Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of
Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.
This is a (partial) list of the plant species considered native to Canada. Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. For these plants, see
List of introduced species to Canada.
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* ''Dalea'' — prairie clovers
** ''Dalea purpurea'' —
prairie clover
''Dalea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover or indigo bush. Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739). They are native to the Western he ...
* ''Dalibarda'' — dewdrops
** ''Dalibarda repens'' —
dewdrop, false violet, robin-run-away, star violet
* ''Danthonia'' — oatgrasses
** ''Danthonia compressa'' —
flattened oatgrass, flat-stemmed danthonia
** ''Danthonia spicata'' —
poverty oatgrass
''Danthonia spicata'' is a species of grass known by the common name poverty oatgrass, or simply poverty grass. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and common in many areas.[swamp willowherb, water oleander, water willow, hairy swamp loosestrife
* ''Dennstaedtia'' — hay-scented ferns
** ''Dennstaedtia punctilobula'' — eastern hay-scented fern
* ''Deparia'' — glade ferns
** ''Deparia acrostichoides'' — silvery glade fern, silvery spleenwort
* ''Deschampsia'' — hairgrasses
** ''Deschampsia atropurpurea'' — mountain hairgrass
** ''Deschampsia cespitosa'' subsp. ''cespitosa'' — ]tufted hairgrass
''Deschampsia cespitosa'', commonly known as tufted hairgrass or tussock grass, is a perennial tufted plant in the grass family Poaceae. Distribution of this species is widespread including the eastern and western coasts of North America, parts o ...
, tussock grass
** ''Deschampsia flexuosa'' — wavy hairgrass, crinkled hairgrass
* ''Descurainia'' — tansy-mustards
** ''Descurainia pinnata'' — western tansy-mustard, green tansy-mustard, shortfruit tansy-mustard
** ''Descurainia richardsonii'' — Richardson's tansy-mustard
* ''Desmodium'' — tick-trefoils
** ''Desmodium canadense'' — Canadian tick-trefoil, showy tick-trefoil
** ''Desmodium canescens''
** ''Desmodium cuspidatum'' — toothed tick-trefoil
** ''Desmodium glutinosum'' — pointy-leaved tick-trefoil, large tick-trefoil
** ''Desmodium illinoense'' — Illinois tick-trefoil Extirpated
** ''Desmodium nudiflorum'' — bare-stemmed tick-trefoil, naked-flowered tick-trefoil
** ''Desmodium paniculatum'' var. ''dillenii''
** ''Desmodium paniculatum'' var. ''paniculatum''
** ''Desmodium rotundifolium'' — roundleaf tick-trefoil, prostrate tick-trefoil, dollar leaf
Di
* ''Diarrhena'' — beak grasses
** ''Diarrhena obovata'' — beak grass
* ''Dicentra'' — dicentras
** ''Dicentra canadensis'' — squirrel corn
''Dicentra canadensis'', the squirrel corn, is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves.
Description
Squirrel corn has small yellow clustered bulblets (looking roughly like kernels of ...
** ''Dicentra cucullaria'' — Dutchman's-breeches
''Dicentra cucullaria'', Dutchman's britches, or Dutchman's breeches, is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to rich woods of eastern North America, with a disjunct population in the Columbia Basin.
The common name Dutchman's breeches derives ...
, soldier's cap
* ''Diervilla'' — bush honeysuckles
** ''Diervilla lonicera'' — northern bush honeysuckle
* ''Digitaria'' — witchgrasses
** ''Digitaria cognata'' —
* ''Dioscorea'' —
** ''Dioscorea quaternata'' — fourleaf wild-yam
* ''Diphasiastrum'' — clubmosses
** ''Diphasiastrum complanatum'' — trailing clubmoss, northern ground-cedar, northern running-pine, flat-branched clubmoss, trailing evergreen, Christmas green, ground-pine
** ''Diphasiastrum digitatum'' — fan clubmoss, southern running-pine, southern ground-cedar, fan ground-pine, crowfoot clubmoss, trailing ground-pine
** ''Diphasiastrum sabinifolium'' — ground-fir, savinleaf clubmoss, heath-cypress
** ''Diphasiastrum sitchense'' — Sitka clubmoss, tufted ground-cedar, Alaskan clubmoss
** ''Diphasiastrum tristachyum'' — three-spiked clubmoss, blue ground-cedar, northern ground-pine
* ''Diplazium'' — glade ferns
** ''Diplazium pycnocarpon'' — narrowleaf glade fern, narrowleaf spleenwort
* ''Dirca'' — leatherwoods
** ''Dirca palustris'' — leatherwoods, ropebark, moosewood, wicopy
Do
* ''Doellingeria'' — flattop white aster
** ''Doellingeria umbellata'' var. ''pubens'' — hairy flattop white aster
** ''Doellingeria umbellata'' var. ''umbellata'' — tall flattop white aster, parasol whitetop
Dr
* ''Draba'' — whitlowgrasses
** ''Draba alpina'' — alpine whitlowgrass
** ''Draba arabisans'' — rock whitlowgrass
** ''Draba aurea'' — golden whitlowgrass, golden draba
** ''Draba cana'' — canescent whitlowgrass, hairyfruit whitlowgrass
** ''Draba cinerea'' — ashy whitlowgrass, greyleaf whitlowgrass
** ''Draba glabella'' — smooth whitlowgrass
** ''Draba incana'' —