Plants of Red Deer RIver Basin Page 1 Evergreen trees Linumaceae Flax family Abies balsamea Balsam fir Linum perenne Wild blue flax Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir Linum rigidum Yellow flax Larix laricina Tamarack Polygalaceae Milkwort family Piceaengelmannii Engelmann's spruce Polygala senega Senecaroot Picea glauca White spruce Euphorbiaceae Spurge family Picea mariana Black spruce Chamaesyce serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved spurge Pinus banksiana Jack pine Empetraceae Crowberry family Pinus contorta Lodgepole pine Empetrum nigrum Crowberry Cupressaceae Cypress family Balsaminaceae Touch-me-not family Juniperus communis Common juniper Impatiens capensis Spotted touch-me-not Juniperus horizontalis Creeping juniper Anacardiaceae Sumach family Salicaceae Willow family Rhus radicans Poison ivy Populus balsamifera Balsam poplar Malavacaea Mallow family Populus tremuloides Trembling aspen Sphaeralcea coccinea Scarlet mallow Salix arbusculoides Little-tree willow Violaceae V iolet family Salix arctophila Arctic willow Viola adunca Early blue violet Salix bebbiana Beaked willow Viola canadensis Western Canada violet Salix candida Hoary willow Viola nephrophylla Bog violet Salix discolor Pussy willow Viola pedatifida Crowfoot violet {Rare} Salix exigua Sandbar willow Cactaceae Cactus family Salix glauca Grey-leaved willow Mamillaria vivipara Cushion (Ball) cactus Salix lasiandra Western shining willow Opuntia fragilis Fragile Prickleypear Salix lutea Yellow willow Opuntia polyacantha Prickleypear cactus Salix maccalliana Velvet-fruited willow Lythraceae Loosestrife family Salix monticola Mountain willow Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife Salix myrtillifolia Myrtle-leaved willow Elaeagnaceae Oleaster family Salix pedicellaris Bog willow Shepherdia canadensis Canada buffaloberry Salix petiolaris Basket willow Elaegnus commutata Silverberry Wolf willow Salix planifolia Flat-leaved willow Onagraceae Evening Primrose family Salix pyrifolia Balsam willow Calylophus serrulatus Shrubby evening-primrose {Rare} Salix reticulata Rock willow Camissonia breviflora Short-flowered evening-primrose {Rare} Salix scouleriana Scouler's willow Chamerion latifolium Mountain Fireweed Salix serissima Autumn willow Circaea alpina Small enchanter's nightshade Salix vestita Snow willow Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed Betulaceae Birch family Epilobium clavatum Club willowherb {Rare} Alnus crispa Green alder Epilobium glanulosum Purple-leaved willowherb Alnus rugosa River alder Epilobium palustre Marsh willowherb Betula glandulosa Bog Swamp birch Oenothera biennis Yellow evening-primrose Betula occidentalis Water Western birch Oenothera nutallii White evening-primrose Betula papyrifera White birch Hippuridaceae Mare's tail family Plants of Red Deer RIver Basin Page 2 Betula pumila Dwarf birch Hippuris vulgaris Mare's tail Corylus cornuta Beaked hazelnut Araliaceae Ginsing family Aceraceae Maple family Aralia nudicaulis Wild sarsaparilla Acer spicatum Mountain Maple Umbelliferae Carrot family Grossulariaceae Current family Carum carvi Caraway Ribes glandulosum Skunk currant Skunkberry Cicuata bulbifera Bulb-bearing water-hemlock Ribes hudsonianum Northern black currant Cicuta maculata Water-hemlock Ribes oxyacanthoides Wild gooseberry Conium maculatum Poison hemlock Ribes triste Wild red currant Cymopterus acaulis Plains Cymopterus Gramineae Grass family Heracleum lanatum Cow-parsnip Agropyron trachycaulum Slender wheat grass Sanicula marilandica Snakeroot Agrostis scabra Rough hair grass Sium suave Water parsnip Beckmannia syzigachne Slough grass Osmorhiza depauperata Spreading sweet-cicely Bromus ciliatus Fringed brome Osmorhiza Smooth sweet cicely {Rare} Bromus inermis Northern brome Zizia aptera Heart-leaved alexanders Bromus latiglumis Ear-leaved Brome {Rare} Cornaceae Dogwood family Danthonia intermedia Timber oat grass Cornus canadensis Bunchberry Canada dogwood Danthonia unispicata One-spike oat grass {Rare} Cornus stololifera Red-osier dogwood Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted hair grass Pyrolaceae Wintergreen family Elymus elymoides Squirreltail {Rare} Moneses unifolia One-flowered wintergreen Elymus innovatus Hairy wild rye Pyrola chlorantha Greenish-flowered wintergreen Elymus virginicus Virgina wild rye {Rare} Pyrola secunda One-sided wintergreen Festuca ovina Rocky Mountain fescue Pyrola minor Lesser wintergreen Glyceria grandis Tall manna grass Pyrola vines Green wintergreen Hordeum jubatum Foxtail barley Pyrola asarifolia Common pink wintergreen Hierochloe odorata Common sweet grass Chimaphila umbellata Princes Pine Koeleria cristata June grass Monotropaceae Indian Pipe family Oryzopsis asperifolia Northern Rice grass Monotropa uniflora Indian pipe Phleum pratense Timothy Ericaceae Heath family Oryzopsis micrantha Little-seed rice grass {Rare} Andromeda polifolia Bog Rosemary Phragmites australis Common reed grass Artostaphylos uva-ursi Common bearberry Phalaris arundinacea Reed canary grass Cassiope tetragona White mountain heather Poa lettermanii Letterman's bluegrass {Rare} Gaulthis hispidula Creeping Snowberry Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass Phyllodoce empetriformis Red (Purple) heather Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem {Rare} Phyllodoce glanduliflora Yellow heather Sphenopholis abtusata Prairie wedge grass {Rare} Rhododenron albiflorum White-flowered rhododendron Torreyochola pallida Few-flowered salt-meadow grass {Rare} Vaccinium scoparium Grouseberry Cyperaceae Sedge family Ledum groenlandicum Labrador tea Carex aurea Golden sedge Menziesia ferruginea Western Minniebush Carex capitata Capitat sedge {Rare} Vaccinium caespitosum Dwarf dillberry Cares incurviformis Seaside sedge {Rare} Vaccinium myrtilloides Velvet-leaved blueberry Plants of Red Deer RIver Basin Page 3 Carex petasata Pasture sedge {Rare} Vaccinium vitis-idaea Bog Cranberry Carex rostrata Beaked sedge {Rare} Oxycoccus microcarpus Small bog cranberry Carex springelii Springel's sedge Viburnum edule Low bush cranberry Carex tonsa Bald sedge {Rare} Viburnum tribumi High bush cranberry Eriophorum angustifolium Cotton grass Primulacaea Primrose family Eriophorum scheuchzeri One-spike cotton-grass {Rare} Androsace chamaejasme Sweet-flowered androsace Scirpus validus Common great bulrush Androsace septentrionalis Pygmy-flower, Fairy candelabra Clemnaceae Duckweed family Anagallis minima Chaffweed, False pimpernel {Rare} Lemna minor Common duckweed Dodecatheon conjugens Mountain shootingstar Juncus balticus Wire Baltic rush Dodecatheon pulchellum Saline shootingstar Juncus bufonius Toad rush Glaux maritima Sea milkwort Juncus nodosus Knotted rush Lysimachia ciliata Fringed loosestrife Alismataceae Water-plantain family Lysimachia hybrida Lance-leaved loosestrife {Rare} Alisma plantago-aquatica Broad-leaved water-plantain Lysimachia thyrsiflora Tufted loosestrife Sagittaria cuneata Arrowhead Primula incana Mealy primrose Liliaceae Lily family Primula egalikensis Greenland primrose {Rare} Allium achoenoprasum Purple wild onion Trientalis borealis Northern starflower Allium cernuum Nodding onion Gentianaceae Gentian family Allium schoenoprasum Wild chives Gentiana alycosa Mountain gentian, March gentian Allium textile Prairie onion Gentiana fremontii Gentiana fremontii {Rare} Disporum trachycarpum Fairybells Gentiana glauca Alpine gentian {Rare} Erythronium grandiflorum Glacier lily Gentianella amarella Northern gentian Lilium philadelphicum Western wood lily Gentianella crinita Fringed gentian Maianthemum canadense Wild lily-of-the-valley Halenia deflaxa Spurred gentian Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's-seal Lomatogonium rotatum Marsh felwort {Rare} Smilacina trifolia Three-leaved Solomon's-seal Menyanthaceae Buckbean family Smilacina stellata Star-flowerd Solomon's-seal Menyanthes trifoliate Buckbean, Bogbean Stenanthium occidentale Bronze bells Apocynaceae Dogbane family Streptopus amplexifolius Twisted stalk Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading dogbane Tofieldia glutinosa False asphodel Apocynum cannabinum Indian hemp Zygadenus elegans White death-camas Asclspiadaceae Milkweed family Iridacaea Iris family Asclepias speciosa Showy milkweed Sisyrinchium montanum Common blue-eyed grass Asclepia ovafolia Low milkweed {Rare} Orchidaceae Orchid family Convolvulaceae Morning-glory family Calypso bulbosa Venus slipper Convulvulus arvensis Field bindweed Corallorhiza maculata Spotted coralroot Polemoniaceae Phlox family Corallorhiza striata Striped coralroot Collonia linearis Collomia Corallorhiza trifida Pale coralroot Phlox hoodii Moss phlox Cypripedium calceolus Yellow lady's-slipper Polmonoim acutiflorum Jacob's ladder Cypripedium passerinum Franklin's lady's-slipper Polemonium pulcherrimum Jacob's ladder Goodyera oblongifolia Rattlesnake plantain Hydrophyllaceae Waterleaf family Plants of Red Deer RIver Basin Page 4 Goodyera repens Lesser rattlesnake-plantain Phacelia franklinii Franklin's scorpionweed Listera borealis Northern twayblade Phacelia sericea Silky scorpionweed Listera cordata Heart-leaved twayblade Ellisia nyctelea Waterpod {Rare} Malaxis monophylia White adder's mouth Boraginaceae Borge family Orchis rotundifolia Round-leaved orchid Cynoglossum officinale Hound's-tongue Platanthera dilatata Tall white orchid Echium vulgare Blueweed Platanthera hyperborea Northern green bog-orchid Lappula squarrosa Bluebur Platanthera obtusata Blunt-leaved bog-orchid Lithospermum incisum Narrow-leaved puccoon Platanthera viridis Bracted bog-orchid Lithospermum ruderale Wooly gromwell Platanthera stricta Slender bog orchid {Rare} Mertensia longiflora Large-flowered lungwort Spiranthes