A Volunteer Effort

The Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area would like to thank our dedicated Nature Survey volunteers, who over decades have compiled and maintained a detailed list of the plants, insects, birds, mammals and amphibians that inhabit the area.

Our Nature Survey volunteers are experienced hikers and naturalists who organize weekly surveys often into areas that are off-limits to the public, providing us with invaluable knowledge on native and non-native (or invasive) species observed year-round. With this information, we are able to gain insight into the success of our conservation efforts.

We extend a special thanks to long-time ASCCA volunteer, Olga Droppo (1930 - 2007), who compiled our original biophysical inventory. Olga had a passion for education and nature, and volunteered hundreds of hours leading weekly nature walks in the area. In 1988, her guidebook, A Field Guide to Alberta Berries, was published through the Calgary Field Naturalist’s Society. A bench installed in Olga’s memory sits overlooking Pine Creek valley, at our Pine Creek Lookout point.

A Volunteer Effort

Species Observed

Please select one of the below categories for a list of species in that category.
If you have any suggestions for corrections or additions to this list, please contact us.

Small Mammals
13-lined ground squirrel / Spermophilus triecemlineatus
Deer mouse / Peromyscus maniclatus
Least chipmunk / Tamias minimus
Least weasel / Mustela rivalis
Long-tail weasel / Mustela frenata
Masked shrew / Sorex cinereus
Meadow vole / Microtus pennsylvaicus
Pocket gopher / Thomoys sp.
Pygmy shrew / Sorex hoyi
Red least chipmunk squirrel / Tamiasclurs hudsonicus
Red-backed vole / Clethrionomys gapperi
Richard ground squirrel / Spermophillus richardsoni
Short-tailed weasel (ermine) / Mustela eminea

Medium Mammals
Badger / Taxidea taxus
Porcupine / Erethizon dorsayum
Red fox / Vulpes vulpes
Snowshoe hare / Lepus americanus
Striped skunk / Mephitis mephitis

Large Mammals
Black bear / Ursus americanus
Cougar / Puma concolor
Coyote / Canis latrans
Lynx / Lynx canadenis

Ungulates
Buffalo (bison) / Bison bison*
Moose / Alces alces
Mule deer / Odocoileus hemionus
Rocky mountain elk (wapiti) / Cervus elaphus
White-tail deer / Odocoileus virginianus
* present historically

Flying Mammals
Little brown bat / Myotis lucifugus

Aquatic Mammals
Beaver / Castor canadensis
Muskrat / Ondatra zibethicus

Transient Mammals
Eastern grey squirrel / Sciurus carolinensis
Wolf / Canis lupus

Domestic Mammals
Cat / Felis catus
Cattle / Bos taurus
Dog / Canis familiaris
Horse / Equus caballus
Sheep / Ovis aries

Frogs
Boreal chorus frog / Pseudacris maculata
Wood frog / Rana sylvatica

Salamanders
Tiger salamander / Ambystroma tigrinum

Resident Birds
Barred owl / Strix varia
Black-billed magpie / Pica hudsonia
Black-capped chickadee / Poecile atricapillus
Blue jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Common raven / Corvus corax
Downy woodpecker / Picoides pubescens
Gray partridge / Perdix perdix
Great gray owl / Strix nebulosa
Great horned owl / Bubo virginianus
House sparrow / Passer domesticus
Pileated woodpecker / Dryocopus pileatus
Ring-necked pheasant / Phasisnus colchcus
Rock pigeon (dove) / Columba livia
Ruffed grouse / Bonasa umbellus
Saw-whet owl / Aegolius accadicus
Sharp-tail grouse / Tympanuchus phasianellus
Short-eared owl / Asio flammeus

Wetland Birds
Belted kingfisher / Megaceryle accyon
Double-crested cormorant / Phalacrocorax auritus
Great blue heron / Ardea herodias
Pelican / Pelecanus erythrothynchos
Red-winged blackbird / Agelaius phoeniceus
Waterfowl / Anatidae
Canada geese / Branta canadensis
Snow geese / Chen caerulescens
Trumpeter swan / Cygnus buccinator
Tundra swan / Cygnus columbianus

Marsh (Dabbling) Ducks / Anatinae
American wigeon / Anas americana
Blue winged teal / Anas discors
Gadwall / Anas strepera
Green winged teal / Anas crecca
Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos
Northern shoveler / Anas clypeata
Wood duck / Aix sponsa
Diving Duck / Aythyinae
Barrow’s goldeneye / Bucephala islandica
Bufflehead / Bucephala albeola
Canvasback / Aythya valisineria
Common goldeneye / Bucephala clangula
Common merganser / Mergus merganser
Hooded merganser / Lophodytes cucullatus
Lesser scaup / Aythyinae
Ring-necked duck / Aythya collaris

Shore Birds
Black tern / Chlidonias niger
Coot / Fulica americana
Franklin’s gull / Larus pipixcan
Greater yellowlegs / Tringa melanoleuca
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Lesser yellowlegs / Tringa flavipes
Sandhill crane / Grus canadensis
Solitary sandpiper / Triga solitaria
Sora / Porzana carolina
Spotted sandpiper / Actitis macularia
Wilson’s snipe / Gallinago gallinago

Birds of Prey
American kestrel / Falco sparverius
Bald eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-winged hawk / Buteo platypteus
Cooper’s hawk / Accipter cooperii
Ferruginous hawk / Buteo regalis
Golden eagle / Aquila chrysa
Merlin / Falco columbarius
Northern goshawk / Accipiter gentilis
Northern harrier / Circus cyaneus
Peregrine falcon / Falco peregrinus
Prairie falcon / Falco mexicanus
Red-tailed hawk / Buteo jamaicensis
Sharp-shinned hawk / Accipiter striacus
Swainson’s hawk / Buteo swainsonii

Summer Visitors
Alder flycatcher / Empidonax alnorum
American crow / Corvus brachyrhynchos
American goldfinch / Carduelis tristis
American pipit / Anthus rubescens
American redstart / Setophaga ruticilla
American robin / Turdus migratorius
Baltimore oriole / Icterus galbula
Bank swallow / Riparia riparia
Barn swallow / Hirundo rustica
Blue-headed vireo / Vireo solitarius
Brewer’s blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed cowbird / Molothus ater
Cedar waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Chipping sparrow / Spizella passerina
Clay-colored sparrow / Spizella pallida
Cliff swallow / Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common yellwthroat / Geothlypis trichas
Eastern kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern phoebe / Sayomis phoebe
European starling / Stumus vulgaris
Golden-crowned kinglet / Regulus satrapa
Gray catbird / Dumetella carolinensis
Gray jay / Perisoreus canadensis
Hairy woodpecker / Picoides villosus
Hermit thrush / Catharus guttatus
Horned lark / Eremophila alpestris
House wren / Troglodytes aedon
Hummingbird / Selasphorus sp.
Lazuli bunting / Passerina amoena
Le Conte’s sparrow / Ammodramus leconteii
Least flycatcher / Empidonax minimus
Lincoln’s sparrow / Melospiza lincolnii
Mountain bluebird / Sialia currucoides
Mourning dove / Zenaida macroura
Northern flicker / Colaptes auratus
Northern rough-winged / Stelgidopteryx erripennis
Northern waterthrush / Selurus noveboracensis
Olive-sided flycatcher / Contopus cooperi
Orange crowned warbler / Vermivora celata
Ovenbird / seiurus aurocapillus
Pine siskin / Carduelis pinus
Purple martin / Progne subis
Red breasted nuthatch / Sita canadensis
Red-eyed vireo / Vireo olivaceus
Rose-breasted grosbeak / Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned kinglet / Regulus calendula
Sapsucker- yellow bellied / Spyrapicus varius
Sapsucker-red naped / Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Savannah sparrow / Passerculus sandwichensis
Say’s phoebe / Sayomis saya
Song sparrow / Melospiza melodia
Sprague’s pipit / Anthus spragueii
Swainson’s thrush / Catharus ustulatus
Tennessee warbler / Vermivora peregrina
Townsend’s solitaire /Myadestes townsend
Tree swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Veery / Cathanus fuscescens
Vesper sparrow / Pooecetes gramineus
Warbling vireo / Vireo gilvus
Western meadolark / Stumella neglecta
Western tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Western wood-pewee / Contopus sordidulus
White breasted nuthatch / Sita carloinensis
White-crowned sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated sparrow / Zonotrichia albicollis
Willow flycatcher / Empidonax traillii
Yellow warbler / Dendroica petechia
Yellow-rumped warbler / Dendroica coronata

Winter Visitors
Am. Tree sparrow ./ Spizella arborea
Bohemian waxwing / Bombycilla garrulus
Common redpoll / Carduelis flammea
Dark-eyed junko / Junco hyemalis
Evening grosbeak / Coccothraustes vespertinus
Gray-crowned rosy finch / Leucosticte tephrocotis
Gyrfalcon / Falco rusticolus ( white morph )
Northern shrike / Lanius excubitor
Pine grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Red crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
Rough-legged hawk / Buteo lagopus
Snow bunting / Plectrophenax nivalis
Snowy owl / Nyctea scandiaca
White-winged crossbill / Loxia leucoptera

Skippers, Family Hesperiidae
Arctic skipper / Carterocephalus palaemon
Dreamy dusky wing (spread-wing)/Erynnis icelus
European skipper / Thymelicus lineola
Garita skipper (folded-wing) / Oarisma garita
Long dash skipper (folded-wing) / Polites mystic

Swallowtails, Family Papilionidae
Anise swallowtail / Papilio zelicaon (nitra)
Pale swallowtail / Papilio eurymedon
Tiger swallowtail / Papilio canadensis
White and Sulphurs, Family Pieridae
Alfalfa sulphurs / Colias eurytheme
Cabbage white / Pieris rapae
Checkered white / Pieris protodice
Large marble / Euchloe ausonides
Western white / Ponita occidentalis

Gossamer-winged, Family Lycaenidae
Acmon blue / Plebejus acmon
Arctic blue / Agriades franklinii
Melissa blue / Lycaeides melissa
Silvery blue / Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Western tailed blue / Everes amyntula
Brushfoots, Family Nymphalidae
Aphrodite fritillary / Speyeria aphrodite
Common alpine / Erebia epipsodea
Common wood nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Great spangled fritillary / Speyeria cybele
Green comma / Polygonia faunus
Milbert’s tortoise shell / Aglais milberti
Mormon fritillary / Speyeria mormonia
Mourning cloak / Nymphalis antiopa
Painted lady / Vanessa cardui
Pearl crescent / Phyciodes cocyta
Red admiral / Vanessa atalanta rubria
Red disked alpine / Erebia discoidalis
Ringlet / Coenonympha inornata
Satyr anglewing / Polygonia satyrus
Small wood nymph / Cercyonis oetus
Silvery blue / Glaucopsyche lygdamus
White admiral / Limenitis arthemis
Zephyr anglewing / Polygonia zephyrus
Western tailed blue / Everes amyntula

Brushfoots, Family Nymphalidae
Aphrodite fritillary / Speyeria aphrodite
Common alpine / Erebia epipsodea
Common wood nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Great spangled fritillary / Speyeria cybele
Green comma / Polygonia faunus
Milbert’s tortoise shell / Aglais milberti
Mormon fritillary / Speyeria mormonia
Mourning cloak / Nymphalis antiopa
Painted lady / Vanessa cardui
Pearl crescent / Phyciodes cocyta
Red admiral / Vanessa atalanta rubria
Red disked alpine / Erebia discoidalis
Ringlet / Coenonympha inornata
Satyr anglewing / Polygonia satyrus
Small wood nymph / Cercyonis oetus
White admiral / Limenitis arthemis
Zephyr anglewing / Polygonia zephyrus

Gilled Fungi
Blackfooted pax / Paxillus atrotomentosus
Common paxillus / Paxillus involutus
Destructive pholeota / Pholeota destruens
Dung mushroom / Psilocybe merdaria
Early morel / Verpa bohemica
Fairy ring / Marasmius oreades
Flat-top agarics / Agaricus meleagris
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Honey mushroom / Armillaria mellea
Horse mushroom / Agaricus arvense
Inky cap / Coprinus atramentarius
Japanese parasol / Coprinus plicatilis
Meadow mushroom / Agaricus campestris
Mica (inky) cap / Coprinus micaceus
Morel / Morchella esculenta
Oyster mushroom / Pleurotus ostreatus
Poison pie / Hebeloma crustuliniforme
Red-gilled cortinarius / Cortinarius semisanguineus
Round dung mushroom / Psilocybe coprophila
Shaggy mane / Coprinus comatus
Short -stemmed russula / Russula brevipes
Velvet foot / Flammulina velutipes
Western chevalier / Tricholoma leucophyllum
Woodland mushroom / Agaricus silvicola

Puffballs and Earthstars, Gasteromycetes
Beaked earth star / Geastrum pectinatum
Gem-studded puffball / Lycoperdon perlatum
Giant puffball / Calvatia gigantea
Golden puffball / Bovista colorata
Hygroscpic earth star / Geastrum recolligens
Lead-coloured puffball / Bovista plumbea
Pear-shaped puffball / Lycoperdon pyriforme
Small tumbling puffball / Bovista pusilla
Western giant puffball / Calvatia booniana

Coral Fungi
Comb tooth hericium / Hericium ramosum
Crown coral fungi / Clavicorona pyxidata

Sac Fungi, Ascomycetes
Brown -cup fungi / Peziza repanda
Red eyelash cup / Scutellinia scutellata

Slime Mold Fungi, Myxomycetes
Pink bead slime mold fungi / Lycogala epidendron
Slime mold / Fuligo septica

Sponge Mushroom, Boletes
Aspen bolete / Leccinum insigne
Black-leg / Polyporus badius
Bracket fungi / Polyporus velpinus
Giant mtn. polypore / Bondarzewia montana
Rusty gilled polypore / Gloeophyllum saepiarium
Smoky polypore / Bjerkandera adusta
Spring polypore / Polyporus mori

Bracket Fungi, Hymenomycetes
Artist’s conk / Ganoderma applanatum
False tinder conk / Phellinus tremulae
Hairy turkey tail / Trametes hirsuta
Hairy white shelf fungi / Trametes pubescens
Poplar polypore / Trichoptum subchartaceum
Red belt conk / Fomitopsis pinicola
Red wort fungi / Peniophora rufa
Silver leaf (purple) / Stereum purpureum
Splitgill / Schizophyllum commune
Tinder conk or horse hoof / Fomes fomentarius
Violet-pored bracket fungi / Hirschioporus pargamenus

Crust Lichen, Crustose
Common aspen lichen / Arthonia patellulata
Crusted orange lichen / caloplaca cerina
Greyish green lichen / Mycoblastus sanquinarios
Orange rim lichen / Caloplca halocarpa

Leaf Lichen, Foliose
Apple pelt lichen / Peltigera malacea
Brown lichen / Parmelia albertana
Brown wort lichen / Melanelia subaurifera
Candleflame lichen / /Candelaria concolor
Culed snow lichen / Flavocertraria cucullata
Dog pelt lichen / Peltigera canina
Floury starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis aleurites
Frog pelt lichen / Peltigera neoploydactyla
Green speckleback lichen / Parmelia flaventior
Green starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis ambigum
Grey starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis hyperopta
Grey-eyed rosette lichen / Physcia aipolia
Hooded rosette lichen / Physcia adscendens
Lustrous brown lichen / Parmelia exasperatula
Monk’s hood lichen / Hypogymnia physodes
No-hoods rosette lichen / Physcia tenella
Pelt lichen / Peltigera elizabethae
Pincushion orange lichen / Xanthonia polycarpa
Powder orange lichen / Xanthonia fallax
Powder sunshine lichen / Cetraria pinastri
Star rosette lichen / Physcia stellaris
Studded leather lichen / Peltigera aphtosa
Temporary pelt lichen / Peltigera didactyla
Toad pelt lichen / Peltigera scabrosa
Waxpaper lichen / Parmelia sulcata

Club Lichen, Fruticose
Black foot lichen / Cladonia phyllophora
Mealy-pixie cup lichen / Chlorophaea
Pixie cup lichen / Cladonia fimbriata
Scarlet toothpick lichen / Cladonia bacillaris
Shrub funnel lichen / Cladonia crispata
Sieve cup lichen / cladonia multiformis
Slender cup lichen / Cladonia gracilis
Stump cladonia / Cladonia botrytes
Tall toothpick lichen / Cladonia subulata
Tiny toothpick lihen / Cladonia coniocraea
Torneclug lichen / Cladonia carios

Shrub Lichen
Punctured gristle lichen / ramalina dilacerata
Reindeer lichen / Cladina rangifermia
Wolf lichen / Letharia vulpina

Hair Lichen
Black bear lichen / Alectoria glabra
Old man’s beard lichen / Usnea subfloridana
Powdery old man’s beard / Usnea lapponica
Scutfy beard lichen / Usnea scabrata
Simple horsehair lichen / Bryoria simplicior

Trees
Balsam poplar / Populus balsamifera
Blue spruce / Picea pungens
Flowering almond / Prunus triloba
Lodgepole pine / Pinus contorta
Mugo pine / Pinus mugo
Paper birch / Betula papynifera
Siberian crabapple / Malus baccata
Trembling aspen / Populus tremuloides
Water birch / Betula occidentalis
White spruce / Picea glauca
Shrubs Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bebb’s willow / Salix bebbiana

Shrubs
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bebb’s willow / Salix bebbiana
Buckbrush / Symphoicarpos  occidentalis
Canada buffaloberry / Shepherdia canadensis
Caragana / Caragana arborescens
Chokecherry / Prunus virginiana
Common juniper / Juniperus communis
Common lilac / Syringa vulgaris
Common wild rose / Rosa woodsii
Cotoneaster / Cotoneaster acutifolia
Creeping juniper / Juniperus horizontalis
European mountain ash / Sorbus aucuparia
Golden current / Ribes aureum
Low-bush cranberry / Viburnum edule
Mock orange / Philadelphus sp.
Northern black current / Ribes hudsonianum
Northern gooseberry / Ribes oxyacanthoides
Prairie rose / Rosa arkansana
Prickly rose / Rosa acicularis
Pussy willow / Salix discolor
Red-osier dogwood / Cornus stolonifera
Round-leaved hawthorn / Crataegus rotundifolia
Saskatoonberry / Amelanchier alnifolia
Shining willow / Salix lucida
Shrubby cinquefoil / Potentilla fruticosa
Smooth willow / Salix glauca
Snowberry / Symphoicarpos albus
Spiraea / Spiraea betulifolia
Spreading dogbane / apocynum androsaemifolium
Tartarian honeysuckle / Lonicera tartarica
Wild black current / Ribes americanum
Wild red current / Ribes triste
Wolf willow / Elaeagnus commutata
Yellow willow / Salix lutea
Hooker’s cinquefoil / Potentilla hookeriana

Woody Vines
Purple clematis / Clematis occidentalis
Twining honeysuckle / Lonicera dioica

Lily, Liliaceae
Death camas / Zigadenus venenosus
Fairybells / Disporum trachycarpum
False solomon’s-seal / Smilacina racemosa
Nodding onion / Allium cermuum
Prairie onion / Allium textile
Star-flowered solomon’s-seal / Smilacina stellata
Twisted-stalk / Streptopus amplexifolius
Western wood lily / Lilium philadelphicum
White camas / Zigadenus elegans

Iris, Iridaceae
Blue-eyed grass / Sisyrinchium montanum

Orchid / Orchidaceae
Blunt-leaved bog orchid / Habenaria obtusata
Bracted bog orchid / Habenaria viridis
Green bog orchid / Habenaria hyperborea
Northern twayblade / Listera borealis
Pale coralroot / Corallorhiza trifida
Round-leaved orchid / Orchis rotundifolia
Spotted coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Striped coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Yellow lady’s-slipper / Cypripedium calceolus

Nettle, Urticaceae
Common nettle / Urtica dioica

Sandalwood / Santalaceae
Pale comandra / Comandra umbellata

Buckwheat / Polygonaceae
Alpine bistort / Polygonum viviparum

Bind weed / Polygonum convolvulus
Common knotweed / Polygonum arenastrum
Curly dock / Rumex crispus
Garden rhubarb / Rheum rhapoticum
Golden dock / Rumex maritimus

Goosefoot / Chenopodiaceae
Green sorrel / Rumex acetosa
Lamb’s quarters / Chenopodium album
Maple-leaved goosefoot / Chenopodium gigantospermum
Narrow-leaved dock / Rumex trangulivalis
Oak-leaved goosefoot / Chenopodium salinum
Rabbit-foot knotweed / Polygonum monspeliense
Russian pigweed / Axyris amaranthoides
Russian thistle / Salsola kali
Spear-leaved goosefoot / Monolepis nuttalliana
Striate knotweed / Polygonum erectum
Western dock / Rumex occidentalis
Yellow umbrella plant / Eriogonum flavum

Amaranth / Amaranthaceae
Red-root pigweed / Amaranthus retroflexus

Pink / Caryophyllaceae
Bladder campion / Silene cucubalis
Blunt-leaved sandwort / Moehringia lateriflora
Common trailing chickweed / Stellaria media
Fleshy chickweed / Stellaria crassifolia
Glandular m-e chickweed / Cerastium vulgatum
Long-leaved chickweed / Stellaria longifolia
Long-stalked chickweed / Stellaria longipes
Mouse-eared chickweed / Cerastium arvense
Night-flowering catchfly / Silene noctiflora
Parry’s catchfly / Silene parryi

Buttercup / Ranunculaceae
Baneberry / Actaea rubra
Canada anemone / Anemone canadensis
Cut-leaved anemone / Anemone multifida
Early buttercup / Ranunculus glaberrimus
Graceful buttercup / Ranunculus inamoenus
Heart-leaved buttercup / Ranunculus cardiophyllus
Long-fruited anemone / Anemone cylindrica
Low larkspur / Delphinium bicolor
Macoun’s buttercup / Ranunculus macounii
Northern buttercup / Ranunculus pedatifidus
Prairie buttercup / Ranunculus rhomboideus
Prairie crocus / Anemone patens
Seaside buttercup / Ranunculus cymbalaria
Small-flowered buttercup / Ranunculus abortivus
Tall buttercup / Ranunculus acris
Tall larkspur / Delphinium glaucum
Veiny meadow rue / Thalictrum venulosum

Poppy / Papaveraceae
Iceland poppy / Papaver nudicaule

Fumitory / Fumariaceae
Golden corydalis / Corydalis aurea

Mustard / Brassicaceae
Annual draba / Draba nemorosa
Ball mustard / Neslia paniculata
Bird-rape / Brassica campestris
Bitter cress / Cardamine pensylvanica
Common peppergrass / Lepidium densiflorum
Dog mustard / Erucastrum gallicum
Drummond’s rockcress / Arabis drummondii
Flixweed / Descurainia sophia
Gray tansy mustard / Descurainia richardsonii
Green tansy mustard / Descurainia pinnata
Hairy rockcress / Arabis hirsuta
Marsh yellow cress / Rorippa palustris
Reflexed rockcress / Arabis holboellii
Sand rocket / Diplotaxis muralis
Shepherd’s-purse / Capsella bursa-pastoris
Small-flowered prairie rocket / Erysimum inconspicum
Stinkweed / Thlaspi arvense
Tall hedge mustard / Sisybrium loeselii
Tower mustard / Arabis glabra
Tumbling mustard / Sisymbrium altissimum
Wild radish / Raphanus raphanistrum
Wormseed mustard / Erysimum cheiranthoides

Saxifrage / Saxifragaceae
Bishop’s cap / Mitella nuda
Richardson’s alumroot / Heuchera richardsonii

Grass of parnassus / Parnassiaceae
Grass-of-parnassia / Parnassia palustris

Rose / Rosaceae
Agrimonia / Agrimonia striata
Brook cinquefoil / Potentilla rivalis
Early cinquefoil / Potentilla concinna
Graceful cinquefoil / Potentilla gracilis
Hooker’s cinquefoil / Potentilla hookeriana
Large-leaved yellow avens / Geum macrophyllum
Plains cinquefoil / Potentilla bipinnatifida
Prairie cinquefoil / Potentilla pensylvanica
Purple avens / Geum rivale
Rough cinquefoil / Potentilla norvegica
Running raspberry / Rubus pubescens
Silverweed / Potentilla anserina
Three-flowered avens / Geum triflorum
White cinquefoil / Potentilla arguta
Wild raspberry / Rubus idaeus
Wild strawberry / Fragaria virginiana
Wooly cinquefoil / Potentilla hippiana
Yellow avens / Geum aleppicum

Pea / Fabaceae
Alfalfa / Medicago sativa
Alpine hedysarum / Hedysarum alpinum
Alsike clover / Trifolium hybridum
American milk-vetch / Astragalus americanus
Ascending milk-vetch / Astragalus striatus
Bird’s-foot trefoil / Lotus corniculatus
Black medick / Medicago lupulina
Cicer milk-vetch / Astragalus cicer
Cream-colored peavine / Lathyrus ochroleucus
Drummond’s milk-vetch / Astragalus drummondii
Early yellow locoweed / Oxytropis sericea
Elegant milk-vetch / Astragalus eucosmus
Golden bean / Thermopsis rhombifolia
Ground plum / Astragalus crassicarpus
Indian breadroot / Psoralea esculenta
Indian milk-vetch / Astragalus aboriginum
Late yellow locoweed / Oxytropis monticola
Loose-flowered milk -vetch / Astragalus tenellus
Northern hedysarum / Hedysarum boreale
Onobrychis / Onobrychis vicifolia
Purple milk-vetch / Astragalus dasyglottis
Purple prairie clover / Petalostemon purpurcum
Red clover /Trifolium pratense
Reflexed locoweed / Oxytropis deflexa
Showy locoweed / Oxytropis splendens
Silky lupine / Lupinus sericeus
Tufted vetch / Vicia cracca
White clover / Trifolium repens
White sweet clover / Melilotus alba
Wild licorice / Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Wild vetch / Vicia americana
Yellow hedysarum / Hedysarum sulphurescens
Yellow sweet clover / Melilotus officinalis

Geranium / Geraniaceae
Sticky purple geranium / Geranium viscosissimum
White geranium / Geranium richardsonii

Flax / Linaceae
Wild blue flax / Linum lewisii
Milkwort / Polygalaceae
Seneca-root / Polygala senega

Spurge / Euphorbiaceae
Leafy spurge / Euphorbia esula

Violet / Violaceae
Bog violet / Viola nephrophylla
Early blue violet / Viola adunca
Wood violet / Viola canadensis
Yellow prairie violet / Viola nuttallii

Evening Primrose / Onagraceae
Common fireweed / Epilobium angustifolium
Enchanter’s nightshade / Circaea alpina
Glandular willowherb / Epilobium glandulosum
Marsh willowherb / Epilobium paslustre
Northern willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Scarlet butterfly-weed / Gaura coccinea
Yellow evening primrose / Oenothera biennis

Carrot / Apiaceae
Caraway / Carum carvi
Cow parsnip / Heracleum lanatum
Heart-leaved alexanders / Zizia aptera
Snake-root / Sanicula marilandica
Squawroot / Perideridia gairdneri
Sweet cicely / Ozmorhiza depauperata
Water hemlock / Cicuta maculata
Water parsnip / Sium suave

Dogwood / Cornaceae
Bunchberry / Cornus canadensis

Wintergreen / Pyrolaceae
Common pink wintergreen / Pyrola asarifolia
Greenish-flowered wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
One-flowered wintergreen / Moneses uniflora
One-sided wintergreen / Orthilia secunda

Heath / Ericaceae
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Primrose / Primulaceae
Fairy candelabra / Androsace septentrionalis
Shooting star / Dodecatheon conjugens
Saline shooting star / Dodecatheon pulchellum
Fringed loosestrife / Lysimachia ciliata

Gentian / Gentianaceae
Marsh gentian / Lomatogonium rotatum
Northern gentian / Gentianella amarella
Prairie gentian / Gentiana affinis

Phlox / Polemoniaceae
Moss phlox / Phlox hoodii
Narrow-leaved collomia / Collomia linearis

Borage / Boraginaceae
Blue-bur / Lappula squarrosa Comfrey / Symphytum officinale Fringed puccoon / Lithospermum incisum Hound’s-tongue / Cynoglossum officinale Large-flowered stickseed / Hackelia floribunda Stickseed / Hackelia americana Tall lungwort / Mertensia paniculata Yellow puccoon / Lithoserpmum ruderale

Vervain / Verbenaceae
Carpet vervain / Verbena bracteata

Mint / Lamiaceae
American hedge-hyssop / Gratiola neglecta
Bergamot / Monarda fistulosa
Hemp nettle / Galeopsis tetrahit
Marsh hedge-nettle / Stachy palustris
Marsh scullcap / Scutellaria galericulata
Wild mint / Mentha arvensis

Nightshade / Solanaceae
Black henbane / Hyoscyamus niger
Wild tomato / Solanum triflorum

Figwort / Scrophulariaceae
American brooklime / Veronica americana
Bracted lousewort / Pedicularis bracteosa
Butter and eggs (toad-flax) / Linaia vulgaris
Common red paintbrush / Castilleja miniata
Elephant-head / Pedicularis groenlandica
Lilac-flowered beardtongue / Penstemon gracilis
Owl’s-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Smooth blue beardtongue / Penstemon nitidus
Wandering veronica / Veronica peregrina
Yellow paintbrush / Castilleja lutescens
Yellow rattle / Rhinanthus minor

Broom-rape / Orobanchaceae
Clusterd broom-rape / Orobanche fasciculata

Plantain / Plantaginaceae
Common plantain / Plantago major

Madder / Rubiaceae
Northern bedstraw / Galium boreale
Small bedstraw / Galium trifidum
Sweet-scented bedstraw / Galium trilorum

Honeysuckle / Caprifoliaceae
Twin-flower / Linnaea borealis

Bluebell / Campanulaceae
Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia

Teasel / Dipsacaceae
Field scabious / Knautia arvensis

Composite / Asteraceaea
Absinthe wormwood / Artemisia absinthium
Annual hawk’s-beard / Crepis tectorum
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Balsam groundsel / Senecio pauperculus
Biennial sage / Artemisia biennis
Blazing star / Liatris punctata
Bull thistle / Cirsium vulgare
Canada thistle / Cirsium arvense
Common blue lettuce / Lactuca pulchella
Common burdock / Arctium minus
Common dandelion / Taraxacum officinale
Common Goat’s-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Common groundsel / Senecio vulgaris
Common tall sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
Common yarrow / Achillea millefolium
Creeping white prairie aster / Aster falcatus
Dragonwort / Artemisia dracunculus
Entire-leaved groundsel / Senecio integerrimus
Flodman’s thistle / Cirsium flodmanii
Gaillardia / Gaillardia aristata
Giant goldenrod / Solidago gigantea
Green-leaved pussytoes / Antennaria neglecta
Hairy golden aster / Heterotheca villosa
Heart-leaved arnica / Arnica cordifolia
Leafy arnica / Arnica chamissonis
Leafy-bracted aster / Aster subspicatus
Lindley’s aster / Aster ciliolatus
Low goldenrod / Solidago missouriensis
Low pussytoes / Antennaria aprica
Marsh aster / Aster borealis
Marsh ragwort / Senecio congestus
Meadow aster / Aster campestris
Meadow goat’s-beard / Tragopogon pratensis 
Narrow-leaved hawkweed / Hieracium umbellatum
Narrow-leaved sunflower/Helianthus maximilianii
Nodding beggarticks / Bidens cermua
Palmate-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites palmatus
Pasture sage / Artemisia frigida
Perennial smooth sow thistle / Sonchus uliginosus
Perennial sow thistle / Sonchus arvensis
Pineappleweed / Matricaria matricaroides
Pink pussytoes / Antennaria rosa
Plains sage / Artemisia campestris
Prairie sage / Artemisia ludoviciana
Rhombic-leaved sunflower/Helianthus subrhomboideus
Showy aster / Aster conspicuus
Showy fleabane / Erigeron speciosus
Showy goldenrod / Solidago nemoralis
Silvery groundsel / Senecio canus
Small-leaved pussy / Antennaria parvifolia
Smooth aster / Aster laevis
Smooth fleabane / Erigeron glabellus
Spiny sow thistle / Sonchus asper
Stiff goldenrod / Solidago rigida
Tall pussytoes / Antennaria anaphaloides
Tufted fleabane / Erigeron caespitosus
Tufted white prairie aster / Aster ericoides
Vine-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites vitifolius
Wandering fleabane / Erigeron peregrinus
Wavy-leaved thistle / Cirsium undulatum
Western aster / Aster ascendens
Western willow aster / Aster hesperius
Yellow false dandelion / Agoseris glauca

Free Floating
Duckweed / Lemnaceae
Common duckweed / Lemna minor
Star duckweed / Lemna trisulca

Submergent Plants
Pondweed / Potamogetonaceae
Linear-leaved pondweed / Potamogeton strictifolius
Small-leaved pondweed / Potamogeton pusillus
Thread-leaved pondweed / Potamogeton filiformis
Hornwort / Ceratophyllaceae
Coontail hornwort / Ceratophyllum demersum
Buttercup / Ranunculaceae
White water buttercup / Ranunculus circinatus
Yellow water buttercup / Ranunculus gmelinii 
Water-starwort / Callitrichaceae
Vernal / water-starwort / Callitriche verna

Watermilfoil, Halogagaceae 
Spiked water milfoil / Myriophyllum exalbescens
Water milfoil / Myriophyllum verticillatum

Buckwheat, Polygonaceae
Water smartweed / Polygonum amphibium

Emergent Plants

Cattail, Typhaceae
Common cattail / Typha latifolia

Buttercup, Ranunculaceae
Celery-leaved buttercup / Ranunculus sceleratus

Mare’s-tail, Hippridaceae
Common mare’s-tail / Hippuris vulgaris

Bur-reed, Sparganiaceae
Narrow-leaved bur-reed / Sparganium angustifolium

Arrowgrass, Juncaginaceae
Seaside arrowgrass / Trglochin maritima
Slender arrowgrass / Triglochin palustris

Rush, Juncaceae
Knotted rush / Juncus nodosus
Slender rush / Juncus tenuis
Toad rush / Juncus bufonius
Wire or Baltic rush / Juncus balticus

Grass, Poaceae
Awned wheatgrass / Agropyron trachycaulum
Barnyard grass / Echinochloa crusgalli
Blue grama grass / Bouteloua gracilis
California oat grass / Danthonia californica
Columbia needle grass / Stipa columbiana
Crested wheatgrass / Agropyron pectiniforme
Early blue grass / Poa cusickii
Fowl blue grass / Poa palustris
Fowl manna grass / Glyceria striata
Foxtail barley / Hordeum jubatum
Fringed brome grass / Bromus ciliatus
Green needle grass / Atipa viridula
Hairy wild rye / Elymus innovatus
Hooker’s oat grass / Helictotrichon hookeri
June grass / Koeleria macrantha
Kentucky bluegrass / Poa pratensis
Little bluestem grass / Schizachyrium scoparium
Marsh reed grass / Calamagrostis canadensis
Meadow foxtail / Alopecurus pratensis
Needle and thread grass / Stipa comata
Nodding brome grass / Bromus anomolus
Northern brome / Bromus inermis ssp. Pumpellianis
Northern reed grass / Calamagrostis inexpansa
Northern wheatgrass / Agropyron dasystachyum
Parry oat grass / Danthonia parryi
Plains reed grass / Calamagrostis montanensis
Prairie muhly / Muhlenbergia cuspidata
Quack grass / Agropyron repens
Reed canary grass / Phalaris arundinacea
Rough fescue / Festuca scabrella
Sand reed grass / Calamovilfa longifolia
Sheep fescue / Festuca ovina
Slough grass / Beckmannia syzigachne
Smooth brome grass / Bromus inermis
Sweet grass / Hierochloe odorata
Tall manna grass / Glyceria grandis
Timothy grass / Phleum pratense
Water foxtail / Alopecurus aequalis
Western porcupine grass / Stipa curtiseta
Western wheatgrass / Agropyron smithii
Wild oat / Avena fatua
Witch grass / Panicum capillare

Sedge, Cyperaceae
Awned sedge / Carex atherodes
Beaked sedge / Carex rostrata
Beautiful sedge / Carex cocinna
Bebb’s sedge /Carex bebbii
Blunt sedge / Carex obtusata
Capitate sedge / Carex capitata
Common bulrush / Scirpus validus
Creeping spike rush / Eleocharis palustris
Douglas sedge / Carex douglasii
Golden sedge / Carex aurea
Graceful sedge / Carex praegracilis
Great bulrush / Scirpus acutus
Hairy-fruited sedge / Carex lasiocarpa
Lens-fruited sedge / Carex lenticularis
Low sedge / Carex stenophylla
Needle spike rush / Eleocharis acicularis
Northern bog sedge / Carex gynocrates
Richardson’s sedge / Carex richardsonii
Sartwell’s sedge / Carex sartwellii
Short sedge / Carex canescens
Small-flowered bulrush / Scirpus microcarpu
Sprengel’s sedge / Carex sprengelii
Sun-loving sedge / Carex pensylvanica
Thick-spike sedge / Carex microptera
Thread-leaved sedge / Carex filifolia
Water sedge / Carex aqutilis
Woolly sedge / Carex lanuginosa

Spikemoss, Selaginellaceae
Little spikemoss / Selaginella densa
Horsetail / Equisetaceae
Common horsetail / Equisetum arvense
Smooth horsetail / Equisetum laevigatum
Variegated horsetail / Equisetum variegatum

Fern / Polypodiaceae
Fragile fern / Cystopteris fragilis
Smooth cliff break fern / Pellaea glabella  

Feather Moss, Pleurocarpous
Moss Beautifull beak moss / Eurhynchium pulchellum
Delicate willow moss / Amblystegium serpens
Forest grass moss / Brachythecium salebrosum
Hill grass moss / Brachythecium campestre
Red-stem moss / Pleurozium schreberi
River tufa moss / Cratoneuron filicinum
Sickle moss / Saniona uncinata
Stair-step moss / Hylocomium splendens
Stocking moss / Pylaisiella polyantha
Wiry fern moss / Abietinella abietina

Acrocarpous Moss
Bristle (blunt-leaved) moss/Orthotrichum obtusifolium
Bristle (sharp-leaved) moss / O. speciosum
Fire (purple horn-toothed) moss/Ceratodon purpureus
Hairy screw moss / Tortula ruralis
Pale-leaved thread moss / Pohlia wahlenbergii
Paper lantern moss / Plagiomnium speciosum
Red foot moss / Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostre
Screw (twisted) moss / Tortula mucronfolia

Liverworts, Hepatics
Cedar-shake liverwort / Plagiochila asplenioides
Green-tongue liverwort / Marchantia polymorpha