Foothills Parkland

Foothills Parkland is an Alberta natural subregion. 78% of it lies inside the Aspen Parkland ecoregion.

Where it sits

• Aspen Parkland 78% of this subregion
• Northern Continental Divide 12% of this subregion
• Western Alberta Upland 6% of this subregion
• Fescue Grassland 4% of this subregion

Plants recorded in Aspen Parkland

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

331 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 FirAbies balsameatree · May–JuneBalsam PoplarPopulus balsamiferatree · April–MayBasket WillowSalix petiolarisshrub · Apr-MayBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBeaked HazelnutCorylus cornutashrub · April–MayBeaked SedgeCarex rostratasedge · May-JunBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's SedgeCarex bebbiisedge · May-JunBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBig SagebrushArtemisia tridentatashrub · Aug-SepBig-head RushJuncus vaseyirush · July-AugustBishop's CapMitella nudagroundcover · May-JunBlack SprucePicea marianatree · May–JuneBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ClematisClematis occidentalisvine · May-JunBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyBlue Grama GrassBouteloua gracilisgrass · July–AugustBlue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium montanumwildflower · June–JulyBluejoint Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensisgrass · Jun-AugBog CranberryVaccinium oxycoccosgroundcover · June-JulyBoreal OxytropisOxytropis borealiswildflower · May-JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyBristly Black CurrantRibes lacustreshrub · May–JuneBrittle Prickly-pearOpuntia fragilisgroundcover · June-JulyBroad-leaved ArrowheadSagittaria latifoliaaquatic · July-AugustBroad-leaved Water-plantainAlisma trivialeaquatic · June-AugustBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberBuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliataaquatic · May–JuneBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneBur OakQuercus macrocarpatree · MayCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada BuffaloberryShepherdia canadensisshrub · MayCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCanada Rice GrassPiptatherum canadensegrass · June-JulyCanada 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 Tall Manna GrassGlyceria grandisgrass · Jun-AugCommon TwinpodPhysaria didymocarpawildflower · April-JuneCream-Coloured PeavineLathyrus ochroleucusvine · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayCreeping SpikerushEleocharis palustrissedge · May-JulCrowfoot VioletViola pedatifidawildflower · May-JuneCut-leaved AnemoneAnemone multifidawildflower · June–JulyCut-leaved NightshadeSolanum triflorumherb · Jun-SepCyperus-like SedgeCarex pseudocyperussedge · Jun-JulDesert Shooting StarPrimula conjugenswildflower · Apr-JunDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDouglas FirPseudotsuga menziesiitree · Apr-MayDrooping Wood-reedCinna latifoliagrass · Jul-AugDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulDwarf RaspberryRubus arcticusgroundcover · June-JulyEarly 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-JulyField PussytoesAntennaria neglectagroundcover · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFloating Marsh-marigoldCaltha natansaquatic · Jun-JulFoothills Rough FescueFestuca campestrisgrass · June-JulyFowl Manna GrassGlyceria striatagrass · Jun-JulFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayFringed BromeBromus ciliatusgrass · Jun-AugFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugGiant Bur-reedSparganium eurycarpumaquatic · June-JulyGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGolden SedgeCarex aureasedge · May-JunGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGreat BulrushSchoenoplectus acutusaquatic · June-AugustGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberGreen AlderAlnus alnobetulashrub · April-MayGreen MilkweedAsclepias ovalifoliawildflower · June-JulyGreen Needle GrassNassella viridulagrass · June–JulyGround PlumAstragalus crassicarpuswildflower · May-JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Wild RyeLeymus innovatusgrass · June-JulyHarebellCampanula rotundifoliawildflower · July-AugustHeart-leaved Alexanders (Golden Alexanders)Zizia apterawildflower · May–JulyHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyHighbush CranberryViburnum opulusshrub · May-JuneHoary AsterDieteria canescenswildflower · July-SeptemberHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustHooker's Oat GrassAvenula hookerigrass · June-JulyIndigenous RicegrassEriocoma hymenoidesgrass · May-JuneIvy-leaved DuckweedLemna trisulcaaquaticJack PinePinus banksianatree · May-JuneJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberJune GrassKoeleria macranthagrass · June–JulyKnotted RushJuncus nodosusrush · July-AugustLabrador TeaLedum groenlandicumshrub · May-JulyLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLate Yellow OxytropisOxytropis monticolawildflower · June-JulyLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLedingham's False DragonheadPhysostegia ledinghamiiwildflower · July-AugustLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyLindley'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–JulyLow TownsendiaTownsendia exscapawildflower · April-MayLow-bush CranberryViburnum eduleshrub · JuneMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustrewildflower · June–AugustMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMarsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulatawildflower · June–AugustMarsh VioletViola palustrisgroundcover · May-JuneMeadow ArnicaArnica fulgenswildflower · May–JulyMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadow SedgeCarex praticolasedge · May-JunMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustMissouri 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-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–SeptemberOstrich FernMatteuccia struthiopterisfernPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPalmate-leaved ColtsfootPetasites frigidusherb · April-MayPaper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–MayParry's OatgrassDanthonia parryigrass · June-JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPink PussytoesAntennaria roseagroundcover · May–JulyPink PyrolaPyrola asarifoliagroundcover · June–AugustPlains MuhlyMuhlenbergia cuspidatagrass · Jul-AugPlains Prickly Pear CactusOpuntia polyacanthagroundcover · Jun-JulPlains WormwoodArtemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-SepPorcupine GrassHesperostipa sparteagrass · Jun-JulPorcupine SedgeCarex hystericinasedge · Jun-JulPrairie ButtercupRanunculus rhomboideuswildflower · April–MayPrairie CinquefoilPotentilla pensylvanicawildflower · Jun-JulPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepisgrass · August-SeptemberPrairie 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 Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple Oat GrassSchizachne purpurascensgrass · May-JulyPurple PeavineLathyrus venosusvine · June-JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRat RootAcorus americanusaquatic · June–JulyRaymond's SedgeCarex raymondiisedge · May-JunRed BaneberryActaea rubrawildflower · May-JuneRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyRichardson's NeedlegrassEriocoma richardsoniigrass · June-JulyRiver BeautyChamaenerion latifoliumwildflower · June-AugustRoadside Agrimony (Woodland Agrimony)Agrimonia striatawildflower · July–AugustRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberRocky Mountain FescueFestuca saximontanagrass · May-JulyRough FescueFestuca halliigrass · June–JulyRough-fruited Fairy BellsProsartes trachycarpaherb · May–JuneRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaherb · July–AugustSago 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–AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSeneca SnakerootPolygala senegaherb · June–JulyShort-capsuled WillowSalix brachycarpashrub · May-JunShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy Jacob's-ladderPolemonium pulcherrimumwildflower · May-JulShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShowy PussytoesAntennaria pulcherrimawildflower · May-JulShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteashrub · MaySilver SagebrushArtemisia canashrub · Aug-SepSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSkunk CurrantRibes glandulosumshrub · May-JunSlender 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–AugustSmooth Sweet CicelyOsmorhiza longistyliswildflower · May-JunSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpiked 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-JulSwamp HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileaquaticSweet-scented BedstrawGalium triflorumgroundcover · Jun-JulSweetgrassAnthoxanthum hirtumgrass · Jun-JulTall Anemone (Thimbleweed)Anemone virginianawildflower · June–AugustTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyTall Meadow RueThalictrum dasycarpumwildflower · Jun-JulTall Showy YarrowAchillea alpinawildflower · June-AugustTamarackLarix laricinatree · MayThinleaf AlderAlnus incanashrub · April-MayThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneThree-square RushSchoenoplectus pungenssedge · June-JulyTicklegrassAgrostis scabragrass · June-AugustTorrey's RushJuncus torreyirush · July-AugustTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · AprilTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyTurned SedgeCarex retrorsasedge · Jun-JulTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyVariegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatumrushVeiny Meadow-RueThalictrum venulosumwildflower · June–JulyVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWater Arum (Wild Calla)Calla palustriswildflower · June–JulyWater BirchBetula occidentalistree · April–MayWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-AugWater SedgeCarex aquatilissedge · Jun-JulWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWestern Canada VioletViola rugulosawildflower · May–JulyWestern MeadowrueThalictrum occidentalewildflower · May-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–JuneWhite-grained Mountain Rice GrassOryzopsis asperifoliagrass · May-JunWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild Lily-of-the-valleyMaianthemum canadensegroundcover · May–JuneWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · 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-OctWinterfatKrascheninnikovia lanatashrub · May-JunWire RushJuncus balticusrush · June-JulyWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' 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 Mountain AvensDryas drummondiigroundcover · May-JulyYellow Owl CloverOrthocarpus luteuswildflower · July-SeptemberYellow PaintbrushCastilleja lutescenswildflower · May-JulyYellow Pond-lilyNuphar variegataaquatic · Jun-AugYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–July