctorius
caraway 6
Carum carvi
yellow paintbrush 7
Castilleja cusickii
common red paintbrush 8
Castilleja miniata
brook grass 3
Catabrosa aquatica
diffuse knapweed 9
Centaurea diffusa
field mouse-ear chickweed 10
Cerastium arvense
hornwort 11
Ceratophyllum demersum
dwarf snapdragon 12
Chaenorhinum minus
chamaerhodos 13
Chamaerhodos erecta
lamb's-quarters 14
Chenopodium album
chicory 15
Cichorium intybus
narrow-leaved water-hemlock 16
Cicuta virosa
creeping thistle 17
Cirsium arvense
Flodman's thistle 18
Cirsium flodmanii
wavy-leaved thistle 3
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 19
Cirsium vulgare
western clematis 20
Clematis ligusticifolia
purple clematis 21
Clematis occidentalis
yellow clematis 22
Clematis tangutica
narrow-leaved collomia 23
Collomia linearis
hare's-ear mustard 3
Conringia orientalis
field bindweed 24
Convolvulus arvensis
striped coralroot 25
Corallorhiza striata
pale coralroot 26
Corallorhiza trifida
red-osier dogwood 27
Cornus sericea
golden corydalis 28
Corydalis aurea
round-leaved hawthorn 29
Crataegus chrysocarpa
hound's-tongue 12
Cynoglossum officinale
yellow lady's-slipper 30
Cypripedium parviflorum
sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper 31
Cypripedium passerinum
Parry oat grass
Danthonia parryi
tall larkspur 32
Delphinium glaucum
tufted hair grass 3
Deschampsia cespitosa
green tansy mustard 28
Descurainia pinnata
flixweed 33
Descurainia sophia
sand rocket 34
Diplotaxis muralis
golden draba 2
Draba aurea
boreal draba
Draba borealis
woodland draba 35
Draba nemorosa
yellow mountain avens 36
Dryas drummondii
barnyard grass 37
Echinochloa crus-galli
silverberry 38
Elaeagnus commutata
needle spike-rush 39
Eleocharis acicularis
creeping spike-rush 40
Eleocharis palustris
Canada wild rye 18
Elymus canadensis
northern daisy fleabane 41
Erigeron acris
tufted fleabane 3
Erigeron caespitosus
horseweed 42
Erigeron canadensis
smooth fleabane 43
Erigeron glabellus
Philadelphia fleabane 35
Erigeron philadelphicus
showy fleabane 44
Erigeron speciosus
rough fleabane 35
Erigeron strigosus
yellow umbrella-plant 45
Eriogonum flavum
dog mustard 35
Erucastrum gallicum
wormseed mustard 46
Erysimum cheiranthoides
small-flowered rocket 47
Erysimum inconspicuum
leafy spurge 3
Euphorbia esula
ridge-seeded spurge 48
Euphorbia glyptosperma
thyme-leaved spurge 3
Euphorbia serpillifolia
common buckwheat 49
Fagopyrum esculentum
tartary buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
wild strawberry 50
Fragaria virginiana
gaillardia 51
Gaillardia aristata
hemp-nettle 52
Galeopsis tetrahit
northern bedstraw 53
Galium boreale
small bedstraw 54
Galium trifidum
sweet-scented bedstraw 55
Galium triflorum
yellow bedstraw 56
Galium verum
prairie gentian 57
Gentiana affinis
felwort 58
Gentianella amarella
northern fringed gentian 59
Gentianopsis detonsa
northern bastard toadflax
Geocaulon lividum
wild white geranium 60
Geranium richardsonii
sticky purple geranium 19
Geranium viscosissimum
yellow avens 61
Geum aleppicum
purple avens 62
Geum rivale
three-flowered avens 3
Geum triflorum
ground ivy 63
Glechoma hederacea
common tall manna grass
Glyceria grandis
fowl manna grass 64
Glyceria striata
wild licorice 54
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
curly-cup gumweed 3
Grindelia squarrosa
broomweed 65
Gutierrezia sarothrae
northern stickseed 66
Hackelia deflexa
large-flowered stickseed 67
Hackelia floribunda
spurred gentian 29
Halenia deflexa
alpine hedysarum 68
Hedysarum alpinum
northern hedysarum 69
Hedysarum boreale
common annual sunflower 70
Helianthus annuus
common tall sunflower 71
Helianthus nuttallii
cow parsnip 72
Heracleum maximum
dame's rocket 73
Hesperis matronalis
Richardson's alumroot 74
Heuchera richardsonii
narrow-leaved hawkweed 75
Hieracium umbellatum
sea buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides

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