Two ecoregions occur in Calgary, Aspen Parkland and Fescue Grass.
Nose Hill lies within the Fescue Grass Ecoregion
The lists below show the percentage of various plant community types which occur on the Hill.
Deciduous Tree Cover Types
1.7%.....Aspen/Rose
1.2%.....Aspen/Smooth Brome
<1%......Balsam Poplar/Rose
<1%......Aspen/Snowberry
Deciduous Shrub Cover Types
2.1%.....Rose/Snowberry
1.9%.....Willow/Snowberry
1.8%.....Snowberry
1.2%.....Poplar/Dandelion
<1%......Choke Cherry/Snowberry
<1%......Saskatoon/Snowberry
<1%......Wolfwillow/Bluegrass
Herbaceous Cover Types
23.7%....Rough Fescue-Parry Oatgrass
18%......Bluegrass
14%......Western Wheatgrass-Bluegrass Phase
13.8%....Rough Fescue-Golden Bean
10%......Smooth Brome
3.8%.....Smooth Brome-Quack Grass
2.8%.....Western Wheatgrass
<1%......Alfalfa-Wheatgrass
<1%......Needle Grass-Parry Oatgrass
(Source of Information: Biophysical and Land Use Inventory and Analysis of Nose Hill Park, December 1993, For the City of Calgary.)
Flowers found on the Hill
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