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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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white amaranth 1
Amaranthus albus
prostrate amaranth 2
Amaranthus blitoides
red-root pigweed 3
Amaranthus retroflexus
garden orache 4
Atriplex hortensis
spear orach 5
Atriplex patula
Russian pigweed
Axyris amaranthoides
field mouse-ear chickweed 6
Cerastium arvense
lamb's-quarters 7
Chenopodium album
yellow umbrella-plant 8
Eriogonum flavum
common buckwheat 9
Fagopyrum esculentum
tartary buckwheat
Fagopyrum tataricum
narrowleaf umbrella-wort
Mirabilis linearis
creeping nailwort 10
Paronychia sessiliflora
leathery knotweed 11
Polygonum achoreum
prostrate knotweed 12
Polygonum aviculare
bushy knotweed 13
Polygonum ramosissimum
curled dock 14
Rumex crispus
golden dock 15
Rumex fueginus
western dock 16
Rumex occidentalis
Russian-thistle 17
Salsola tragus
soapwort 18
Saponaria officinalis
smooth catchfly 19
Silene csereii
night-flowering catchfly 20
Silene noctiflora
bladder campion 21
Silene vulgaris
long-leaved chickweed 22
Stellaria longifolia
long-stalked chickweed 23
Stellaria longipes
common chickweed 5
Stellaria media
cow cockle 24
Vaccaria hispanica

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