List of the conifers of Canada - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Flora of Canada
The flora of Canada is quite diverse, due to the wide range of ecoregions and environmental conditions present in Canada. From the warm, temperate broadleaf forests of southern[Ontario to the frigi Arctic plains of the Northern Canada, from the wet temperate rainforests of the west coast to the...

This is a listing of the conifers of Canada
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...

, and includes the cypresses

Cupressaceae

The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera , which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130-140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdioecious or dioecious trees and shrubs from 1-116 m tall...

, juniper

Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...

s, fir

Fir

Firs are a genus of 48–55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range...

s, pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

s, spruce

Spruce

A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...

s, larch

Larch

Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. Growing from 15 to 50m tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains further south...

es, hemlock

Tsuga

Tsuga is a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. The common name hemlock is derived from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock....

s and yew

Taxus

Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...

s.
EX - Exotic (introduced)

Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae
The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera , which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130-140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdioecious or dioecious trees and shrubs from 1-116 m tall...

(cypresses)

Pinaceae
Pinaceae
Pinaceae are trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. The family is included in the order Pinales, formerly known as Coniferales. Pinaceae are supported as monophyletic by its protein-type sieve...

(pines)

Species name Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages...	Range in Canada										Global rank	Notes
	YK Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....	NT Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...			NU Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...			LB Labrador Labrador is the distinct, northerly region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle...	CA 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...
	BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...	AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...	PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...	NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...	NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
Abies amabilis Pacific silver fir	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Abies amabilis Pacific silver fir	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Abies balsamea Balsam fir	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Abies balsamea Balsam fir	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Abies grandis Grand fir	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Abies grandis Grand fir	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Larix decidua European larch	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... )
Larix decidua European larch	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Larix kaempferi Japanese larch	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... )
Larix kaempferi Japanese larch	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Larix laricina Tamarack	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Larix laricina Tamarack	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Larix lyallii Subalpine larch	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Larix lyallii Subalpine larch	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Larix occidentalis Western larch	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Larix occidentalis Western larch	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea abies Norway spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (N Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... )
Picea abies Norway spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea engelmannii Engelmann's spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Picea engelmannii Engelmann's spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea glauca White spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Picea glauca White spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea mariana Black spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Picea mariana Black spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea pungens Blue spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (W United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )
Picea pungens Blue spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea rubens Red spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Picea rubens Red spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Picea sitchensis Sitka spruce	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Picea sitchensis Sitka spruce	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus albicaulis Whitebark pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Vulnerable
Pinus albicaulis Whitebark pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Vulnerable
Pinus banksiana Jack pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	Introduced to NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
Pinus banksiana Jack pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus contorta Lodgepole pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pinus contorta Lodgepole pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus flexilis Limber pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pinus flexilis Limber pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus monticola Western white pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pinus monticola Western white pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus mugo Mugo pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... )
Pinus mugo Mugo pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus nigra Black pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (S Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... )
Pinus nigra Black pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	Introduced to AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus resinosa Red pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pinus resinosa Red pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus rigida Pitch pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	Introduced to NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
Pinus rigida Pitch pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus strobus Eastern white pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pinus strobus Eastern white pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus sylvestris Scots pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... ). Invasive Invasive species "Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions.... in NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... http://www.ofnc.ca/cfn/119-2/Catling3.pdf
Pinus sylvestris Scots pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pinus virginiana Virginia pine	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure	EX (E United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )
Pinus virginiana Virginia pine	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas-fir	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Tsuga heterophylla Western hemlock	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Tsuga heterophylla Western hemlock	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure
Tsuga mertensiana Mountain hemlock	YK	NT			NU			LB	CA		Secure
Tsuga mertensiana Mountain hemlock	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NF	Secure

Taxaceae
Taxaceae
The family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations , six genera and about 30 species....

(yews)

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TaxaceaeTaxaceaeThe family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations , six genera and about 30 species.... (yews)

Taxaceae
Taxaceae
The family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations , six genera and about 30 species....

(yews)