Native Plants for Ontario

Native Plants That Grow In Sun

Acer saccharinum –Silver Maple
Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Alnus rugosa - Speckled alder
Amelanchier arborea - Downy serviceberry
Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly everlasting
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Aster novae-angliaeb - New England aster
Betula papyrifera - White birch
Betula populifolia - Gray birch
Desmodium canadense - Showy tick-trefoil
Elymus Canadensis - Canada wild rye
Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye weed
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis- creeping juniper
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red cedar
Larix laricina – Tamarack
Liatris aspera - Rough blazingstar
Medeola virginiana – Indian cucumber root
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
Picea glauca - White spruce
Potentilla tridentate - Three-toothed cinquefoil
Prunus pennsylvanica - Common pincherry
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac
Rosa acicularis – Prickly wild rose
Rosa palustris - Swamp rose
Sambucus canadensis - Common elder
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant
Sisyrinchium montanum - Blue-eyed Grass
Sheperdia canadensis - Buffaloberry
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie dropseed
Viburnum trilobum - Highbush cranberry
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Cornus amomum - Silky dogwood

Native Plants That Grow In Sun to Partial Shade

Abies balsamea- Balsam fir
Acer rubrum –Red Maple
Anemone Canadensis – Canada Anemone
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Asclepias sullivantii - Prairie Milkweed
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
Betula alleghaniensis – Yellow birch
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
Carya cordiformis - Bitternut hickory
Celastrus scandens – Climbing bittersweet
Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush
Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Cornus amomum - Silky dogwood
Lilium philadelphicum – Wood lily
Linnaea borealis – Twinflower
Lobelia siphilitica - Great blue lobelia
Lupinus perennis – Wild Lupin
Mimulus ringens –Blue monkey flower
Myrica gale – Sweetgale
Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia creeper
Penstemon digitalis – Smooth White Penstemon
Physostegia virginiana - Obedient plant
Pinus strobes - White pine
Populus balsamifera – Balsam poplar
Potentilla palustris - Marsh cinquefoil
Prunus virginiana - Choke cherry
Cornus racemosa- Gray dogwood
Cornus stolonifera - Red osier dogwood
Corydalis sempervirens - Pale Corydalis
Euphorbia corollata - Flowering spurge
Eupatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye weed
Fragaria virginiana - Common strawberry
Gaylussacia baccata - Black huckleberry
Gentiana andrewsii - Bottle gentian
Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium
Helianthus divaricatus - Woodland sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides - False sunflower
Hibiscus moscheutos - Swamp Rose Mallow
Hypericum ascyron – Great St Johnswort
Ilex verticillata- Winterberry
Iris versicolor - Blue flag iris
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Rubus odoratus - Flowering raspberry
Sorbus americana - American Mountain Ash
Solidago caesia - Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis - Grey Goldenrod
Spiraes alba - Meadowseet
Thalictrum dioicum - Early Meadow-rue
Trientalis borealis - Starflower
Thuja occidentalis -Eastern white cedar
Vaccinium angustifolium (Low sweet blueberry)
Vaccinium myrtilloide (Common Blueberry)
Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry
Waldsteinia fragariodes - Barren Strawberry
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders

Native Plants That Grow In Partial Shade to Full Shade

Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry
Adiantum pedatum - Maidenhair fern
Allium tricoccum -Wild Leek, Wild Garlic
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Caltha palustris - Marsh marigold
Carpinus caroliniana - Blue Beech
Cornus Canadensis – Bunchberry
Cornus racemosa- Gray dogwood
Cornus stolonifera - Red osier dogwood
Dentaria diphylla - Toothwort
Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily
Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium
Impatiens capensis - Spotted Jewelweed
Ostrya virginiana – Ironwood
Polygonatum biflorum - Solomon's seal
Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal
Stylophorum diphyllum - Wood Poppy
Trillium erectum - Purple Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum - WhiteTrillium
Uvularia perfoliata - Bellwort

Native Plants That Grow In Full Shade

Acer saccharum- Sugar Maple
Arisaema triphillium - Jack-in-the-pulpit
Athyrium filix-femina - Lady fern
Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue cohosh
Cornus stolonifera - Red osier dogwood
Gaultheria procumbens - Wintergreen
Maianthemum canadense - Canada Mayflower
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Tsuga canadensis - Eastern hemlock

Native Plants That Grow in Dry Soils

Acer rubrum –Red Maple
Anemone virginiana –Thimbleweed
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Corydalis sempervirens – Pale Corydalis
Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
Euphorbia corollata - Flowering spurge
Helianthus divaricatus - Woodland sunflower
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis-Creeping juniper
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red cedar
Potentilla tridentate - Three-toothed cinquefoil
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Sheperdia canadensis - Buffaloberry
Solidago nemoralis - Grey Goldenrod

Native Plants That Grow in Moist To Dry Soils

Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Betula populifolia - Gray birch
Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
Celastrus scandens – Climbing bittersweet
Cornus racemosa- Gray dogwood
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Desmodium canadense - Showy tick trefoil
Elymus Canadensis - Canada wild rye
Fragaria virginiana - Common strawberry
Gaylussacia baccata - Black huckleberry
Liatris aspera - Rough blazingstar
Lupinus perennis – Wild Lupin
Mitchella repens – Partridge-berry
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
Ostrya virginiana – Ironwood
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth White Penstemon
Pinus strobes - White pine
Polygonatum biflorum - Solomon's seal
Prunus virginiana - Choke cherry
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac
Sisyrinchium montanum - Blue-eyed Grass
Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal
Solidago caesia - Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Sorbus americana - American Mountain Ash
Thuja occidentalis -Eastern white cedar

Native Plants That Grow In Dry to Well Drained Soils

Amelanchier arborea - Downy serviceberry
Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly everlasting
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Betula populifolia - Gray birch
Rosa acicularis – Prickly wild rose

Native Plants That Grow In Moist Soils

Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry)
Acer rubrum –Red Maple
Acer saccharinum –Silver Maple
Adiantum pedatum - Maidenhair fern
Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek, Wild Garlic)
Anemone Canadensis – Canada Anemone
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Asclepias sullivantii - Prairie Milkweed
Athyrium filix-femina - Lady fern
Betula alleghaniensis – Yellow birch
Carpinus caroliniana - Blue Beech
Carya cordiformis - Bitternut hickory
Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue cohosh
Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty
Cornus amomum - Silky dogwood
Cornus Canadensis – Bunchberry
Cornus stolonifera - Red osier dogwood
Dentaria diphylla - Toothwort
Gaultheria procumbens – Wintergreen
Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium
Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert
Houstonia caerulea - Bluets
Ledum groenlandicum - Labrador tea
Lilium canadense - Canada lily
Linnaea borealis – Twinflower
Lilium philadelphicum – Wood lily
Maianthemum canadense - Canada mayflower
Medeola virginiana – Indian cucumber root
Physostegia virginiana - Obedient plant
Picea glauca - White spruce
Rubus odoratus - Flowering raspberry
Solidago flexicaulis - Zig-zag Goldenrod
Spiraes alba - Meadowseet
Trientalis borealis - Starflower
Tsuga canadensis - Eastern hemlock
Viburnum trilobum - Highbush cranberry

Native Plants That Grow in Moist To Wet Soils

Acer saccharum- Sugar Maple
Acer saccharinum –Silver Maple
Alnus rugosa - Speckled alder
Anemone virginiana –Thimbleweed
Arisaema triphillium - Jack-in-the-pulpit
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp milkweed
Aster novae-angliaeb - New England aster
Athyrium filix-femina - Lady fern
Caltha palustris - Marsh marigold
Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush
Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye weed
Eupatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye weed
Gentiana andrewsii - Bottle gentian
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Sambucus canadensis - Common elder
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant
Heliopsis helianthoides - False sunflower
Hibiscus moscheutos - Swamp Rose Mallow
Hypericum ascyron – Great St Johnswort
Ilex verticillata- Winterberry
Impatiens capensis - Spotted Jewelweed
Iris versicolor - Blue flag iris
Kalmia angustifolia - Sheep laurel
Larix laricina – Tamarack
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower
Lobelia siphilitica - Great blue lobelia
Myrica gale - Sweetgale
Mimulus ringens –Blue monkey flower
Populus balsamifera - Balsam poplar
Stylophorum diphyllum - Wood Poppy
Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry
Waldsteinia fragariodes - Barren Strawberry
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders

Native Plants That Grow In Moist To Well Drained Soils

Abies balsamea - Balsam fir
Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Betula papyrifera - White birch
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's breeches
Lupinus perennis – Wild Lupin
Ostrya virginiana – Ironwood
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove beardtongue
Picea mariana - Black spruce
Pinus strobes - White pine
Solidago caesia - Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Thalictrum dioicum - Early Meadow-rue
Trillium erectum - Purple Trillium
Uvularia perfoliata - Bellwort

Native Plants That Grow In Rocky Soils

Acer rubrum –Red Maple
Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Corydalis sempervirens - Pale Corydalis
Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert
Gaylussacia baccata - Black huckleberry
Hibiscus moscheutos - Swamp Rose Mallow
Pinus strobes - White pine
Potentilla tridentate - Three-toothed cinquefoil
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac
Rosa acicularis – Prickly wild rose
Solidago nemoralis - Grey Goldenrod

Native Plants That Grow In Sandy Soils

Acer rubrum –Red Maple
Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Amelanchier arborea - Downy serviceberry
Anemone virginiana –Thimbleweed
Asclepias sullivantii - Prairie Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Betula papyrifera - White birch
Betula populifolia - Gray birch
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Heliopsis helianthoides - False sunflower
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis- Creeping juniper
Liatris aspera - Rough blazingstar
Lupinus perennis – Wild Lupin
Potentilla tridentate - Three-toothed cinquefoil
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac
Celastrus scandens – Climbing bittersweet
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Desmodium canadense - Showy tick trefoil
Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
Elymus Canadensis - Canada wild rye
Eupatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye weed
Fragaria virginiana - Common strawberry
Gaultheria procumbens – Wintergreen
Gaylussacia baccata - Black huckleberry
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Sheperdia canadensis - Buffaloberry
Solidago nemoralis - Grey Goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie dropseed
Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry
Viburnum trilobum - Highbush cranberry

Native Plants That Are Drought Tolerant

Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Anaphalis margaritacea -Pearly Everlasting
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Celastrus scandens –Climbing bittersweet
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Desmodium canadense - Showy tick trefoil
Elymus Canadensis - Canada wild rye
Euphorbia corollata - Flowering spurge
Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium
Heliopsis helianthoides - False sunflower
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis- Creeping juniper
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red cedar
Liatris aspera - Rough blazingstar
Lupinus perennis – Wild Lupin
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
Picea glauca - White spruce
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - Blue-eyed grass
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie dropseed

Native Plants That Are Salt Tolerant

Amelanchier arborea - Downy serviceberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus virginiana - Red cedar
Prunus virginiana - Choke cherry
Rhus typhina - Staghorn sumac
Vaccinium angustifolium - Low sweet blueberry
Vaccinium myrtilloide - Common Blueberry

Native Plants That Are Deer Resistant

Allium cernuum - Nodding onion
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Campanula rotundifolia – Harebell
Celastrus scandens – Climbing bittersweet
Cornus amomum - Silky dogwood
Cornus racemosa- Gray dogwood
Cornus stolonifera - Red osier dogwood
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Ilex verticillata- Winterberry
Iris versicolor - Blue flag iris
Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium
Juniperus communis - Common juniper
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red cedar
Kalmia angustifolia - Sheep laurel
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth White Penstemon
Picea glauca - White spruce
Picea mariana - Black spruce
Pinus strobes - White pine
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod

Native Plants for Ground Cover

Anemone Canadensis – Canada Anemone
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty
Celastrus scandens – Climbing bittersweet
Cornus Canadensis – Bunchberry
Fragaria virginiana - Common strawberry
Gaultheria procumbens – Wintergreen
Geranium robertianum - Herb Robert
Mitchella repens – Partridge-berry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia creeper
Polygonatum biflorum - Solomon's seal
Potentilla tridentate - Three-toothed cinquefoil
Vaccinium angustifolium – Low Sweet Blueberry
Waldstienia fragarioides – Barren Strawberry

Native Plants for the Septic Bed

Anemone Canadensis – Canada Anemone
Aquilegia Canadensis - Canada columbine
Aster novae-angliaeb - New England aster
Athyrium filix-femina - Lady fern
Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower
Elymus Canadensis - Canada wild rye
Fragaria virginiana - Common strawberry
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth White Penstemon
Rudbeckia hirta – Black Eyed Susan
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Solidago nemoralis - Grey Goldenrod
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie dropseed
Waldstienia fragarioides – Barren Strawberry

Healthy Shorelines for Healthy Lakes