Prairie spikemoss (Selaginella densa), showing sporangia (spore-bearing capsules) in axils of leaves of a reproductive spike. Not technically a fruit, but the sporangia contain the spores that will be the source of new plants. Gibbons Badlands Prairie, 2024-09-22. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Star-flowered false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum), Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Western false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum amplexicaule), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: M. Parseyan.
Rough-fruited fairybells (Prosartes trachycarpa), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: M. Parseyan.
Clasping-leaved twisted-stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Sparrow’s-egg lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium passerinum), Whitemud Park North, 2024-09-27. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis), non-native escape in the Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Western mountain-ash (Sorbus scopulina), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: M. Parseyan.
Common juniper (Juniperus communis), Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.
American green alder (Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Wolf willow or silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata), Whitemud Park North, 2024-09-27. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Western snowberry or buckbrush (Symphoricarpos occidentalis), Whitemud Park North, 2024-09-27. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Woods' rose (Rosa woodsii), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Shining-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea lucida). A western species that does not extend farther east than Saskatchewan. Lloyd Creek Natural Area. 2024-09-30. Photo: M. Parseyan.
Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa). A native species, it seems to occur mainly in areas that have been influenced by humans. Whitemud Park North, 2024-09-27. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Woodland agrimony (Agrimonia striata), Whitemud Park North, 2024-09-27. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Northern bedstraw (Galium boreale), Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve), garden, 2024-09-26. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Purple oatgrass (Schizachne purpurascens), Lloyd Creek Natural Area, 2024-09-30. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Green muhly (Muhlenbergia racemosa), Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.
Green needle grass (Nassella viridula), Edmonton river valley, 2024-09-25. Photo: P. Cotterill.