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Native plants in Ontario

459 native species. Each one leads with the strongest true thing it does, supporting a named species at risk, hosting a specialist, or raising the caterpillars baby songbirds are made of.

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Big Bluestem

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Andropogon gerardii

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257 plants

Allegheny Blackberry

Allegheny Blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis

Alternate-Leaved Dogwood

Alternate-Leaved Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Prunus americana

American Witch-Hazel

American Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Annual Fleabane

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Arctic Willow

Azure Bluet

Houstonia caerulea

Balsam Groundsel

Balsam Groundsel

Packera paupercula

Barren Strawberry

Barren Strawberry

Geum fragarioides

Basswood

Tilia americana

Lathyrus japonicus

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Big Bluestem

Supports a species at risk

Andropogon gerardii

Birdsfoot Violet

Birdsfoot Violet

Prunus serotina

Black Chokeberry

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Black Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis

Black Walnut

Black-Eyed Susan

Supports a species at risk

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Bloodroot

Supports a species at risk

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue Giant-Hyssop

Blue Giant-Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

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Blue Wild Indigo

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

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Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Bluebell of Scotland

Bluebell of Scotland

Campanula rotundifolia

Kalmia polifolia

Boneset

Supports a species at risk

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Butterfly Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

Canada Goldenrod

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Canada Lily

Lilium canadense

Mentha canadensis

Canada Tick-Trefoil

Canada Tick-Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Cardinal Flower

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Chokecherry

Supports a species at risk

Prunus virginiana

Climbing Bittersweet

Climbing Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens

Climbing Prairie Rose

Climbing Prairie Rose

Common Cinquefoil

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Common Elderberry

Supports a species at risk

Common Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Evening-Primrose

Supports a species at risk

Common Evening-Primrose

Oenothera biennis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Common Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Common Winterberry

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Compass Plant

Silphium laciniatum

Heracleum maximum

Culver's Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Cup Plant

Supports a species at risk

Silphium perfoliatum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Cut-Leaved Anemone

Cut-Leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida

Cut-Leaved Coneflower

Cut-Leaved Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Cylindrical Blazing-Star

Cylindrical Blazing-Star

Liatris cylindracea

Dense Blazing-Star

Supports a species at risk

Dense Blazing-Star

Liatris spicata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Devil's-Tongue

Opuntia humifusa

Downy False Indigo

Downy False Indigo

Amorpha canescens

Downy Serviceberry

Downy Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Downy Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet

Viola pubescens

Dwarf Hackberry

Dwarf Hackberry

Celtis tenuifolia

Early Lowbush Blueberry

Early Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Eastern Buttonbush

Eastern Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Eastern Cottonwood

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Eastern Flowering Dogwood

Eastern Flowering Dogwood

Eastern Leatherwood

Eastern Leatherwood

Dirca palustris

Eastern Ninebark

Eastern Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Eastern Prickly Pear

Eastern Prickly Pear

Opuntia cespitosa

Eastern White Pine

Eastern White Pine

Entire-Leaved Mountain Avens

Entire-Leaved Mountain Avens

Dryas integrifolia

Eskimo Potato

Hedysarum alpinum

False Sunflower

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Field Pussytoes

Field Pussytoes

Antennaria neglecta

Fireberry Hawthorn

Fireberry Hawthorn

Crataegus chrysocarpa

Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Flat-Topped White Aster

Flat-Topped White Aster

Doellingeria umbellata

Foxglove Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Fragrant Sumac

Fringed Sedge

Giant Goldenrod

Giant Goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Giant Ironweed

Vernonia gigantea

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Giant Sunflower

Giant Sunflower

Helianthus giganteus

Glaucous Honeysuckle

Glaucous Honeysuckle

Lonicera dioica

Goatsbeard

Aruncus dioicus

Golden Alexanders

Specialist host plant

Golden Alexanders

Golden Currant

Golden Groundsel

Golden Groundsel

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Grey Dogwood

Supports a species at risk

Cornus racemosa

Grey-Headed Prairie Coneflower

Grey-Headed Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Grey-Stemmed Goldenrod

Grey-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Hairy Beardtongue

Hairy Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Hairy Panic Grass

Hairy Panic Grass

Panicum acuminatum

Harlequin Blue Flag

Harlequin Blue Flag

Iris versicolor

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Heart-Leaved Alexanders

Heart-Leaved Alexanders

Heart-Leaved Aster

Heart-Leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Herb-Robert

Geranium robertianum

Highbush Blueberry

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Highbush Cranberry

Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Hobblebush

Viburnum lantanoides

Hooked Violet

Howell's Pussytoes

Howell's Pussytoes

Antennaria howellii

Inflated Lobelia

Inflated Lobelia

Lobelia inflata

Jerusalem Artichoke

Jerusalem Artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Kalm's Lobelia

Labrador Tea

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Lance-Leaved Tickseed

Lance-Leaved Tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

Large False-Solomon's Seal

Large False-Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Large Toothwort

Large Toothwort

Cardamine maxima

Large-Leaved Aster

Large-Leaved Aster

Eurybia macrophylla

Large-Leaved Avens

Large-Leaved Avens

Geum macrophyllum

Laurentian Primrose

Laurentian Primrose

Primula laurentiana

Lewis' Wild Blue Flax

Lewis' Wild Blue Flax

Limestone Calamint

Limestone Calamint

Clinopodium arkansanum

Lindley's Aster

Lindley's Aster

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum

Little Bluestem

Supports a species at risk

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Long-Headed Anemone

Long-Headed Anemone

Anemone cylindrica

Long-Leaved Bluets

Long-Leaved Bluets

Houstonia longifolia

Maple-Leaved Viburnum

Maple-Leaved Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

Marsh Blue Violet

Marsh Blue Violet

Viola cucullata

Maximilian Sunflower

Maximilian Sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

May-Apple

Podophyllum peltatum

Michigan Lily

Lilium michiganense

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Missouri Ironweed

Missouri Ironweed

Vernonia missurica

Mountain Goldenrod

Mountain Goldenrod

Solidago simplex

Mountain Serviceberry

Mountain Serviceberry

Amelanchier bartramiana

Narrow-Leaved Hawkweed

Narrow-Leaved Hawkweed

Hieracium umbellatum

Narrow-Leaved Vervain

Narrow-Leaved Vervain

Verbena simplex

New England Aster

Supports a species at risk

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

🐝🦋🐛🪶

New Jersey Tea

Supports a species at risk

Ceanothus americanus

Nodding Onion

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Northern Bedstraw

Northern Bedstraw

Northern Bog Violet

Northern Bog Violet

Viola nephrophylla

Northern Bush-Honeysuckle

Northern Bush-Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Northern Hackberry

Northern Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Northern Red Oak

Northern Red Oak

Northern Spicebush

Specialist host plant

Northern Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Northern Wild Senna

Northern Wild Senna

Senna hebecarpa

Ohio Goldenrod

Solidago ohioensis

Ohio Spiderwort

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Old Switch Panicgrass

Supports a species at risk

Old Switch Panicgrass

Panicum virgatum

Pale Purple Coneflower

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Pearly Everlasting

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Pontederia cordata

Pin Cherry

Prunus pensylvanica

Plantain-Leaved Sedge

Plantain-Leaved Sedge

Carex plantaginea

Asclepias exaltata

Prairie Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Prairie Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Artemisia ludoviciana

Prairie Smoke

Prickly Rose

Rosa acicularis

Purple Giant-Hyssop

Supports a species at risk

Purple Giant-Hyssop

Agastache scrophulariifolia

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Purple Joe-Pye-Weed

Supports a species at risk

Purple Joe-Pye-Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Purple Milkvetch

Purple Milkvetch

Astragalus agrestis

Purple Milkweed

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Purple Prairie-Clover

Purple Prairie-Clover

Purple-Flowering Raspberry

Purple-Flowering Raspberry

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Pussy Willow

Red Columbine

Supports a species at risk

Aquilegia canadensis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red Maple

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red Raspberry

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red-Osier Dogwood

Red-Osier Dogwood

Rhodora

Rhododendron canadense

Riverbank Grape

Riverbank Grape

Robin's-Plantain Fleabane

Robin's-Plantain Fleabane

Erigeron pulchellus

Rock Harlequin

Corydalis sempervirens

Antennaria rosea

Round-Headed Bush-Clover

Round-Headed Bush-Clover

Lespedeza capitata

Round-Leaved Dogwood

Round-Leaved Dogwood

Round-Lobed Hepatica

Round-Lobed Hepatica

Hepatica americana

Saskatoon

Amelanchier alnifolia

Specialist host plant

Sassafras albidum

Scarlet Beebalm

Supports a species at risk

Scarlet Beebalm

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Ligusticum scoticum

Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Sheep Laurel

Kalmia angustifolia

Showy Goldenrod

Supports a species at risk

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Potentilla fruticosa

Shrubby St. John's-Wort

Shrubby St. John's-Wort

Hypericum prolificum

Silky Dogwood

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Sky Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense

Slender Mountain-Mint

Slender Mountain-Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Slender Penstemon

Slender Penstemon

Penstemon gracilis

Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary

Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary

Collinsia parviflora

Smooth Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Smooth Serviceberry

Smooth Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Spotted Beebalm

Spotted Beebalm

Monarda punctata

Spotted Geranium

Spotted Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Spotted Jewelweed

Spotted Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Spreading Dogbane

Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower

Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Squarrose Goldenrod

Squarrose Goldenrod

Solidago squarrosa

Staghorn Sumac

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Steeplebush

Spiraea tomentosa

Stiff Goldenrod

Stiff Goldenrod

Solidago rigida

Strict Blue-Eyed-Grass

Strict Blue-Eyed-Grass

Sisyrinchium montanum

Lupinus perennis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Swamp Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Asclepias incarnata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Swamp Rose

Sweet Gale

Tall Tickseed

Coreopsis tripteris

Tall Wood Beauty

Tall Wood Beauty

Drymocallis arguta

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Three-Leaved Hop-Tree

Three-Leaved Hop-Tree

Ptelea trifoliata

Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Sibbaldiopsis tridentata

Trembling Aspen

Trembling Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Tufted Hairgrass

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Upland White Goldenrod

Upland White Goldenrod

Solidago ptarmicoides

Velvetleaf Blueberry

Velvetleaf Blueberry

Vaccinium myrtilloides

Virginia Bluebells

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Virginia Clematis

Virginia Clematis

Clematis virginiana

Virginia False Dragonhead

Virginia False Dragonhead

Physostegia virginiana

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Virginia Mountain-Mint

Virginia Mountain-Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Virginia Strawberry

Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Virginia Waterleaf

Virginia Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum virginianum

Western Canada Violet

Western Canada Violet

Viola canadensis

Western Thimbleberry

Western Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus

White Elm

Ulmus americana

White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

White Meadowsweet

White Meadowsweet

White Oak

White Panicled Aster

White Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

White Prairie Clover

White Prairie Clover

White Snakeroot

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

White Spruce

Supports a species at risk

White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

White Turtlehead

White Turtlehead

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Verbena urticifolia

White Wood Aster

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Whorled Mountain Mint

Whorled Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum verticillatum

Whorled Tickseed

Whorled Tickseed

Coreopsis verticillata

Whorled Wood Aster

Whorled Wood Aster

Oclemena acuminata

Wild Bergamot

Supports a species at risk

Monarda fistulosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Wild Blue Phlox

Wild Blue Phlox

Phlox divaricata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Wild Savory

Calamintha arkansana

Winged Sumac

Rhus copallinum

Viburnum cassinoides

Wood Lily

Lilium philadelphicum

Woodland Strawberry

Woodland Strawberry

Woodland Sunflower

Woodland Sunflower

Helianthus divaricatus

Woolly Blue Violet

Specialist host plant

Woolly Blue Violet

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Yellow Giant-Hyssop

Yellow Giant-Hyssop

Agastache nepetoides

Yellow Marsh Marigold

Yellow Marsh Marigold

Caltha palustris

Yellow Wild Indigo

Yellow Wild Indigo

Baptisia tinctoria

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