Top 12 Native California Plants

Native Plants in Alberta

• Let’s take Yarrow, a common Albertan wildflower, as an example.
• Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata) is unmistakably rugged and thrives across the length and breadth of the North American prairie.
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is another prairie classic.

List of California native plants

• Native wildflower blazing star (Mentzelia lindleyi)
• Gentiana algida in Sierra Nevada.
• Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
• Pinus ponderosa, Kings Canyon National Park.
• Monterey cypress, Carmel.
• Valley oak near Mount Diablo.
• Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Lee Vining Canyon.

• Point reyes meadowfoam (Limnanthes douglasii ssp.
• Woolly blue curls (Trichostema lanatum)
• Bush anemone (Carpenteria californica)
• Island alumroot (Heuchera maxima)
• Canyon snow iris (Iris douglasiana ‘Canyon Snow’)
• California bush sunflower (Encelia californica)

• Prairie rose, Rosa arkansana.
• Western Canada goldenrod, Solidago lepida.
• Bouteloua gracilis.
• Gaillardia aristata.
• Harebell, Campanula alaskana.
• Tufted white prairie aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides.

Alberta moss is comparable in quality and value, and fairly easy to find and collect in some parts of Alberta.

• Pearl Yarrow. Achillea ptarmica.
• Reed Canary Grass. Phalaris arundinaceae.
• Rose. Wild Alberta Rose.
• Sage. Artemesia.
• Seeds. Seeds of native plants can be very valuable.
• Tansy. Tanacetum vulgare.
• Twigs.
• Yarrow.

Vegetables such as beets, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, lettuce, potatoes, pumpkins and much more are grown here in Alberta.

List of Plant Hardiness Zones for Cities and Towns in Alberta

On average, your frost-free growing season starts May 23 and ends Sep 15, totalling 115 days. You will find both Spring and Fall planting guides on this page.

It’s actually illegal to harvest in Alberta and National parks.

North America. This native rose species of the northern Great Plains is the provincial flower of Alberta. It is not as common in the Parkland region of the Canadian Prairie provinces as Rosa woodsii (Woods’ rose), but is the most abundant rose species growing in the boreal forest of northern North America.

Wild roses have been used by people for centuries, provide food for pollinators, birds and mammals and are even the provincial flower of Alberta.

Wild Rose. Alberta adopted the wild rose (Rosa acicularis) as its official flower in 1930. The editor of an Edmonton newspaper suggested that a provincial floral emblem be selected.

Prickly wild rose

On August 18, 1989, the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep was designated the official mammal of Alberta. The bighorn is a native Alberta mammal. Prehistoric remains have been found in most of the river valleys across Alberta, showing that some of the largest herds of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep once roamed the province.

Adopted in 1984, azure-blue represents the sky while the gold represents the prairies.

• Flower – Wild Rose.
• Bird – Great Horned Owl.
• Tree – Lodgepole Pine.
• Stone – Petrified Wood.
• Animal – Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.
• Fish – Bull Trout.