Toronto native plants starting with F: Fagus grandifolia to Fuirena pumila

(Updated November 29, 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!

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F

• Fagus grandifolia (American beech), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester (in French), DG, Leckie.
• Festuca obtusa: see F. subverticillata.
• Festuca rubra (red fescue), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Festuca saximontana (Rocky Mountain fescue). PLANTS.
• Festuca subverticillata (nodding fescue), rare. Banville (as F. obtusa), PLANTS.
• Fimbristylis autumnalis (slender fimbry). PLANTS.
• Fimbristylis puberula (hairy fimbristylis, hairy fimbry). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Fissidens exilis (small pocket moss). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Fragaria vesca (woodland strawberry), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana (Virginia strawberry). LBJ.
• Frasera caroliniensis (American columbo). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Fraxinus americana (white ash). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester, DG.
• Fraxinus nigra (black ash). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: Chester, DG.
• Fraxinus pensylvanica (green ash, red ash). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester, another article by Chester, DG.
• Fraxinus profunda (pumpkin ash). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester,
• Fraxinus quadrangulata (blue ash). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: Chester, DG.
• Fuirena pumila (dwarf umbrella-sedge). 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 (PDF): A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario

Info

• Chester: Bronwyn Chester at Spacing Montréal
• DG: Dave's Garden.
• Leckie: The Marvelous in Nature blog by Seabrooke Leckie