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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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150 plants

American Spikenard

American Spikenard

Aralia racemosa

Andrews' Bottle Gentian

Andrews' Bottle Gentian

Gentiana andrewsii

Annual Fleabane

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Balsam Groundsel

Balsam Groundsel

Packera paupercula

Barren Strawberry

Barren Strawberry

Geum fragarioides

Birdsfoot Violet

Birdsfoot Violet

Black-Eyed Susan

Supports a species at risk

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Bloodroot

Supports a species at risk

Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Blue Wild Indigo

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Bluebell of Scotland

Bluebell of Scotland

Campanula rotundifolia

Boneset

Supports a species at risk

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Brittle Prickly-Pear Cactus

Brittle Prickly-Pear Cactus

Opuntia fragilis

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Typha latifolia

Butterfly Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

Canada Milk-Vetch

Canada Milk-Vetch

Astragalus canadensis

Canada Tick-Trefoil

Canada Tick-Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Canada Wild Ginger

Canada Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Cardinal Flower

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Common Cinquefoil

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Common Evening-Primrose

Supports a species at risk

Common Evening-Primrose

Oenothera biennis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Common Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Compass Plant

Silphium laciniatum

Culver's Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Cup Plant

Supports a species at risk

Silphium perfoliatum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

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 Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet

Viola pubescens

Dwarf Lake Iris

Dwarf Lake Iris

Early Meadow-Rue

Early Meadow-Rue

Thalictrum dioicum

Early Saxifrage

Early Saxifrage

Micranthes virginiensis

Eastern Black Nightshade

Eastern Black Nightshade

Solanum emulans

False Sunflower

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Field Wormwood

Artemisia campestris

Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Flat-Topped White Aster

Flat-Topped White Aster

Doellingeria umbellata

Foxglove Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Giant Blue Cohosh

Giant Blue Cohosh

Caulophyllum giganteum

Giant Ironweed

Vernonia gigantea

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Giant Sunflower

Giant Sunflower

Helianthus giganteus

Golden Alexanders

Specialist host plant

Golden Alexanders

Golden Groundsel

Golden Groundsel

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Grass-Leaved Goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Grey-Headed Prairie Coneflower

Grey-Headed Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Grey-Stemmed Goldenrod

Grey-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Hairy Beardtongue

Hairy Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Harlequin Blue Flag

Harlequin Blue Flag

Iris versicolor

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Heart-Leaved Aster

Heart-Leaved Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Herb-Robert

Geranium robertianum

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Howell's Pussytoes

Howell's Pussytoes

Antennaria howellii

Inflated Lobelia

Inflated Lobelia

Lobelia inflata

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

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

Limestone Calamint

Limestone Calamint

Clinopodium arkansanum

Long-Headed Anemone

Long-Headed Anemone

Anemone cylindrica

Long-Leaved Bluets

Long-Leaved Bluets

Houstonia longifolia

Marsh St John's Wort

Marsh St John's Wort

Triadenum fraseri

May-Apple

Podophyllum peltatum

Michigan Lily

Lilium michiganense

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Missouri Ironweed

Missouri Ironweed

Vernonia missurica

Narrow-Leaved Vervain

Narrow-Leaved Vervain

Verbena simplex

New England Aster

Supports a species at risk

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Nodding Onion

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Northern Bog Violet

Northern Bog Violet

Viola nephrophylla

Northern Wild Senna

Northern Wild Senna

Senna hebecarpa

Ohio Goldenrod

Solidago ohioensis

Ohio Spiderwort

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Capnoides sempervirens

Pale Purple Coneflower

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Pearly Everlasting

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Asclepias exaltata

Prairie Milkweed

Supports a species at risk

Prairie Milkweed

Asclepias sullivantii

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Prairie Smoke

Purple Giant-Hyssop

Supports a species at risk

Purple Giant-Hyssop

Agastache scrophulariifolia

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Purple Milkweed

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Purple-Stemmed Aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red Baneberry

Red Columbine

Supports a species at risk

Aquilegia canadensis

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Robin's-Plantain Fleabane

Robin's-Plantain Fleabane

Erigeron pulchellus

Rock Harlequin

Corydalis sempervirens

Round-Headed Bush-Clover

Round-Headed Bush-Clover

Lespedeza capitata

Round-Leaved Sundew

Round-Leaved Sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Round-Lobed Hepatica

Round-Lobed Hepatica

Hepatica americana

Running Foamflower

Running Foamflower

Tiarella stolonifera

Scarlet Beebalm

Supports a species at risk

Scarlet Beebalm

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba

Showy Goldenrod

Supports a species at risk

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Argentina anserina

Sky Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense

Slender Mountain-Mint

Slender Mountain-Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Smooth Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Spotted Geranium

Spotted Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Spreading Dogbane

Spreading Dogbane

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Spreading Jacob's Ladder

Spreading Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower

Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Squarrose Goldenrod

Squarrose Goldenrod

Solidago squarrosa

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Star-Flowered False Solomon's-Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

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

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Tall Anemone

Anemone virginiana

Mertensia paniculata

Tall Meadow-Rue

Tall Meadow-Rue

Thalictrum pubescens

Tall Tickseed

Coreopsis tripteris

Tall Wood Beauty

Tall Wood Beauty

Drymocallis arguta

Two-Leaved Mitrewort

Two-Leaved Mitrewort

Mitella diphylla

Upland White Goldenrod

Upland White Goldenrod

Solidago ptarmicoides

Virginia Bluebells

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

🐝🦋🐛🪶

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

Alisma triviale

Western Canada Violet

Western Canada Violet

Viola canadensis

White Heath Aster

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

White Panicled Aster

White Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

White Snakeroot

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum

White Turtlehead

White Turtlehead

🐝🦋🐛🪶

White Wood Aster

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Whorled Mountain Mint

Whorled Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum verticillatum

Whorled Tickseed

Whorled Tickseed

Coreopsis verticillata

Wild Bergamot

Supports a species at risk

Monarda fistulosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Wild Blue Phlox

Wild Blue Phlox

Phlox divaricata

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Wild Leek

Allium tricoccum

Wild Lily-of-the-Valley

Wild Lily-of-the-Valley

Maianthemum canadense

Wild Savory

Calamintha arkansana

Wood Poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum

Woodland Strawberry

Woodland Strawberry

Woodland Sunflower

Woodland Sunflower

Helianthus divaricatus

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Yellow Giant-Hyssop

Yellow Giant-Hyssop

Agastache nepetoides

Yellow Marsh Marigold

Yellow Marsh Marigold

Caltha palustris

Yellow Trout Lily

Yellow Trout Lily

Erythronium americanum

Zigzag Goldenrod

Zigzag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

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