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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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64 plants

Allegheny Blackberry

Allegheny Blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis

Alternate-Leaved Dogwood

Alternate-Leaved Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

American Hazelnut

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

American Witch-Hazel

American Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Beaked Hazelnut

Beaked Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Black Chokeberry

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Black Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis

Bog Birch

Andromeda polifolia

Chokecherry

Supports a species at risk

Prunus virginiana

Climbing Bittersweet

Climbing Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens

Climbing Prairie Rose

Climbing Prairie Rose

Common Elderberry

Supports a species at risk

Common Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Juniper

Juniperus communis

Common Winterberry

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Downy Serviceberry

Downy Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Early Lowbush Blueberry

Early Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

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Eastern Buttonbush

Eastern Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

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Eastern Leatherwood

Eastern Leatherwood

Dirca palustris

Eastern Ninebark

Eastern Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Fireberry Hawthorn

Fireberry Hawthorn

Crataegus chrysocarpa

Fragrant Sumac

Grey Dogwood

Supports a species at risk

Cornus racemosa

Lonicera caerulea

Highbush Blueberry

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Highbush Cranberry

Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Hobblebush

Viburnum lantanoides

Labrador Tea

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Large Cranberry

Large Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Maple-Leaved Viburnum

Maple-Leaved Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

Nannyberry

Supports a species at risk

Viburnum lentago

New Jersey Tea

Supports a species at risk

Ceanothus americanus

Northern Bayberry

Northern Bayberry

Morella pensylvanica

Northern Bush-Honeysuckle

Northern Bush-Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

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Northern Spicebush

Specialist host plant

Northern Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Mitchella repens

Prickly Gooseberry

Prickly Gooseberry

Ribes cynosbati

Purple-Flowering Raspberry

Purple-Flowering Raspberry

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Pussy Willow

Red Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Red Raspberry

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Red-Osier Dogwood

Red-Osier Dogwood

Round-Leaved Dogwood

Round-Leaved Dogwood

Saskatoon

Amelanchier alnifolia

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Shrubby Cinquefoil

Potentilla fruticosa

Shrubby St. John's-Wort

Shrubby St. John's-Wort

Hypericum prolificum

Silky Dogwood

Smooth Rose

Smooth Serviceberry

Smooth Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Speckled Alder

Alnus incana subsp. rugosa

Staghorn Sumac

Steeplebush

Spiraea tomentosa

Swamp Gooseberry

Swamp Gooseberry

Ribes hirtellum

Swamp Rose

Sweet Gale

Comptonia peregrina

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Thin-Leaved Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

🐝🦋🐛🪶

Three-Leaved Hop-Tree

Three-Leaved Hop-Tree

Ptelea trifoliata

Virginia Clematis

Virginia Clematis

Clematis virginiana

Western Snowberry

Western Snowberry

Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Western Thimbleberry

Western Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus

White Meadowsweet

White Meadowsweet

Winged Sumac

Rhus copallinum

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