Canadensis
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Canadensis is a New Latin
term meaning of Canada which is used in taxonomy to denote species which are indigenous to, or are strongly associated with Canada.
Pathogens:
New Latin
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term meaning of Canada which is used in taxonomy to denote species which are indigenous to, or are strongly associated with Canada.
Animals
- Castor canadensis, common names American Beaver, Canadian Beaver, and North American Beaver
- Cervus canadensisElkThe Elk is the large deer, also called Cervus canadensis or wapiti, of North America and eastern Asia.Elk may also refer to:Other antlered mammals:...
, common name Elk or Wapiti - Lontra canadensis, common name Northern River Otter or North American River Otter
- Lynx canadensis, common name Canadian Lynx
- Ovis canadensisBighorn SheepThe bighorn sheep is a species of sheep in North America named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to , while the sheep themselves weigh up to . Recent genetic testing indicates that there are three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered: Ovis canadensis sierrae...
, common name Bighorn Sheep - Sander canadensisSaugerThe sauger is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae which resembles its close relative the walleye. They are members of the largest vertebrate order, Perciforms. They are the most migratory percid species in North America. Saugers obtain two dorsal fins, the first is spiny and the...
, common name Sauger
Birds
- Aquila chrysaetos canadensisGolden EagleThe Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
, common name Golden Eagle - Branta canadensisCanada GooseThe Canada Goose is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body....
, common name Canada Goose - Branta hutchinsiiCackling GooseThe Cackling Goose is a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species....
or Branta canadensis hutchinsii, common name Cackling Goose - Falcipennis canadensisSpruce GrouseThe Spruce Grouse or Canada Grouse is a medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous boreal forests or taiga of North America. It is one of the most arboreal grouse, fairly well adapted to perching and moving about in trees...
, common name Spruce Grouse - Grus canadensisSandhill CraneThe Sandhill Crane is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest...
, common name Sandhill Crane - Perisoreus canadensisGray JayThe Gray Jay , also Grey Jay, Canada Jay, or Whiskey Jack, is a member of the crow and jay family found in the boreal forests across North America north to the tree-line and in subalpine forests of the Rocky Mountains south to New Mexico and Arizona...
, common name moosebird, Canada jay, or gray jay - Sakesphorus canadensisBlack-crested AntshrikeThe Black-crested Antshrike, Sakesphorus canadensis, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru....
, common name Black-crested Antshrike - Sitta canadensisRed-breasted NuthatchThe Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Its call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched...
, common name Red-breasted Nuthatch - Wilsonia canadensisCanada WarblerThe Canada Warbler is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces...
, common name Canada Warbler - Caryothraustes canadensisYellow-green GrosbeakThe Yellow-Green Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, common name Yellow-green Grosbeak
Insects
- Argyresthia canadensisArgyresthia canadensisThe Canadian Arborvitae Leafminer or Cedar Leafminer is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in North America.The larvae feed on Thuja occidentalis....
, a moth with common name Canadian Arborvitae Leafminer or Cedar Leafminer - Calyptra canadensisCalyptra canadensisThe Canadian Owlet is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is found from Nova Scotia to North Carolina in mountains, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan. Occasionally straying to Alberta....
, a moth with common name Canadian Owlet - Harpagoxenus canadensisHarpagoxenus canadensisHarpagoxenus canadensis is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is found in Canada and the United States.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
, a species of ant - Ochlerotatus canadensis, a species of mosquito
- Papilio canadensisPapilio canadensisThe Canadian Tiger Swallowtail is a species of the Papilionidae family. It was once classified as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus.-Description:Adult...
, a butterfly with common name Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Sphinx canadensisSphinx canadensisThe Canadian Sphinx is a member of the family Sphingidae that is found the Northeastern United States and as north as Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada....
, a moth with common name Canadian Sphinx - Tephronota canadensisTephronota canadensisTephronota canadensis is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Tephronota of the family Tephritidae....
, a species of fly - Trypeta canadensisTrypeta canadensisTrypeta canadensis is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Trypeta of the family Tephritidae....
, a species of fly - Zeiraphera canadensisZeiraphera canadensisThe Spruce Bud Moth is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Canada.The larvae feed on Picea glauca....
, a moth with common name Spruce Bud Moth
Plants
- Allium canadenseAllium canadenseWild onion , also known as Canada onion, wild garlic, meadow garlic, and Canadian garlic, is a perennial plant native to North America. It has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion. The plant also has strong, onion-like odor...
, common name Wild Onion, Meadow Garlic, Tree Onion, and Canadian Garlic - Amelanchier canadensisAmelanchier canadensisAmelanchier canadensis is a species of Amelanchier native to eastern North America in Canada from Newfoundland west to southern Ontario, and in the United...
, with many common names, including Canadian serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush, Shadbush Serviceberry, Sugarplum, Thicket Serviceberry - Anemone canadensisAnemone canadensisAnemone canadensis is a herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, thickets, streambanks, and lakeshores in North America, spreading rapidly by underground rhizomes, valued for its white flowers.-Description:Shoots with deeply divided and toothed basal leaves grow from caudices on long,...
, common name Canada Anemone - Antennaria canadensis, a subspecies of Antennaria howellii, common name Canada pussytoes
- Aquilegia canadensisWild ColumbineAquilegia canadensis is a herbaceous perennial native to woodland and rocky slopes in eastern North America, prized for its red and yellow flowers. It readily hybridizes with other species in the genus.-Description:Height is...
, common name Wild Columbine, Canadian columbine, or red columbine - Arabis canadensis, common name sicklepod
- Astragalus canadensisAstragalusAstragalus is a large genus of about 3,000 species of herbs and small shrubs, belonging to the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, common name milk-vetch - Bromus ciliatusBromusBromus is a large genus of the grass family . Estimates in the scientific literature of the number of species have ranged from 100 to 400, but plant taxonomists currently recognize around 160–170 species...
or Bromus canadensis, common name Fringed Brome - Calamagrostis canadensisCalamagrostis canadensisCalamagrostis canadensis is a species of grass, having three or more varieties, in the Poaceae family. It is known variously by the common names of Bluejoint, Bluejoint reedgrass, Marsh reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass, Meadow pinegrass, and Marsh pinegrass.-Varieties:Calamagrostis canadensis takes...
, common name Canada bluejoint, Canada reedgrass, Langsdorff's reedgrass, or Macoun's reedgrass - Cercis canadensisEastern RedbudCercis canadensis L. is a large shrub or small tree native to eastern North America from Southern Ontario, Canada south to northern Florida, United States....
, common name Eastern Redbud - Circaea canadensis
- Collinsonia canadensisCollinsonia canadensisCollinsonia canadensis is a perennial medicinal herb in the mint family. Common names include Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root. It is native to eastern North America from Quebec south to Florida and as far west as Missouri, although it is mainly...
, with many common names, including Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root - Conyza canadensisConyza canadensisConyza canadensis is an annual plant native throughout most of North America and Central America. Common names include Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed.It is an annual plant growing to 1.5 m tall, with sparsely hairy stems...
, with many common names, including Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed - Cornus canadensisCornus canadensisCornus canadensis is a herbaceous member of the Cornaceae family...
, common name Canadian Dwarf Cornel, Canadian Bunchberry or crackerberry - Cryptotaenia canadensisCryptotaeniaCryptotaenia is a genus of two species of herbaceous perennial plants, native to North America and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places.-Species:*Cryptotaenia canadensis...
, common name Canada honewort - Dicentra canadensisDicentra canadensisDicentra canadensis, or squirrel corn, is a herbaceous plant in the fumitory family with small yellow clustered bulblets, finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers, native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.-References:...
, common name squirrel corn - Elodea canadensisAmerican waterweedElodea canadensis is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America. It was first recorded from the British Isles in about 1836.-Distribution:...
, common name American waterweed, common waterweed, or Canadian waterweed and Anacharis - Elymus canadensisElymus canadensisElymus canadensis is a species of wild rye known by the common name Canada wild rye. This grass is native to much of North America, being most abundant in the central plains and Great Plains...
, common name Canada wild rye - Hydrastis canadensisGoldensealGoldenseal is a perennial herb in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It may be distinguished by its thick, yellow knotted rootstock. The stem is purplish and hairy above ground and yellow below ground where it connects to the...
, common name Goldenseal, Orange-root, or Orangeroot - Lactuca canadensisLactucaLactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. The genus includes about 100 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia....
, a variety of lettuce with multiple sub-species, with common names Canada Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, and Wild Lettuce - Laportea canadensis, common name wood nettle
- Mentha canadensisMentha canadensisMentha canadensis is a species of mint. The flowers are bluish or a slight violet tint. The plant is upright about to tall. Leaves grow opposite from each other, and flower bunches appear at the upper leaf axil. The mint grows in wet areas but not directly in water, so it will be found near...
, a species of mint - Nuttallanthus canadensisNuttallanthusNuttallanthus is a genus of four species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae. Three species of Nuttallanthus are native to North...
or Linaria canadensis, with many common names, including Blue toad-flax, Blue toadflax, Old-field toadflax, Toad-flax - Pedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensis is a flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family and is also known as Wood Betony, Beefsteak Plant, Canadian Lousewort, High Heal-all, Snaffles and Canada Lousewort. It is found in thickets and dry, open wooded areas throughout Canada and the United States. It is a low, hairy...
, common name Wood betony and Canada lousewort - Sambucus canadensisSambucus canadensisSambucus canadensis is a species of elderberry native to a large area of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, and south through eastern Mexico and Central America to Panama. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry soils, primarily in sunny locations.-Growth:It is a...
, common name American Elderberry - Sanguinaria canadensisBloodrootBloodroot is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States...
, common name bloodroot - Sanguisorba canadensisSanguisorba canadensisSanguisorba canadensis, or Canadian burnet, is a perennial in the family Rosaceae native to North America, commonly growing in bogs, swamps, and roadsides from Labrador to Georgia. It grows 4–5 ft. tall, with creamy white flowers that grow in cylindrical spikes...
, common name Canadian burnet - Sanicula canadensisSanicula canadensisSanicula canadensis, Black Snakeroot, is a native plant of North America and a member of family Apiaceae. It is biennial or periennial, and spreads primarily by seed. It grows from 1 to 4.5 feet tall, and is found in mesic deciduous woodlands...
, common name Black Snakeroot - Shepherdia canadensisCanada BuffaloberryThe Canada Buffaloberry , also known as Russet Buffaloberry, Soopolallie, Soapberry, or Foamberry, is one of a small number of shrubs of the genus Shepherdia bearing edible red berries. One recognized form however bears yellow fruits...
, common name Canada Buffaloberry - Solidago canadensisSolidago canadensisSolidago canadensis is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae native to North America. It is often grown as a wildflower....
, common name Canada golden-rod or Canada goldenrod - Stipa canadensis, common name feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass
- Taxus canadensisTaxus canadensisTaxus canadensis is a conifer native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called simply "Yew", this species is also referred to as American Yew or Ground-hemlock.Most of its range is well north of the Ohio River...
, common name Canadian Yew - Tsuga canadensis, common name Eastern Hemlock or Canadian Hemlock
- Viola canadensisViola canadensisViola canadensis is more commonly known as Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet. As its name suggests, it is a species of violet which bears white blooms. The flowers are white, with yellow bases and sometimes streaks of purple. The leaves are heart shaped, with...
, common name Canadian white violet, Canada Violet, tall white violet, or white violet
Other
Extinct species include:- Anomalocaris canadensisAnomalocarisAnomalocaris is an extinct genus of anomalocaridid, which are, in turn, thought to be closely related to the arthropods. The first fossils of Anomalocaris were discovered in the Ogygopsis Shale by Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, with more examples found by Charles Doolittle Walcott in the famed...
, or "anomalous shrimp" - Brachylophosaurus canadensisBrachylophosaurusBrachylophosaurus was a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs. It is known from several skeletons and bonebed material from the Judith River Formation of Montana and the Oldman Formation of Alberta, living about 76.5 million years ago....
, a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs - Grewingkia canadensisGrewingkia canadensisGrewingkia canadensis is a species of prehistoric coral, found in North America....
, a species of prehistoric coral - Leidyosuchus canadensisLeidyosuchusLeidyosuchus is an extinct genus of alligatoroid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta. It was named in 1907 by Lawrence Lambe, and the type species is L. canadensis. It is known from a number of specimens from the middle Campanian age Dinosaur Park Formation...
, an alligatorid - Monoclonius canadensisMonocloniusMonoclonius was a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Late Cretaceous Montana and Canada. It is often confused with Centrosaurus, a similar genus of ceratopsian . Monoclonius was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876...
, included with Chasmosaurus canadensisChasmosaurusChasmosaurus is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of North America. Its name means 'opening lizard', referring to the large openings in its frill . With a length of and a weight of , Chasmosaurus was a ceratopsian of average size... - Pachyrhinosaurus canadensisPachyrhinosaurusPachyrhinosaurus is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period of North America. The first examples were discovered by Charles M. Sternberg in Alberta, Canada, in 1946, and named in 1950. Over a dozen partial skulls and a large assortment of other fossils from various species...
, an ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period - Plumulites canadensisPlumulites canadensisPlumulites canadensis is a member of the machaeridian family and existed from 480 million years ago until about 250 million years ago. This armoured annelid worm is the relative of the modern-day earthworm, leech and bristleworm. Fewer than ten of the fossils have been found....
, an annelid worm and member of the machaeridian family - Xanioascus canadensis, a ctenophore
Pathogens:
- Typhula ishikariensis var. canadensisTyphula ishikariensis var. canadensisTyphula ishikariensis var. canadensis is a plant pathogen.-External links:**...
See also
- Canadensis, PennsylvaniaCanadensis, PennsylvaniaCanadensis is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. Canadensis is home to a few small shops, restaurants and churches. The "crossroads", which is the intersection of Pennsylvania Routes 447 and 390, is the center of the community...
, USA, in Monroe County - Atlantic whitefishAtlantic whitefishThe Atlantic whitefish is a freshwater salmonid fish inhabiting the northwestern Atlantic ocean around the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as well as some freshwater lakes within Nova Scotia. C. huntsmani was originally designated Coregonus canadensis, but the species name was changed in 1987. ...
, binomial name Coregonus huntsmani, was once known as Coregonus canadensis until it was reclassified in 1987