Books 'n Stuff

Recommended Plant ID Books for Western Canada

Budd, A.C. rev. J. Looman & K.F. Best. 1987. Budd’s Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply & Services Canada. Hull, Quebec, Canada.

Dickinson, R. & F. Royer. 1999. Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States: A Guide for Identification. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Gray, B. 2011. The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North. Aurora Borealis Press. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

Hallworth, B. & C.C. Chinnappa. 1997. Plants of Kananaskis Country in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Harris, J. G. & M. W. Harris. 2013. Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd Ed. Spring Lake Publishing. Spring Lake, Utah.

Inkpen, W. & R. Van Eyk. c. 1994. Guide to the Common Native Trees & Shrubs of Alberta. Alberta Agriculture & Forestry. https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/5654dd7f-9c73-496d-9163-99fc6601be6f/resource/19e14457-a6ac-4fb7-abe9-4d5aa6508110/download/2011-commonnativetreesshrubsalberta-guide.pdf

Johnson D. 1995. Plants of the Western Forest: Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba Boreal and Aspen Parkland. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Johnson, D., L. Kershaw, A. MacKinnon, & J. Pojar. 1995. Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland: Including Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Kershaw, L. & L. Allen. 2020. Vascular Flora of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide. Self-published by Kershaw & Allen.

Kershaw L., et. al. 2017. Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Kershaw, L. & D. Loewen. 2003. Alberta Wayside Wildflowers. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Lahring, H. 2003. Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces. University of Regina Press. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Looman, J. 1992. 111 range and forage plants of the Canadian prairies. Agriculture Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Looman, J. 1982. Prairie Grasses identified & described by vegetative characteristics. Agriculture Canada. Ottawa, Ontario. https://www.npss.sk.ca/rsu_docs/documents/prairie-grasses-identified-and-described-by-vegetative-characters.pdf

MacKinnon, A. 2009. Edible & Medicinal Plants of Canada. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

MacKinnon, A., & J. Pojar. 2013. Alpine Plants of British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest North America. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Moss, E.H., 1959. rev. J. G. Packer, 1983. Flora of Alberta, 2nd Ed.: A Manual of Flowering Plants, Conifers, Ferns, and Fern Allies Found Growing Without Cultivation in the Province of Alberta, Canada. University of Toronto Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Packer, J. & A. J. Gould. 2017. Vascular Plants of Alberta, Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnosperms, and Monocots. University of Calgary Press. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Royer, F. & R. Dickinson. 2007. Plants of Alberta: Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Ferns, Aquatic Plants & Grasses. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Royer, F. & R. Dickinson. 1996. Wildflowers of Calgary and Southern Alberta. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Royer, F. & R. Dickinson. 1996. Wildflowers of Edmonton and Central Alberta. University of Alberta Press. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Stone, C. & D. Lawrence. 2000. Northern Range Plants. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development: Public Lands Division. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Stubbendeck J., S.L. Hatch, N. M. Bryer, & C.D. Dunn. 2017. North American Wildland Plants: A Field Guide. 3rd ed. University of Nebraska Press.

Tannas, K. 2003. Common Plants of the Western Rangelands Vol. 1-3 (Grasses & Grass-like Species; Trees & Shrubs; Forbs). Alberta Agriculture & Forestry, Olds College. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Vance, J. M. 1999. Wildflowers Across the Prairies. Greystone Books. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Wilkinson, K. 1990. Trees and Shrubs of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Recommended Plant ID Links

Saskatchewan Wildflowers 
​AlbertaWOW Wildflowers
​Wild About Flowers: Native Alberta Wildflowers Plants & Seeds
Wildflowers etc. of Alberta Photo Gallery by Terry Thromin
Prairie Wildflowers: A Collection of Prairie Wildflowers from Saskatchewan
Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
Alberta Native Plants Council
Alberta Native Plants Council’s Alberta Illustrated Keys Species List (Comprehensive)
iNaturalist.org
Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie (Manitoba)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (University of Texas at Austin)
Wikipedia.org