Sharing Knowledge,
Supporting Conservation
We share knowledge and support the conservation of native plants and native plant habitat in Alberta through outreach, publications and guidelines, stewardship, advocacy, research, and funding and implementing native plant projects.
Featured News and Events
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May 25-31, 2026 – May Plant Count Events
The last week of May is approaching! Consider participating in the May Plant Count (MPC) from anywhere in Alberta. There are two ways to participate: submitting photos of blooming plants to iNaturalist and/or sending in…
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Recommended Plant Lists by Natural Region
ANPC has released a new resource to help you with appropriate plant selection for your native plant garden! Check out the Storymap below for our recommendations for the species best adapted to each of Alberta’s…
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May 31, 2026 – May Plant Count Event
Join us for the annual May Species Count at Clyde Fen Candidate Natural Area! Located just minutes outside of Clyde, AB, this event is part of our ongoing stewardship of ANPC’s natural areas. Spend your…
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June 12-14, 2026 – Botany Alberta at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Join the Alberta Native Plant Council for the 26th Annual Botany Alberta from Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai’pi Provincial Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled along the Milk River…
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Proposed Grassland Conversion in MD Taber
In March 2026, ANPC provided information to the Municipal District of Taber, who are considering a proposal to convert approximately 3,100 acres of native grassland into irrigated cropland. Although the project was initially approved by…
Featured Activities
Featured Resources
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Featured Publications
The Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta, 2nd Edition
Now available for purchase and can be ordered through UBC Press.
Vascular Flora of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd Edition
Available as a paperback or e-book through Amazon.ca. The guide includes illustrated keys to all native and naturalized vascular plants in Alberta.
Vascular Flora of Alberta: Illustrations and Maps
An accompanying resource to the keys, with enhanced illustrations and maps. Available through Amazon.ca.
Wildflowers of Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park
Available through the Alberta Native Plant Council.
Acknowledging Land and People
We acknowledge that what we call Alberta is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Metis Homeland. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.