Newfoundland and Labrador
Selected plants to observe
Common name: Aspen Poplar
Scientfic name: Populus tremuloides
Also known as: trembling aspen
Common name: Blue-Bead Lily
Scientfic name: Clintonia borealis
Also known as: clintonia
Common name: Bunchberry
Scientfic name: Cornus canadensis
Also known as: crackerberry, dwarf cornel
Common name: Cloudberry
Scientfic name: Rubus chamaemorus L
Also known as: bake-apple, salmonberry
Common name: Coltsfoot
Scientfic name: Tussilago farfara
Common name: Common Purple Lilac
Scientfic name: Syringa vulgaris
Common name: Cranberry/ Partridgeberry
Scientfic name: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Also known as: lowbush cranberry, lingonberry
Common name: Dandelion
Scientfic name: Taraxacum officinale
Common name: Labrador tea
Scientfic name: Rhododendron groenlandicum
Also known as: Ledum groenlandicum
Common name: Larch
Scientfic name: Larix laricina
Also known as: tamarack, hackmatack
Common name: Paper Birch
Scientfic name: Betula papyrifera and Betula neoalaskana
Also known as: Canoe Birch, White Birch, Alaska birch and Yukon Birch
Common name: Red Maple
Scientfic name: Acer rubrum
Also known as: swamp maple
Common name: Rhodora
Scientfic name: Rhododendron canadense
Common name: Starflower
Scientfic name: Trientalis borealis
Common name: Sweetgale
Scientfic name: Myrica gale
Also known as: bayberry, english bog myrtle
Common name: Twinflower
Scientfic name: Linnaea borealis
Common name: Weeping Forsythia
Scientfic name: Forsythia suspensa
Common name: Wild Strawberry
Scientfic name: Fragaria virginiana/vesca