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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
red and white baneberry 3
Actaea rubra
yellow false dandelion 4
Agoseris glauca
alder 5
Alnus incana
green alder 6
Alnus viridis
small alyssum 7
Alyssum alyssoides
white amaranth 8
Amaranthus albus
prostrate amaranth 9
Amaranthus blitoides
red-root pigweed 10
Amaranthus retroflexus
saskatoon 11
Amelanchier alnifolia
pearly everlasting 12
Anaphalis margaritacea
sweet-flowered androsace 13
Androsace chamaejasme
northern fairy candelabra 14
Androsace septentrionalis
Canada anemone 15
Anemone canadensis
long-fruited anemone 16
Anemone cylindrica
cut-leaved anemone 4
Anemone multifida
small wood anemone 17
Anemone parviflora
broad-leaved everlasting 18
Antennaria neglecta
small-leaved everlasting 19
Antennaria parvifolia
showy everlasting 20
Antennaria pulcherrima
rosy everlasting 21
Antennaria rosea
mayweed 22
Anthemis cotula
spreading dogbane 23
Apocynum androsaemifolium
blue columbine 24
Aquilegia brevistyla
hairy rockcress
Arabis pycnocarpa
wild sarsaparilla 25
Aralia nudicaulis
common burdock 26
Arctium minus
common bearberry 27
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
heart-leaved arnica
Arnica cordifolia
shining arnica 28
Arnica fulgens
spear-leaved arnica 29
Arnica lonchophylla
absinthe wormwood 4
Artemisia absinthium
biennial sagewort 4
Artemisia biennis
plains wormwood 4
Artemisia campestris
dragonwort 4
Artemisia dracunculus
pasture sagewort 30
Artemisia frigida
prairie sagewort 4
Artemisia ludoviciana
alpine aster 31
Aster alpinus
purple milk vetch 32
Astragalus agrestis
alpine milk vetch 4
Astragalus alpinus
American milk vetch 33
Astragalus americanus
Indian milk vetch 34
Astragalus australis
Canadian milk vetch 14
Astragalus canadensis
ground-plum 4
Astragalus crassicarpus
Drummond's milk vetch 4
Astragalus drummondii
slender milk vetch 35
Astragalus flexuosus
cushion milk vetch 36
Astragalus gilviflorus
ascending purple milk-vetch 4
Astragalus laxmannii
timber milk vetch 4
Astragalus miser
Missouri milk vetch 4
Astragalus missouriensis
narrow-leaved milk vetch 37
Astragalus pectinatus
loose-flowered milk vetch 29
Astragalus tenellus
few-flowered milk vetch 38
Astragalus vexilliflexus
garden orache 39
Atriplex hortensis
spear orach 40
Atriplex patula
Russian pigweed
Axyris amaranthoides
American winter cress 41
Barbarea orthoceras
water birch 14
Betula occidentalis
white birch 42
Betula papyrifera
dwarf birch 43
Betula pumila
nodding beggarticks 44
Bidens cernua
Indian mustard 45
Brassica juncea
Bird's rape 46
Brassica rapa
low braya 47
Braya humilis
vernal water-starwort 48
Callitriche palustris
creeping bellflower 4
Campanula rapunculoides
shepherd's-purse 49
Capsella bursa-pastoris
common caragana 50
Caragana arborescens
bitter cress 51
Cardamine pensylvanica
safflower 52
Carthamus tinctorius
caraway 53
Carum carvi
yellow paintbrush 54
Castilleja cusickii
common red paintbrush 55
Castilleja miniata
diffuse knapweed 5
Centaurea diffusa
field mouse-ear chickweed 56
Cerastium arvense
hornwort 57
Ceratophyllum demersum
dwarf snapdragon 58
Chaenorhinum minus
chamaerhodos 59
Chamaerhodos erecta
lamb's-quarters 60
Chenopodium album
chicory 61
Cichorium intybus
narrow-leaved water-hemlock 62
Cicuta virosa
creeping thistle 63
Cirsium arvense
Flodman's thistle 64
Cirsium flodmanii
wavy-leaved thistle 4
Cirsium undulatum
bull thistle 65
Cirsium vulgare
western clematis 66
Clematis ligusticifolia
purple clematis 67
Clematis occidentalis
yellow clematis 68
Clematis tangutica
narrow-leaved collomia 69
Collomia linearis
hare's-ear mustard 4
Conringia orientalis
field bindweed 70
Convolvulus arvensis
red-osier dogwood 71
Cornus sericea
golden corydalis 72
Corydalis aurea
round-leaved hawthorn 73
Crataegus chrysocarpa
hound's-tongue 58
Cynoglossum officinale
tall larkspur 74
Delphinium glaucum
green tansy mustard 72
Descurainia pinnata
flixweed 75
Descurainia sophia
sand rocket 76
Diplotaxis muralis

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