The Cypress Hills has an elevation over , with cooler resulting temperatures and higher precipitation which are more similar to the boreal forest than the prairie grasslands.thumb|upright|right|Cypress Hills Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) occurs only in the Cypress Hills area of Saskatchewan and also in the Rocky Mountain forests. Aspen, and white spruce are other trees of the Cypress Hills forests. Shining leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea lucida), low larkspur (Delphinium bicolor ), pinegrass (Calamagrostis rubescens ) provide ground cover.
