Wanuskewin - 2012 Latin Name Common Name Acer negundo Manitoba Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow Agoseris glauca False Dandelion Agropyron cristatum* Crested Wheatgrass Agropyron dasystachyum Northern Wheatgrass Agropyron repens* Quack Grass Agropyron smithii Western Wheatgrass Agropyron subsecundum Awned Wheatgrass Agropyron trachycaulum Slender Wheatgrass Allium textile Prairie Onion Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon Androsace septentrionalis Pygmy Flower Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone Anemone cylindrica Long-fruited Anemone Anemone multifida Cut-leaved Anemone Anemone patens Prairie Crocus neglecta Field Pussytoes Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading Dogbane Artemisia absintha* Absinthe Artemisia campestris Plains Wormwood Artemisia frigida Pasture Sage Artemisia ludoviciana Prairie Sage laevis Smooth Blue Aster Astragalus adsurgens Ascending Purple Milk-vetch Astragalus goniatus Purple Milk-vetch Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama Bromus inermis* Smooth Brome Calamovilfa longifolia Sand Grass Campanula rotundifolia Harebell Capsella burasa-pastoris* Shepherd’s Purse Caragana arborescens* Caragana Carduus nutans* Nodding Thistle aquatilus Water Sedge Carex eleocharis Low Sedge Carex filifolia Thread-leaved Sedge Carex pensylvanica Sun-loving Sedge Cerastium arvense Field Chickweed Chenopodium album* Lamb’s Quarters Chenopodium leptophyllum Narrow-leaved Goosefoot Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock Cirsium arvense* Canada Thistle Collomia linearis Narrow-leaved Collomia Comandra umbellata Pale Comandra Convolvulus arvensis* Field Bindweed Cornus stolonifera Dogwood Crataegus chrysocarpa Round-leaved/Firebelly Hawthorn Crepis tectorum* Narrow-leaved Hawk’s Beard Descurainia sophia* Flix-weed Eleagnus commutata Wolf Willow Eleocharis palustris Creeping Spike Rush Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye Equisetum arvense Common Horse-tail Eriogonum flavum Yellow Umbrella Erysimum inconspicuum Small-flowered Prairie Rocket Festuca altaica var. hallii Plains Rough Fescue virginiana Smooth Wild Strawberry Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash Gaillardia aristata Gaillardia Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw Galium triflorum Sweet Scented Bedstraw Gaura coccinea Scarlet Gaura Geum triflorum Three Flowered Avens Glyceria striata Fowl Manna Grass Glycyrrhiza lepidota Wild Licorice Grindelia squarrosa Curly-cup Gumweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Common Broomweed Helianthus laetiflorus var. subrhomboideus Beautiful Sunflower Heterotheca villosa Hairy Golden-aster Heuchera richardsonii Alum Root Hieracium umbellatum Canada Hawkweed Hippuris vulgaris Mare's-tail Hordeum jubatum Wild Barley Juncus balticus Baltic Rush Juniperus communis Common Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Creeping Juniper Koeleria cristata June Grass Lappula squarrosa* Bluebur Lemna minor Lesser Duckweed Lepidium densiflorum* Common Pepper-grass Liatris punctata Dotted Blazing-star Linum lewisii Wild Blue Flax Linum rigidum Yellow Flax Lithospermum incisum Narrow-leaved Puccoon Lycopus asper Western Water Horehound Malvastrum coccineum Scarlet Mallow Matricaria discoidea* Pineapple Weed Medicago lupilina* Black Medic Medicago sativa ssp. falcata* Yellow Alfalfa Medicago sativa ssp. sativa* Alfalfa Melilotus officinalis* Yellow Sweet-clover Mentha arvense Wild Mint Monarda fistulosa var. menthaefolia Western Wild Bergamot Muhlenbergia cuspidata Prairie Muhly Myriophyllum sibiricum Northern Water-milfoil Oenothera biennis Yellow Evening-primrose Oenothera serrulata Shrubby Evening-primrose Orthocarpus luteus Owl’s Clover Osmorhiza sp Sweet Cicely Oxytropis campestris var. graciis Late Yellow Locoweed Oxytropis sericea Early Yellow Locoweed Parietaria pennsylvanica American Pellitory Penstemon nitidus Smooth Blue Beardtongue Petalostemon candidum White Prairie Clover Petalostemon purpureum Purple Prairie Clover Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary Grass Phlox hoodii Moss Phlox Plantago major* Common Plantain Poa pratensis* Kentucky Bluegrass Polygonum convolvulus* Wild Buckwheat Polygonum aviculare* Prostrate Knotweed balsamifera Balsam/Black poplar Populus tremuloides Trembling Aspen Potentilla anserina Silverweed Potentilla concinna Early Cinquefoil Potentilla gracilis Graceful Cinquefoil Potentilla pensylvanica Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla sp Potentilla Prunus virginiana Choke Cherry Psoralea argophylla Silver-leaf Psoralea Psoralea esculenta Indian Breadroot Ranunculus cymbalaria Alkali Buttercup Ratibida columnifera Prairie Coneflower Rhamnus cathartica* European Buckthorn Rhus radicans var. rydbergii Poison Ivy Ribes oxyacanthoides Northern/Canada Gooseberry Rosa acicularis Prickly Wild Rosa arkansana Low Prairie Rose Rosa woodsii Wood’s Rose idaeus Wild-red Raspberry Rumex sp Dock Salix interior Sandbar Willow Schizachne purpurascens Purple Oat Grass Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Scirpus validus Great Bulrush Scutellaria galericulata Marsh Skullcap Selaginella densa Prairie selaginella/Spikemoss Senecio canus Silvery Groundsel Sheperdia argentea Thorny Buffaloberry Silene noctiflora* Night-flowering Catchfly Sisymbrium loeselii* Tall Hedge Mustard Sisyrinchium montanum Blue-eyed Grass Sium suave Water Parsnip Smilacina stellata Star Flowered Solomon’s canadensis var. canadensis Canada Goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Low Goldenrod Solidago mollis Velvety Goldenrod Solidago rigida Rigid Goldenrod Sonchus arvensis* Perennial Sow-thistle Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand Dropseed Stipa comata Needle Thread Grass Stipa spartea var. curtiseta Western Porcupine Grass Stipa viridula Green Needle Grass Stuckenia pectinata Sago Pondweed Symphoricarpos occidentalis Western Snowberry Taraxacum officinale* Common Dandelion Thermopsis rhombifolia Golden-bean Thlaspi arvense* Stinkweed Tragopogon dubius* Yellow Goat’s-beard Typha latifolia Common Cattail Ulmus pumila* Manchurian/Siberian Elm Urtica dioica Common Nettle Vicia americana American Vetch Vicia cracca ssp. cracca* Bird Vetch Viola adunca Early Blue Violet Viola rugulosa Western Canada Violet Zygadenus elegans Smooth Camas *non-native