Ontario - PlantWatch

Selected plants to observe

Common name: Aspen Poplar
Scientfic name: Populus tremuloides
Also known as: trembling aspen

Common name: Bearberry
Scientfic name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Also known as: kinnikinnick

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: Choke Cherry
Scientfic name: Prunus virginiana

Common name: Coltsfoot
Scientfic name: Tussilago farfara

Common name: Common Purple Lilac
Scientfic name: Syringa vulgaris

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: Mayflower
Scientfic name: Epigaea repens
Also known as: trailing arbutus

Common name: Mountain Avens
Scientfic name: Dryas integrifolia/ octopetala
Also known as: arctic and alpine dryad, white mountain avens

Common name: Purple Saxifrage
Scientfic name: Saxifraga oppositifolia
Also known as: french knot moss

Common name: Red Maple
Scientfic name: Acer rubrum
Also known as: swamp maple

Common name: Star-flowered Solomon’s Seal
Scientfic name: Maianthemum stellatum
Also known as: Solomon plume, wild spikenard

Common name: Starflower
Scientfic name: Trientalis borealis

Common name: Trillium
Scientfic name: Trillium grandiflorum
Also known as: white trillium

Common name: Twinflower
Scientfic name: Linnaea borealis

Common name: Weeping Forsythia
Scientfic name: Forsythia suspensa

Common name: White Water Lily
Scientfic name: Nymphaea odorata

Common name: Wild Strawberry
Scientfic name: Fragaria virginiana/vesca

Common name: Yarrow
Scientfic name: Achillea millefolium
Also known as: milfoil