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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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Indian rice grass 1
Achnatherum hymenoides
crested wheatgrass 2
Agropyron cristatum
rough hair grass 3
Agrostis scabra
short-awned foxtail 3
Alopecurus aequalis
wild oat 4
Avena fatua
cultivated oat 5
Avena sativa
slough grass 6
Beckmannia syzigachne
blue grama 7
Bouteloua gracilis
smooth brome 8
Bromus inermis
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Bromus japonicus
Pumpelly brome 9
Bromus inermis pumpellianus
downy brome 10
Bromus tectorum
bluejoint 11
Calamagrostis canadensis
narrow reed grass 12
Calamagrostis stricta
sand grass 13
Sporobolus rigidus
water sedge 14
Carex aquatilis
awned sedge 15
Carex atherodes
golden sedge 16
Carex aurea
hair-like sedge 10
Carex capillaris
beautiful sedge 17
Carex concinna
bristle-leaved sedge
Carex eburnea
thread-leaved sedge 3
Carex filifolia
inland sedge 18
Carex interior
hairy-fruited sedge 19
Carex lasiocarpa
meadow sedge 14
Carex praticola
beaked sedge 20
Carex rostrata
rush-like sedge 21
Carex scirpoidea
Sprengel's sedge 3
Carex sprengelii
green sedge 22
Carex viridula
brook grass 3
Catabrosa aquatica
Parry oat grass
Danthonia parryi
tufted hair grass 3
Deschampsia cespitosa
barnyard grass 23
Echinochloa crus-galli
needle spike-rush 24
Eleocharis acicularis
creeping spike-rush 25
Eleocharis palustris
Canada wild rye 26
Elymus canadensis
common tall manna grass
Glyceria grandis
fowl manna grass 27
Glyceria striata
foxtail barley 28
Hordeum jubatum
cultivated barley 29
Hordeum vulgare
alpine rush 15
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
wire rush 30
Juncus balticus
long-styled rush 21
Juncus longistylis
knotted rush 31
Juncus nodosus
slender rush 32
Juncus tenuis
Torrey's rush 33
Juncus torreyi
June grass 3
Koeleria macrantha
perennial ryegrass 34
Lolium perenne
reed canary grass 35
Phalaris arundinacea
timothy 36
Phleum pratense
annual bluegrass 37
Poa annua
Canada bluegrass 38
Poa compressa
inland bluegrass
Poa interior
fowl bluegrass 3
Poa palustris
Kentucky bluegrass 3
Poa pratensis
small-fruited bulrush 3
Scirpus microcarpus
rye 3
Secale cereale
green foxtail 39
Setaria viridis
giant bur-reed 40
Sparganium eurycarpum
alkali cord grass
Sporobolus hookerianus
common wheat 41
Triticum aestivum
common cattail 42
Typha latifolia

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