Toronto native plants starting with Q: Quercus alba to Quercus velutina

(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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Q

• Quercus alba (white oak), common. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG
• Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak). Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus borealis: see Q. rubra var. ambigua.
• Quercus ellipsoidalis (Hill's oak, northern pin oak). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus x hawkinsiae (Hawkins' oak). PLANTS.
• Quercus ilicifolia (bear oak). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus x jackiana (jack oak). PLANTS.
• Quercus macrocarpa (burr oak), uncommon. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak). CCC, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus palustris (pin oak). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester, DG.
• Quercus prinoides (dwarf chinkapin oak). CCC, CC rare, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus prinus (chestnut oak). CCC, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus rubra (northern red oak). LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS. More info: Chester (in French), another article by Chester (also in French), DG.
• Quercus rubra var. ambigua (northern red oak), common. Banville (as Q. borealis), LBJ, PLANTS.
• Quercus rubra var. rubra (northern red oak). LBJ, PLANTS.
• Quercus x schuettii (swamp bur oak). PLANTS.
• Quercus shumardii (Shumard oak). CCC, CC SAR, LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Quercus velutina (black oak), rare. Banville, Me (High Park), CCC, 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

• Chester: Bronwyn Chester at Spacing Montréal
• DG: Dave's Garden