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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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silverweed 1
Potentilla anserina
early cinquefoil 2
Potentilla concinna
branched cinquefoil
Potentilla effusa
graceful cinquefoil 3
Potentilla gracilis
woolly cinquefoil 4
Potentilla hippiana
rough cinquefoil 5
Potentilla norvegica
prairie cinquefoil 6
Potentilla pensylvanica
brook cinquefoil 7
Potentilla rivalis
mealy primrose 3
Primula incana
heal-all 8
Prunella vulgaris
choke cherry 9
Prunus virginiana
common pink wintergreen 10
Pyrola asarifolia
greenish-flowered wintergreen 11
Pyrola chlorantha
small-flowered buttercup 12
Ranunculus abortivus
tall buttercup 13
Ranunculus acris
large-leaved white water crowfoot 14
Ranunculus aquatilis
heart-leaved buttercup 15
Ranunculus cardiophyllus
creeping spearwort 16
Ranunculus flammula
early buttercup 6
Ranunculus glaberrimus
yellow water crowfoot 17
Ranunculus gmelinii
Macoun's buttercup 18
Ranunculus macounii
prairie buttercup 19
Ranunculus rhomboideus
celery-leaved buttercup 20
Ranunculus sceleratus
yellow rattle 21
Rhinanthus minor
golden currant 22
Ribes aureum
northern black currant
Ribes hudsonianum
northern gooseberry 3
Ribes oxyacanthoides
wild red currant 23
Ribes triste
marsh yellow cress 24
Rorippa palustris
prickly rose 25
Rosa acicularis
prairie rose 26
Rosa arkansana
common wild rose 27
Rosa woodsii
wild red raspberry 28
Rubus idaeus
dewberry 23
Rubus pubescens
curled dock 29
Rumex crispus
golden dock 30
Rumex fueginus
western dock 31
Rumex occidentalis
arum-leaved arrowhead 32
Sagittaria cuneata
peach-leaved willow 33
Salix amygdaloides
beaked willow 6
Salix bebbiana
short-capsuled willow 34
Salix brachycarpa
hoary willow 35
Salix candida
pussy willow 36
Salix discolor
sandbar willow 36
Salix interior
shinning willow 6
Salix lasiandra
velvet-fruited willow 37
Salix maccalliana
myrtle-leaved willow 38
Salix myrtillifolia
flat-leaved willow 39
Salix planifolia
Mackenzie's willow 40
Salix prolixa
balsam willow
Salix pyrifolia
Russian-thistle 41
Salsola tragus
red elderberry 42
Sambucus racemosa
snakeroot 17
Sanicula marilandica
soapwort 43
Saponaria officinalis
small-fruited bulrush 6
Scirpus microcarpus
marsh skullcap 44
Scutellaria galericulata
rye 6
Secale cereale
mossy stonecrop 45
Sedum acre
green foxtail 46
Setaria viridis
thorny buffaloberry 47
Shepherdia argentea
Canada buffaloberry 48
Shepherdia canadensis
smooth catchfly 49
Silene csereii
night-flowering catchfly 50
Silene noctiflora
bladder campion 51
Silene vulgaris
tumbling mustard 52
Sisymbrium altissimum
tall hedge mustard 6
Sisymbrium loeselii
common blue-eyed grass 53
Sisyrinchium montanum
water parsnip 54
Sium suave
wild tomato 55
Solanum triflorum
late goldenrod 56
Solidago gigantea
elegant goldenrod 57
Solidago lepida
low goldenrod 58
Solidago missouriensis
showy goldenrod 59
Solidago nemoralis
stiff goldenrod 60
Solidago rigida
perennial sow-thistle 61
Sonchus arvensis
prickly annual sow-thistle 62
Sonchus asper
European mountain-ash 63
Sorbus aucuparia
giant bur-reed 64
Sparganium eurycarpum
alkali cord grass
Sporobolus hookerianus
scarlet mallow 6
Sphaeralcea coccinea
marsh hedge-nettle 61
Stachys pilosa
long-leaved chickweed 65
Stellaria longifolia
long-stalked chickweed 66
Stellaria longipes
common chickweed 67
Stellaria media
clasping-leaved twisted-stalk 68
Streptopus amplexifolius
snowberry 69
Symphoricarpos albus
buckbrush 70
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
common tansy 9
Tanacetum vulgare
red-seeded dandelion 71
Taraxacum erythrospermum
common dandelion 72
Taraxacum officinale
western meadow rue 73
Thalictrum occidentale
veiny meadow rue 74
Thalictrum venulosum
golden bean 6
Thermopsis rhombifolia
stinkweed 44
Thlaspi arvense
low townsendia 20
Townsendia exscapa
common goat's-beard 75
Tragopogon dubius
yellow clover 76
Trifolium aureum
alsike clover 77
Trifolium hybridum
red clover 77
Trifolium pratense
white clover 78
Trifolium repens

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