List of Canadian plants by family UV
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UlmaceaeUlmaceaeUlmaceae is a family of flowering plant that includes the elms , and the zelkovas . Members of the family are widely distributed throughout the north temperate zone, and have a scattered distribution elsewhere except for Australasia.The family was formerly sometimes treated to include the...
- Ulmus americana — American elm
- Ulmus rubraUlmus rubraUlmus rubra, the Slippery Elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America...
— slippery elm
- Ulmus thomasii — rock elm
UrticaceaeUrticaceaeUrticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
- Boehmeria cylindrica — smallspike false nettle
- Laportea canadensisLaportea canadensisLaportea canadensis or wood-nettle, is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern and central North America...
— Canada wood-nettle - Parietaria pensylvanicaParietaria pensylvanicaParietaria pensylvanica is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by the common name Pennsylvania pellitory. It is native to much of North America including most of southern Canada, the entire United States, and northern Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, including...
— Pennsylvania pellitory
- Pilea fontanaPilea fontanaPilea fontana is an herbaceous plant which is very similar to Pilea pumila . They can be distinguished by the appearance of the mature achenes....
— springs clearweed - Pilea pumilaPilea pumilaPilea pumila, known as Clearweed, Canadian clearweed, Coolwort, or Richweed is an annual plant native to most of North America east of the Rockies...
— Canada clearweed - Urtica dioica — stinging nettle
ValerianaceaeValerianaceaeThe Valerianaceae, or valerian family, of the order Dipsacales contains about 350 species in 7 genera. Plants are generally herbaceous and foliage often has a strong, disagreeable odor. They are found native in most regions of the world except for Australia...
- Plectritis congestaPlectritis congestaPlectritis congesta is a species of flowering plant in the valerian family known by several common names, including shortspur seablush and rosy plectritis. It is native to western North America from Vancouver Island to southern California, where it is a common plant in coastal forests, seashores,...
— pink plectritis - Plectritis macroceraPlectritis macroceraPlectritis macrocera is a species of flowering plant in the valerian family known by the common names longhorn seablush and white plectritis. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it is a common plant in mountains, valleys, open steppe, and...
— white plectritis - Valeriana capitata — clustered valerian
- Valeriana dioica — wood valerian
- Valeriana edulis — hairy valerian
- Valeriana scouleri — Scouler's valerian
- Valeriana sitchensisValeriana sitchensisValeriana sitchensis is a species of valerian known by the common name Sitka valerian. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Montana to northern California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including moist mountain forests. In moist subalpine meadows,...
— Sitka valerian - Valeriana uliginosa — marsh valerian
- Valerianella chenopodiifolia — goosefoot cornsalad
- Valerianella umbilicata — navel-shape cornsalad
VerbenaceaeVerbenaceaeVerbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that...
- Glandularia bipinnatifida — Dakota vervain
- Phryma leptostachya — American lopseed
- Phyla lanceolataPhyla lanceolataPhyla lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common name lanceleaf fogfruit or frogfruit. It is native to the southern half of North America, including much of the United States except for the northwestern quadrant, and much of Mexico...
— fog-fruit - Verbena bracteataVerbena bracteataVerbena bracteata is a species of verbena known by the common names bigbract verbena, prostrate vervain, and carpet vervain. It is native to North America where it is widespread, occurring throughout the continent except for northern Canada and southern Mexico. It occurs in many types of habitat,...
— largebract vervain - Verbena hastataVerbena hastataVerbena hastata is a flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae. It is a herb with opposite, simple leaves which have double-serate margins, borne on stiffly erect, branching square stems. The flowers appear in summer and are purple...
— blue vervain - Verbena simplex — narrowleaf vervain
- Verbena stricta — hoary vervain
- Verbena urticifoliaVerbena urticifoliaVerbena urticifolia is a herbaceous plant in the vervain family . It belongs to the "true" vervains of genus Verbena.White Vervain has opposite, simple leaves on thin, rigid, green stems...
— white vervain - Verbena x deamii
- Verbena x engelmannii
- Verbena x perriana
- Verbena x rydbergii
ViolaceaeViolaceaeViolaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...
- Hybanthus concolorHybanthus concolorHybanthus concolor is a member of the Violaceae family, and it is more commonly known as "green violet". It is found in moist, shady sites in ravines and on rocky slopes, also on floodplains, in rich, calcareous soils. Most of the Canadian populations are located along the Niagara Escarpment, a...
— green violet - Viola aduncaViola aduncaViola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to North America, including the western half of the United States to New England northward throughout Canada.This is a hairy, compact plant growing from a small rhizome...
— sand violet - Viola affinis — Le Conte's violet
- Viola bicolorViola bicolorViola bicolor, commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America...
— field pansy - Viola bifloraViola bifloraViola biflora is a species of the genus Viola. It is also called twoflower violet. It is found in Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, Pakistan, Western & Northern China, North Korea, Japan, and Western North America....
— northern violet - Viola blandaViola blandaViola blanda is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family . It is native to parts of eastern and western Canada and the northeastern, north-central, and southeastern United States....
— smooth white violet - 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...
— Canada violet - Viola conspersa — American bog violet
- Viola cucullataViola cucullataViola cucullata is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia....
— marsh blue violet - Viola epipsilaViola epipsilaViola epipsila is a perennial forb of the genus Viola.It is found in Finland and Russia, and other countries in Europe....
— northern marsh violet - Viola glabellaViola glabellaViola glabella, the Stream Violet or Pioneer Violet, is usually found along streams or in moist woods in northeastern Asia and northwestern North America....
— smooth yellow woodland violet - Viola howellii — Howell's violet
- Viola labradoricaViola labradoricaViola labradorica is a perennial native to Greenland, eastern Canada, and the United States. The plant sold as Viola labradorica by nurseries is Viola riviniana.-Culinary:...
— Labrador violet - Viola lanceolata — lanceleaf violet
- Viola langsdorfiiViola langsdorfiiViola langsdorfii is a species of the Viola. It is a plant from rather stout creeping rootstocks, glabrous, the stems ascending 5-30 centimeters long. The Viola langsdorfii has leaves that are long-petioled, round-cordate, and anywhere from 2.5 to 4 centimeters broad, crenate; stipules foliaceous,...
— Aleutian violet - Viola macloskeyiViola macloskeyiViola macloskeyi is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family .It is native to Canada, the Northeastern, North-Central, Northwestern,...
— smooth white violet - Viola missouriensis — Missouri violet
- Viola nephrophyllaViola nephrophyllaViola nephrophylla is an annual or perennial forb in the Violet family native to North America....
— northern bog violet - Viola novae-angliae — New England violet
- Viola nuttalliiViola nuttalliiViola nuttallii is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Violet family , and is one of the few violet species with lanceolate leaves...
— Nuttall's violet - Viola orbiculata — western rough-leaved violet
- Viola palustrisViola palustrisViola palustris is a perennial forb of the genus Viola. It inhabits moist meadows, marshes, and streambanks in northern parts of North America and Eurasia....
— alpine marsh violet - Viola pedataViola pedataViola pedata is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family. Monophyletic in stature, this violet, also known as the "mountain pansy" is endemic to eastern North America, where it favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments...
— bird's-foot violet - Viola pedatifidaViola pedatifidaViola pedatifida Viola pedatifida Viola pedatifida (Prairie violet, Crow-foot violet, larkspur violet, purple prairie violet, coastal violet; syn. Viola pedatifida subsp. brittoniana (Pollard) L. E. McKinney, Viola pedatifida G. Don subsp. pedatifida, Viola palmata L. var...
— prairie violet - Viola praemorsaViola praemorsaViola praemorsa is a species of violet known by the common names canary violet and Astoria violet.-Description:This rhizomatous perennial herb grows up to 30 centimeters in maximum height...
— upland yellow violet - Viola primulifolia — primrose-leaf violet
- Viola pubescensViola pubescensViola pubescens, often called Downy yellow violet, is a plants species of the genus Viola. It is found in dry mixed and deciduous woodland areas of the United States and Canada; from Minnesota and Ontario to Nova Scotia, South to Virginia...
— downy yellow violet - Viola purpureaViola purpureaViola purpurea is a species of violet which bears yellow flowers. It is known commonly as the goosefoot violet. It is a small plant which bears thick to fleshy toothed or ridged oval leaves which are mostly green but may have a purplish tint to them...
— pine violet - Viola renifolia — kidneyleaf white violet
- Viola rostrataViola rostrataViola rostrata, is a stemmed herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names including long-spurred violet.-General description:...
— longspur violet - Viola rotundifolia — roundleaf violet
- Viola sagittata — arrowleaf violet
- Viola selkirkii — great-spurred violet
- Viola sempervirensViola sempervirensViola sempervirens , known by the common names Redwood Violet and Evergreen Violet, is a species in the genus Viola. It is native to the West Coast of the United States and British Columbia, Canada....
— redwood violet - Viola septentrionalis — northern blue violet
- Viola sororiaViola sororiaViola sororia, known commonly as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America...
— woolly blue violet - Viola striata — striped violet
- Viola triloba — three-lobed violet
- Viola vallicolaViola vallicolaViola vallicola is a perennial plant in the Violet family . It is native to Western and Central North America.Varieties of Sagebrush violet include:...
— valley violet - Viola x bissellii
- Viola x brauniae
- Viola x conjugens
- Viola x eclipes
- Viola x filicetorum
- Viola x malteana
- Viola x melissifolia
- Viola x palmata — early blue violet
- Viola x parca
- Viola x populifolia
- Viola x porteriana — Stone's violet
- Viola x primulifolia — primrose-leaf violet
- Viola x sublanceolata
ViscaceaeViscaceaeViscaceae is a family of flowering plants. In past decades, several systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system...
- Arceuthobium americanumArceuthobium americanumArceuthobium americanum is a species of dwarf mistletoe known as American dwarf mistletoe and lodgepole-pine dwarf mistletoe. It is a common plant of western North America where it lives in high elevation pine forests. It is a parasitic plant which lives upon the Lodgepole Pine, particularly the...
— American mistletoe - Arceuthobium campylopodumArceuthobium campylopodumArceuthobium campylopodum is a species of dwarf mistletoe known as western dwarf mistletoe. It is native to the low to moderate elevation coniferous forests of western North America. It is a common parasite of several species of pine tree, including Jeffrey Pine, Ponderosa Pine, and Coulter Pine...
— western dwarf-mistletoe - Arceuthobium douglasiiArceuthobium douglasiiArceuthobium douglasii is a species of dwarf mistletoe known as Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Texas to California, where it lives in forest and woodland as a parasite on Douglas-fir trees. This is a greenish shrub which is visible as a...
— Douglas-fir dwarf-mistletoe
- Arceuthobium laricis — larch dwarf-mistletoe
- Arceuthobium pusillum — dwarf mistletoe
- Arceuthobium tsugense — hemlock dwarf-mistletoe
VitaceaeVitaceaeVitaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants including the grapevine and Virginia creeper. The family name is derived from the genus Vitis...
- Parthenocissus quinquefoliaParthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger is a woody vine native to eastern and central North America, in southeastern Canada, the eastern and central United States, eastern Mexico, and Guatemala, west as far as Manitoba, South Dakota, Utah and Texas.-Growth:It is a prolific climber,...
— Virginia creeper - Parthenocissus vitaceaParthenocissus vitaceaParthenocissus vitacea , also known as Thicket Creeper, False Virginia Creeper, Woodbine, or Grape Woodbine, is a woody vine native to North America, in southeastern Canada and a large area of the United States, from Maine west to Montana and south to New Jersey and Missouri in the east, and Texas...
— woodbine - Vitis aestivalisVitis aestivalisVitis aestivalis is a species of grape native to eastern North America from southern Ontario east to Vermont, west to Oklahoma, and south to Florida and Texas. It is a vigorous vine, growing to 10 m or more high in trees...
— summer grape
- Vitis labruscaVitis labruscaVitis labrusca is a species of grapevines belonging to the Vitis genus in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The vines are native to the eastern United States and are the source of many grape cultivars, including Catawba and Concord grapes, and many hybrid grape varieties such as Agawam,...
— northern fox grape - Vitis ripariaVitis ripariaVitis riparia Michx, also commonly known as River Bank Grape or Frost Grape, is a native American climbing or trailing vine, widely distributed from Quebec to Texas, and Montana to New England. It is long-lived and capable of reaching into the upper canopy of the tallest trees...
— riverbank grape - Vitis vulpinaVitis vulpinaVitis vulpina is a herbaceous perennial vine of the family Vitaceae . The genus name Vitis comes from the Latin word for "vine" and the species name vulpina comes from the Latin word for "fox-like" or belonging to a fox...
— winter grape