Toronto native plants starting with N: Najas flexilis to Nyssa sylvatica

(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!

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N

• Najas flexilis (nodding waternymph), rare. Banville, PLANTS.
• Najas gracillima (thread-like naiad, slender waternymph). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Najas guadalupensis (common water nymph, southern waternymph). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Najas marina (spiny waternymph). PLANTS.
• Nelumbo lutea (American lotus). CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nuphar advena: see N. lutea ssp. advena.
• Nuphar lutea (cow lily). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (yellow pondlily). CC rare (as N. advena), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nuphar lutea ssp. pumila (yellow pondlily). P&M (as N. microphyllum), PLANTS.
• Nuphar lutea ssp. rubrodisca (yellow pondlily). PLANTS.
• Nuphar lutea ssp. variegata (spatterdock, variegated yellow pondlily, bullhead lily), rare. Banville, LBJ, P&M (as N. variegatum), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nuphar variegatum: see N. lutea ssp. variegata.
• Nuttallanthus canadensis (Canada toadflax). CC rare (as Linaria canadensis), P&M (as L. canadensis), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nymphaea odorata (fragrant waterlily), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata (American white waterlily). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa (American white waterlily). PLANTS.
• Nyssa sylvatica (black gum). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.

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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

Info

• DG: Dave's Garden