Thank you to everyone who helped out with this year’s May Plant Count.
We observed a total of 36 species, compared to 47 last year.
Of the plants that were flowering this year, we observed more species in the bud stage, where as last year, more were in full bloom.
Check out our video to see pictures of the plants we observed this year!
Here is the full list of species we saw:
| Species | Phase |
| Hookedspur Violet | Blooming |
| Starry False Solomon’s Seal | Blooming |
| Bastard Toadflax | Bud |
| Saskatoon | Blooming |
| Virgina Strawberry | Blooming |
| Golden Bean | Blooming |
| Northern Bedstraw | Bud |
| Western Stoneseed | Blooming |
| Northern Comandra | Blooming |
| Red Osier Dogwood | Bud |
| Chokecherry | Bud |
| Arctic Butterbur | Blooming |
| Prairie Smoke | Blooming |
| Sticky Geranium | Blooming |
| Field Penny-cress | Blooming |
| Prairie Pasqueflower | Seed |
| Bearberry | Blooming |
| Slender Leafy Spurge | Blooming |
| Canadian Buffalo Berry | Blooming |
| Boreal Sweet-vetch | Blooming |
| Purple Clematis | Blooming |
| Heart-leaf Golden Alexandra | Blooming |
| Field Pussytoes | Blooming |
| Dwarf Raspberry | Bud |
| Veiny Meadow-Rue | Bud |
| Common Dandelion | Blooming |
| Field Chickweed | Blooming |
| Canadian Gooseberry | Bud |
| Field Milkvetch | Blooming |
| Tatarian Honeysuckle | Bud |
| Squashberry | Bud |
| Glaucous Honeysuckle | Bud |
| Textile Onion | Bud |
| Siberian Peashrub | Bud |
| Wolf Willow | Bud |
| Wax-leaf Beardtongue | Blooming |
