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List of Canadian plants by family This is the list of the plants in Canada, ordered by Family (biology), family. This list does not include List of introduced species to North America, introduced species, which form a separate list. * List of Canadian Heritage Wheat Varieties ...

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

* '' Acmispon decumbens'', syn. ''Lotus nevadensis'' – Nevada bird's-foot trefoil * ''

Amorpha canescens ''Amorpha canescens'', known as leadplant, downy indigo bush, prairie shoestring, or buffalo bellows, is a small, perennial semi-shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to North America. It has very small purple flowers with yellow stamens whi ...

'' – downy indigobush * ''

Amorpha fruticosa ''Amorpha fruticosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is native to North America. Description ''Amorpha f ...

'' – false indigobush * '' Amorpha nana'' – fragrant indigobush * ''

Amphicarpaea bracteata ''Amphicarpaea bracteata'' (hog-peanut or ground bean) is an annual to perennial vine in the legume family, native to woodland, thickets, and moist slopes in eastern North America. Description Leaves have three leaflets and are held alternate ...

'' – American hog-peanut * ''

Apios americana ''Apios americana'', sometimes called the American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut (not to be confused with other plants in the subfamily Faboideae sometimes known by that na ...

'' – American groundnut * '' Astragalus adsurgens'' – rattle milkvetch * ''

Astragalus agrestis ''Astragalus agrestis'' is a species of milkvetch known by the common names purple milkvetch, purple loco, and field milkvetch. It is native to much of western and northern North America from most of Canada to the southwestern United States, as w ...

'' – Don meadow milkvetch * ''

Astragalus alpinus ''Astragalus alpinus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine milkvetch. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Distribution It is ...

'' – alpine milkvetch * '' Astragalus americanus'' – American milkvetch * ''

Astragalus australis ''Astragalus australis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Indian milkvetch. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including northern North America, Europe, and temperate Asia. Descripti ...

'' – Indian milkvetch * '' Astragalus beckwithii'' – Beckwith's milkvetch * '' Astragalus bisulcatus'' – two-grooved milkvetch * '' Astragalus bodinii'' – Bodin's milkvetch * '' Astragalus bourgovii'' – Bourgeau's milkvetch * ''

Astragalus canadensis ''Astragalus canadensis'' is a common and widespread member of the milkvetch genus in the legume family, known commonly as Canadian milkvetch. The plant is found throughout Canada and the United States in many habitats including wetlands, woodl ...

'' – Canadian milkvetch * '' Astragalus collinus'' – rattle milkvetch * '' Astragalus convallarius'' – lesser rushy milkvetch * ''

Astragalus crassicarpus ''Astragalus crassicarpus'', known as ground plum or buffalo plum, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to North America. It was described in 1813. The fruit is edible and was used by Native Americans ...

'' – ground-plum * ''

Astragalus drummondii ''Astragalus drummondii'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Drummond's milkvetch. The botanist Thomas Drummond first identified the plant during his travels in North America from 1825 to 1835, the year ...

'' – Drummond's milkvetch * ''

Astragalus eucosmus ''Astragalus eucosmus'', commonly known as elegant milkvetch or pretty milkvetch, is a species of milkvetch in the legume family. Distribution ''Astragalus eucosmus'' is found in a continuous distribution across almost every Canadian provinc ...

'' – pretty milkvetch * ''

Astragalus filipes ''Astragalus filipes'' is a species of milkvetch known by the common name basalt milkvetch. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially dry areas. Descri ...

'' – basalt milkvetch * ''

Astragalus flexuosus Astragalus may refer to: * ''Astragalus'' (plant), a large genus of herbs and small shrubs *Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone See also *Astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surf ...

'' – flexible milkvetch * ''

Astragalus gilviflorus Astragalus may refer to: * ''Astragalus'' (plant), a large genus of herbs and small shrubs *Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone See also *Astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surf ...

'' – three-leaf milkvetch * ''

Astragalus kentrophyta ''Astragalus kentrophyta'' is a species of milkvetch known by the common name spiny milkvetch. It is native to western North America from central to west Canada, to California, to New Mexico. It grows in rocky mountainous areas, such as the Sierr ...

'' – spiny milkvetch * ''

Astragalus lentiginosus Astragalus lentiginosus ''Astragalus lentiginosus'' is a species of legume native to western North America where it grows in a range of habitats. Common names include spotted locoweed page 752 and freckled milkvetch. There are a great number of w ...

'' – mottled milkvetch * ''

Astragalus lotiflorus Astragalus may refer to: * ''Astragalus'' (plant), a large genus of herbs and small shrubs *Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone See also *Astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surf ...

'' – low milkvetch * ''

Astragalus microcystis Astragalus may refer to: * ''Astragalus'' (plant), a large genus of herbs and small shrubs *Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone See also *Astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surf ...

'' – least bladdery milkvetch * ''

Astragalus miser ''Astragalus miser'', the timber milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. A perennial, it is native to western North America, except California. One of the locoweeds toxic to livestock, it contains miserotoxin. Subtaxa ...

'' – timber milkvetch * '' Astragalus missouriensis'' – Missouri milkvetch * ''

Astragalus neglectus ''Astragalus neglectus'', or Cooper's milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to northeastern North America. Description ''Astragalus neglectus'' is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing 30 to 90 cm tall. The al ...

'' – Cooper's milkvetch * '' Astragalus nutzotinensis'' – Nutzotin milkvetch * '' Astragalus pectinatus'' – narrowleaf milkvetch * '' Astragalus purshii'' – Pursh's milkvetch * '' Astragalus racemosus'' – racemose milkvetch * '' Astragalus robbinsii'' – Robbins' milkvetch * '' Astragalus sclerocarpus'' – woody-pod milkvetch * '' Astragalus spaldingii'' – Spalding's milkvetch * '' Astragalus spatulatus'' – tufted milkvetch * ''

Astragalus tenellus Astragalus may refer to: * ''Astragalus'' (plant), a large genus of herbs and small shrubs *Astragalus (bone), the talus or ankle bone See also *Astragal An astragal is a Moulding (decorative), moulding profile composed of a half-round surf ...

'' – looseflower milkvetch * '' Astragalus umbellatus'' – tundra milkvetch * '' Astragalus vexilliflexus'' – bent-flowered milkvetch * '' Astragalus williamsii'' – Williams' milkvetch * '' Baptisia alba'' – prairie false indigo * ''

Baptisia tinctoria ''Baptisia tinctoria'' (common names include yellow false indigo, wild indigo, wild-indigo and horseflyweed) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. Distribution and habitat ''Baptisia tinct ...

'' – yellow wild indigo * ''

Cercis canadensis ''Cercis canadensis'', the eastern redbud, is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, native to eastern North America from southern Michigan south to central Mexico, west to New Mexico. Species thrive as far west as California and as far north as ...

'' – eastern redbud * ''

Dalea candida ''Dalea candida'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name white prairie clover. It is native to North America, where it can be found throughout central Canada, the central United States, and northern Mexico. ...

'' – white prairie-clover * ''

Dalea purpurea ''Dalea purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known as purple prairie clover.Dalea villosa'' – silky prairie-clover * '' Desmodium canadense'' – showy tick-trefoil * '' Desmodium canescens'' – hoary tick-trefoil * '' Desmodium cuspidatum'' – toothed tick-trefoil * '' Desmodium glutinosum'' – large tick-trefoil * '' Desmodium nudiflorum'' – bare-stemmed tick-trefoil * ''

Desmodium paniculatum ''Desmodium paniculatum'', the panicled-leaf ticktrefoil, narrow-leaf tick-trefoil or panicled tickclover, is a perennial herb in the pea family, Fabaceae. Belonging to a nearly cosmopolitan genus, the panicled-leaf ticktrefoil is a common nativ ...

'' – panicled-leaf tick-trefoil * ''

Desmodium perplexum ''Desmodium perplexum'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America. The specific name ''perplexum'' refers to the confusion surrounding this species since its initial description in 1950. ...

'' – perplexed tick-trefoil * ''

Desmodium rotundifolium ''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. Species are distr ...

'' – prostrate tick-trefoil * ''

Gleditsia triacanthos The honey locust (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey ...

'' – honey-locust * ''

Glycyrrhiza lepidota ''Glycyrrhiza lepidota'' (American licorice) is a species of ''Glycyrrhiza'' (a genus in the pea/bean family, Fabaceae) native to most of North America, from central Canada south through the United States to California, Texas and Virginia, but ...

'' – wild licorice * ''

Gymnocladus dioicus The Kentucky coffeetree (''Gymnocladus dioicus''), also known as American coffee berry, Kentucky mahogany, nicker tree, and stump tree, is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Midwestern United Sta ...

'' – Kentucky coffee-tree * ''

Hedysarum alpinum ''Hedysarum alpinum'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine sweetvetch. It is called ''masu'', ''masru'' or ''mazu'' in the Iñupiaq language. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughou ...

'' – alpine sweetvetch * '' Hedysarum boreale'' – boreal sweetvetch * '' Hedysarum occidentale'' – western sweetvetch * '' Hedysarum sulphurescens'' – yellow sweetvetch * '' Lathyrus bijugatus'' – Latah tule-pea * ''

Lathyrus japonicus ''Lathyrus japonicus'', the sea pea, beach pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to temperate coastal areas of the Northern Hemisphere, and Argentina. It is a herbaceous pere ...

'' – beach pea * '' Lathyrus littoralis'' – grey beach peavine * '' Lathyrus nevadensis'' – Sierra Nevada peavine * '' Lathyrus ochroleucus'' – pale vetchling peavine * ''

Lathyrus palustris ''Lathyrus palustris'' is a species of wild pea known by the common name marsh pea. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North America. It is a perennial herb with leaves made up of oval-shaped or oblong leaflets a few centimeters long. It has bran ...

'' – vetchling peavine * ''

Lathyrus venosus ''Lathyrus venosus'' is a species of flowering plant native to North America. It is part of the botanical family Fabaceae and is commonly known as veiny pea. Description ''Lathyrus venosus'' is a perennial vine with herbaceous stems, growing f ...

'' – smooth veiny peavine * ''

Lespedeza capitata ''Lespedeza'' is a genus of some 45 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (''hagi''). The genus is native to warm t ...

'' – roundhead bushclover * ''

Lespedeza hirta ''Lespedeza hirta'', the hairy lespedeza or hairy bush clover, is a perennial forb native to Ontario and the eastern United States. It grows at most three feet high. It has inconspicuous small white blooms in the summer and prefers average to dry ...

'' – hairy bushclover * '' Lespedeza intermedia'' – wand bushclover * '' Lespedeza procumbens'' – trailing bushclover * ''

Lespedeza violacea ''Lespedeza violacea'', commonly known as wand lespedeza or violet lespedeza, is a species of herbaceous plant in the legume family. It is native to eastern North America, where it is widespread. It is found in woodlands, savannas, prairies, an ...

'' – violet bushclover * ''

Lespedeza virginica ''Lespedeza virginica'', known as slender bush clover or slender lespedeza, is a species of flowering plant native to much of the United States, as well as Ontario, Canada, and Nuevo León, Mexico. It is a member of the bean family, Fabaceae. D ...

'' – slender bushclover * '' Lespedeza x longifolia'' * '' Lespedeza x nuttallii'' – Nuttall's bushclover * '' Lotus denticulatus'' – meadow trefoil * '' Lotus formosissimus'' – seaside trefoil * '' Lotus micranthus'' – smallflower trefoil * '' Lotus parviflorus'' – smallflower trefoil * '' Lotus pinnatus'' – bog bird's-foot trefoil * '' Lotus unifoliolatus'' – American bird's-foot trefoil * '' Lupinus albicaulis'' – sickle-keel lupine * ''

Lupinus arbustus ''Lupinus arbustus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name longspur lupine. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in several types of habitat, including sagebrush and forests. ...

'' – longspur lupine * ''

Lupinus arcticus ''Lupinus arcticus'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Arctic lupine or subalpine lupine. It is native to northwestern North America, where it occurs from Oregon north to Alaska and east to Nunavut. ...

'' – Arctic lupine * ''

Lupinus argenteus ''Lupinus argenteus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name silvery lupine. It is native to much of western North America from the southwestern Canadian provinces to northernmost Mexico and as far east as the Great Plains. It grows in s ...

'' – silvery lupine * ''

Lupinus bicolor ''Lupinus bicolor'' is a species of lupine known as the miniature lupine, Lindley's annual lupine, pigmy-leaved lupine, or bicolor lupine. It is a showy flowering annual or perennial plant native to western North America, from northwestern Baj ...

'' – Lindley's lupine * ''

Lupinus bingenensis ''Lupinus bingenensis'', common name bingen lupine or Suksdorf's lupine, is a plant species native to the US states of Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon as well as from British Columbia. Lupinus grows well in mountainous regions. The name hon ...

'' – Bingen lupine * '' Lupinus burkei'' – Burke's lupine * '' Lupinus caespitosus'' – stemless dwarf lupine * ''

Lupinus caudatus ''Lupinus caudatus'' is a widespread species of wildflower in genus ''Lupinus'' from western North America known by the common names tailcup lupin and spurred lupin. It is distinctive for the short spur on its purple-blue flowers, for which it is ...

'' – Kellogg's spurred lupine * ''

Lupinus densiflorus ''Lupinus microcarpus'', the wide-bannered lupine or chick lupine, is a species of lupine native to western North America from southwestern British Columbia south through Oregon and California, including the Mojave Desert, and into Baja Californi ...

'' – dense-flowered lupine * ''

Lupinus formosus ''Lupinus formosus'', the summer lupine or western lupine, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to California and Oregon in the United States. ''Lupinus formosus'' has been cited as a poisonous plant. Alth ...

'' – summer lupine * '' Lupinus kuschei'' – Yukon lupine * ''

Lupinus latifolius ''Lupinus latifolius'' is a species of lupine known by the common name broadleaf lupine. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California to New Mexico, where it is common and can be found in several types of habita ...

'' – broadleaf lupine * '' Lupinus lepidus'' – prairie lupine * ''

Lupinus leucophyllus ''Lupinus leucophyllus'' is a species of Lupinus, lupine known by the common name velvet lupine. It is native to western North America, where it grows in many types of mountain, prairie, and plateau habitat. It is a robust, branching, erect peren ...

'' – woolly-leaf lupine * ''

Lupinus littoralis ''Lupinus littoralis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name seashore lupine. It is native to the coastline of western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in sandy habitat. It is a low perennial ...

'' – seashore lupine * '' Lupinus lyallii'' – Lyall's lupine * '' Lupinus minimus'' – Kettle Falls lupine * ''

Lupinus nootkatensis ''Lupinus nootkatensis'', the Nootka lupine, is a perennial plant of the genus ''Lupinus'' in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America and was introduced to Europe in the late 18th century. It grows up to 60 cm tall, and ha ...

'' – Nootka lupine * '' Lupinus oreganus'' – Oregon lupine * '' Lupinus parviflorus'' – lodgepole lupine * ''

Lupinus perennis ''Lupinus perennis'' (also wild perennial lupine, wild lupine, sundial lupine, blue lupine, Indian beet, or old maid's bonnets) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Description The leaves are Leaf#Divisions of the blade, palmately comp ...

'' – sundial lupine * '' Lupinus polycarpus'' – smallflower lupine * ''

Lupinus polyphyllus ''Lupinus polyphyllus'', the large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine, blue-pod lupine, or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin, is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British ...

'' – largeleaf lupine * '' Lupinus prunophilus'' – hairy bigleaf lupine * '' Lupinus pusillus'' – small lupine * ''

Lupinus rivularis ''Lupinus rivularis'' is a species of lupine known by the common name riverbank lupine native to North America. It is also commonly known as river lupine, streambank lupine, and stream lupine.Darris, D.; Young-Mathews, A. Plant Fact Sheet for Ri ...

'' – riverbank lupine * '' Lupinus sericeus'' – Pursh's silky lupine * '' Lupinus sulphureus'' – sulphur-flower lupine * '' Lupinus vallicola'' – open lupine * '' Lupinus wyethii'' – Wyeth's lupine * '' Lupinus x alpestris'' * ''

Oxytropis arctica ''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being tox ...

'' – arctic crazyweed * '' Oxytropis besseyi'' – Bessey's locoweed * '' Oxytropis borealis'' – boreal locoweed * ''

Oxytropis campestris ''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being to ...

'' – northern yellow pointvetch * '' Oxytropis deflexa'' – pendant-pod pointvetch * ''

Oxytropis huddelsonii ''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being to ...

'' – Huddelson's crazyweed * '' Oxytropis lagopus'' – hare's-foot pointvetch * ''

Oxytropis lambertii ''Oxytropis lambertii'' commonly known as purple locoweed, Colorado locoweed, Lambert's crazy weed, or Lambert’s Locoweed is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. Distribution It is native to grasslands in the Canadian Prairie of ...

'' – stemless pointvetch * '' Oxytropis maydelliana'' – Maydell's pointvetch * '' Oxytropis mertensiana'' – Mertens' crazyweed * ''

Oxytropis monticola ''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being to ...

'' – yellowflower locoweed * ''

Oxytropis nigrescens ''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being to ...

'' – blackish crazyweed * ''

Oxytropis podocarpa ''Oxytropis podocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names stalkpod locoweed, stalked-pod crazyweed, and Gray's point-vetch. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the northern latitudes, f ...

'' – Gray's pointvetch * '' Oxytropis scammaniana'' – Scamman's crazyweed * ''

Oxytropis sericea ''Oxytropis sericea'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names white locoweed, white point-vetch, whitepoint crazyweed, and silky crazyweed. It is native to western North America from Yukon and British Colum ...

'' – white pointvetch * '' Oxytropis splendens'' – showy pointvetch * '' Pediomelum argophyllum'' – silvery scurfpea * ''

Pediomelum esculentum ''Pediomelum esculentum'', synonym ''Psoralea esculenta'', common name prairie turnip or timpsila, is an herbaceous perennial plant native to prairies and dry woodlands of central North America, which bears a starchy tuberous root edible as a ro ...

'' – pomme-de-prairie * ''

Psoralidium lanceolatum ''Ladeania lanceolata'' (syn. ''Psoralidium lanceolatum'') is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including lemon scurfpea, wild lemonweed, and dune scurfpea.Psoralidium tenuiflorum ''Pediomelum tenuiflorum'', the slimflower scurfpea, is a perennial in the pea family. It is about tall and has a lot of leaves on top. Its leaves can reach a length of . This flower can be found mainly in the central and southwestern U.S. Des ...

'' – few-flowered scurfpea * '' Rupertia physodes'' – California scurfpea * ''

Senna hebecarpa ''Senna hebecarpa'', with the common names American senna and wild senna, is a species of legume native to eastern North America. (1916): '' Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors.'TXT fulltextat Project G ...

'' – wild senna * '' Strophostyles helvula'' – trailing wild bean * ''

Tephrosia virginiana ''Tephrosia virginiana'', also known as goat-rue, goat's rue, catgut, rabbit pea, Virginia tephrosia, hoary pea, and devil's shoestring is a perennial dicot in family Fabaceae. The plant is native to central and eastern North America. Descript ...

'' – goat's-rue * ''

Thermopsis rhombifolia ''Thermopsis rhombifolia'', also known as prairie thermopsis, is a flowering plant in the legume family. It is native to North America, where it is found in the Great Plains, with extensions into the lower canyons of the Rocky Mountains. Its na ...

'' – roundleaf thermopsis * '' Trifolium cyathiferum'' – bowl clover * '' Trifolium depauperatum'' – balloon sack clover * '' Trifolium dichotomum'' – branched Indian clover * '' Trifolium fucatum'' – sour clover * '' Trifolium macraei'' – McCrae's clover * '' Trifolium microcephalum'' – smallhead clover * '' Trifolium microdon'' – Valparaiso clover * '' Trifolium oliganthum'' – few-flower clover * ''

Trifolium variegatum ''Trifolium variegatum'' is a species of clover known by the common name whitetip clover. It is native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia to Baja California, where it occurs in many types of habitat. Description ...

'' – whitetip clover * '' Trifolium willdenowii'' – springbank clover * ''

Trifolium wormskioldii ''Trifolium wormskioldii'' is a species of clover''Trifoli ...

'' – Wormskjold's clover * ''

Vicia americana ''Vicia americana'' is a species of legume in the vetch genus known by the common names American vetch and purple vetch. It includes a subspecies known as mat vetch. Description It is a climbing perennial forb that grows from both taproot and r ...

'' – American purple vetch * ''

Vicia caroliniana ''Vicia caroliniana'' (common name Carolina vetch, or Carolina wood vetch) is a plant found in North America. It is a perennial leguminous vine found in a variety of habitats. Description The compound leaves of ''V. caroliniana'' are alternat ...

'' – Carolina wood vetch * '' Vicia nigricans'' – black vetch

Fabroniaceae Fabroniaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales. It has a worldwide distribution, in temperate and tropical regions. The Fabroniaceae were established by Schimper (in 1855) to accommodate three genera: ''Fabronia'' , ''Anacamp ...

* '' Anacamptodon splachnoides'' – knothole moss * '' Fabronia ciliaris'' * '' Fabronia pusilla''

Fagaceae The Fagaceae (; ) are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with around 1,000 or more species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species ...

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Castanea dentata The American chestnut (''Castanea dentata'') is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern North America. As is true of all species in the genus '' Castanea'', the American chestnut produces burred fruit with ed ...

'' – American chestnut * ''

Fagus grandifolia Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted species i ...

'' – American beech * ''

Quercus alba ''Quercus alba'', the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as ...

'' – white oak * ''

Quercus bicolor ''Quercus bicolor'', the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. It can survive in a variety of habitats. It forms ...

'' – swamp white oak * ''

Quercus ellipsoidalis ''Quercus ellipsoidalis'', the northern pin oak or Hill's oak, is a North American species of oak tree native to the north-central United States and south-central Canada, primarily in the Great Lakes region and the Upper Mississippi Valley. It ...

'' – northern pin oak * ''

Quercus garryana ''Quercus garryana'' is an oak tree species named for Nicholas Garry, deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. It is commonly known as the Garry oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak. The species is found in the Pacific Northwest, with a rang ...

'' – Oregon white oak * ''

Quercus ilicifolia ''Quercus ilicifolia'', commonly known as bear oak or scrub oak, is a small shrubby oak native to the Eastern United States and, less commonly, in southeastern Canada. Its range in the United States extends from Maine to North Carolina, with repo ...

'' – scrub oak * ''

Quercus macrocarpa ''Quercus macrocarpa'', the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oa ...

'' – bur oak * ''

Quercus muehlenbergii ''Quercus muehlenbergii'', the chinquapin (or chinkapin) oak, is a deciduous species of tree in the white oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''). The species was often called ''Quercus acuminata'' in older literature. ''Quercus muehlenbergii'' ...

'' – Chinquapin oak * ''

Quercus palustris ''Quercus palustris'', also called pin oak, swamp oak, or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native rang ...

'' – pin oak * ''

Quercus prinoides ''Quercus prinoides'', commonly known as dwarf chinkapin oak, dwarf chinquapin oak, dwarf chestnut oak or scrub chestnut oak, is a shrubby, clone-forming oak native to central-eastern North America. Description The dwarf chinkapin oak is a s ...

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Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been intro ...

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Quercus shumardii ''Quercus shumardii'', the Shumard oak, spotted oak, Schneck oak, Shumard red oak, or swamp red oak, is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is closely related to '' Quercus buckleyi'' ...

'' – Shumard's oak * ''

Quercus velutina ''Quercus velutina'' (Latin 'velutina', "velvety") , the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''), native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is sometimes called the eastern black oak ...

'' – black oak * '' Quercus x bebbiana'' * '' Quercus x deamii'' * '' Quercus x hawkinsiae'' * '' Quercus x jackiana'' * '' Quercus x palaeolithicola'' * '' Quercus x schuettei''

Fissidentaceae Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with many species of dry or disturbed areas. They are distinguished by their spores; the perist ...

* '' Fissidens adianthoides'' * '' Fissidens aphelotaxifolius'' * ''

Fissidens bryoides ''Fissidens'' is a genus of over 480 species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Fissidentaceae Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses ...

'' * '' Fissidens bushii'' * ''

Fissidens dubius ''Fissidens dubius'', commonly known as the rock-pocket moss, is a species of moss belonging to the family Fissidentaceae. First species description, described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1805 from material collected in Philadelphia, it is a relati ...

'' * '' Fissidens exilis'' – small pocket moss * '' Fissidens fontanus'' * ''

Fissidens grandifrons ''Fissidens grandifrons'' is a moss which is the largest of the family Fissidentaceae Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with m ...

'' * '' Fissidens limbatus'' * '' Fissidens obtusifolius'' * '' Fissidens osmundioides'' – Osmund fissidens moss * '' Fissidens pauperculus'' * ''

Fissidens subbasilaris ''Fissidens'' is a genus of over 480 species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Fissidentaceae Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses ...

'' * '' Fissidens taxifolius'' * '' Fissidens ventricosus''

Fontinalaceae Fontinalaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales. Genera: * '' Brachelyma'' Schimp. ex Cardot (1) * '' Cryphaeadelphus'' (Müller Hal.) J.Cardot, 1904 * '' Dichelyma'' Myrin (10) * ''Fontinalis ''Fontinalis'' is a genus of ...

* '' Dichelyma capillaceum'' * '' Dichelyma falcatum'' * '' Dichelyma pallescens'' * '' Dichelyma uncinatum'' – dichelyma moss * '' Fontinalis antipyretica'' – aquatic moss * '' Fontinalis dalecarlica'' * ''

Fontinalis flaccida ''Fontinalis'' is a genus of submerged aquatic mosses belonging to the subclass Bryidae. These mosses are also called willow moss, fountain moss, brook moss and water moss. The genus is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and includes both spec ...

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Fontinalis hypnoides ''Fontinalis hypnoides'' is a species of moss belonging to the family Fontinalaceae Fontinalaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales. Genera: * '' Brachelyma'' Schimp. ex Cardot (1) * '' Cryphaeadelphus'' (Müller Hal.) J.C ...

'' * '' Fontinalis macmillanii'' * '' Fontinalis missourica'' * ''

Fontinalis neomexicana ''Fontinalis'' is a genus of submerged aquatic mosses belonging to the subclass Bryidae. These mosses are also called willow moss, fountain moss, brook moss and water moss. The genus is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and includes both spec ...

'' * '' Fontinalis novae-angliae'' * ''

Fontinalis sphagnifolia ''Fontinalis'' is a genus of submerged aquatic mosses belonging to the subclass Bryidae. These mosses are also called willow moss, fountain moss, brook moss and water moss. The genus is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and includes both spec ...

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Fontinalis sullivantii ''Fontinalis'' is a genus of submerged aquatic mosses belonging to the subclass Bryidae. These mosses are also called willow moss, fountain moss, brook moss and water moss. The genus is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and includes both spec ...

Fossombroniaceae Fossombroniaceae (sometimes Codoniaceae) is a family of liverworts in the order Metzgeriales. Most species are small and thallose, but the thallus is typically ruffled to give the appearance of being leafy. The family was long called the Codoni ...

* '' Fossombronia foveolata'' * '' Fossombronia longiseta'' * '' Fossombronia wondraczekii''

Fumariaceae Fumarioideae is a subfamily of the family Papaveraceae (the poppy family). It was formerly treated as a separate family, the Fumariaceae (the fumitory, fumewort or bleeding-heart family). It consists of about 575 species of herbaceous plants in ...

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Adlumia fungosa ''Adlumia fungosa'' is a species in the Papaveraceae that is commonly known as the Allegheny vine, climbing fumitory, or mountain fringe. It is a herbaceous, creeping, flowering plant and is closely related to the Fumitory genus, '' Fumaria''. ' ...

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Corydalis aurea ''Corydalis aurea,'' also known as scrambled eggs, golden smoke, or golden corydalis, is a flowering plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). The plant has a broad range stretching across North America and is able to thrive within a variety of eco ...

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Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habitat ...

'' – yellow corydalis * '' Corydalis pauciflora'' – few-flower corydalis * '' Corydalis scouleri'' – Scouler's corydalis * '' Corydalis sempervirens'' – pale corydalis * ''

Dicentra canadensis ''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 ...

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Dicentra cucullaria ''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 derive ...

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Dicentra formosa ''Dicentra formosa'' (western, wild or Pacific bleeding-heart) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae (subfamily: Fumarioideae). With its fern-like foliage and inflorescence of drooping pink, purple, yellow or cream "he ...

'' – Pacific bleedinghearts * '' Dicentra uniflora'' – one-flower bleedinghearts

Funariaceae The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales Funariales is an order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categoriza ...

* '' Aphanorrhegma serratum'' * '' Entosthodon fascicularis'' * '' Entosthodon rubiginosus'' * ''

Funaria americana ''Funaria'' is a genus of approximately 210 species of moss. ''Funaria hygrometrica'' is the most common species. ''Funaria hygrometrica'' is called “cord moss” because of the twisted seta which is very hygroscopic and untwists when moist. T ...

'' * '' Funaria flavicans'' * ''

Funaria hygrometrica ''Funaria hygrometrica'', the bonfire moss or common cord-moss, is a type of water moss which grows on shady, moist soil. It can also be found on moist walls and the crevices of rocks and places where recent fires have taken place. It has been re ...

'' * '' Funaria microstoma'' * '' Funaria muhlenbergii'' * ''

Physcomitrella patens ''Physcomitrella patens'' is a synonym of ''Physcomitrium patens'', the spreading earthmoss. It is a moss, a bryophyte used as a model organism for studies on plant evolution, development, and physiology. Distribution and ecology ''Physcomitr ...

'' * '' Physcomitrium collenchymatum'' * '' Physcomitrium hookeri'' * '' Physcomitrium immersum'' * '' Physcomitrium pyriforme'' * Canada,family,F {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian plants by family F