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Index of Assiniboine Forest Plants by Botanical Name
These are the plants that I've located and photographed in the Assiniboine Forest (and along the Harte Trail from
Shaftesbury to the Perimeter), listed by Botanical name and with links to the photo pages. Common Names and Botanical Names are usually taken from the City
of Winnipeg's Habitat Site Report for the Assiniboine Forest. I sometimes use a Common Name different from the one used in the report.
Bold text means that the plant is a new find (not in the Habitat Site Report). The Habitat Site Report does not include Fungi, Molds, Lichens, Mosses, or Liverworts.
| BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME | a4Plants PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Acer ginnala | Amur Maple | Trees |
| Acer negundo | Manitoba Maple (Box Elder) | Trees |
| Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis | Common (Wooly) Yarrow | Prairie Floor |
| Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry | Forest Floor |
| Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Forest Floor |
| Agastache foeniculum | Giant Blue Hyssop | Wildflowers |
| Agrimonia eupatoria | Common Agrimony (Sticklewort) | Weeds |
| Alisma triviale | Water Plantain | Wetland Plants |
| Amanita muscaria var. formosa | Fly Agaric | Fungi & Molds |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Common Ragweed | Weeds |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon (Serviceberry) | Shrubs & Berries |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Grasses & Such |
| Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | Wildflowers |
| Anemone multifida | Cut-Leaved Anemone | Wildflowers |
| Antennaria parvifolia | Small-Leaf Pussytoes | Climbers & Creepers |
| Apiosporina morbosa | Black Knot | Fungi & Molds |
| Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | Shrubs & Berries |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp | Shrubs & Berries |
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | Forest Floor |
| Arctium lappa | Common Burdock | Weeds |
| Artemisia absinthium | Absinthe | Prairie Floor |
| Artemisia biennis | Biennial Wormwood | Weeds |
| Artemisia frigida | Pasture Sage | Prairie Floor |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Prairie Sage | Prairie Floor |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Common Wormwood | Weeds |
| Asclepias ovalifolia | Dwarf Milkweed | Wildflowers |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common (Silky) Milkweed | Wildflowers |
| Aster ericoides | Heath Aster | Wildflowers |
| Astragalus adsurgens var. robustior | Ascending Purple Milkvetch | Climbers & Creepers |
| Astragalus agrestis | Purple Milkvetch | Wildflowers |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch | Wildflowers |
| Auricularia auricula-judae | Jelly Ear | Fungi & Molds |
| Avena fatua | Oats, Common Wild | Grasses & Such |
| Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggarticks | Wildflowers |
| Bidens frondosa | Common Beggarticks | Wildflowers |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama | Grasses & Such |
| Brchythecium salebrosum | Golden Ragged Moss | Mosses |
| Bromus inermis | Smooth Brome | Grasses & Such |
| Calamagrostis canadensis | Marsh Reed Grass | Grasses & Suc |
| Campanula aparinoides | Marsh Bellflower | Wetland Plants |
| Campanula rapunculoides | Creeping Bellflower | Wildflowers |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherd's Purse | Weeds |
| Ceratocystis fimbriata | Black Canker | Fungi & Molds |
| Chrysothrix candelaris | Mustard Powdered Lichen | Lichens |
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock | Wetland Plants |
| Cirsium arvense | Canada Thistle | Prairie Floor |
| Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | Prairie Floor |
| Cochlearia armoracia | Horseradish | Weeds |
| Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata | Bastard Toadflax | Weeds |
| Convolvulus sepium | Hedge Bindweed (Wild Morning Glory) | Climbers & Creepers |
| Cornus stolonifera Red-Osier Dogwood | Red-Osier Dogwood | Shrubs & Berries |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut | Shrubs & Berries |
| Crataegus succulenta | Long-Spined Hawthorn | Shrubs & Berries |
| Crepis runcinata | Scapose Hawks-Beard | Weeds |
| Cyclachaena xanthiifolia | Giant Sumpweed | Weeds |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Yellow Lady's-Slipper | Wildflowers |
| Dicranum scoparium | Broom Moss | Mosses |
| Echinochloa crusgalli | Barnyard Grass | Grasses & Such |
| Echinocystis lobata | Wild Cucumber | Climbers & Creepers |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | Russian Olive | Trees |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye | Grasses & Such |
| Epilobium palustre | Marsh Willowherb | Wetland Plants |
| Equisetum arvense | Common Horsetail | Wetland Plants |
| Erigeron acris | Northern Daisy Fleabane | Wildflowers |
| Erigeron canadensis | Horseweed | Weeds |
| Erigeron glabellus | Smooth Fleabane | Wildflowers |
| Erigeron strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Wildflowers |
| Euphorbia esula | Leafy Spurge | Wildflowers |
| Eurhynchium pulchellum | Common Beaked Moss | Mosses |
| Eurybia macrophylla | Bigleaf Aster | Wildflowers |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Sweet Fennel | Weeds |
| Fragaria virginiana (or vesca) | Wild Strawberry | Forest Floor |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash | Trees |
| Galium boreale | Northern Bedstraw | Forest Floor |
| Galium triflorum | Fragrant Bedstraw | Forest Floor |
| Ganoderma applanatum | Artist's Bracket (False Tinder Conk) | Fungi & Molds |
| Gentiana andrewsii | Blue Gentian (Bottle, Closed Gentian) | Wildflowers |
| Geum macrophyllum | Large-Leafed Avens | Forest Floor |
| Geum triflorum | Three-Flowered Avens | Wildflowers |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild (American) Licorice | Forest Floor |
| Grindelia squarrosa | Curly-Top Gumweed | Weeds |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Narrow-Leaved Sunflower | Wildflowers |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke (Wild Sunflower) | Wildflowers |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox Eye | Wildflowers |
| Hieracium umbellatum | Narrow-Leaf Hawkweed | Weeds |
| Holcus lanatus | Common Velvetgrass | Grasses & Such |
| Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley | Grasses & Such |
| Juncus marginatus | Grassleaf (Shore) Rush | Grasses & Such |
| Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | Shrubs & Berries |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Juniper | Shrubs & Berries |
| Lappula squarrosa | Bur Forget-Me-Not | Weeds |
| Lathyrus ochroleucus | Pale (Cream-Coloured) Vetchling | Climbers & Creepers |
| Liatris ligulistylis | Meadow Blazing Star | Wildflowers |
| Linaria vulgaris | Common Toadflax (Butter & Eggs) | Wildflowers |
| Lonicera dioica | Twining Honeysuckle | Shrubs & Berries |
| Lonicera tatarica | Tartarian Honeysuckle | Shrubs & Berries |
| Lotus corniculatus | Birds-Foot Trefoil | Wildflowers |
| Lycogola epidendrum | Pink Slime Mold | Fungi & Molds |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife | Wetland Plants |
| Maianthemum canadense | False Lily of the Valley | Forest Floor |
| Malus spp. | Crabapple (Mid-Sized) | Shrubs & Berries |
| Malus spp. | Crabapple (Small) | Shrubs & Berries |
| Matricaria maritima | Scentless Chamomile | Wildflowers |
| Matricaria matricarioides | Pineapple Weed | Weeds |
| Medicago lupulina | Black Medick | Prairie Floor |
| Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | Prairie Floor |
| Melilotus alba | White Sweet Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Melilotus officinalis | Yellow Sweet Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Mentha arvensis | Field Mint | Prairie Floor |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Wildflowers |
| Monotropa uniflora | Indian Pipe | Forest Floor |
| Oxneria fallax | Powdered Orange Lichen | Lichens |
| Panicum leibergii | Prairie Panic-Grass | Grasses & Such |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass | Grasses & Such |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Climbers & Creepers |
| Petalostemon purpureum | Purple Prairie Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Petasites sagittatus | Arrow-Leaved Colt's Foot (Butterbur) | Wildflowers |
| Phallus impudicus | Common Stinkhorn | Fungi & Molds |
| Phellinus tremulae | Aspen Bracket | Fungi & Molds |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy | Grasses & Such |
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed Grass | Grasses & Such |
| Physcia aipolia | Hoary Rosette Lichen | Lichens |
| Picea glauca | White Spruce | Trees |
| Plantago major | Common Plantain | Weeds |
| Poa palustris | Fowl Blue Grass | Grasses & Such |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | Grasses & Such |
| Polygala senega | Seneca Snakeroot | Wildflowers |
| Polygonum aviculare | Prostrate Knotweed | Weeds |
| Polygonum maculosa | Lady's Thumb | Wildflowers |
| Populus tremuloides | Trembling Aspen | Trees |
| Portulaca oleracea | Common Purslane | Weeds |
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | Wildflowers |
| Prunus nigra | Canada Plum | Shrubs & Berries |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pincherry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Prunus virginiana | Choke Cherry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Ptilidium ciliare | Ciliated Liverwort | Mosses |
| Pyrola asarifolia | Pink Wintergreen | Forest Floor |
| Pyrola elliptica | White Wintergreen (Shinleaf) | Forest Floor |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak | Trees |
| Ranunculus macounii | Macoun's Buttercup | Wildflowers |
| Ratibida columnifera | Upright Prairie Coneflower | Wildflowers |
| Rhamnus cathartica | Common Buckthorn | Shrubs & Berries |
| Rhus radicans var. rydbergii | Poison Ivy | Forest Floor |
| Ribes hirtellum | Low Gooseberry | Forest Floor |
| Ribes oxyacanthoides | Canadian Gooseberry | Forest Floor |
| Rosa acicularis | Prickly Rose | Shrubs & Berries |
| Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose | Shrubs & Berries |
| Rubus idaeus | Wild Red Raspberry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Rubus pubescens | Dewberry | Forest Floor |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | Wildflowers |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Brown-Eyed Susan | Wildflowers |
| Rumex crispus | Curly Dock | Weeds |
| Rumex maritimus | Golden Dock | Weeds |
| Salix bebbiana | Bebbs (Beaked) Willow | Trees |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow | Trees |
| Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow | Trees |
| Salix fragilis | Brittle Willow | Trees |
| Salix humilis | Gray Willow | Trees |
| Salix petiolaris | Basket Willow | Trees |
| Scirpus acutus | Hard-Stemmed Bulrush | Grasses & Such |
| Setaria pumila | Yellow Foxtail | Grasses & Such |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Blue-Eyed Grass | Wildflowers |
| Sium suave | Water Parsnip | Wetland Plants |
| Smilacina stellata | Star-Flowered Solomon's Seal | Forest Floor |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | Prairie Floor |
| Solidago gigantea | Late Goldenrod | Prairie Floor |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | Prairie Floor |
| Sonchus arvensis | Perennial Sow-Thistle | Weeds |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cord Grass | Grasses & Such |
| Spiraea alba | Narrowleaf Meadowsweet | Shrubs & Berries |
| Stachys palustris | Marsh Hedge Nettle | Wetland Plants |
| Symphoricarpos albus | Common Snowberry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Symphyotrichum ciliolatum | Lindley's Aster | Wildflowers |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | Wildflowers |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Lance-Leaved Aster | Wildflowers |
| Tanacetum balsamita | Costmary | Weeds |
| Tanacetum vulgare | Common Tansy | Wildflowers |
| Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion | Weeds |
| Thalictrum dasycarpu | Purple-Leafed (Tall) Meadow-Rue | Forest Floor |
| Thlaspi arvense | Field Pennycress (Stinkweed) | Weeds |
| Tragopogon dubius | Yellow Goat's-Beard | Weeds |
| Trametes suaveolens | Fragrant Bracket | Fungi & Molds |
| Trifolium hybridum | Alsike Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Trifolium repens | White Clover | Prairie Floor |
| Typha latifolia | Common Cat-Tail | Grasses & Such |
| Ulmus americana | American Elm | Trees |
| Ulmus pumila | Siberian Elm | Shrubs & Berries |
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle | Weeds |
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Viburnum opulus var. americanum | High-Bush Cranberry | Shrubs & Berries |
| Viburnum rafinesquianum | Downy Arrowwood | Shrubs & Berries |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch | Climbers & Creepers |
| Viola nephrophylla | Northern Bog Violet | Wildflowers |
| Viola pubescens | Smooth (Downy) Yellow Violet | Wildflowers |
| Vitis aestivalis | Summer Grape | Climbers & Creepers |
| Vitis vulpina | Fox Grape | Climbers & Creepers |
| Xanthoria polycarpa | Pincushion Orange Lichen | Lichens |
| Zizia aurea | Alexanders, Golden | Prairie Floor |
