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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
broad-leaved water-plantain 4
Alisma triviale
nodding onion 5
Allium cernuum
wild chives 6
Allium schoenoprasum
prairie onion 3
Allium textile
short-awned foxtail 3
Alopecurus aequalis
asparagus 7
Asparagus officinalis
wild oat 8
Avena fatua
cultivated oat 9
Avena sativa
slough grass 10
Beckmannia syzigachne
blue grama 11
Bouteloua gracilis
smooth brome 12
Bromus inermis
Japanese chess
Bromus japonicus
Pumpelly brome 13
Bromus inermis pumpellianus
downy brome 14
Bromus tectorum
bluejoint 15
Calamagrostis canadensis
narrow reed grass 16
Calamagrostis stricta
sand grass 17
Sporobolus rigidus
water sedge 18
Carex aquatilis
awned sedge 19
Carex atherodes
golden sedge 20
Carex aurea
hair-like sedge 14
Carex capillaris
beautiful sedge 21
Carex concinna
bristle-leaved sedge
Carex eburnea
thread-leaved sedge 3
Carex filifolia
inland sedge 22
Carex interior
hairy-fruited sedge 23
Carex lasiocarpa
meadow sedge 18
Carex praticola
beaked sedge 24
Carex rostrata
rush-like sedge 25
Carex scirpoidea
Sprengel's sedge 3
Carex sprengelii
green sedge 26
Carex viridula
brook grass 3
Catabrosa aquatica
striped coralroot 27
Corallorhiza striata
pale coralroot 21
Corallorhiza trifida
yellow lady's-slipper 28
Cypripedium parviflorum
sparrow's-egg lady's-slipper 29
Cypripedium passerinum
Parry oat grass
Danthonia parryi
tufted hair grass 3
Deschampsia cespitosa
barnyard grass 30
Echinochloa crus-galli
needle spike-rush 31
Eleocharis acicularis
creeping spike-rush 32
Eleocharis palustris
Canada wild rye 33
Elymus canadensis
common tall manna grass
Glyceria grandis
fowl manna grass 34
Glyceria striata
foxtail barley 35
Hordeum jubatum
cultivated barley 36
Hordeum vulgare
western blue flag 37
Iris missouriensis
alpine rush 19
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
wire rush 38
Juncus balticus
long-styled rush 25
Juncus longistylis
knotted rush 39
Juncus nodosus
slender rush 40
Juncus tenuis
Torrey's rush 41
Juncus torreyi
June grass 3
Koeleria macrantha
western wood lily 42
Lilium philadelphicum
perennial ryegrass 43
Lolium perenne
wild lily-of-the-valley 44
Maianthemum canadense
reed canary grass 45
Phalaris arundinacea
timothy 46
Phleum pratense
annual bluegrass 47
Poa annua
Canada bluegrass 48
Poa compressa
inland bluegrass
Poa interior
fowl bluegrass 3
Poa palustris
Kentucky bluegrass 3
Poa pratensis
crisp-leaved pondweed 49
Potamogeton crispus
clasping-leaf pondweed 50
Potamogeton richardsonii
arum-leaved arrowhead 51
Sagittaria cuneata
small-fruited bulrush 3
Scirpus microcarpus
rye 3
Secale cereale
green foxtail 52
Setaria viridis
common blue-eyed grass 53
Sisyrinchium montanum
giant bur-reed 54
Sparganium eurycarpum
alkali cord grass
Sporobolus hookerianus
clasping-leaved twisted-stalk 55
Streptopus amplexifolius
seaside arrow-grass 48
Triglochin maritima
slender arrow-grass 56
Triglochin palustris
common wheat 57
Triticum aestivum
common cattail 58
Typha latifolia
horned pondweed 25
Zannichellia palustris

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