This is a partial list of the plant species considered native to Canada.
Many of the plants seen in Canada were introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. For these plants, see List of introduced species to Canada.
N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.
Due to Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.
X
Xanthium — cockleburs Xanthium strumarium — rough cocklebur Xerophyllum — turkeybeard Xerophyllum tenax — beargrass, western turkeybeard Xyris — yellow-eyed-grasses Xyris difformis — Carolina yellow-eyed-grass Xyris montana — northern yellow-eyed-grass
Y
Yabea — hedge-parsley Yabea microcarpa — California hedge-parsley
Z
Zannichellia — horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris — horned pondweed Zanthoxylum — prickly-ashes Zanthoxylum americanum — northern prickly-ash Zeltnera — centauries Zeltnera exaltata — tall centaury Zigadenus — camas Zigadenus elegans — white camas Zigadenus venenosus — meadow deathcamas Zizia — alexanders Zizia aptera — golden alexanders Zizia aurea — common alexanders Zostera — seagrasses Zostera marina — sea-wrack Zygodon — mosses Zygodon conoideus Zygodon gracilis — slender yokemoss Zygodon reinwardtii Zygodon viridissimus — green yokemoss
References
See: Flora of Canada#References