Plants of the Montane Cordillera

Where the species has been recorded. Occurrence counts and a confidence band travel with every region on the species page.

347 plants

Alaska HarebellCampanula lasiocarpawildflower · Jul-AugAlberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulAlder-leaved BuckthornEndotropis alnifoliashrub · May-JunAlpine AsterAster alpinuswildflower · June-JulyAlpine BistortBistorta viviparaherb · June-AugustAlpine BluegrassPoa alpinagrass · June-AugustAlpine Forget-me-notMyosotis asiaticawildflower · June-AugustAlpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustAlpine Rock JasmineAndrosace chamaejasmewildflower · June-JulyAmerican BrooklimeVeronica americanaherb · Jun-AugArctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepArum-leaved ArrowheadSagittaria cuneataaquatic · Jul-AugAscending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulAwned SedgeCarex atherodessedge · May-JunBalsam PoplarPopulus balsamiferatree · April–MayBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBasket WillowSalix petiolarisshrub · Apr-MayBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBeaked SedgeCarex rostratasedge · May-JunBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's SedgeCarex bebbiisedge · May-JunBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBig SagebrushArtemisia tridentatashrub · Aug-SepBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBishop's CapMitella nudagroundcover · May-JunBlack SprucePicea marianatree · May–JuneBlack-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirtawildflower · July–SeptemberBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ClematisClematis occidentalisvine · May-JunBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyBlue Grama GrassBouteloua gracilisgrass · July–AugustBlue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium montanumwildflower · June–JulyBluebunch FescueFestuca idahoensisgrass · June-JulyBluejoint Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensisgrass · Jun-AugBog BlueberryVaccinium uliginosumshrub · JuneBog CranberryVaccinium oxycoccosgroundcover · June-JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBoreale OxytropisOxytropis borealiswildflower · May-JulyBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyBristly Black CurrantRibes lacustreshrub · May–JuneBroad-leaved Water-plantainAlisma trivialeaquatic · June-AugustBronze BellsAnticlea occidentaliswildflower · July-AugustBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberBuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliataaquatic · May–JuneBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada BuffaloberryShepherdia canadensisshrub · MayCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCanada Wild RyeElymus canadensisgrass · July–AugustCattailTypha latifoliaaquatic · June–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon AlumrootHeuchera richardsoniiwildflower · June–JulyCommon BladderwortUtricularia vulgarisaquatic · Jun-AugCommon HorsetailEquisetum arvenseherbCommon JuniperJuniperus communisshrub · May–JuneCommon Mare's-tailHippuris vulgarisaquatic · Jun-JulCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon Scouring-rushEquisetum hyemalerushCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCommon SunflowerHelianthus annuuswildflower · July–SeptemberCommon Tall Manna GrassGlyceria grandisgrass · Jun-AugCommon TwinpodPhysaria didymocarpawildflower · April-JuneCream-Coloured PeavineLathyrus ochroleucusvine · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayCreeping Oregon GrapeMahonia repensshrub · April-MayCreeping SibbaldiaSibbaldia procumbensgroundcover · June-AugustCreeping SpikerushEleocharis palustrissedge · May-JulCushion Umbrella PlantEriogonum androsaceumwildflower · June-AugustCut-leaved AnemoneAnemone multifidawildflower · June–JulyCut-leaved NightshadeSolanum triflorumherb · Jun-SepDesert Shooting StarPrimula conjugenswildflower · Apr-JunDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDouglas FirPseudotsuga menziesiitree · Apr-MayDouglas MapleAcer glabrumshrub · Apr-MayDrooping Wood-reedCinna latifoliagrass · Jul-AugDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulDrummond's RushJuncus drummondiirush · July-AugustDwarf BirchBetula glandulosashrub · May-JunDwarf RaspberryRubus arcticusgroundcover · June-JulyEarly Blue VioletViola aduncagroundcover · May–JuneEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFalse Box (Mountain Boxwood)Paxistima myrsinitesshrub · May–JulyFalse Solomon's SealMaianthemum racemosumwildflower · May-JuneField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyField PussytoesAntennaria neglectagroundcover · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFoothills Rough FescueFestuca campestrisgrass · June-JulyFowl Manna GrassGlyceria striatagrass · Jun-JulFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayFringed BromeBromus ciliatusgrass · Jun-AugFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugFuzzy-tongue PenstemonPenstemon eriantheruswildflower · May-JulGiant Wild RyeLeymus cinereusgrass · Jun-AugGlacier LilyErythronium grandiflorumwildflower · Apr-JunGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGolden DrabaDraba aureawildflower · Apr-JunGolden SedgeCarex aureasedge · May-JunGreat BulrushSchoenoplectus acutusaquatic · June-AugustGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberGreen AlderAlnus alnobetulashrub · April-MayGreen Needle GrassNassella viridulagrass · June–JulyGround PlumAstragalus crassicarpuswildflower · May-JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy ArnicaArnica molliswildflower · July-AugustHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Wild RyeLeymus innovatusgrass · June-JulyHarebellCampanula alaskanawildflower · July-AugustHeart-leaved Alexanders (Golden Alexanders)Zizia apterawildflower · May–JulyHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustHooker's Oat GrassAvenula hookerigrass · June-JulyIndigenous RicegrassEriocoma hymenoidesgrass · May-JuneJune GrassKoeleria macranthagrass · June–JulyKnotted RushJuncus nodosusrush · July-AugustLabrador TeaLedum groenlandicumshrub · May-JulyLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLate Yellow OxytropisOxytropis monticolawildflower · June-JulyLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberLittle-leaved AlumrootHeuchera parvifoliawildflower · June-JulyLodgepole PinePinus contortatree · May-JuneLong-fruited AnemoneAnemone cylindricawildflower · June–JulyLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneLow-bush CranberryViburnum eduleshrub · JuneMacKenzie's HedysarumHedysarum mackenzieiherb · June-JulyMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustrewildflower · June–AugustMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMarsh Hedge Nettle (Marsh Woundwort)Stachys palustriswildflower · July–AugustMarsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulatawildflower · June–AugustMarsh VioletViola palustrisgroundcover · May-JuneMeadow ArnicaArnica fulgenswildflower · May–JulyMeadow SedgeCarex praticolasedge · May-JunMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneMoss CampionSilene acauliswildflower · Jun-AugMoss PhloxPhlox hoodiigroundcover · Apr-JunMountain BromeBromus marginatusgrass · Jun-AugMountain GentianGentiana calycosawildflower · Aug-SepMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugMountain Sweet CicelyOsmorhiza berteroiherb · May-JulNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNarrowleaf Cotton-grassEriophorum angustifoliumsedge · May-JunNeedle and Thread GrassHesperostipa comatagrass · May-JunNeedle Spike-rushEleocharis acicularisrush · Jun-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–AugustNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JuneNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulNorthern Wheat GrassElymus lanceolatusgrass · Jun-JulNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPalmate-leaved ColtsfootPetasites frigidusherb · April-MayPaper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–MayParry's OatgrassDanthonia parryigrass · June-JulyParry's TownsendiaTownsendia parryiwildflower · May-JunePearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPink CorydalisCapnoides sempervirenswildflower · June-AugustPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPink PussytoesAntennaria roseagroundcover · May–JulyPink PyrolaPyrola asarifoliagroundcover · June–AugustPlains WormwoodArtemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-SepPrairie ButtercupRanunculus rhomboideuswildflower · April–MayPrairie CinquefoilPotentilla pensylvanicawildflower · Jun-JulPrairie Cinquefoil (Tall Cinquefoil)Drymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GentianGentiana affiniswildflower · August-SeptemberPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie Onion (Textile Onion)Allium textilewildflower · May–JunePrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie SageArtemisia ludovicianaherb · July–SeptemberPrairie SagewortArtemisia frigidawildflower · July–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–JulyPurple Oat GrassSchizachne purpurascensgrass · May-JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple Reed GrassCalamagrostis purpurascensgrass · Jun-JulPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRaymond's SedgeCarex raymondiisedge · May-JunRed BaneberryActaea rubrawildflower · May-JuneRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyRichardson's NeedlegrassEriocoma richardsoniigrass · June-JulyRiver BeautyChamaenerion latifoliumwildflower · June-AugustRocky Mountain FescueFestuca saximontanagrass · May-JulyRocky-Ledge BeardtonguePenstemon ellipticuswildflower · Jun-AugRoserootRhodiola integrifoliawildflower · Jun-JulRosy Pussytoes (Littleleaf Pussytoes)Antennaria microphyllagroundcover · May–JulyRough FescueFestuca halliigrass · June–JulyRough-fruited Fairy BellsProsartes trachycarpaherb · May–JuneRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulyRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaherb · July–AugustRound-leaved Yellow VioletViola orbiculatawildflower · May-JunSago PondweedStuckenia pectinataaquatic · Jun-AugSaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-MaySandberg BluegrassPoa secundagrass · Apr-JunSartwell's SedgeCarex sartwelliisedge · May-JunSaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneScarlet Butterfly PlantOenothera suffrutescenswildflower · Jun-AugScorpion WeedPhacelia sericeawildflower · Jun-AugSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSeneca SnakerootPolygala senegaherb · June–JulySheep FescueFestuca ovinagrass · Jun-JulShooting StarDodecatheon pulchellumwildflower · May–JuneShort-capsuled WillowSalix brachycarpashrub · May-JunShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumwildflower · May-JulShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShowy PussytoesAntennaria pulcherrimawildflower · May-JulShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteashrub · MaySilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSkunk CurrantRibes glandulosumshrub · May-JunSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSlender NettleUrtica gracilisherb · Jun-AugSlender WheatgrassElymus trachycaulusgrass · June–JulySlough GrassBeckmannia syzigachnegrass · Jun-JulSmall Bottle SedgeCarex utriculataaquatic · Jun-JulSmall-fruited BulrushScirpus microcarpussedge · June-AugustSmall-leaved Everlasting (Small-leaved Pussytoes)Antennaria parvifoliagroundcover · May–JuneSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Blue BeardtonguePenstemon nitiduswildflower · May–JuneSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSmooth Wild RyeElymus glaucusgrass · Jun-JulSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpear-leaved ArnicaArnica lonchophyllawildflower · June-AugustSpike TrisetumKoeleria spicatagrass · June-JulySpiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum sibiricumaquatic · Jun-AugSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSprengel's SedgeCarex sprengeliisedge · May-JunSpring BeautyClaytonia lanceolataherb · April–MayStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–JuneSticky GoldenrodSolidago glutinosawildflower · July-SeptemberSticky Goldenrod (Mount Albert Goldenrod)Solidago simplexwildflower · July–SeptemberSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberStinging NettleUrtica dioicaherb · June–AugustStrawberry SpinachBlitum capitatumherb · Jun-JulSulphur HedysarumHedysarum sulphurescenswildflower · Jun-JulSwamp HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileaquaticSweet Broom (Alpine Sweetvetch)Hedysarum alpinumwildflower · June–AugustSweet-scented BedstrawGalium triflorumgroundcover · Jun-JulSweetgrassAnthoxanthum hirtumgrass · Jun-JulTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall Jacob's LadderPolemonium acutiflorumwildflower · June–JulyTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyTall Meadow RueThalictrum dasycarpumwildflower · Jun-JulTall Showy YarrowAchillea alpinawildflower · June-AugustTamarackLarix laricinatree · MayThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyThinleaf AlderAlnus incanashrub · April-MayThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneThree-square RushSchoenoplectus pungenssedge · June-JulyTicklegrassAgrostis scabragrass · June-AugustTrailing RaspberryRubus pedatusgroundcover · May-JulyTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · AprilTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyTufted HairgrassDeschampsia caespitosagrass · June-AugustTufted Tall Manna GrassGlyceria elatagrass · Jun-AugTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustVariegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatumrushVeiny Meadow-RueThalictrum venulosumwildflower · June–JulyVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWater BirchBetula occidentalistree · April–MayWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-AugWater SedgeCarex aquatilissedge · Jun-JulWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern Canada VioletViola canadensiswildflower · May–JulyWestern FescueFestuca occidentalisgrass · May-JulyWestern Meadow AsterSymphyotrichum campestrewildflower · August-OctoberWestern MeadowrueThalictrum occidentalewildflower · May-JulyWestern Mountain AshSorbus scopulinashrub · June–JulyWestern Porcupine GrassHesperostipa curtisetagrass · May-JunWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWestern WheatgrassPascopyrum smithiigrass · Jun-JulWestern Willow AsterSymphyotrichum hesperiumwildflower · August–SeptemberWestern Wood LilyLilium philadelphicumwildflower · June–JulyWhite CamasAnticlea eleganswildflower · Jun-AugWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Mountain AvensDryas hookerianagroundcover · Jun-JulWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatumwildflower · August–SeptemberWhite SprucePicea glaucatree · May–JuneWhite-grained Mountain Rice GrassOryzopsis asperifoliagrass · May-JunWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild ClematisClematis ligusticifoliavine · July–AugustWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild Lily-of-the-valleyMaianthemum canadensegroundcover · May–JuneWild MintMentha arvensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild Red CurrantRibes tristeshrub · May–JuneWild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisherb · JuneWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWire RushJuncus balticusrush · June-JulyWood Betony (Bracted Lousewort)Pedicularis bracteosawildflower · June–AugustWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulWoolly CinquefoilPotentilla hippianawildflower · Jun-AugWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–JuneWoolly SedgeCarex pellitasedge · May-JulYarrowAchillea millefoliumwildflower · June–AugustYellow AngelicaAngelica dawsoniiwildflower · Jun-AugYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–AugustYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow BuckwheatEriogonum flavumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow ColumbineAquilegia flavescenswildflower · June–AugustYellow Lady's SlipperCypripedium parviflorumwildflower · May-JunYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-AugYellow Mountain AvensDryas drummondiigroundcover · May-JulyYellow Owl CloverOrthocarpus luteuswildflower · July-SeptemberYellow PaintbrushCastilleja lutescenswildflower · May-JulyYellow Pond-lilyNuphar variegataaquatic · Jun-AugYellow PucoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow RattleRhinanthus minorwildflower · June–AugustYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–JulyYellowbellsFritillaria pudicawildflower · March-MayYellowstone DrabaDraba incertawildflower · April-June