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Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus . Due to the vastness of
Canada 's biodiversity, this page is divided.
Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced by either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ? .
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Ab
Ac
Acalypha
Acanthospermum
Acer
X
Acer campestre – hedge maple , field maple
X
Acer ginnala – Amur maple , ginnala maple
N
Acer negundo – Manitoba maple , box-elder, ashleaf maple
N
Acer nigrum – black maple , black sugar maple, rock maple
N
Acer pensylvanicum – striped maple , moose maple, goosefoot maple
X
Acer platanoides – Norway maple , Schwedler maple, crimson king maple
X
Acer pseudoplatanus – sycamore maple , Scottish maple, great maple
N
Acer rubrum – red maple , swamp maple, scarlet maple
N
Acer saccharinum – silver maple , soft maple, white maple, silverleaf maple, river maple
N
Acer saccharum – sugar maple , hard maple
N
Acer spicatum – mountain maple
N
Acer × freemanii (A. rubrum × A. saccharinum ) – Freeman's maple
Achillea
Aconitum
Acorus
Acroptilon
Actaea
Ad
Ae
Ag
Agalinis
Agastache
Agoseris
N
Agoseris glauca – pale false-dandelion , prairie agoseris, pale agoseris, pale goat-chicory, large-flowered false-dandelion
Agrimonia
Agropyron
Agrostemma
Agrostis
?
Agrostis canina – brown bentgrass
X
Agrostis capillaris – colonial bentgrass , browntop, Prince Edward Island bentgrass, Rhode Island bentgrass
X
Agrostis gigantea – black bentgrass , redtop
N
Agrostis hyemalis – winter bentgrass , ticklegrass
N
Agrostis mertensii – northern bentgrass
N
Agrostis perennans – upland bentgrass , perennial bentgrass
N
Agrostis scabra – rough bentgrass , tickle grass, rough hairgrass, twin bentgrass
N
Agrostis stolonifera – creeping bentgrass , spreading bentgrass
Ai
Aj
Al
Am
Amaranthus
X
Amaranthus albus – white tumbleweed , tumble pigweed, tumbleweed amaranth
X
Amaranthus blitoides – prostrate amaranth , prostrate pigweed, matweed
X
Amaranthus blitum – purple amaranth
X
Amaranthus cruentus – blood amaranth , purple amaranth, red amaranth, caterpillar amaranth, African spinach
X
Amaranthus hybridus – smooth amaranth , hybrid amaranth, green pigweed, smooth pigweed, green amaranth
X
Amaranthus palmeri – Palmer's amaranth
X
Amaranthus powellii – green amaranth , Powell's smooth amaranth
X
Amaranthus retroflexus – redroot amaranth , redroot pigweed, wild-beet amaranth, rough pigweed
X
Amaranthus spinosus – spiny amaranth
N
Amaranthus tuberculatus – roughfruit amaranth , roughfruit waterhemp, tall waterhemp, tall pigweed
Ambrosia
Amelanchier
N
Amelanchier alnifolia – Saskatoonberry , northwestern serviceberry
N
Amelanchier arborea – downy serviceberry , downy juneberry, common serviceberry
N
Amelanchier bartramiana – mountain juneberry , Bartram's shadbush, Bartram's chuckleypear
N
Amelanchier canadensis – Canada serviceberry , swamp shadbush, thicket serviceberry
N
Amelanchier humilis – low serviceberry , running serviceberry
N
Amelanchier laevis – smooth juneberry , Allegheny serviceberry, smooth chuckleypear
N
Amelanchier sanguinea var. gaspensis – Gaspé roundleaf juneberry
N Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea – roundleaf juneberry , roundleaf serviceberry, Fernald's chuckleypear
N
Amelanchier stolonifera – running serviceberry , running juneberry, running chuckleypear
N
Amelanchier × intermedia (A. arborea × A. canadensis ) – swamp sugarpear
N
Amelanchier × neglecta (A. bartramiana × A. laevis ) – hybrid juneberry
N
Amelanchier × quinti-martii (A. arborea × A. bartramiana ) – Quint-mart's serviceberry
N
Amelanchier × wiegandii (A. arborea × A. sanguinea ) – Wiegand's serviceberry
Amerorchis
Ammannia
Ammophila
Amorpha
Amphicarpaea
An
Anagallis
Anaphalis
Anchusa
Andromeda
N
Andromeda glaucophylla – bog rosemary , rosemary-leaf marsh andromeda
N
Andromeda polifolia var. jamesiana – James Bay bog rosemary
N Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia – northern bog rosemary , marsh holyrose
Andropogon
Androsace
Anemone
N
Anemone acutiloba – sharp-lobed hepatica, sharp-lobed liverleaf
N
Anemone americana – round-lobed hepatica, American liverleaf
X
Anemone blanda
N
Anemone canadensis – Canada anemone , roundleaf thimbleweed
N
Anemone cylindrica – long-fruited anemone , thimbleweed, candle anemone, long-headed anemone
N
Anemone multifida – cutleaf anemone, cliff anemone, early anemone[
citation needed ]
N
Anemone parviflora – northern anemone , small-flowered anemone
N
Anemone patens – pasqueflower, prairie smoke, prairie crocus, cutleaf anemone
N
Anemone quinquefolia – wood anemone , snow-drops
N
Anemone richardsonii – Richardson's anemone , yellow anemone
N
Anemone virginiana – tall thimbleweed , riverbank anemone
Anethum
Angelica
Anoda
Antennaria
Anthemis
Anthoxanthum
Anthriscus
Anthyllis
Antirrhinum
Ap
Aq
Ar
Arabidopsis
Arabis
Aralia
X
Aralia elata – Japanese Angelica-tree , Chinese Angelica-tree
N
Aralia hispida – bristly spikenard , bristly sarsaparilla, dwarf elder
N
Aralia nudicaulis – wild sarsaparilla , small spikenard
N
Aralia racemosa – American spikenard , Indian-root, life-of-man, petty morel
X
Aralia spinosa – Hercules' club , Devil's walkingstick, prickly ash, Angelica tree, toothache tree
Arceuthobium
Arctagrostis
Arctium
Arctophila
Arctostaphylos
Arenaria
Arethusa
Argemone
Arisaema
Aristida
Aristolochia
Armeria
Armoracia
Arnica
Arnoglossum
Aronia
Arrhenatherum
Artemisia
X
Artemisia abrotanum – southern wormwood , southernwood, lad's love, oldman
X
Artemisia absinthium – common wormwood , absinthe, absinthe wormwood, European wormwood
X
Artemisia annua – sweet sagewort , annual wormwood, sweet Annie, sweet wormwood, annual mugwort
X
Artemisia biennis – biennial wormwood
N
Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis – boreal wormwood , Canada wormwood
N Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata – tall wormwood , beach wormwood, wild wormwood, threadleaf sagewort, sagewort wormwood
N
Artemisia dracunculus – wild tarragon , dragon wormwood, dragon sagewort, false tarragon, French tarragon, Russian tarragon
N
Artemisia frigida – fringed sagebrush , prairie sagebrush, fringed sagewort, prairie sagewort, wormwood sage, pasture sage, arctic sagebrush
N
Artemisia ludoviciana – white sage , silver wormwood, prairie sage, western mugwort, darkleaf mugwort, cudweed sagewort, pasture sage, Louisiana wormwood, Louisiana sage, silver king artemisia, white wormwood, white sagebrush
X
Artemisia pontica – Roman wormwood , petite wormwood, green ginger
X
Artemisia stelleriana – hoary sagebrush , dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman
N
Artemisia tilesii – Tilesius' wormwood , mountain sagewort, oldwoman
X
Artemisia vulgaris – common mugwort , common wormwood
Aruncus
As
Asarum
Asclepias
N
Asclepias exaltata – poke milkweed , tall milkweed, four-leaved milkweed
N
Asclepias hirtella – tall green milkweed
N
Asclepias incarnata – swamp milkweed
N
Asclepias ovalifolia – oval-leaf milkweed , dwarf milkweed
N
Asclepias purpurascens – purple milkweed
N
Asclepias quadrifolia – four-leaved milkweed
N
Asclepias sullivantii – Sullivant's milkweed
N
Asclepias syriaca – common milkweed , silkweed, silky swallow-wort
N
Asclepias tuberosa – butterfly weed , orange milkweed, pleurisy root, chigger flower
?
Asclepias variegata – white milkweed
N
Asclepias verticillata – whorled milkweed
N
Asclepias viridiflora – green milkweed , green comet milkweed, short green milkweed
Asimina
Asparagus
Asperugo
Asperula
Asplenium
Aster
Astragalus
At
Athyrium
N
Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum – northern lady fern
N Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum – northwestern lady fern
Atriplex
N
Atriplex dioica – thickleaf orache , saline saltbush
N
Atriplex glabriuscula – smooth orache , Scotland orache, glabrous orache, northeastern saltbush
X
Atriplex heterosperma – two-scale orache
X
Atriplex hortensis – garden orache
X
Atriplex oblongifolia – oblong-leaf orache
N
Atriplex patula – spear orache , spreading orache, spearscale, halberdleaf orache, common orache
N
Atriplex prostrata – thinleaf orache , triangle orache, fat-hen
X
Atriplex rosea – tumbling orache
Au
Av
Ax
Az
References
See:
Flora of Canada#References