Below is a guide to the species most commonly present in our nursery. From season to season and project to project, this list can grow and change. With appropriate lead time, we are able to grow other species including range grasses, wildflowers, forbes, and native wetland species from outside of our local range. Please contact us with questions regarding the plant list.

Emergent Plant Species

Emergent plants root in the water or saturated soil and will sprout and flower above the waters surface. They can commonly be found along shorelines of ponds, creeks, swamps, lakes and wetlands. The emergent plants that we offer have been grown from seed collected in Alberta. Generally available in 150 and 250 ml plugs, 4 inch (750ml) pots, or #1 (1 Gallon) pots. Please inquire for availability in other sizes.

Marsh Reed Grass

Water Sedge

Hard Stem Bulrush

Water Smartweed

Creeping Spikerush

Baltic Rush

Soft Stem Bulrush

Awned Sedge (Carex Atherodes)

Glyceria Grandis; Tall Manna Grass

Schoenoplectus Microcarpus; Small Fruited Bulrush

Schoenoplectus Maritimus; Prairie Bulrush

Typha Latifolia; Common Cattail

Carex Utriculata: Beaked Sedge

Carex Atherodes: Awned Sedge

Carex Aurora: Golden Sedge

Carex Bebbi: Bebb’s Sedge

Aquatic Plant Species

Aquatic plants grow submerged in slow moving bodies of water such as lakes, ponds and swamps. Some of the species we offer root in mud below the surface while others are free floating. The aquatic plants we offer have all been harvested across Alberta. They are available in plugs or as free floating bunches.