Photos of Selected Plant Communities
Compiled by Lorna Allen, Ecologist, Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre.May 2009.
Forest/Woodland Types |
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Betula papyrifera - Betula occidentalis / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi white birch - water birch / common bearberry (CEAB000016) Rank: S1 |
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Betula neoalaskana / Ledum groenlandicum Alaska birch / common Labrador tea (CEAB000175) Rank: S1S2 |
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Picea engelmannii / Salix vestita Engelmann spruce / rock willow (CEAB000068) Rank: S2? |
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Picea mariana / Cladina stellaris black spruce / star-tipped reindeer lichen (CEAB000204) Rank: S1 |
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Pinus flexilis scree limber pine scree (CEGL000815) Rank: S1S2 Global Rank: G3Q |
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Populus balsamifera / Alnus tenuifolia - Cornus stolonifera / Equisetum pratense balsam poplar / river alder - red-osier dogwood / meadow horsetail (CEAB000042) Rank: S3 |
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Populus balsamifera / Viburnum opulus / Matteuccia struthiopteris balsam poplar / high-bush cranberry / ostrich fern (CEAB000043) Rank: S1S2 |
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Populus balsamifera - P. tremuloides / Alopecurus alpinus - Calamagrostis canadensis balsam poplar - aspen / alpine foxtail - bluejoint (CEAB000077) Rank: S1S2 |
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Populus deltoides / Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Juncus balticus plains cottonwood / wild licorice - wire rush (CEAB000163) Rank: S2S3 |
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Populus deltoides / Symphoricarpos occidentalis plains cottonwood / buckbrush (CEAB000183) Rank: S2S3 |
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Populus tremuloides / Juniperus horizontalis / Carex siccata aspen / creeping juniper / hay sedge (CEAB000182) Rank: S2S3 |
Shrubland Types |
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Andromeda polifolia / Sarracenia purpurea / Sphagnum angustifolium bog rosemary / pitcher-plant / peat moss (CEAB000120) Rank: S1S2 |
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Alnus tenuifolia / Matteuccia struthiopteris shrubland river alder / ostrich fern shrubland (CEAB000211) Rank: S2? |
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Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - Amelanchier alnifolia big sagebrush - saskatoon (CEAB000008) Rank: S1 |
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Betula glandulosa / Festuca campestris bog birch / mountain rough fescue (CEAB000115) Rank: S2S3 |
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Betula occidentalis / Juniperus horizontalis water birch / creeping juniper (CEAB000176) Rank: S2S3 |
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Betula occidentalis grassland riparian shrubland water birch grassland riparian shrubland (CEAB000169) Rank: S2S3 |
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Betula pumila - Ledum groenlandicum / Juncus balticus / Tomentypnum nitens - Hylocomium splendens slope fen dwarf birch - common Labrador tea / wire rush / golden moss - stair-step moss slope fen (CEAB000210) Rank: S1? |
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Chamaedaphne calyculata - Kalmia polifolia / Cladina mitis leatherleaf - northern laurel / green reindeer lichen (CEAB000122) Rank: S1S2 |
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Crataegus rotundifolia / Heracleum lanatum - Urtica dioica - Viola canadensis round-leaved hawthorn / cow parsnip - common nettle - western Canada violet (CEAB000058) Rank: S1S2 |
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Elaeagnus commutata - Prunus virginiana / Carex siccata silverberry - chokecherry / hay sedge (CEAB000180) Rank: S2S3 |
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Rhus trilobata / Stipa comata skunkbush / needle-and-thread (CEAB000185) Rank: S2S3 |
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Salix drummondiana / Calamagrostis canadensis Drummond's willow / bluejoint (CEGL002667) Rank: S1 Global Rank: G3 |
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Salix drummondiana / Thalictrum venulosum Drummond's willow / veiny meadow rue (CEGL000084) Rank: S1 |
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Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Atriplex nuttallii greasewood / Nuttall's atriplex (CEAB000186) Rank: S2S3 |
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Sarcobatus vermiculatus silt dune shrubland greasewood silt dune shrubland (CEAB000015) Rank: S1 |
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Symphoricarpos occidentalis / Elymus piperi buckbrush / giant wild rye (CEAB000187) Rank: S2S3 |
Dwarf Shrubland Types |
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Juniperus horizontalis / Calamovilfa longifolia - Carex pensylvanica ssp. heliophila creeping juniper / sand grass - sun-loving sedge (CEAB000181) Rank: S2S3 |
Shrub Herbaceous |
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Artemisia cana - Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Stipa comata silver sagebrush - greasewood / needle-and-thread (CEAB000155) Rank: S1S2 |
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Artemisia cana / Stipa comata silver sagebrush / needle-and-thread (CEGL001553) Rank: S2S3 Global Rank: G3 |
Herbaceous Types |
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Antennaria lanata - Artemisia norvegica woolly everlasting - mountain sagewort (CEAB000054) Rank: S1 |
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Calamovilfa longifolia - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Carex siccata sand grass - sand dropseed - hay sedge (CEAB000178) Rank: S2S3 |
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Carex oligosperma / Sphagnum subsecundum few-fruited sedge / twisted bog moss (CEAB000121) Rank: S2 |
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Triglochin maritima - Carex praegracilis spring fen seaside arrow-grass - graceful sedge spring fen (CEAB000213) Rank: S1S2 |
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Carex pseudocyperus - Calla palustris cyperus-like sedge - water arum (CEAB000037) Rank: S1S2 |
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Carex retrorsa marsh turned sedge marsh (CEAB000212) Rank: S1S2 |
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Carex rostrata marsh beaked sedge marsh (CEAB000191) Rank: S2 |
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Festuca hallii plain's rough fescue (CEAB000104) Rank: S1 |
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Juncus filiformis / Sphagnum spp. thread rush / peat moss (CEAB000119) Rank: S1S2 |
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Koeleria macrantha - Artemisia frigida - Linum lewisii June grass - pasture sagewort - wild blue flax (CEAB000026) Rank: S2S3 |
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Lupinus nootkatensis meadow Nootka lupine meadow (CEAB000064) Rank: S2? |
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Rumex venosus wild begonia (CEAB000165) Rank: S2S3 |
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Triglochin maritima - Carex praegracilis spring fen seaside arrow-grass - graceful sedge spring fen (CEAB000213) Rank: S1S2 |
Sparsely Vegetated Types |
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Artemisia longifolia - Calamovilfa longifolia badland community long-leaved sagewort - sand grass badland community (CEGL001521) Rank: S1S2 |
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Juniperus horizontalis / Koeleria macrantha - Eriogonum flavum pediment vegetation creeping juniper / June grass - yellow umbrella-plant pediment vegetation (CEAB000007) Rank: S1S2 |
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Leymus mollis - Tanacetum bipinnatum ssp. huronense shoreline dune American dune grass - Indian tansy shoreline dune (CEAB000172) Rank: S1 |
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Salicornia rubra emergent marsh samphire (CEGL001999) Rank: S2 Global Rank: G2G3 |
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Suaeda moquinii - Atriplex suckleyi sparsely vegetated badland slopes Moquin's sea-blite - endolepis sparsely vegetated badland slopes (CEAB000112) Rank: S2? |
Aquatic Types |
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Glyceria borealis - Sium suave - Sparganium angustifolium northern manna grass - water parsnip - narrow leaved bur-reed (CEAB000171) Rank: S1? |
