Toronto native plants starting with M: Maianthemum canadense to Myrica gale

Above: Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon's seal).

(Updated April 3, 2010).

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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• Maianthemum canadense (wild lily-of-the-valley), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Maianthemum racemosum (false Solomon's seal). NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum (false Solomon's seal), common. Banville (as Smilacina racemosa), LBJ, P&M (as S. racemosa), PLANTS.
• Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon's seal), common. Me (High Park), Banville (as Smilacina stellata), LBJ, P&M (as S. stellata), NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Maianthemum trifolium (threeleaf false lily-of-the-valley), uncommon. Banville (as Smilacina trifolia), P&M (as S. trifolia), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Malaxis brachypoda (white adder's mouth orchid). P&M, PLANTS.
• Malaxis unifolia (green adder's mouth orchid). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Malus coronaria (wild crabapple). CCC, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS.
• Matteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich fern), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumber-root), rare. Banville, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Melampyrum lineare (narrowleaf cow-wheat). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed), rare. Banville, CCC, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mentha arvensis (wild mint). NANPS, P&M, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Mentha x piperita (peppermint). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Menyanthes trifoliata (buckbean). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells). Me (Wilket Creek Park), CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mimulus alatus (sharp-winged monkey-flower). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mimulus glabratus (roundleaf monkey-flower). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Mimulus moschatus (muskflower). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus (muskflower). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Mimulus ringens (square-stemmed monkey-flower, Allegheny monkeyflower). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Minuartia groenlandica (mountain sandwort). P&M (as Arenaria groenlandica), PLANTS.
• Minuartia michauxii var. michauxii (rock sandwort). P&M (as Arenaria stricta), PLANTS.
• Mirabilis nyctaginea (heartleaf four-o'clock). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mitchella repens (partridgeberry). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mitella diphylla (two-leaf mitrewort), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Mitella nuda (naked miterwort). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Moehringia lateriflora (grove sandwort). P&M (as Arenaria lateriflora), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Monarda didyma (beebalm). CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS, PtS. More info: DG.
• Monarda media (purple bergamot). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Monarda punctata (spotted beebalm). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Moneses uniflora (one-flowered wintergreen, single delight). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Monotropa hypopithys (pinesap). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Monotropa uniflora (ghost plant). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG, Leckie.
• Morella pennsylvanica (northern bayberry). CCC, CC rare (as Myrica pennsylvanica), NANPS (as Myrica pennsylvanica), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Morus rubra (red mulberry). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Muhlenbergia asperifolia (scratchgrass). PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia frondosa (wirestem muhly), rare. Banville, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia glomerata (spiked muhly). PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia mexicana (Mexican muhly), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia richardsonis (soft-leaf muhly, mat muhly). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Muhlenbergia sobolifera (cliff muhly, rock muhly). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia sylvatica (muhly). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (slender muhly). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Muhlenbergia uniflora (bog muhly). PLANTS.
• Myosotis laxa (smaller forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not). NANPS, P&M, PLANTS.
• Myosotis macrosperma (large-seeded forget-me-not). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Myosotis verna (spring forget-me-not). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Myosurus minimus (tiny mousetail). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Myrica aspleniifolia: see Comptonia peregrina.
• Myrica gale (sweetgale), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Myriophyllum alterniflorum (alternate-flower water milfoil). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Myriophyllum farwellii (Farwell's water milfoil). PLANTS.
• Myriophyllum heterophyllum (twoleaf water milfoil). PLANTS.
• Myriophyllum sibericum (shortspike water milfoil). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Myriophyllum tenellum (slender water milfoil). PLANTS.
• Myriophyllum verticillatum (whorl-leaf water milfoil). 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