List of Canadian plants by genus B
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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.
Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.
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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.
Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z
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- BallotaBallotaBallota is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region. The type species for the genus is Ballota nigra.Ballota is paraphyletic and will...
- X Ballota nigra
- BalsamitaBalsamitaBalsamita is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....
- X Balsamita major
- BaptisiaBaptisiaBaptisia is a genus of about 35 plants in the legume family. One of the better known species is Blue Wild Indigo, which is native to North America and commonly grown in gardens....
- X Baptisia australis
- N Baptisia tinctoriaBaptisia tinctoriaBaptisia tinctoria is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America.-Distribution:...
— yellow wild-indigo
- BarbareaBarbareaBarbarea is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia.They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply...
- N Barbarea orthocerasBarbarea orthocerasBarbarea orthoceras is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name American yellowrocket. It is native to North America, including much of Canada and the western United States, as well as parts of Asia. It grows in moist areas such as meadows and riverbanks...
— erect-fruit wintercress - X Barbarea vulgarisBarbarea vulgarisBarbarea vulgaris, also called as Bittercress, Herb Barbara, Rocketcress, Yellow Rocketcress, Winter Rocket, and Wound Rocket, is a biennial herb of the genus Barbarea, belonging to the family Brassicaceae....
— yellow rocket, common wintercress
- N Barbarea orthoceras
- BartoniaBartoniaBartonia is a genus of the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae, subtribe Swertiinae. Members of this genus are called screwstems. Bartonia was also the name of a genus in the Loasaceae family, but all of those "Bartonia" species are now generally classified under the genus Mentzelia....
- N Bartonia paniculata subsp. paniculata — twining screwstem, branched bartonia Threatened
- N Bartonia virginica — yellow screwstem, yellow bartonia
- BartsiaBartsiaBartsia is a genus of plant in family Orobanchaceae. It contains the following species :* Bartsia alba, Molau* Bartsia pumila, Benth....
- N Bartsia alpinaBartsia alpinaBartsia alpina is a species of perennial flowering plant. It is known by the common name Velvetbells.-External links:**...
— velvetbells, alpine bartsia
- N Bartsia alpina
- BassiaBassiaBassia is a plant genus of the Amaranthaceae family.-Description:The species of genus Bassia are annuals or perennial subshrubs. Their leaves are very variable and show different C4 "kochioid" types of leaf anatomy. The flowers are normally inconspicuous, in spike-like inflorescences without...
- X Bassia hyssopifolia
Be
- Beckmania
- N Beckmannia syzigachneBeckmannia syzigachneBeckmannia syzigachne, American sloughgrass, slough grass, is an annual or short lived perennial bunchgrass in the Poaceae family found in shallow marshes or sloughs....
— American slough grass
- N Beckmannia syzigachne
- BelisBelisBeliş is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bălceşti, Beliş, Dealu Botii, Giurcuţa de Jos, Giurcuţa de Sus, Poiana Horea and Smida.- Demographics :...
- X Bellis perennisBellis perennisBellis perennis is a common European species of Daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name. Many related plants also share the name "Daisy", so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy. It is...
— English daisy
- X Bellis perennis
- BerberisBerberisBerberis , the barberries or pepperidge bushes, is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1-5 m tall with thorny shoots, native to the temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America. They are closely related to the genus...
- X Berberis aquifolium — Oregon grape, Oregon hollygrape, holly barberry
- X Berberis repens
- X Berberis thunbergiiBerberis thunbergiiBerberis thunbergii is a species of Berberis, native to Japan and eastern Asia....
— Japanese barberry, purple Japanese barberry - X Berberis vulgarisBerberis vulgarisBerberis vulgaris /// is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae, native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; it is also naturalised in northern Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia, and North America.It is a deciduous shrub growing up to 4 m high...
— European barberry, common barberry - X Berberis × ottawensis (B. thunbergii × B. vulgaris) — Ottawa barberry
- Berterboa
- X Berteroa incanaBerteroa incanaBerteroa incana is a plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae.Berteroa incana grows from a deep taproot and is an annual, biennial or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant with alternate, simple gray-green leaves. The foliage is rough with star shaped hairs...
— hoary alyssum, hoary false madwort
- X Berteroa incana
- BerulaBerulaBerula is a cosmopolitan monotypic genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, containing the single species Berula erecta, which is known by the common name cutleaf water parsnip, or also simply water parsnip as are some other plants in Apiaceae such as Sium latifolium and Sium suave. It is easily...
- N Berula erecta
- Betula
- N Betula alleghaniensisYellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis , is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Quebec and Ontario, and the southeast corner of Manitoba in Canada, west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.It is a...
— yellow birch - N Betula cordifoliaBetula cordifoliaBetula cordifolia is a birch species native to Eastern Canada and the North Eastern United States. Until recently it was considered a variety of Betula papyrifera , with which it shares many characteristics, and it was classified as B...
— heartleaf birch, mountain white birch, mountain paper birch - N Betula glandulosaAmerican Dwarf BirchBetula glandulosa, American Dwarf Birch, also known as Resin Birch or Shrub Birch, is a species of birch native to North America, occurring in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland, and south at high altitudes to northern California and Colorado in...
— American dwarf birch, glandular birch, scrub birch, dwarf resin birch, resin birch, tundra dwarf birch - N Betula lentaSweet BirchBetula lenta is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.-Characteristics and habitat:It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall with...
— sweet birch, cherry birch - N Betula minor — dwarf white birch
- N Betula neoalaskanaAlaska BirchBetula neoalaskana or Alaska Birch, also known as Alaska Paper Birch or Resin Birch, is a species of birch native to Alaska and northern Canada...
— Alaska birch, Alaskan paper birch, Alaska white birch - N Betula occidentalisBetula occidentalisBetula occidentalis is a species of birch native to western North America, in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United States from eastern Washington east to western North Dakota, and south to eastern California, northern Arizona and northern New Mexico, and also...
— water birch, western birch, western river birch, spring birch - N Betula papyriferaPaper BirchBetula papyrifera is a species of birch native to northern North America.-Description:...
— paper birch, white birch, canoe birch - X Betula pendula — European white birch, weeping birch, silver birch
- N Betula populifoliaGray BirchBetula populifolia is a deciduous tree native to North America. It ranges from southeastern Ontario east to Nova Scotia, and south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with disjunct populations in Indiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. It prefers poor, dry upland soils, but is also found in moist...
— grey birch, fire birch, old field birch, poverty birch - X Betula pubescens — downy birch, European white birch
- N Betula pumila — dwarf birch, bog birch, swamp birch
- N Betula × neoborealis (B. occidentalis × B. pumila)
- N Betula × purpusii (B. alleghaniensis × B. pumila)
- N Betula × sandbergii (B. papyrifera × B. pumila) — Sandberg's birch
- N Betula × sargentii (B. glandulosa × B. pumila) — Sargent's birch
- N Betula alleghaniensis
Bi
- BidensBidensBidens is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains about 200 species. The common names beggarticks, black jack, bur-marigolds, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the achene burrs on the seeds of this genus, most of which are barbed...
- X Bidens aristosaBidens aristosaBidens aristosa, commonly called Bearded Beggarticks, Long-bracted Beggarticks, Tickseed Beggarticks, or Western Tickseed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens...
— tickseed beggarticks - X Bidens bipinnata
- N Bidens cernua — nodding beggarticks, nodding burr marigold
- N Bidens connata — purplestem beggarticks, purplestem swamp beggarticks, connate beggarticks, southern tickseed
- N Bidens discoidea — swamp beggarticks, small beggarticks, discoid beggarticks, few-bracted beggarticks
- N Bidens frondosaBidens frondosaDevil's Beggarticks is an annual herb in the family Asteraceae, native to North America. It is known by a variety of different names, including Common Beggarticks, Common Tickseed, Large-leaved Beggarticks, Devil's Bootjack, Devil's Pitchfork, and Pitchfork Weed.It is up to 2 m tall, usually with...
— Devil's beggarticks, Devil's pitchfork, stick-tight, largeleaf beggarticks - N Bidens hyperborea — estuary beggarticks, coastal beggarticks, northern estuarine beggarticks, seacliff beggarticks
- N Bidens laevisBidens laevisBidens laevis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names bur-marigold and smooth beggarticks. It is native to the southern half of the United States, where it grows in wetlands, including estuaries and riverbanks. It is similar in appearance to its relative Bidens...
— smooth bur-marigold - X Bidens pilosaBidens pilosaBidens pilosa, commonly known as Spanish Needle, is a species in the plant family Asteraceae. It is an annual that grows up to 1 meter in height....
— hairy beggarticks - X Bidens polylepis — awnless beggarticks
- N Bidens tripartitaBidens tripartitaBidens tripartita, commonly known as Three-lobe Beggarticks, Three-part Beggarticks, Leafy-bracted Beggarticks or Trifid Bur-marigold, is a flowering plant in the genus Bidens. It is native to large parts of the Northern hemisphere, including Europe, the Indian subcontinent, North America,...
— threepart beggarticks, trifid burr-marigold - N Bidens vulgataBidens vulgataBidens vulgata is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name big devils beggartick. It is native to eastern North America, where it is a plant of wetlands. It is an introduced species in much of western North America as well as parts of Europe...
— tall beggarticks, stick-tight, big Devil's beggarticks
- X Bidens aristosa
Bl
- BlephiliaBlephiliaBlephilia is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. The species are most often found in thin woods and in granite and limestone soils...
- N Blephilia ciliata — downy woodmint
- N Blephilia hirsuta — hairy woodmint
- Blysmus
- N Blysmus rufus — red bulrush
Bo
- BoehmeriaBoehmeriaBoehmeria is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to Asia and North America. The species include herbaceous perennials, shrubs and small trees. Although related to nettles, this genus does not have stinging hairs...
- N Boehmeria cylindrica — false nettle, bog-hemp, smallspike false nettle
- BolboschoenusBolboschoenusBolboschoenus is a genus of plants in the sedge family....
- N Bolboschoenus fluviatilis — river bulrush, river clubrush
- N Bolboschoenus maritimusBolboschoenus maritimusBolboschoenus maritimus is a species of flowering plant from family Cyperaceae. Common names for this species include sea clubrush, cosmopolitan bulrush, alkali bulrush, saltmarsh bulrush, and bayonet grass...
— saltmarsh bulrush, bayonet grass, saltmarsh clubrush
- BoragoBoragoBorago , common name borage, is a genus of two species of herbs with large, hairy leaves that taste mildly of cucumber, and star-shaped purple-blue flowers which are prized for their flavour. The leaves are often added to teas and salads, and the flowers have been added to wine...
- X Borago officinalis — common borage, beeplant, beebread
- Botrychium
- N Botrychium acuminatum — pointed moonwort
- N Botrychium ascendensBotrychium ascendensBotrychium ascendens is a species of fern known by the common names triangle-lobe moonwort and upswept moonwort. It is native to North America from British Columbia to northern California as well as parts of eastern Canada. It lives in different habitat types, including grassy riverside areas...
— upswept moonwort, triangle-lobed moonwort - N Botrychium campestre — prairie moonwort, prairie dunewort
- N Botrychium dissectum — lacyleaf grapefern, cutleaf grapefern, cutleaf moonwort
- N Botrychium hesperium — western moonwort
- N Botrychium lanceolatum — lanceleaf grapefern, triangle moonwort
- N Botrychium lunariaBotrychium lunariaBotrychium lunaria is a species of fern known by the common name common moonwort. It is the most widely distributed moonwort, growing throughout the Northern Hemisphere across Eurasia and from Alaska to Greenland, as well as parts of the Southern Hemisphere including South America and Australia...
— common moonwort, moonwort grapefern - N Botrychium matricariifoliumBotrychium matricariifoliumBotrychium matricariifolium is a common species of fern known by the common names chamomile grape-fern, daisyleaf grape-fern, and matricary grape-fern. It is native to Europe and parts of eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the United States.This fleshy fern grows up to 30...
— daisyleaf moonwort, matricary grapefern, matricary moonwort, chamomile grapefern - N Botrychium minganenseBotrychium minganenseBotrychium minganense is a species of fern known by the common name Mingan moonwort. It is native to North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Arizona, where it is uncommon throughout most of its range, appearing at scattered spots in coniferous forests and marshy areas such as swamps...
— Mingan's moonwort - N Botrychium multifidumBotrychium multifidumSceptridium multifidum is a species of fern in the Moonwort Family, known by the common names leathery grapefern and leathery moonwort. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North America, where it is widespread and grows in moist areas in many habitat types. This is a fleshy, leathery plant growing...
— leathery grapefern - N Botrychium oneidense — Lake Oneida grapefern, blunt-lobed grapefern
- N Botrychium pallidum — pale moonwort
- N Botrychium pseudopinnatum — false northwestern moonwort
- N Botrychium rugulosum — St. Lawrence grapefern, rugulose grapefern, ternate grapefern
- N Botrychium simplex — little grapefern, least moonwort
- N Botrychium spathulatum — spatulate moonwort, spoonleaf moonwort
- N Botrychium virginianum — rattlesnake fern
- BoutelouaBoutelouaBouteloua is a genus of the grass family, Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as Grama. The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th century Spanish botanists.-Selected species:-External links:*...
- N Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats gramaBouteloua curtipendula, commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western Hemisphere, from Canada south to Argentina.-Description:...
— sideoats grama
- N Bouteloua curtipendula
Br
- BrachyelytrumBrachyelytrumBrachyelytrum is a small grass genus that occurs in eastern North America and eastern Asia. It is one of several grass species that displays this classic floristic disjunction pattern...
- N Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum — bearded shorthusk
- N Brachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum — northern shorthusk
- BraseniaBraseniaBrasenia is a genus belonging to the family Cabombaceae, consisting of one extant species widely distributed in warm temperate and tropical regions of the world. Brasenia is an aquatic perennial plant with floating, peltate leaves and rhizomatous stems...
- N Brasenia schreberi — watershield, purple wendock
- BrassicaBrassicaBrassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family . The members of the genus may be collectively known either as cabbages, or as mustards...
- X Brassica junceaBrassica junceaBrassica juncea, also known as mustard greens, Indian mustard, Chinese mustard, and leaf mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Subvarieties include southern giant curled mustard, which resembles a headless cabbage such as kale, but with a distinct horseradish-mustard flavor...
— Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, brown mustard, leaf mustard, Sarepta mustard - X Brassica napus — rutabaga, canola, Swedish turnip, rapeseed, colza, oilseed rape, annual rape
- X Brassica nigraBrassica nigraBrassica nigra is an annual weedy plant cultivated for its seeds, which are commonly used as a spice.-Description:...
— black mustard - X Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea, or wild cabbage, is a species of Brassica native to coastal southern and western Europe, where its tolerance of salt and lime and its intolerance of competition from other plants typically restrict its natural occurrence to limestone sea cliffs, like the chalk cliffs on both...
— cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, chou broccoli
- X Brassica juncea
- Braya
- N Braya humilis — low northern rockcress, low braya
- BrizaBrizaBriza is a genus of annual grasses in the family Poaceae, native to north temperate regions. The group is generally referred to as the quaking grasses because the flower and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze...
- X Briza maximaBriza maximaBriza maxima is a species of the genus Briza, as such it is an annual grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Northern Africa, the Azores, Western Asia and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, Australasia, the west of the United States, Central and South...
— big quaking grass, large quaking grass - X Briza mediaBriza mediaBriza media is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae and is a species of the genus Briza.Common name includes Quaking-grass, Cow-quake, Didder, Dithering-grass, Dodder-grass, Doddering Dillies, Doddle-grass, Earthquakes, Jiggle-joggles, Jockey-grass, Lady's-hair, Maidenhair-grass, Pearl Grass,...
— perennial quaking grass
- X Briza maxima
- BromusBromusBromus is a large genus of the grass family . Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 to 400, but plant taxonomists currently recognize around 160–170 species...
- X Bromus aleutensis — Aleut brome
- X Bromus arvensis — field brome
- X Bromus briziformisBromus briziformisBromus briziformis is a species of brome grass known by the common name rattlesnake brome.It is native to Eurasia and it can be found in North America as an introduced species. It is an annual grass growing up to 70 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is an open arrangement of nodding, flat spikelets...
— rattlesnake brome - X Bromus carinatusBromus carinatusBromus carinatus is a species of brome grass known by the common names California brome and mountain brome.It is native to western North America from Alaska to northern Mexico, where it can be found in many types of habitat...
— California brome - N Bromus ciliatusBromus ciliatusBromus ciliatus is a species of brome grass known by the common name fringed brome.It is native to most of North America, including most of Canada, most of the United States except for some portions of the South, and northern Mexico. It is a plant of many habitats, including temperate coniferous...
— fringed brome - X Bromus commutatusBromus commutatusMeadow Brome is a species of plant in the grass family Poaceae. In the United States it is known as Hairy Chess.-Characteristics:...
— meadow brome, hairy brome - X Bromus danthoniae — oat brome
- X Bromus erectusBromus erectusBromus erectus, commonly known as either upright brome or meadow brome, is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to 120cm. Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy.-Description:...
— erect brome, upright brome, meadow brome - X Bromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceus, the Soft Brome, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the true grass family . It is also known in North America as Bull Grass, Soft Cheat or Soft Chess....
— soft brome - X Bromus inermisBromus inermisBromus inermis is a species of the true grass family . This bunchgrass is native to Europe- Common names :* Arctic brome – English [Bromus inermis subsp. pumpellianus]* Austrian bromegrass – English [Bromus inermis subsp. inermis]...
subsp. inermis — smooth brome, Hungarian brome, awnless brome - N Bromus kalmiiBromus kalmiiBromus kalmii, Arctic brome and Prairie brome, is a species of brome grass. It is a native bunchgrass in the North-central and Northeastern United States, the Great Lakes region, and eastern Canada.-External links:**...
— Kalm's brome, prairie brome, wild chess - N Bromus latiglumis — broad-glumed brome
- N Bromus nottowayanus — Nottoway brome grass
- N Bromus pubescens — hairy woodland brome
- N Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus — Pumpell's brome
- X Bromus racemosus — spiked brome
- X Bromus secalinusBromus secalinusBromus secalinus is a species of bromegrass known as rye brome.This grass is native to Eurasia but is well-known in many other parts of the world where it has been introduced. It is a noxious weed throughout much of North America. This is an annual grass reaching maximum heights of one half to one...
— rye brome, cheat, chess - X Bromus squarrosus — corn brome
- X Bromus sterilisBromus sterilis-Introduction:Bromus sterilis is an annual or biennial species of bromegrass known as barren brome, poverty brome, and sterile brome.-Range:...
— poverty brome - X Bromus tectorum — cheat grass
- X Bromus × pseudothominii (B. hordeaceus × B. lepidus) — soft brome
Bu
- Buchnera
- N Buchnera americana — bluehearts Endangered
- BuddlejaBuddlejaBuddleja, often misspelled Buddleia but commonly known as the Butterfly Bush, is a genus of flowering plants. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus honours the Reverend Adam Buddle , a botanist and rector in Essex, England, but who could never have seen a plant of the genus.-Classification:The...
- X Buddleja davidii — butterfly bush, orange-eye, summer lilac
- BuglossoidesBuglossoidesBuglossoides is a genus consisting of 15 species of annual or perennial herbs, native to Europe and Asia. They grow naturally in habitats ranging from sunny scrub to rocky slopes and woodland areas. These plants are covered in fine bristles or hairs. The stems are upright or sprawling, branched or...
- X Buglossoides arvensis — corn gromwell, bastard alkanet
- BulbostylisBulbostylisBulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 100 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, grooved stems and long, thin basal leaves...
- N Bulbostylis capillarisBulbostylis capillarisBulbostylis capillaris is a species of sedge known by the common names densetuft hairsedge and threadleaf beakseed. It is native to much of North and Central America, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally in moist areas such as streamside meadows...
- N Bulbostylis capillaris
- BupleurumBupleurumBupleurum is a very large genus of plants of the Apiaceae family, represented by 185 to 195 species.Species include:*Bupleurum aureum Fisch. ex Hoffm. Bupleurum is a very large genus of plants of the Apiaceae family, represented by 185 to 195 species.Species include:*Bupleurum aureum Fisch. ex...
- X Bupleurum rotundifolium — roundleaf thorowax
- ButomusButomusButomus is the sole genus in the monogeneric plant family Butomaceae, containing the single species Butomus umbellatus, also known as flowering rush or grass rush.-Description:...
- X Butomus umbellatus — flowering rush