List of Canadian plants by genus D
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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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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
'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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Da
- Dalea — prairie clovers
- Dalea purpurea — prairie cloverDalea purpureaDalea purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name purple prairie clover, better written as "prairie-clover," in recognition of the fact that it is not a true clover...
- Dalea purpurea — prairie clover
- Dalibarda — dewdrops
- Dalibarda repens — dewdropDalibarda repensDalibarda repens is a perennial plant in the Rose family, Rosaceae. It is the only species in its genus, which is closely allied with the genus Rubus...
, false violet, robin-run-away, star violet
- Dalibarda repens — dewdrop
- Danthonia — oatgrasses
- Danthonia compressa — flattened oatgrass, flat-stemmed danthonia
- Danthonia spicata — poverty oatgrass
De
- Decodon — willowherbs
- Decodon verticillatus — swamp willowherbDecodon verticillatusDecodon verticillatus, the sole species in the genus Decodon, is a flowering plant in the Lythraceae family. It is commonly known as waterwillow or swamp loosestrife. It is endemic to wetlands in the eastern half of the United States.-Description:Waterwillow is a clump-forming shrubby perennial...
, water oleander, water willow, hairy swamp loosestrife
- Decodon verticillatus — swamp willowherb
- Dennstaedtia — hay-scented ferns
- Dennstaedtia punctilobula — eastern hay-scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobulaDennstaedtia punctilobula is a species of fern native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Wisconsin and Arkansas, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Alabama; it is most abundant in the east of its range, with only scattered populations in the west.It is a deciduous...
- Dennstaedtia punctilobula — eastern hay-scented fern
- Deparia — glade ferns
- Deparia acrostichoides — silvery glade fernDeparia acrostichoidesThe silvery glade fern is a common fern in stream bottoms throughout much of the eastern United States. It often forms extensive colonies, growing from creeping crowns...
, silvery spleenwort
- Deparia acrostichoides — silvery glade fern
- Deschampsia — hairgrasses
- Deschampsia atropurpurea — mountain hairgrass
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa — tufted hairgrass, tussock grass
- Deschampsia flexuosa — wavy hairgrassDeschampsia flexuosa-Introduction:Deschampsia flexuosa Trin. or Wavy Hair-grass is a species of bunchgrass in the Poaceae family with a Holarctic distribution.-Habitat and distribution:...
, crinkled hairgrass
- Descurainia — tansy-mustards
- Descurainia pinnata — western tansy-mustardDescurainia pinnataDescurainia pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name western tansymustard. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and found in varied habitats. It is especially successful in deserts. It is a hardy plant which easily becomes weedy, and...
, green tansy-mustard, shortfruit tansy-mustard - Descurainia richardsonii — Richardson's tansy-mustard
- Descurainia pinnata — western tansy-mustard
- Desmodium — tick-trefoils
- Desmodium canadense — Canadian tick-trefoilDesmodium canadenseDesmodium canadense is a native North American forb of the Fabaceae family.- External links :* *...
, 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
- Desmodium canadense — Canadian tick-trefoil
Di
- Diarrhena — beak grasses
- Diarrhena obovata — beak grass
- Dicentra — dicentras
- Dicentra canadensis — squirrel cornDicentra canadensisDicentra canadensis, or squirrel corn, is a herbaceous plant in the fumitory family with small yellow clustered bulblets, finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers, native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.-References:...
- Dicentra cucullaria — Dutchman's-breechesDicentra cucullariaDicentra cucullaria is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to rich woods of eastern North America, with a disjunct population in the Columbia River Basin....
, soldier's cap
- Dicentra canadensis — squirrel corn
- Diervilla — bush honeysuckles
- Diervilla lonicera — northern bush honeysuckle
- Digitaria — witchgrasses
- Digitaria cognata — fall witchgrass
- Dioscorea —
- Dioscorea quaternata — fourleaf wild-yam
- Diphasiastrum — clubmosses
- Diphasiastrum complanatum — trailing clubmossDiphasiastrum complanatumDiphasiastrum complanatum Holub is a species of clubmoss native to dry coniferous forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom...
, northern ground-cedar, northern running-pine, flat-branched clubmoss, trailing evergreen, Christmas green, ground-pine - Diphasiastrum digitatum — fan clubmossDiphasiastrum digitatumDiphasiastrum digitatum is most commonly known as Groundcedar, along with other members of its genus, but the common name Fan Clubmoss can be used to refer to it specifically. It is the most common species of Diphasiastrum in North America. It is a type of plant known as a clubmoss, which is...
, 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
- Diphasiastrum complanatum — trailing clubmoss
- Diplazium — glade ferns
- Diplazium pycnocarpon — narrowleaf glade fernDiplazium pycnocarpon-Description:Diplazium pycnocarpon ' is a tall slender-leaved fern growing as individuals with 5 to 6 leaves. The plant spreads by creeping underground stems allowing a small colony to develop over time. The leaf blade is oblong-lanceolate and once-pinnate, unlike the closely related Athyrium...
, narrowleaf spleenwort
- Diplazium pycnocarpon — narrowleaf glade fern
- Dirca — leatherwoods
- Dirca palustris — leatherwoodsDirca palustrisDirca palustris, or Eastern Leatherwood, is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters. It is native to the eastern half of North America but uncommon, found in rich woods, and is occasionally cultivated. The species name, "palustris", means "of the swamps"...
, ropebark, moosewood, wicopy
- Dirca palustris — leatherwoods
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 — hoary whitlowgrass
- Draba lactea — milky whitlowgrassDraba lacteaDraba lactea is a flower common throughout the high Arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of Norway and Canada....
- Draba nemorosa — woodland whitlowgrass
- Draba nivalis — snow whitlowgrass, snow draba, yellow arctic whitlowgrass
- Draba norvegica — Norwegian whitlowgrass
- Draba reptans — Carolina whitlowgrass
- Dracocephalum — dragonheads
- Dracocephalum parviflorum — American dragonhead, dragonhead mint
- Drosera — sundews
- Drosera anglica — English sundewDrosera anglicaDrosera anglica, commonly known as the English sundew or Great sundew, is a carnivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate species with a generally circumboreal range, although it does occur as far south as Japan, southern Europe, and the island of Kauai in Hawaii, where...
- Drosera intermedia — spoonleaf sundewDrosera intermediaDrosera intermedia, commonly known as the oblong-leaved sundew or spoonleaf sundew, is an insectivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate or tropical species native to Europe, southeastern Canada, the eastern half of the United States, Cuba and northern South America.-...
, spatulate-leaf sundew, floating sundew, narrowleaf sundew - Drosera linearis — slenderleaf sundewDrosera linearisDrosera linearis, commonly called the slenderleaf sundew, is a sundew found in the Great Lakes region of North America, in Canada and the United States, such as in Michigan....
, linear-leaf sundew - Drosera rotundifolia — roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifoliaDrosera rotundifolia is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant often found in bogs, marshes and fens...
, dewplant
- Drosera anglica — English sundew
- Dryas — mountain avens
- Dryas drummondii — yellow mountain avens, Drummond's dryad
- Dryas integrifolia — white mountain avens
- Dryopteris — woodferns
- Dryopteris carthusiana — spinulose woodfernDryopteris carthusianaDryopteris carthusiana H.P. Fuchs is a species of fern native to damp forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom...
, spinulose shieldfern, toothed woodfern, narrow Buckler fern - Dryopteris clintoniana — Clinton's woodfernDryopteris clintonianaDryopteris clintoniana, commonly known as Clinton's wood fern, is a fern of hybrid origin native to the northern hemisphere. It is a fertile hexaploid, arising as a species by doubling of its chromosome number from a hybrid between Dryopteris cristata, a tetraploid, and Dryopteris goldiana, a...
- Dryopteris cristata — crested woodfernDryopteris cristataDryopteris cristata A. Gray is a species of fern native to wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. It is known as the crested wood fern...
- Dryopteris expansa — spreading woodfernDryopteris expansaDryopteris expansa, alpine buckler fern or spreading wood fern, is a species of fern native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, south at high altitudes in mountains to Spain and Greece in southern Europe, to Japan in eastern Asia, and to central California in North...
, northern Buckler fern, northern woodfern - Dryopteris filix-mas — male fernDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas is one of the most common ferns of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, occurring throughout much of Europe, Asia, and North America. It favours damp shaded areas and is common in the understory of woodlands, but is also found in shady places on hedge-banks, rocks, and screes...
, - Dryopteris fragrans — fragrant woodfern
- Dryopteris goldiana — Goldie's woodfernDryopteris goldianaDryopteris goldiana or Goldie's wood fern is a fern native to the Northeastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada.It can grow larger than any other native North American Dryopteris species. Specimens are known with fronds six feet tall.It is one of the parents of the hybrids Dryopteris...
- Dryopteris intermedia — evergreen woodfernDryopteris intermediaDryopteris intermedia A. Gray, the intermediate wood fern, is an evergreen eastern North American species also occasionally found in Europe. It is a diploid species, and is the parent of several species of hybrid origin, including Dryopteris carthusiana.This fern is often confused with several...
- Dryopteris marginalis — marginal woodfernDryopteris marginalisDryopteris marginalis is known as the marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern. The marginal wood fern favors damp shady areas and is found throughout eastern North America. It favors moderately acid to circumneutral soils. It favors cooler areas, but is fairly drought-resistant once established...
, leather woodfern
- Dryopteris carthusiana — spinulose woodfern
Du
- Dulichium — threeway sedges
- Dulichium arundinaceum — threeway sedge
- Dupontia — tundra grasses
- Dupontia fisheri — Fischer's tundra grass, Fischer's dupontia
Dy
- Dyssodia — dogweeds
- Dyssodia papposa — fœtid dogweed