Forestry names
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine fir (Fa)
Abies balsamea
Balsam fir (Fb)
Abies grandis
Grand fir (Fg)
Larix laricina
Tamarack (Lt)
Larix occidentalis
Western larch (Lw)
Larix lyallii
Alpine larch (La)
Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa pine (Py)
Pinus contorta
Lodgepoll pine (Pl)
Pinus banksiana
Jack pine (Pj)
Pinus resinosa
Red pine (Pr)
Pinus flexilis
Limber pine (Pf)
Pinus monticola
Western white pine (Pw)
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine (Pe)
Picea glauca
White spruce (Sw)
Picea engelmannii
Engelmann spruce (Se)
Picea mariana
Black spruce (Sb)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas-fir (Fd)
Tsuga heterophylla
Western hemlock (Hw)
Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mt. juniper
Thuja plicata
Western Red cedar (Cr)
Thuja occidentalis
Eastern white cedar (Cw)
Taxus brevifolia
Western yew
Acer negundo
Manitoba maple
Betula papyrifera
Paper birch (Bw)
Betula occidentalis
Water birch
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green ash
Populus tremuloides
White aspen (Aw)
Populus sargentii
Plains Cottonwood
Populus balsamifera
Balsam poplar (Pb)
Populus trichocarpa
Black cottonwood
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
Quercus rubra
Red oak
Salix spp.
Willow
Sorbus sitchensis
Mountain ash
Ulmus americana
White elm
Acer glabrum
Rocky Mt. maple
Alnus crispa
Green alder *
Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon berry
Arctostaphylos uva ursi
Bear berry *
Chimaphila umbellata
Prince's pine
Cornus stolonifera
red osier dogwood *
Juniperus communis
Common juniper*
Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping juniper
Ledum groenlandicum
Labrador tea*
Berberis repens
Creeping mahonia*
Oplopanax horridum
Devil's club*
Prunus virginiana
Chokecherry
Shepherdia canadensis
Canadian buffalo berry*
Spiraea betulifolia
White meadowsweet
Symphoricarpos albus
Snowberry
Vaccinium scoparium
Grouse berry
Clintonia uniflora
Queen's Cup
Pachistima myrsinites
Mountain lover
Purshia tridentata
Bitterbush
Calamagrostis canadensis
Marsh reed grass*
Calamagrostis rubescens
Pine grass
Elymus innovatus
Hairy wild rye
Equisetum spp.
Horsetail*
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Oak fern*
Peltigera aphthosa
Studded leather lichen
Cladina mitis
Reindeer lichen
Pleurozium schreberi
Schreber's moss