Toronto native plants starting with D: Dactylorhiza viridis to Dulichium arundinaceum

Above: Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches).

(Updated November 6, 2009).

This is a work in progress, and far from complete. 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!

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D

• Dactylorhiza viridis (longbract frog orchid). PLANTS.
• Dalea purpurea (prairie clover). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dalibarda repens (dewdrop, robin runaway). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Danthonia compressa (flat-stemmed danthonia, flattened oatgrass). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Danthonia spicata (poverty oatgrass), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (shrubby cinquefoil). NANPS (as Potentilla fruticosa), P&M (as Potentilla fruticosa), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dentaria diphylla: see Cardamine diphylla.
• Dentaria lacinata: see Cardamine concatenata.
• Dentaria maxima: see Cardamine maxima.
• Decodon verticillatus (swamp loosestrife). NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dennstaedtia punctilobula (eastern hay-scented fern). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Deparia acrostichoides (silver false spleenwort), rare. Banville (as Athyrium thelypterioides), LBJ, PLANTS.
• Deschampsia cespitosa (tufted hairgrass). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Deschampsia flexuosa (wavy hairgrass), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Descurainia pinnata (western tansy mustard). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Desmatodon porteri (Porter's desmatodon moss). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Desmodium canadense (showy tick-trefoil). Me (High Park), CCC, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Desmodium canescens (hoary tick-trefoil). CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Desmodium ciliare (hairy small-leaved tick-trefoil). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Desmodium cuspidatum (toothed tick-trefoil). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Desmoidum illinoense (Illinois tick-trefoil). CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Desmodium marilandicum (Maryland tick-trefoil). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Desmodium nudiflorum (naked-flowered tick-trefoil). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Desmodium paniculatum (panicled tick-trefoil). NANPS, P&M, PLANTS.
• Desmodium rotundifolium (prostrate tick-trefoil). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Desmodium sessilifolium (sessile tick-trefoil). CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Diarrhena obovata (beak grass, obovate beakgrain). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Dicentra canadensis (squirrel-corn), rare. Banville, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches), rare. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dichanthelium acuminatum (tapered rosette grass). PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (wooly panic grass), rare. Banville (as Panicum lanuginosum var. implicatum and P. subvillosum), LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium boreale (northern panicgrass). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium clandestinum (deertongue, broadleaf panicgrass). CC rare (as Panicum clandestinum), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dichanthelium depauperatum (starved panicgrass). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum (Cypress panicgrass, Cypress witchgrass). CC rare (as Panicum dichotomum), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium latifolium (broadleaf rosette grass), rare. Banville (as Panicum latifolium), CCC (as P. latifolium), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium leibergii (Leiberg's panicum). CC rare (as Panicum leibergii var. leibergii), LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium linearifolium (slimleaf panicgrass), rare. Banville (as Panicum linearifolium), CC rare (as P. perlongum), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium meridionale (matting rosette grass). CC rare (as Panicum meridionale), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium oligosanthes (Heller's rosette grass). PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium ovale var. addisonii (Addison's rosette grass). CC rare (as Panicum columbianum var. commonsianum), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon (roundseed panicgrass). PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon (roundseed panicgrass). CC rare (as Panicum sphaerocarpon var. sphaerocarpon), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium spretum (Eaton's rosette grass). PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium villosissimum (whitehair rosette grass). PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum (whitehair rosette grass). CC rare (as Panicum villosissimum), PLANTS.
• Dichanthelium xanthophysum (slender rosette grass). PLANTS.
• Diervilla lonicera (northern bush-honeysuckle). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Digitaria cognata (fall witchgrass). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dioscorea quaternata (four-leaf yam). NANPS, PLANTS.
• Dioscorea villosa (wild yam). CCC, PLANTS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Diphasiastrum complanatum: see Lycopodium complanatum.
• Diphasiastrum digitatum: see Lycopodium digitatum.
• Diphasiastrum x habereri: see Lycopodium x habereri.
• Diphasiastrum sabinifolium: see Lycopodium sabinifolium.
• Diphasiastrum tristachyum: see Lycopodium tristachyum.
• Diphasiastrum x zeilleri: see Lycopodium x zeilleri.
• Diplazium pycnocarpon (glade fern). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dirca pallustris (eastern leatherwood). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Doellingeria umbellata (flat-topped white aster). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS.
• Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (flat-topped white aster). LBJ, P&M (as Aster umbellatus), PLANTS, PtS (as A. umbellatus). More info: DG.
• Draba arabisans (rock draba). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Draba reptans (Carolina Whitlow grass, Carolina draba). CC rare, P&M, PLANTS.
• Drosera intermedia (spatulate-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaved sundew). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia (roundleaf sundew). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa: see D. carthusiana.
• Dryopteris austriaca var. intermedia: see D. intermedia.
• Dryopteris x benedictii (Benedict's woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris x boottii (Boott's woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris x burgessii (Burgess' woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris carthusiana (shield fern), common. Banville (as D. austriaca var. spinulosa), LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dryopteris clintoniana (Clinton's woodfern), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dryopteris cristata (buckler fern, crested woodfern), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dryopteris x dowellii (Dowell's woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris felix-mas (male fern). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dryopteris fragrans (fragrant woodfern). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dryopteris goldiana (Goldie's woodfern), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Dryopteris intermedia (intermediate woodfern), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Dryopteris marginalis (marginal woodfern), common. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG, Leckie.
• Dryopteris x slossoniae (Slosson's woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris x triploidea (triploid woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dryopteris x uliginosa (bog woodfern). PLANTS.
• Dulichium arundinaceum (three-way sedge). NANPS, 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 (PDF): 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