Manitoba Flora

Whether you are a scientist, student, landowner or plant lover looking to identify Manitoba’s native, rare, weedy or culturally important plants, Manitoba Flora is sure to prove the ultimate guide.

This is the first flora of Manitoba published since the 1950s, and it includes over three hundred plant species documented in the province since that time. Manitoba Flora—Volume 1 provides a clear, easy-to-navigate, and up-to-date guide to the spore-producing plants, conifers, and monocots of Manitoba. Featuring keys, descriptions, and illustrations for 614 species in 169 genera and 46 families, this well-founded guide features important updates on the province’s vascular plants, including an illustrated overview of plant parts, species illustrations, simple language, and an extensive glossary, aimed at benefiting professionals and amateurs alike.

Included in Manitoba Flora are . . .

• A history of plant names
• Simple identification keys to Manitoba’s vascular plant families, genera, species, subspecies, and varieties
• An illustrated guide to vascular plant terminology
• Detailed descriptions of the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of each species
• Hundreds of species illustrations
• Information on plants’ conservation status in Manitoba (whether introduced or native; common, uncommon, rare, or legally protected)
• Species’ ecological zones, habitats, and flowering periods
• An extensive glossary of botanical terms

Additionally, Manitoba Flora acknowledges Indigenous knowledge, foregrounding the original people of the land and their relationship to plants, and includes some traditional names.