| TREES AND SHRUBS: | |
| Acer circinatum | Vine maple |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple |
| Alnus rubra | Red alder |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon berry |
| Cornus stolonifera | Red-osier dogwood |
| Gaultheria shallon | Salal |
| Lonicera involucrata | Black twinberry |
| Physocarpus capitatus | Pacific ninebark |
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black cottonwood |
| Prunus emarginata | Bitter cherry |
| Rhamnus purshiana | Cascara |
| Rubus parviflorus | Thimbleberry |
| Rubus spectabilis | Salmonberry |
| Rubus ursinus ssp. macropetalus | Trailing blackberry |
| Salix sitchensis | Sitka willow |
| Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens | Red elderberry |
| Spiraea douglasii | Hardhack |
| Symphoricarpos albus | Common snowberry |
| HERBACEOUS PLANTS: | |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica | Water plantain |
| Aruncus dioicus | Goatsbeard |
| Barbarea orthoceras | American winter cress |
| Dicentra formosa | Pacific bleeding heart |
| Epilobium angustifolium | Fireweed |
| Geum macrophyllum | Large-leaved avens |
| Lemna minor | Duckweed |
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False lily-of-the-valley |
| Oenanthe sarmentosa | Water parsley |
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Sweet coltsfoot |
| Solidago canadensis | Canada goldenrod |
| Veronica beccabunga ssp. americana | American brooklime |
| GRASSES AND ALLIES: | |
| Juncus effusus | Common rush |
| Juncus ensifolius | Dagger leaf rush |
| Scirpus microcarpus | Small-flowered bulrush |
| Typha latifolia | Common cattail |
| FERNS AND ALLIES: | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady fern |
| Equisetum arvense | Field horsetail |
| Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii | Giant horsetail |
| Polystichum munitum | Sword fern |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken fern |
| MOSSES: | |
| Atrichum undulatum | Crane's bill moss |
| Brachythecium sp. | Short capsule moss |
| Bryum | bicolor |
| Dicranoweisia cirrata | Curly thatch moss |
| Eurhynchium praelongum | Slender beaked moss |
| Homalothecium fulgescens | Yellow moss |
| Orthotrichum lyellii | Lyell's bristle moss |
| Pseudoscleropodium purum | |
| LICHENS: | |
| Lepraria sp. | Dust lichen |
| Parmelia hygrophila | Salted shield lichen |
| INTRODUCED SPECIES: | |
| Acer platanoides | Norway maple |
| Aegopodium podagraria | Goutweed |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | Horse chestnut |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | Sweet vernal grass |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | Cow parsley |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | Thale cress |
| Arctium minus | Common burdock |
| Betula pendula | European white birch |
| Callitriche stagnalis | Pond water-starwort |
| Cardamine hirsuta | Hairy bitter cress |
| Cerastium fontanum ssp. triviale | Mouse-ear chickweed |
| Cirsium arvense var. horridum | Canada thistle |
| Convolvulus sepium | Bindweed |
| Cotoneaster spp. | Cotoneaster - two different species |
| Cytisus scoparius | Broom |
| Dactylis glomerata | Orchard grass |
| Daphne laureola | Spurge laurel |
| Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Draba verna | Vernal whitlow-grass |
| Epilobium ciliatum | Purple-leaved willowherb |
| Galeobdolon luteum | Yellow archangel |
| Hedera helix | English ivy |
| Hesperis matronalis | Sweet rocket |
| Hyacinthoides hispanica | Spanish bluebells |
| Hypericum perforatum | Common St. John's wort |
| Hypochoeris radicata | Hairy cat's ear |
| Ilex aquifolium | English holly |
| Laburnum anagyroides | Golden chain tree |
| Lactuca muralis | Wall lettuce |
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort |
| Lathyrus latifolius | Broad-leaved peavine |
| Lunaria annua | Silver dollar plant |
| Malus pumila | Cultivated apple |
| Melilotus alba | White sweet clover |
| Mentha sp. | Mint - a wide leaf glabrous species |
| Myosotis scorpioides | Common forget-me-not |
| Nasturtium officinale | Water cress |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed canary grass |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort plantain |
| Plantago major | Common plantain |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky bluegrass |
| Polygonum cuspidatum | Japanese knotweed |
| Prunus avium | Sweet cherry |
| Ranunculus acris | Tall buttercup |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping buttercup |
| Rubus discolor | Himalayan blackberry |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Bitter dock |
| Senecio viscosus | Sticky ragwort |
| Senecio vulgaris | Common groundsel |
| Solanum dulcamara | European bittersweet |
| Sonchus arvensis | Perennial sow thistle |
| Sonchus oleraceus | Annual sow-thistle |
| Sorbus aucuparia | European mountain ash |
| Stellaria media | Chickweed |
| Symphytum officinale | Comfrey |
| Tanacetum vulgare | Tansy |
| Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion |
| Trifolium pratense | Red clover |
| Tulipa sp. | Tulip |
| Vicia sativa | Common vetch |
The Grandview Cut contains the most extensive example of natural habitat remaining in the northeastern quadrant of the City of Vancouver - an urbanized region very deficient in parkland, especially natural parkland. The sides of the Cut are covered by a well-developed early successional forest of cottonwood, red alder, and bigleaf maple. The south side with its more shaded slope contains the best examples of native vegetation, with a well-developed salmonberry-dominated shrub layer.
Since the base of the Cut lies at a considerable depth below the surrounding land, and the banks are densely vegetated, the close proximity of a very urban area is not apparent.
If the rail lines are re-routed the Grandview Cut could become the most natural and popular greenway in the eastern part of the city.
Terry Taylor,
Vancouver Natural History Society.