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Shrubs, Herbs and Other Plants
This subsection provides a sampling of the commonest shrub, herb and other plant species of the world's boreal forest regions outside of Northwestern Ontario.
World Boreal Species of Common Herbs, Wildflowers, Grasses, Mosses, Aquatic Plants... Allium canadense - Wild Garlic Ambrosia artemisiifolia - Common Ragweed Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine Artemisia stelleriana - Dusty Miller Bellis perennis - English Daisy Brassica campestris - Field Mustard Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold Cetraria islandica - Iceland Moss Cichorium intybus - Chicory Cirsium discolor - Field Thistle Claytonia sibirica - Pink purslane, "Siberian Miner's Lettuce" Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock Conyza canadensis - Canadian Fleabane, "Horseweed" Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove Eritrichum nanum - Alpine Forget-me-not Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily Gentiana algida - Arctic Gentian Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium Helianthus annuus - Common Sunflower Hierochloe odorata - Sweet Grass Huperzia selago - Mountain Clubmoss Hymenoxys grandiflora - Alpine Sunflower Kochia scoparia - Burning Bush Lactuca serriola - Prickly Lettuce Lemna minor - Lesser Duckweed Lilium canadense - Canada Lily Lobelia dortmanna - Water Lobelia Lycopodium annotinum - Stiff Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum - Running Ground Pine Lythrum salicaria - Purple Loosestrife Mentha arvensis - Wild Mint Mentzelia laevicaulis - Northern Blazing Star Myriophyllum sibiricum - Common Water Milfoil Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Water-lily Oenothera biennis - Common Evening Primrose Oenothera pallida - Pale Evening Primrose Oxalis acetosella - Common Wood Sorrel Phleum pratense - Timothy Phragmites communis - Common Reed Plantago lanceolata - English Plantain Podophyllum peltatum - May Apple Pontederia cordata - Pickerelweed Ranunculus acris - Common Buttercup Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum - True Watercress Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan Sanguisorba canadensis - Canadian Burnet Sarracenia purpurea - Northern Pitcher Plant Saxifraga oppositifolia - Purple Mountain Saxifrage Scirpus acutus (lacustris) - Hardstem Bulrush Scirpus cyperinus - Marsh Bulrush Silene acaulis - Moss Campion Sisyrinchium angustifolium - Blue-eyed Grass Sium suave - Water Parsnip Solanum carolinense - Horse-nettle Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass Spiraea latifolia - Meadowsweet Taraxacum officinale - Common Dandelion Trifolium pratense - Red Clover Trifolium repens - White Clover Typha latifolia - Common Cattail Utricularia minor - Lesser Bladderwort Vinca minor - Lesser Periwinkle Viola canadensis - Canada Violet Zizania aquatica - Wild Rice GLOSSARIES Terminology | Pictorial TREES OF THE WORD'S BOREAL FORESTS Plants of Northwestern OntarioTREES | SHRUBS | HERBS | GRAMINOIDSFERNS & FERN-ALLIES | BROPHYTES & LICHENS | Home | Forest Capital of Canada | About Our Website | | Ontario's North (West) Forest | Boreal Forests of the World | North (West) Forest Industry | | World Links and Resources | "Forest Finder" Search Engine | Educational Resources | | What's Happening | Contacts | Site Map |
