Ontario Native Plant Species — nativeflora

70 species found

Achillea borealis

Full Sun 20–100 cm Jul–Sep

ForbDryS5DeerDrought

Allium cernuum

Full Sun 30–60 cm Jun–Aug

ForbMoistS4Drought

Allium tricoccum

Full Shade 15–40 cm May–Jul

Amelanchier canadensis

Canadian Serviceberry

Full Sun 200–600 cm Apr–May

Amelanchier laevis

Smooth Serviceberry

Part Shade 500–800 cm Apr–May

Andropogon gerardii

Andropogon gerardi

Full Sun 120–240 cm Aug–Nov

GraminoidMoistS5DeerDrought

Antennaria neglecta

Field Pussytoes

Full Sun 5–25 cm Apr–Jun

ForbDryS5DeerDrought

Aquilegia canadensis

Part Shade 30–90 cm Apr–Jun

ForbMesicS5DeerDrought

Aralia racemosa

American Spikenard

Part Shade 60–180 cm Jun–Jul

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Full Sun 5–30 cm Apr–Jun

ShrubDryS5Drought

Asclepias incarnata

Full Sun 90–150 cm Jul–Sep

ForbMoistS5Deer

Asclepias purpurascens

Purple Milkweed

Full Sun 60–90 cm May–Jul

ForbDryS1DeerDrought

Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed

Full Sun 60–180 cm Jun–Aug

ForbMesicS5DeerDrought

Asclepias tuberosa

Full Sun 30–90 cm Jun–Aug

ForbDryS4DeerDrought

Asclepias verticillata

Whorled Milkweed

Full Sun 30–90 cm Jun–Sep

ForbDryS4DeerDrought

Capnoides sempervirens

Part Shade 30–80 cm May–Sep

ForbDryS5Drought

Part Shade 10–40 cm Jun–Aug

GraminoidWetS5Deer

Carex bicknellii

Bicknell's Sedge

Full Sun 30–120 cm May–Jun

GraminoidDryS4DeerDrought

Common Woodland Sedge

Full Shade 15–60 cm May–Jun

GraminoidMoistS5Deer

Carex communis

Fibrous-rooted Sedge

Full Shade 15–60 cm Apr–Jun

GraminoidDryS5DeerDrought

Carex deweyana

Full Shade 30–100 cm May–Jul

GraminoidMesicS5DeerDrought

Carex eburnea

Bristle-leaved Sedge

Part Shade 10–30 cm May–Jul

GraminoidMoistS5DeerDrought

Carex gracillima

Part Shade 30–90 cm Apr–Jul

GraminoidMesicS5

Carex granularis

Limestone Meadow Sedge

Part Shade 15–60 cm May–Jul

GraminoidMoistS5Deer

Carex hystericina

Porcupine Sedge

Full Sun 25–100 cm May–Jun

GraminoidWetS5Deer

Carex muskingumensis

Part Shade 40–90 cm May–Jun

Carex pallescens

Part Shade 20–76 cm Jun–Aug

GraminoidMoistS5Deer

Carex pedunculata

Long-stalked Sedge

Full Shade 8–28 cm Apr–May

GraminoidMesicS5DeerDrought

Carex pensylvanica

Pennsylvania Sedge

Full Shade 15–50 cm May–Jul

GraminoidDryS5DeerDrought

Carex plantaginea

Plantain-leaved Sedge

Full Shade 25–60 cm May–Jun

GraminoidMoistS4Deer

Carex sprengelii

Sprengel's Sedge

Part Shade 30–90 cm May–Jun

GraminoidMesicS5Deer

Ceanothus americanus

Full Sun 60–150 cm May–Aug

ShrubDryS4DeerDrought

Celtis tenuifolia

Dwarf Hackberry

Full Sun 200–800 cm Apr–May

TreeDryS1Drought

Comptonia peregrina

Part Shade 60–150 cm May–Aug

ShrubDryS5Drought

Cornus alternifolia

Alternate-leaved Dogwood

Part Shade 300–900 cm May–Jun

Cornus florida

Flowering Dogwood

Part Shade 600–1200 cm May

Cornus sericea

Cornus stolonifera

Part Shade 180–360 cm May–Jun

Corylus americana

American Hazelnut

Part Shade 200–500 cm Mar–May

ShrubMesicS5Drought

Cystopteris bulbifera

Bulblet Bladder Fern

Full Shade 30–120 cm

FernMoistS5Deer

Dryopteris marginalis

Marginal Wood Fern

Full Shade 30–90 cm

FernMoistS5Deer

Erigeron pulchellus

Robin's Plantain

Part Shade 30–60 cm Apr–Jun

Gaultheria procumbens

Eastern Teaberry

Part Shade 10–15 cm Jun–Aug

Gentiana andrewsii

Closed Bottle Gentian

Part Shade 30–120 cm Aug–Oct

Geum triflorum

Full Sun 15–45 cm Apr–May

ForbDryS4Drought

Hamamelis virginiana

Part Shade 200–600 cm Sep–Nov

Houstonia longifolia

Long-leaved Bluets

Part Shade 15–30 cm May–Jul

ForbDryS5Drought

Juglans nigra

Full Sun 1500–3000 cm Apr–May

Liatris spicata

Dense Blazing Star

Full Sun 60–150 cm Jul–Sep

ForbMoistS5DeerDrought

Lindera benzoin

Part Shade 180–400 cm Mar–May

Lupinus perennis

Full Sun 30–60 cm May–Jul

ForbDryS2Drought

Magnolia acuminata

Full Sun 1500–3000 cm May–Jun

Matteuccia pensylvanica

Part Shade 100–170 cm

FernMoistS5Deer

Opuntia cespitosa

Opuntia humifusa

Full Sun 20–45 cm May–Jul

SubshrubDryS1DeerDrought

Opuntia fragilis

Brittle Prickly Pear

Full Sun 5–20 cm May–Jun

SubshrubDryS3DeerDrought

Polystichum acrostichoides

Part Shade 45–90 cm

FernMoistS5Deer

Pycnanthemum incanum

Hoary Mountain-mint

Part Shade 60–120 cm Jul–Sep

ForbDryS1Drought

Quercus prinoides

Dwarf Chinkapin Oak

Part Shade 120–760 cm Mar–May

ShrubDryS2Drought

Rhus aromatica

Full Sun 100–250 cm Apr–May

ShrubDryS5DeerDrought

Rosa setigera

Climbing Prairie Rose

Full Sun 180–450 cm May

VineMesicS3Drought

Sassafras albidum

Full Sun 1050–2000 cm Mar–May

TreeMoistS4DeerDrought

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Full Sun 60–150 cm Aug–Oct

GraminoidDryS5DeerDrought

Senna hebecarpa

Full Sun 90–180 cm Jul–Aug

ForbMoistS4Deer

Sisyrinchium montanum

Strict Blue-eyed Grass

Full Sun 10–50 cm May–Jul

ForbMesicS5Drought

Solidago flexicaulis

Zigzag Goldenrod

Part Shade 20–120 cm Jul–Oct

ForbMoistS5Drought

Solidago nemoralis

Full Sun 30–90 cm Aug–Oct

ForbDryS5DeerDrought

Solidago ptarmicoides

Upland White Goldenrod

Full Sun 30–45 cm Jul–Sep

ForbDryS4DeerDrought

Sporobolus heterolepis

Prairie Dropseed

Full Sun 45–90 cm Jun–Aug

GraminoidDryS4DeerDrought

Stylophorum diphyllum

Celandine Poppy

Part Shade 30–50 cm Apr–Jun

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New England Aster

Full Sun 60–180 cm Aug–Oct

ForbMesicS5Drought

Viburnum lentago

Part Shade 600–900 cm May–Jun

ShrubMoistS5Drought