Plants Used in Boreal Forest, Canada

Abies balsamea

balsam fir

Abies lasiocarpa

western balsam fir, Rocky Mountain fir, white balsam

Acer negundo

box elder, ash-leaf maple, three-leaf maple

Acer nigrum

sugar maple, hard maple, black maple

Acer pensylvanicum

moosewood, striped maple

Acer rubrum

red maple

Acer saccharinum

silver maple

Acer saccharum

sugar maple

Acer spicatum

mountain maple, moose maple

Achillea millefolium

common yarrow, bloodwort, western yarrow

Achillea sibirica

Siberian yarrow

Aconogonon alaskanum

Alaska wild rhubarb

Acorus americanus

sweetflag, sweet-flag

Acorus calamus

calamus

Actaea pachypoda

white baneberry

Actaea racemosa

black cohosh, black baneberry, black snakeroot

Actaea rubra

red baneberry

Adiantum pedatum

maidenhair fern, maidenfern, northern maidenhair

Agastache foeniculum

blue giant hyssop

Agrimonia gryposepala

tall hairy groovebur, agrimony, tall hairy agrimony

Aletris farinosa

white colicroot

Alisma plantago-aquatica

American waterplantain, European water plantain

Allium stellatum

autumn onion

Allium tricoccum

wild leek, ramp, small white leek

Alnus incana

gray alder

Alnus rubra

red alder

Alnus sp.

Alnus viridis

green alder

Amanita muscaria

Amelanchier alnifolia

western serviceberry, Pacific serviceberry, western shadbush

Amelanchier bartramiana

mountain serviceberry, oblongfruit serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Canadian serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Allegheny serviceberry

Amorpha canescens

leadplant

Amphicarpaea bracteata

American hogpeanut, hog-peanut

Anaphalis margaritacea

common pearlyeverlasting, western pearly everlasting, pearly everlasting

Andromeda polifolia

bog rosemary

Andropogon gerardii

Androsace septentrionalis

pygmyflower rockjasmine, northern rockjasmine, pygmy-flower rock-jasmine

Anemone canadensis

Canadian anemone

Anemone cylindrica

candle anemone

Anemone multifida

Anemone sp.

Antennaria howellii

Howell's pussytoes

Antennaria neglecta

field pussytoes

Antennaria plantaginifolia

woman's tobacco, plantainleaf pussytoes

Apocynum androsaemifolium

spreading dogbane, bitterroot, flytrap dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum

Indian-hemp, hemp dogbane, common dogbane

Aquilegia canadensis

honeysuckle, red columbine, meeting-houses

Aralia hispida

bristly sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis

wild sarsaparilla

Aralia racemosa

American spikenard, American spikenard

Arctium lappa

greater burdock, greater burrdock, great burdock

Arctium minus

lesser burrdock, common burdock, beggar's button

Arctostaphylos alpina

alpine bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

kinnikinnick, bearberry, mealberry

Arisaema triphyllum

Jack in the pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit

Aristolochia serpentaria

Virginia dutchman's pipe, Virginia snakeroot

Arnica angustifolia

narrowleaf arnica

Artemisia absinthium

absinthium, absinth sagewort, common sagewort