Saskatchewan - PlantWatch

Selected plants to observe

Common name: Aspen Poplar
Scientfic name: Populus tremuloides
Also known as: trembling aspen

Common name: Bearberry
Scientfic name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Also known as: kinnikinnick

Common name: Bunchberry
Scientfic name: Cornus canadensis
Also known as: crackerberry, dwarf cornel

Common name: Choke Cherry
Scientfic name: Prunus virginiana

Common name: Cloudberry
Scientfic name: Rubus chamaemorus L
Also known as: bake-apple, salmonberry

Common name: Common Purple Lilac
Scientfic name: Syringa vulgaris

Common name: Cranberry/ Partridgeberry
Scientfic name: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Also known as: lowbush cranberry, lingonberry

Common name: Dandelion
Scientfic name: Taraxacum officinale

Common name: Labrador tea
Scientfic name: Rhododendron groenlandicum
Also known as: Ledum groenlandicum

Common name: Larch
Scientfic name: Larix laricina
Also known as: tamarack, hackmatack

Common name: Northern Bedstraw
Scientfic name: Galium boreale

Common name: Prairie Crocus
Scientfic name: Anemone patens
Also known as: prairie anemone, pasque flower

Common name: Prickly Saxifrage
Scientfic name: Saxifraga tricuspidata
Also known as: three-toothed saxifrage

Common name: Saskatoon
Scientfic name: Amelanchier
Also known as: serviceberry, june-berry

Common name: Star-flowered Solomon’s Seal
Scientfic name: Maianthemum stellatum
Also known as: Solomon plume, wild spikenard

Common name: Starflower
Scientfic name: Trientalis borealis

Common name: Sweetgale
Scientfic name: Myrica gale
Also known as: bayberry, english bog myrtle

Common name: Twinflower
Scientfic name: Linnaea borealis

Common name: Wild Strawberry
Scientfic name: Fragaria virginiana/vesca

Common name: Wolf Willow
Scientfic name: Elaeagnus commutata