Photos of Selected Ecological Communities

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AlbertaParksca

Compiled by Lorna Allen, ACIMS Coordinator, Ecologist, May 2012

Forest/Woodland Types

	Betula neoalaskana / Ledum groenlandicum Alaska birch / common Labrador tea (CEAB000175) Rank: S1S2
	Betula papyrifera / Lycopodium obscurum - Lycopodium annotinum woodland white birch / ground-pine-stiff club-moss woodland (CEAB0000224) Rank: S2?
	Betula papyrifera - Betula occidentalis / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi white birch - water birch / common bearberry (CEAB000016) Rank: S1
	Picea engelmannii / Salix vestita Engelmann spruce / rock willow (CEAB000068) Rank: S2?
	Picea mariana / Cladina stellaris black spruce / star-tipped reindeer lichen (CEAB000204) Rank: S1
	Pinus flexilis scree limber pine scree (CEGL000815) Rank: S1S2 Global Rank: G3Q
	Populus balsamifera / Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - Cornus stolonifera / Equisetum pratense forest balsam poplar / river alder - red-osier dogwood / meadow horsetail forest (CEAB000042) Rank: S3
	Populus balsamifera / Viburnum opulus / Matteuccia struthiopteris balsam poplar / high-bush cranberry / ostrich fern (CEAB000043) Rank: S1S2
	Populus balsamifera - P. tremuloides / Alopecurus alpinus - Calamagrostis canadensis balsam poplar - aspen / alpine foxtail - bluejoint (CEAB000077) Rank: S1S2
	Populus deltoides / Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Juncus balticus plains cottonwood / wild licorice - wire rush (CEAB000163) Rank: S2S3
	Populus deltoides / Symphoricarpos occidentalis plains cottonwood / buckbrush (CEAB000183) Rank: S2S3
	Populus tremuloides / Juniperus horizontalis / Carex siccata aspen / creeping juniper / hay sedge (CEAB000182) Rank: S2S3
	Populus tremuloides / Rosa acicularis / Apocynum androsaemifolium forest aspen / prickly rose / spreading dogbane forest (CEAB000170) Rank: S1S2
	Populus tremuloides / Vaccinium myrtilloides woodland aspen / common blueberry woodland (CEAB000209) Rank: S2?

Shrubland Types

	Andromeda polifolia / Sarracenia purpurea / Sphagnum angustifolium bog rosemary / pitcher-plant / peat moss (CEAB000120) Rank: S1S2
	Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia / Matteuccia struthiopteris shrubland river alder / ostrich fern shrubland (CEAB000211) Rank: S2?
	Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - Amelanchier alnifolia big sagebrush - saskatoon (CEAB000008) Rank: S1
	Betula glandulosa / Festuca campestris bog birch / mountain rough fescue (CEAB000115) Rank: S2S3
	Betula occidentalis / Juniperus horizontalis water birch / creeping juniper (CEAB000176) Rank: S2S3
	Betula occidentalis grassland riparian shrubland water birch grassland riparian shrubland (CEAB000169) Rank: S2S3
	Betula pumila - Ledum groenlandicum / Juncus balticus / Tomentypnum nitens - Hylocomium splendens slope fen dwarf birch - common Labrador tea / wire rush / golden moss - stair-step moss slope fen (CEAB000210) Rank: S1?
	Chamaedaphne calyculata - Kalmia polifolia / Cladina mitis leatherleaf - northern laurel / green reindeer lichen (CEAB000122) Rank: S1S2
	Crataegus chrysocarpa / Heracleum lanatum - Urtica dioica - Viola canadensis shrubland round-leaved hawthorn / cow parsnip - common nettle - western Canada violet shrubland (CEAB000058) Rank: S1S2
	Elaeagnus commutata - Prunus virginiana / Carex siccata silverberry - chokecherry / hay sedge (CEAB000180) Rank: S2S3
	Rhus trilobata / Stipa comata skunkbush / needle-and-thread (CEAB000185) Rank: S2S3
	Salix drummondiana / Calamagrostis canadensis Drummond's willow / bluejoint (CEGL002667) Rank: S1 Global Rank: G3
	Salix drummondiana / Thalictrum venulosum Drummond's willow / veiny meadow rue (CEAB000084) Rank: S1
	Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Pascopyrum smithii shrubland greasewood / western wheat grass shrubland (CEAB000013) Rank: S2S3
	Sarcobatus vermiculatus silt dune shrubland greasewood silt dune shrubland (CEAB000015) Rank: S1
	Symphoricarpos occidentalis / Elymus piperi buckbrush / giant wild rye (CEAB000187) Rank: S2S3

Dwarf Shrubland Types

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Juniperus horizontalis / Calamovilfa longifolia - Carex pensylvanica ssp. heliophila
creeping juniper / sand grass - sun-loving sedge (CEAB000181)
Rank: S2S3

Shrub Herbaceous Types

	Artemisia cana - Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Stipa comata silver sagebrush - greasewood / needle-and-thread (CEAB000155) Rank: S1S2
	Artemisia cana / Stipa comata silver sagebrush / needle-and-thread (CEGL001553) Rank: S3 Global Rank: G3 NOT TRACKED

Herbaceous Types

	Antennaria lanata - Artemisia norvegica woolly everlasting - mountain sagewort (CEAB000054) Rank: S1
	Calamovilfa longifolia - Sporobolus cryptandrus sand grass - sand dropseed (CEAB000178) Rank: S2S3
	Carex oligosperma / Sphagnum subsecundum few-fruited sedge / twisted bog moss (CEAB000121) Rank: S1S2
	Carex pseudocyperus - Calla palustris cyperus-like sedge - water arum (CEAB000037) Rank: S2
	Carex retrorsa marsh turned sedge marsh (CEAB000212) Rank: S1S2
	Carex rostrata marsh beaked sedge marsh (CEAB000191) Rank: S2
	Festuca hallii grassland plain's rough fescue grassland (CEAB000104) Rank: S1
	Juncus filiformis / Sphagnum spp. wetland thread rush / peat moss wetland (CEAB000119) Rank: S1S2
	Koeleria macrantha - Artemisia frigida - Linum lewisii meadow June grass - pasture sagewort - wild blue flax meadow (CEAB000026) Rank: S2S3
	Lupinus nootkatensis meadow Nootka lupine meadow (CEAB000064) Rank: S2?
	Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis grassland western wheatgrass - blue grama grassland (CEAB000138) Rank: S2?
	Rumex venosus sand dune community wild begonia sand dune community (CEAB000165) Rank: S2S3
	Triglochin maritima - Carex praegracilis spring fen seaside arrow-grass - graceful sedge spring fen (CEAB000213) Rank: S1S2

Sparsely Vegetated Types

	Artemisia cana / Pascopyrum smithii - Elymus lanceolatus - Atriplex nuttallii silver sagebrush / wheatgrasses - Nuttall's Atriplex (CEAB000173) Rank: S2S3
	Artemisa longifolia bare shale community long-leaved sagewort - bare shale community (CEAB000219) Rank: S1S2
	Artemisia longifolia - Calamovilfa longifolia badland community long-leaved sagewort - sand grass badland community (CEGL001521) Rank: S1S2 Global Rank: G3G4
	Juniperus horizontalis / Carex pensylvanica - Eriogonum flavum badland community creeping juniper / sun-loving sedge - yellow umbrella-plant badland community (CEAB000007) Rank: S1S2
	Leymus mollis - Tanacetum bipinnatum ssp. huronense shoreline dune American dune grass - Indian tansy shoreline dune (CEAB000172) Rank: S1
	Populus deltoides / recent alluvial plains cottonwood / recent alluvial (CEAB000164) Rank: S1S3
	Salicornia rubra emergent marsh samphire emergent marsh (CEGL001999) Rank: S2 Global Rank: G2G3
	Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Atriplex nuttallii greasewood / Nuttall's atriplex (CEAB000186) Rank: S2S3
	Suaeda moquinii - Atriplex suckleyi sparsely vegetated badland slopes Moquin's sea-blite - endolepis sparsely vegetated badland slopes (CEAB000112) Rank: S2?

Aquatic Types

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Glyceria borealis - Sium suave - Sparganium angustifolium
northern manna grass - water parsnip - narrow leaved bur-reed (CEAB000171)
Rank: S1?

Updated: Mar 20, 2025