Native shrubs of Alberta and the prairies

The growth form, which is the first thing that decides where a plant can go.

55 plants

Alder-leaved BuckthornEndotropis alnifoliashrub · May-JunBasket WillowSalix petiolarisshrub · Apr-MayBeaked HazelnutCorylus cornutashrub · April–MayBig SagebrushArtemisia tridentatashrub · Aug-SepBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlack HawthornCrataegus douglasiishrub · May–JuneBog BlueberryVaccinium uliginosumshrub · JuneBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyBristly Black CurrantRibes lacustreshrub · May–JuneBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberCanada BuffaloberryShepherdia canadensisshrub · MayChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon JuniperJuniperus communisshrub · May–JuneCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCreeping Oregon GrapeMahonia repensshrub · April-MayDouglas MapleAcer glabrumshrub · Apr-MayDwarf BirchBetula glandulosashrub · May-JunFalse Box (Mountain Boxwood)Paxistima myrsinitesshrub · May–JulyFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGreen AlderAlnus alnobetulashrub · April-MayHighbush CranberryViburnum opulusshrub · May-JuneLabrador TeaLedum groenlandicumshrub · May-JulyLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneLow-bush CranberryViburnum eduleshrub · JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNarrow-leaf WillowSalix exiguashrub · Apr-MayNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JunePink SpireaSpiraea douglasiishrub · June-AugustPink Spirea (Rose Meadowsweet)Spiraea alba var. latifoliashrub · July–AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-MaySaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneShort-capsuled WillowSalix brachycarpashrub · May-JunShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteashrub · MaySilver SagebrushArtemisia canashrub · Aug-SepSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSkunk CurrantRibes glandulosumshrub · May-JunSoapweed YuccaYucca glaucashrub · June-JulyThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyThinleaf AlderAlnus incanashrub · April-MayVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWestern Mountain AshSorbus scopulinashrub · June–JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild Red CurrantRibes tristeshrub · May–JuneWinterfatKrascheninnikovia lanatashrub · May-JunWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-Jul