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Native plants in Northwest Territories

167 native species. Each one leads with the strongest true thing it does, supporting a named species at risk, hosting a specialist, or raising the caterpillars baby songbirds are made of.

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Chokecherry

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Prunus virginiana

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167 plants

Festuca brachyphylla

Arctic Bell Heather

Arctic Bell Heather

Cassiope tetragona

Arctic Bluegrass

Arctic Bluegrass

Arctic Cinquefoil

Arctic Cinquefoil

Potentilla hyparctica

Arctanthemum arcticum

Lupinus arcticus

Arctic Poppy

Papaver radicatum

Papaver lapponicum

Arctic Willow

Balsam Groundsel

Balsam Groundsel

Packera paupercula

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera

Juncus balticus

Lathyrus japonicus

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bering Sea Chickweed

Bering Sea Chickweed

Honckenya peploides

Bigelow's Sedge

Bigelow's Sedge

Carex bigelowii

Black Cottonwood

Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa

Black Crowberry

Black Crowberry

Empetrum nigrum

Black Spruce

Blackish Oxytrope

Blackish Oxytrope

Oxytropis nigrescens

Blue Giant-Hyssop

Blue Giant-Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Bluebell of Scotland

Bluebell of Scotland

Campanula rotundifolia

Bluejoint Grass

Bluejoint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

Bog Birch

Vaccinium uliginosum

Vaccinium oxycoccos

Kalmia polifolia

Andromeda polifolia

Carex aquatilis

Bristle-Leaved Sedge

Bristle-Leaved Sedge

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Typha latifolia

Broad-Leaved Willowherb

Broad-Leaved Willowherb

Epilobium latifolium

Bullhead Pond Lily

Bullhead Pond Lily

Nuphar variegata

Bunchberry

Cornus canadensis

Canada Goldenrod

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Canada Milk-Vetch

Canada Milk-Vetch

Astragalus canadensis

Mentha canadensis

Canada Wildrye

Elymus canadensis

Chokecherry

Supports a species at risk

Prunus virginiana

Cloudberry

Rubus chamaemorus

Common Horsetail

Common Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

Heracleum maximum

Creeping Juniper

Creeping Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis

Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum

Erigeron compositus

Cut-Leaved Anemone

Cut-Leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida

Dewey's Sedge

Diamondleaf Willow

Diamondleaf Willow

Salix planifolia

Diverse-Leaved Cinquefoil

Diverse-Leaved Cinquefoil

Potentilla diversifolia

Downy Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet

Viola pubescens

Betula glandulosa

Entire-Leaved Mountain Avens

Entire-Leaved Mountain Avens

Dryas integrifolia

Eskimo Potato

Hedysarum alpinum

Calypso bulbosa

Few-Flowered Shooting Star

Few-Flowered Shooting Star

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Oxytropis campestris

Field Pussytoes

Field Pussytoes

Antennaria neglecta

Field Wormwood

Artemisia campestris

Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

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Frigid Coltsfoot

Frigid Coltsfoot

Petasites frigidus

Giant Goldenrod

Giant Goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Glaucous Honeysuckle

Glaucous Honeysuckle

Lonicera dioica

Golden Corydalis

Golden Corydalis

Corydalis aurea

Golden Sedge

Coptis trifolia

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

Alnus viridis subsp. crispa

Grey-Leaved Willow

Grey-Leaved Willow

Elymus innovatus

Hardstem Bulrush

Hardstem Bulrush

Schoenoplectus acutus

Highbush Cranberry

Highbush Cranberry

Hooked Violet

Howell's Pussytoes

Howell's Pussytoes

Antennaria howellii

Jack Pine

Pinus banksiana

Kalm's Lobelia

Labrador Tea

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Large-Leaved Avens

Large-Leaved Avens

Geum macrophyllum

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Lewis' Wild Blue Flax

Lewis' Wild Blue Flax

Lindley's Aster

Lindley's Aster

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Long-Stalked Starwort

Long-Stalked Starwort

Stellaria longipes

Mountain Cranberry

Mountain Cranberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Mountain Goldenrod

Mountain Goldenrod

Solidago simplex

Mountain Goldenrod

Mountain Goldenrod

Solidago multiradiata

Mountain Sorrel

Mountain Sorrel

Multi-Flowered Woodrush

Multi-Flowered Woodrush

Luzula multiflora

Narrow-Leaved Cottongrass

Narrow-Leaved Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Narrow-Leaved Hawkweed

Narrow-Leaved Hawkweed

Hieracium umbellatum

Net-Veined Willow

Net-Veined Willow

Salix reticulata

Nootka Rose

Northern Bedstraw

Northern Bedstraw

Northern Gooseberry

Northern Gooseberry

Ribes oxyacanthoides

Northern Pitcher Plant

Northern Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia purpurea

Northern Woodrush

Northern Woodrush

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Paper Birch

Specialist host plant

Betula papyrifera

Pearly Everlasting

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Pin Cherry

Prunus pensylvanica

Poverty Oatgrass

Poverty Oatgrass

Danthonia spicata

Prairie Junegrass

Prairie Junegrass

Koeleria macrantha

Prairie Pasqueflower

Prairie Pasqueflower

Pulsatilla nuttalliana

Prairie Smoke

Prickly Currant

Prickly Currant

Prickly Rose

Rosa acicularis

Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

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Pussy Willow

Red Baneberry

Red Raspberry

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Red-Osier Dogwood

Red-Osier Dogwood

Carex rupestris

Antennaria rosea

Round-Leaved Sundew

Round-Leaved Sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Saskatoon

Amelanchier alnifolia

Scarlet Paintbrush

Scarlet Paintbrush

Castilleja miniata

Scouler's Willow

Scouler's Willow

Salix scouleriana

Equisetum hyemale

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Potentilla fruticosa

Phacelia sericea

Slender Wheatgrass

Slender Wheatgrass

Elymus trachycaulus

Small-Flowered Penstemon

Small-Flowered Penstemon

Penstemon procerus

Smooth Rose

Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Ranunculus nivalis

Soapberry

Shepherdia canadensis

Trisetum spicatum

Spotted Jewelweed

Spotted Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Spreading Dogbane

Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Strawberry Spinach

Strawberry Spinach

Blitum capitatum

Strict Blue-Eyed-Grass

Strict Blue-Eyed-Grass

Sisyrinchium montanum

Abies lasiocarpa

Sudeten Lousewort

Sudeten Lousewort

Pedicularis sudetica

Osmorhiza berteroi

Sweet Gale

Sweet Grass

Hierochloe odorata

Mertensia paniculata

Tall Wood Beauty

Tall Wood Beauty

Drymocallis arguta

Tamarack

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

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Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Sibbaldiopsis tridentata

Trembling Aspen

Trembling Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Tufted Hairgrass

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tussock Cottongrass

Tussock Cottongrass

Eriophorum vaginatum

Twinflower

Linnaea borealis

Velvetleaf Blueberry

Velvetleaf Blueberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides

Virginia Strawberry

Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Alisma triviale

White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

White Panicled Aster

White Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

White Spruce

Supports a species at risk

Calla palustris

Wild Lily-of-the-Valley

Wild Lily-of-the-Valley

Maianthemum canadense

Wild Sarsaparilla

Wild Sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis

Wolf-Willow

Elaeagnus commutata

Woolly Lousewort

Woolly Lousewort

Pedicularis lanata

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

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