List of the conifers of Canada
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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...

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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...

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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)

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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...

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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  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies balsamea
Balsam fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies grandis
Grand fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
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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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix laricina
Tamarack
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix lyallii
Subalpine larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix occidentalis
Western larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea engelmannii
Engelmann's spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea glauca
White spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea mariana
Black spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea rubens
Red spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea sitchensis
Sitka spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus albicaulis
Whitebark pine
YK NT NU LB CA Vulnerable  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus contorta
Lodgepole pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus flexilis
Limber pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus monticola
Western white pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus resinosa
Red pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
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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...

BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
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...

)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas-fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga heterophylla
Western hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga mertensiana
Mountain hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure  
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF

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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