Plants
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Flora of the Lake Louise area
Shrubs, trees, and wildflowers of Banff National Park and the Bow Valley. Subalpine larches are the most sought-after, their golden needles in late September draw visitors from across the continent. Wildflowers peak in July and August in the alpine meadows above Moraine Lake and Saddleback Pass. Grouseberry ground cover is what the brown carpet in upper Larch Valley is in summer before it turns red in fall.
- Alpine Forget-Me-Not
- Bearberry
- Blueberry
- Buffaloberry
- Bunchberry
- Common Harebell
- Common Yarrow
- Douglas-fir
- Engelmann Spruce
- Fireweed
- Glacier Lily
- Grouseberry
- Heart-Leaved Arnica
- Indian Paintbrush
- Juniper
- Labrador Tea
- Lake Louise Arnica
- Larch
- Limber Pine
- Lodgepole Pine
- Moss Campion
- Mountain Avens
- Paper Birch
- Prairie Crocus
- Purple Saxifrage
- Red Mountain Heather
- Saskatoon
- Shooting Star
- Shrubby Cinquefoil
- Subalpine Fir
- Trembling Aspen
- Twinflower
- Water Birch
- Western Anemone
- Western Wood Lily
- White Mountain Heather
- White Spruce
- White-Flowered Rhododendron
- Whitebark Pine
- Wild Rose
- Willow
- Yellow Lady's Slipper
- Yellow Mountain Heather