Main page: List of Canadian plants by family

The following families of vascular plants are listed as occurring in Canada:

For mosses of Canada, see:

Magnoliaceae

Liriodendron tulipifera — tulip-tree Magnolia acuminata — cucumber magnolia

Malvaceae

Hibiscus moscheutos — swamp rosemallow Iliamna rivularis — streambank globemallow Sida hermaphrodita — Virginia mallow Sidalcea campestris — meadow checkermallow Sidalcea hendersonii — Henderson's checkermallow Sidalcea oregana — Oregon checkermallow Sphaeralcea coccinea — red globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana — whitestem globemallow

Marchantiaceae

Marchantia alpestris Marchantia polymorpha Marchantia quadrata Marchantia romanica

Marsileaceae

Marsilea vestita — hairy water fern

Meesiaceae

Amblyodon dealbatus Meesia longiseta Meesia triquetra Meesia uliginosa Paludella squarrosa

Melastomataceae

Rhexia virginica — Virginia meadowbeauty

Menispermaceae

Menispermum canadense — Canada moonseed

Menyanthaceae

Fauria crista-galli — deer-cabbage Menyanthes trifoliata — bog buckbean Nymphoides cordata — little floatingheart

Metzgeriaceae

Apometzgeria pubescens Metzgeria conjugata Metzgeria furcata Metzgeria myriopoda

Mniaceae

Cinclidium arcticum Cinclidium latifolium Cinclidium stygium Cinclidium subrotundum Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides Cyrtomnium hymenophyllum Leucolepis acanthoneuron Mnium ambiguum Mnium arizonicum Mnium blyttii Mnium hornum Mnium marginatum — olive-green calcareous moss Mnium spinulosum Mnium stellare Mnium thomsonii Plagiomnium ciliare Plagiomnium cuspidatum — toothed plagiomnium moss Plagiomnium drummondii Plagiomnium ellipticum Plagiomnium insigne Plagiomnium medium Plagiomnium rostratum Plagiomnium venustum Pseudobryum cinclidioides Rhizomnium andrewsianum Rhizomnium appalachianum — Appalachian rhizomnium moss Rhizomnium glabrescens Rhizomnium gracile Rhizomnium magnifolium — grandleaf rhizomnium moss Rhizomnium nudum Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum — felt round moss Rhizomnium punctatum — rhizomnium moss

Molluginaceae

Mollugo verticillata — green carpetweed

Monotropaceae

Allotropa virgata — sugarstick Hemitomes congestum — gnome-plant Monotropa hypopithys — American pinesap Monotropa uniflora — Indian-pipe Pleuricospora fimbriolata — fringed pinesap Pterospora andromedea — giant pinedrops

Moraceae

Morus rubra — red mulberry

Myricaceae

Comptonia peregrina — sweet-fern Morella californica — California bayberry Morella pensylvanica — northern bayberry Myrica gale — sweet gale

Myriniaceae

Myrinia pulvinata Schwetschkeopsis fabronia

References