Foothills Fescue

Foothills Fescue is an Alberta natural subregion. 96% of it lies inside the Fescue Grassland ecoregion.

Where it sits

• Fescue Grassland 96% of this subregion
• Aspen Parkland 2% of this subregion
• Moist Mixed Grassland 2% of this subregion

Plants recorded in Fescue Grassland

Ranges are recorded against ecoregions, not subregions, so this is the Fescue Grassland list. A record inside this subregion is one of these; a plant on this list may have been recorded elsewhere in the ecoregion.

247 plants

Alkali BulrushBolboschoenus maritimussedge · June-AugustAlkali Cord GrassSpartina gracilisgrass · July-AugustAlpine AsterAster alpinuswildflower · June-JulyAlpine BistortBistorta viviparaherb · June-AugustAlpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustAmerican 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-JulBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's SedgeCarex bebbiisedge · May-JunBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBlanketflowerGaillardia 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-AugBoreal OxytropisOxytropis borealiswildflower · May-JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberCanada 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 HorsetailEquisetum arvenseherbCommon JuniperJuniperus communisshrub · May–JuneCommon Mare's-tailHippuris vulgarisaquatic · Jun-JulCommon Scouring-rushEquisetum hyemalerushCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCommon Tall Manna GrassGlyceria grandisgrass · Jun-AugCommon TwinpodPhysaria didymocarpawildflower · April-JuneCream-Coloured PeavineLathyrus ochroleucusvine · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayCreeping SpikerushEleocharis palustrissedge · May-JulCut-leaved AnemoneAnemone multifidawildflower · June–JulyCut-leaved NightshadeSolanum triflorumherb · Jun-SepDesert Shooting StarPrimula conjugenswildflower · Apr-JunDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDouglas FirPseudotsuga menziesiitree · Apr-MayDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEarly Blue VioletViola aduncagroundcover · May–JuneEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFalse Solomon's SealMaianthemum amplexicaulewildflower · May-JuneField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFoothills Rough FescueFestuca campestrisgrass · June-JulyFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayFringed 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-AugustGreen Needle GrassNassella viridulagrass · June–JulyGround PlumAstragalus crassicarpuswildflower · May-JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHarebellCampanula rotundifoliawildflower · July-AugustHeart-leaved Alexanders (Golden Alexanders)Zizia apterawildflower · May–JulyHighbush CranberryViburnum opulusshrub · May-JuneHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustIndigenous RicegrassEriocoma hymenoidesgrass · May-JuneJune GrassKoeleria macranthagrass · June–JulyKnotted RushJuncus nodosusrush · July-AugustLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberLittle BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumgrass · July-AugustLittle-leaved AlumrootHeuchera parvifoliawildflower · June-JulyLittleleaf PussytoesAntennaria microphyllagroundcover · May–JulyLodgepole PinePinus contortatree · May-JuneLong-fruited AnemoneAnemone cylindricawildflower · June–JulyMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMarsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulatawildflower · June–AugustMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow ArnicaArnica fulgenswildflower · May–JulyMeadow SedgeCarex praticolasedge · May-JunMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneMoss PhloxPhlox hoodiigroundcover · Apr-JunMountain Death Camas (White Camas)Anticlea eleganswildflower · Jun-AugNarrow-leaf WillowSalix exiguashrub · Apr-MayNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNeedle and Thread GrassHesperostipa comatagrass · May-JunNeedle Spike-rushEleocharis acicularisrush · Jun-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–AugustNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulNorthern Wheat GrassElymus lanceolatusgrass · Jun-JulNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPaper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–MayPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPink PussytoesAntennaria roseagroundcover · May–JulyPink PyrolaPyrola asarifoliagroundcover · June–AugustPlains MuhlyMuhlenbergia cuspidatagrass · Jul-AugPlains Prickly Pear CactusOpuntia polyacanthagroundcover · Jun-JulPlains WormwoodArtemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-SepPrairie ButtercupRanunculus rhomboideuswildflower · April–MayPrairie CinquefoilPotentilla pensylvanicawildflower · Jun-JulPrairie 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-AugustPrairie TurnipPediomelum esculentumwildflower · May-JunePrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRed BaneberryActaea rubrawildflower · May-JuneRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyRiver BeautyChamaenerion latifoliumwildflower · June-AugustRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberRough FescueFestuca halliigrass · June–JulyRough-fruited Fairy BellsProsartes trachycarpaherb · May–JuneRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySago PondweedStuckenia pectinataaquatic · Jun-AugSaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSaltgrassDistichlis spicatagrass · Jun-AugSandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-MaySandberg BluegrassPoa secundagrass · Apr-JunSartwell's SedgeCarex sartwelliisedge · May-JunSaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneScarlet Butterfly PlantOenothera suffrutescenswildflower · Jun-AugScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustScorpion WeedPhacelia sericeawildflower · Jun-AugSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSeneca SnakerootPolygala senegaherb · June–JulyShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumwildflower · May-JulShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteashrub · MaySilver SagebrushArtemisia canashrub · Aug-SepSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSlender 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–AugustSpiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum sibiricumaquatic · Jun-AugSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSprengel's SedgeCarex sprengeliisedge · May-JunStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–JuneSticky GoldenrodSolidago glutinosawildflower · July-SeptemberSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberStinging NettleUrtica gracilisherb · Jun-AugStrawberry SpinachBlitum capitatumherb · Jun-JulSulphur HedysarumHedysarum sulphurescenswildflower · Jun-JulSweetgrassAnthoxanthum hirtumgrass · Jun-JulTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyThimbleberryRubus 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-AugustTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · AprilTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyVariegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatumrushVeiny Meadow-RueThalictrum venulosumwildflower · June–JulyWater BirchBetula occidentalistree · April–MayWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-AugWater SedgeCarex aquatilissedge · Jun-JulWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWestern Canada VioletViola rugulosawildflower · 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 Evening PrimroseOenothera nuttalliiwildflower · Jun-AugWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatumwildflower · August–SeptemberWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWhite SprucePicea glaucatree · May–JuneWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild ClematisClematis ligusticifoliavine · July–AugustWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild Red CurrantRibes tristeshrub · May–JuneWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWinterfatKrascheninnikovia lanatashrub · May-JunWire RushJuncus balticusrush · June-JulyWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulWoolly CinquefoilPotentilla hippianawildflower · Jun-AugWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–JuneWoolly SedgeCarex pellitasedge · May-JulYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–AugustYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow BuckwheatEriogonum flavumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow FlaxLinum rigidumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow Lady's SlipperCypripedium parviflorumwildflower · May-JunYellow Owl CloverOrthocarpus luteuswildflower · July-SeptemberYellow PaintbrushCastilleja lutescenswildflower · May-JulyYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–JulyYellowbellsFritillaria pudicawildflower · March-MayYellowstone DrabaDraba incertawildflower · April-June