Toronto native plants starting with B: Baptisia tinctoria to Bulbostylis capillaris

(Last updated August 8, 2009.)

It's exciting to see how many possibilities for native plant garderners there are in Toronto (something you'd never guess from the average Toronto plant seller, unfortunately.) I've put a link to the relevant entries in this blog where available. I have tried to be as accurate as possible but I'm no expert so any corrections to this list would be appreciated!

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Z

B

• Baptisia tinctoria (yellow wild indigo). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bartonia paniculata (twining screwstem). PLANTS.
• Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata (twining screwstem). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bartonia virginica (yellow screwstem). CC rare, P&M, PLANTS.
• Berula erecta (cutleaf water parsnip). P&M (as Berula pusilla), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Leckie.
• Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis (yellow birch), common. Banville (as B. lutea), LBJ, PLANTS.
• Betula glandulosa (resin birch). PLANTS.
• Betula lenta (sweet birch, cherry birch). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Betula lutea: see B. alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis.
• Betula minor (dwarf white birch). PLANTS.
• Betula papyrifera (paper birch), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG, Leckie.
• Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia (mountain paper birch). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Betula populifolia (grey birch). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Betula pumila (bog birch). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS.
• Betula pumila var. glandulifera (bog birch). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Betula x purpusii. PLANTS.
• Bidens beckii (Beck's water marigold). P&M (as Megalodonta beckii), PLANTS.
• Bidens cernua (bur-marigold). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bidens connata (swamp beggartick) LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bidens coronata (tickseed-sunflower, southern tickseed) CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS.
• Bidens discoidea (swamp beggartick). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bidens frondosa (devil's beggartick): LBJ, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Bidens hyperborea (estuary beggartick). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bidens hyperborea var. hyperborea (estuary beggartick). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bidens tripartita (three-lobed beggartick). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bidens vulgata (big devil's beggartick). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Blephilia ciliata (downy wood-mint). CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Blephilia hirsuta (hairy wood-mint). CC rare, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS.
• Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle), rare. Banville, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Botrychium campestre (Iowa moonwort). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Botrychium dissectum (cutleaf grapefern). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Botrychium lanceolatum (lance-leaved grapefern). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Botrychium lunaria (common moonwort). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Botrychium matricariifolium (matricary grapefern), extirpated. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Botrychium minganense (Mingan moonwort). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Botrychium multifidum (leathery grapefern). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Botrychium oneidense (bluntlobe grapefern). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Botrychium rugulosum (rugulose grapefern). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Botrychium simplex (little grapefern). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Botrychium virginianum (rattlesnake fern), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bouteloua curtipendula (side oats gramma). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bouteloua gracilis (blue gramma). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Brasenia schreberi (watershield). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Bromus ciliatus (fringed brome grass), uncommon. Banville, CCC, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS.
• Bromus inermis (smooth brome). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bromus kalmii (prairie brome). NANPS, PLANTS, PtS.
• Bromus latiglumis (earlyleaf brome), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bryoandersonia illecebra (spoon-leaved moss). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Buchnera americana (bluehearts). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Bulbostylis capillaris (densetuft hairsedge). CC rare, PLANTS.

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References

• Me: I've seen it myself, in the wild in Toronto.
• Banville: Banville, Diana. Vascular Plants of Metropolitan Toronto 2nd ed. Toronto: Toronto Field Naturalists, 1994. (Available by mail order from TFN.)
• CCC: Carolinian Canada Coalition's list of Representative Carolinian Species.
• CC rare: Carolinian Canada Coalitions's list of Carolinian Zone Rare Species
• CC SAR: Carolinian Canada Coalition's list Carolinian Species at Risk
• LBJ: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
• NANPS: North American Native Plant Society
• P&M: Peterson, Roger Tory and Margaret McKenny. A field guide to wildflowers: Northeastern and northcentral North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968.
• PLANTS: United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database
• PtS: Planting the Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario

Info

• DG: Dave's Garden.
• Leckie: The Marvelous in Nature blog by Seabrooke Leckie