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About plants, land and wetland indicators
Alberta’s Environmental Science Program monitors Alberta’s land, wetlands and associated plant communities. This data provides information on landscape change, ecological disturbance and recovery across Alberta, and helps decision-makers make more informed decisions regarding natural resource management in Alberta. Explore the first indicator in this section below to:
- learn more about why indicators are important
- read about the status of Alberta’s vascular plants
- access additional data and resources
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Summary of General Status reporting for vascular plants in Alberta between 2015 and 2020.
Related publications
Scientific paper: AI-Driven wetland mapping across diverse natural regions of Alberta, Canada using combined airborne and satellite remote sensing data
Date published: February 2026
Authors: Merchant, M., J. Evans, R. Edwards, L. Boychuk, J. Simms, J.N. Hird, J. Dooley, T. Doan, S. Toni, D. Cobbaert, A. Cooper, C. Mahoney, K. Mayner, M. Nasr, N. Skakun, M. Trites-Russell and C.N. McClain
Scientific paper: Thresholding species distribution models: Simple approaches for land-use planning in multifunctional landscapes
Date published: December 2025
Authors: Abdel Moniem, H.E., C. Mallon, B. Allen, C. Littlefair, L. Leston, E. Azeria, A. Petty, and D. Pendlebury
Scientific paper: Large carbon losses from burned permafrost peatlands during post-fire succession
Date published: October 2025
Authors: Schulze, C., O. Sonnentag, C.A. Emmerton, L. Harris, H. Alcock, K. Marouelli, G. Hould Gosselin, S.H. Knox, R. Howard, J. Skeeter, and P. Moore
Plants, land and wetland monitoring
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