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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Canada bluegrass ¹
Poa compressa

inland bluegrass
Poa interior

fowl bluegrass ²
Poa palustris

Kentucky bluegrass ²
Poa pratensis

seneca snakeroot ³
Polygala senega

leathery knotweed ⁴
Polygonum achoreum

prostrate knotweed ⁵
Polygonum aviculare

bushy knotweed ⁶
Polygonum ramosissimum

balsam poplar ⁷
Populus balsamifera

aspen ²
Populus tremuloides

black cottonwood ⁸
Populus trichocarpa

crisp-leaved pondweed ⁹
Potamogeton crispus

clasping-leaf pondweed ¹⁰
Potamogeton richardsonii

silverweed ¹¹
Potentilla anserina

early cinquefoil ¹²
Potentilla concinna

branched cinquefoil
Potentilla effusa

graceful cinquefoil ¹³
Potentilla gracilis

woolly cinquefoil ¹⁴
Potentilla hippiana

rough cinquefoil ¹⁵
Potentilla norvegica

prairie cinquefoil ²
Potentilla pensylvanica

brook cinquefoil ¹⁶
Potentilla rivalis

mealy primrose ¹³
Primula incana

heal-all ¹⁷
Prunella vulgaris

choke cherry ¹⁸
Prunus virginiana

Douglas-fir ¹⁹
Pseudotsuga menziesii

common pink wintergreen ²⁰
Pyrola asarifolia

greenish-flowered wintergreen ²¹
Pyrola chlorantha

small-flowered buttercup ²²
Ranunculus abortivus

tall buttercup ²³
Ranunculus acris

large-leaved white water crowfoot ²⁴
Ranunculus aquatilis

heart-leaved buttercup ²⁵
Ranunculus cardiophyllus

creeping spearwort ²⁶
Ranunculus flammula

early buttercup ²
Ranunculus glaberrimus

yellow water crowfoot ²⁷
Ranunculus gmelinii

Macoun's buttercup ²⁸
Ranunculus macounii

prairie buttercup ²⁹
Ranunculus rhomboideus

celery-leaved buttercup ³⁰
Ranunculus sceleratus

yellow rattle ³¹
Rhinanthus minor

golden currant ³²
Ribes aureum

northern black currant
Ribes hudsonianum

northern gooseberry ¹³
Ribes oxyacanthoides

wild red currant ³³
Ribes triste

marsh yellow cress ³⁴
Rorippa palustris

prickly rose ³⁵
Rosa acicularis

prairie rose ³⁶
Rosa arkansana

common wild rose ³⁷
Rosa woodsii

wild red raspberry ³⁸
Rubus idaeus

dewberry ³³
Rubus pubescens

curled dock ³⁹
Rumex crispus

golden dock ⁴⁰
Rumex fueginus

western dock ⁴¹
Rumex occidentalis

arum-leaved arrowhead ⁴
Sagittaria cuneata

peach-leaved willow ⁴²
Salix amygdaloides

beaked willow ²
Salix bebbiana

short-capsuled willow ⁴³
Salix brachycarpa

hoary willow ⁴⁴
Salix candida

pussy willow ³
Salix discolor

sandbar willow ³
Salix interior

shinning willow ²
Salix lasiandra

velvet-fruited willow ⁴⁵
Salix maccalliana

myrtle-leaved willow ⁴⁶
Salix myrtillifolia

flat-leaved willow ⁴⁷
Salix planifolia

Mackenzie's willow ⁴⁸
Salix prolixa

balsam willow
Salix pyrifolia

Russian-thistle ⁴⁹
Salsola tragus

red elderberry ⁵⁰
Sambucus racemosa

snakeroot ²⁷
Sanicula marilandica

soapwort ⁵¹
Saponaria officinalis

small-fruited bulrush ²
Scirpus microcarpus

marsh skullcap ⁵²
Scutellaria galericulata

rye ²
Secale cereale

mossy stonecrop ⁵³
Sedum acre

green foxtail ⁵⁴
Setaria viridis

thorny buffaloberry ⁵⁵
Shepherdia argentea

Canada buffaloberry ⁵⁶
Shepherdia canadensis

smooth catchfly ⁵⁷
Silene csereii

night-flowering catchfly ⁵⁸
Silene noctiflora

bladder campion ⁵⁹
Silene vulgaris

tumbling mustard ⁶⁰
Sisymbrium altissimum

tall hedge mustard ²
Sisymbrium loeselii

common blue-eyed grass ⁶¹
Sisyrinchium montanum

water parsnip ⁶²
Sium suave

wild tomato ⁶³
Solanum triflorum

late goldenrod ⁶⁴
Solidago gigantea

elegant goldenrod ⁶⁵
Solidago lepida

low goldenrod ⁶⁶
Solidago missouriensis

showy goldenrod ⁶⁷
Solidago nemoralis

stiff goldenrod ⁶⁸
Solidago rigida

perennial sow-thistle ⁶⁹
Sonchus arvensis

prickly annual sow-thistle ⁷⁰
Sonchus asper

European mountain-ash ⁷¹
Sorbus aucuparia

giant bur-reed ⁷²
Sparganium eurycarpum

alkali cord grass
Sporobolus hookerianus

scarlet mallow ²
Sphaeralcea coccinea

marsh hedge-nettle ⁶⁹
Stachys pilosa

long-leaved chickweed ⁷³
Stellaria longifolia

long-stalked chickweed ⁷⁴
Stellaria longipes

common chickweed ⁷⁵
Stellaria media

clasping-leaved twisted-stalk ⁷⁶
Streptopus amplexifolius

snowberry ⁷⁷
Symphoricarpos albus

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Vascular Plants of Calgary

Canada bluegrass 1 Poa compressa

inland bluegrass Poa interior

fowl bluegrass 2 Poa palustris

Kentucky bluegrass 2 Poa pratensis

seneca snakeroot 3 Polygala senega

leathery knotweed 4 Polygonum achoreum

prostrate knotweed 5 Polygonum aviculare

bushy knotweed 6 Polygonum ramosissimum

balsam poplar 7 Populus balsamifera

aspen 2 Populus tremuloides

black cottonwood 8 Populus trichocarpa

crisp-leaved pondweed 9 Potamogeton crispus

clasping-leaf pondweed 10 Potamogeton richardsonii

silverweed 11 Potentilla anserina

early cinquefoil 12 Potentilla concinna

branched cinquefoil Potentilla effusa

graceful cinquefoil 13 Potentilla gracilis

woolly cinquefoil 14 Potentilla hippiana

rough cinquefoil 15 Potentilla norvegica

prairie cinquefoil 2 Potentilla pensylvanica

brook cinquefoil 16 Potentilla rivalis

mealy primrose 13 Primula incana

heal-all 17 Prunella vulgaris

choke cherry 18 Prunus virginiana

Douglas-fir 19 Pseudotsuga menziesii

common pink wintergreen 20 Pyrola asarifolia

greenish-flowered wintergreen 21 Pyrola chlorantha

small-flowered buttercup 22 Ranunculus abortivus

tall buttercup 23 Ranunculus acris

large-leaved white water crowfoot 24 Ranunculus aquatilis

heart-leaved buttercup 25 Ranunculus cardiophyllus

creeping spearwort 26 Ranunculus flammula

early buttercup 2 Ranunculus glaberrimus

yellow water crowfoot 27 Ranunculus gmelinii

Macoun's buttercup 28 Ranunculus macounii

prairie buttercup 29 Ranunculus rhomboideus

celery-leaved buttercup 30 Ranunculus sceleratus

yellow rattle 31 Rhinanthus minor

golden currant 32 Ribes aureum

northern black currant Ribes hudsonianum

northern gooseberry 13 Ribes oxyacanthoides

wild red currant 33 Ribes triste

marsh yellow cress 34 Rorippa palustris

prickly rose 35 Rosa acicularis

prairie rose 36 Rosa arkansana

common wild rose 37 Rosa woodsii

wild red raspberry 38 Rubus idaeus

dewberry 33 Rubus pubescens

curled dock 39 Rumex crispus

golden dock 40 Rumex fueginus

western dock 41 Rumex occidentalis

arum-leaved arrowhead 4 Sagittaria cuneata

peach-leaved willow 42 Salix amygdaloides

beaked willow 2 Salix bebbiana

short-capsuled willow 43 Salix brachycarpa

hoary willow 44 Salix candida

pussy willow 3 Salix discolor

sandbar willow 3 Salix interior

shinning willow 2 Salix lasiandra

velvet-fruited willow 45 Salix maccalliana

myrtle-leaved willow 46 Salix myrtillifolia

flat-leaved willow 47 Salix planifolia

Mackenzie's willow 48 Salix prolixa

balsam willow Salix pyrifolia

Russian-thistle 49 Salsola tragus

red elderberry 50 Sambucus racemosa

snakeroot 27 Sanicula marilandica

soapwort 51 Saponaria officinalis

small-fruited bulrush 2 Scirpus microcarpus

marsh skullcap 52 Scutellaria galericulata

rye 2 Secale cereale

mossy stonecrop 53 Sedum acre

green foxtail 54 Setaria viridis

thorny buffaloberry 55 Shepherdia argentea

Canada buffaloberry 56 Shepherdia canadensis

smooth catchfly 57 Silene csereii

night-flowering catchfly 58 Silene noctiflora

bladder campion 59 Silene vulgaris

tumbling mustard 60 Sisymbrium altissimum