Toronto native plants starting with V: Vaccinium angustifolium to Vulpia octoflora

(Updated August 4, 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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V

• Vaccinum angustifolium (lowbush blueberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium cespitosum (dwarf hillberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvet-leaf huckleberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium oxycoccos (small cranberry). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium pallidum (Blue Ridge blueberry). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Vaccinium stamineum (deerberry). CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vaccinium uliginosum (bog blueberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Valeriana edulis ssp. ciliata (hairy valerian, tobacco root). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Valeriana uliginosa (mountain valerian). PLANTS.
• Valerianella chenopodiifolia (goose-foot corn-salad). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Valerianella umbilicata (navel-shape corn-salad). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Vallisneria americana (American eelgrass), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbena bracteata (bigbract verbena). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbena x deamii (Deam's verbena). PLANTS.
• Verbena x engelmannii (Engelmann's verbena) PLANTS.
• Verbena hastata (blue vervain, swamp verbena). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbena hastata var. hastata (blue vervain). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS, PtS.
• Verbena x perriana (verbena). PLANTS.
• Verbena simplex (narrow-leaved vervain). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbena stricta (hoary vervain). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbena urticifolia (white vervain). NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Verbesina alternifolia (wingstem). CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, P&M (as Actinomeris alternifolia), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vernonia gigantea (giant ironweed). CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Veronica americana (American speedwell). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Veronica anagallis-aquatica (water speedwell). PLANTS.
• Veronica peregrina (purslane speedwell, neckweed). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Veronica scutellata (marsh speedwell, skullcap speedwell). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaf speedwell). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum acerifolium (mapleleaf viburnum). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum cassinoides: see V nudum var. cassinoides.
• Viburnum dentatum (southern arrowwood). CCC, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum edule (moosewood viburnum, squashberry). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum lantanoides (hobblebush). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum lentago (nannyberry). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum nudum (possumhaw). PLANTS.
• Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (wild raisin, withe-rod). NANPS (as V. cassinoides), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum opulus (European cranberrybush). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vibrunum opulus var. americanum (American cranberrybush). NANPS (as V. trilobum), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum rafinesquianum (downy arrowwood). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum recognitum (southern arrowwood). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viburnum trilobum: see V. opulus var. americanum.
• Vicia americana (purple vetch, American vetch). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vicia caroliniana (wood vetch). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Vicia sylvatica (wood vetch). CCC, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola adunca (hooked-spur violet). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola affinis (pale early violet, sand violet). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola bicolor (field pansy, wild pansy). CC rare (as V. raffinesquei), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola blanda (sweet white violet). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola blanda var. palustriformis (sweet white violet, large-leaved violet). P&M (as V. incognita), PLANTS.
• Viola x brauniae (Braun's violet). PLANTS.
• Viola canadensis (Canada violet, Canadian white violet). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola cucullata (marsh blue violet). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola fimbriatula: see V. sagittata var. ovata.
• Viola incognita: see V. blanda var. palustriformis.
• Viola labradorica (alpine violet). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola lanceolata (lance-leaved violet, bog white violet). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola macloskeyi (small white violet). PLANTS.
• Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens (smooth white violet, northern white violet). P&M (as V. pallens), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola x malteana (violet). PLANTS.
• Viola nephrophylla (northern bog violet). P&M, PLANTS.
• Viola novae-angliae (New England blue violet). P&M, PLANTS.
• Viola pallens: see V. macloskeyi ssp. pallens.
• Viola x palmata (palmate-leaved violet, early blue violet). CC rare, PLANTS.
• Viola palmata var. dilatata: see V. triloba var. dilatata.
• Viola palustris (alpine marsh violet). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola papilionacea: see V. sororia.
• Viola pedata (bird's-foot violet). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola pedatifida (prairie violet). CC rare, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola pensilvanica: see V. pubescens var. pubescens.
• Viola populifolia (Peck's violet). PLANTS.
• Viola x porteriana (Stone's violet). PLANTS.
• Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola pubescens var. pubscens (downy yellow violet, smooth yellow violet). P&M (as V. pensilvanica), PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula (downy yellow violet). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Viola rafinesquei: see V. bicolor.
• Viola renifolia (kidney-leaved violet, white violet). P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola rostrata (long-spurred violet). LBJ, P&M, PLANTS.
• Viola rotundifolia (round-leaved yellow violet). CC rare, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola sagittata (arrowleaf violet). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola sagittata var. ovata (arrowleaf violet). LBJ, P&M (as V. fimbriatula), PLANTS.
• Viola sagittata var. sagittata (arrowleaf violet). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Viola selkirkii (great-spurred violet, Selkirk's violet). P&M, PLANTS.
• Viola septentrionalis (northern blue violet, northern woodland violet). P&M, PLANTS.
• Viola sororia (wooly blue violet, common blue violet). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola striata (pale violet, cream violet, striped cream violet). CC rare, LBJ, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Viola sublanceolata (lanceleaf violet). PLANTS.
• Viola triloba var. dilatata (cleft violet). CC rare (as V. palmata var. dilatata), PLANTS.
• Vitis aestivalis (summer grape). PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vitis riparia (river-bank grape). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vitis vulpina (frost grape). CC rare, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Vulpia octoflora (slender eight-flowered fescue, sixweeks fescue). CC rare, LBJ, 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