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.

Da

Dalea — prairie clovers Dalea purpurea — prairie clover Dalibarda — dewdrops Dalibarda repens — dewdrop, false violet, robin-run-away, star violet Danthonia — oatgrasses Danthonia compressa — flattened oatgrass, flat-stemmed danthonia Danthonia spicata — poverty oatgrass

De

Decodon — willowherbs Decodon verticillatus — swamp willowherb, water oleander, water willow, hairy swamp loosestrife Dennstaedtia — hay-scented ferns Dennstaedtia punctilobula — eastern hay-scented fern Deparia — glade ferns Deparia acrostichoides — silvery glade fern, silvery spleenwort Deschampsia — hairgrasses Deschampsia atropurpurea — mountain hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa — tufted hairgrass, tussock grass Deschampsia flexuosa — wavy hairgrass, crinkled hairgrass Descurainia — tansy-mustards Descurainia pinnata — western tansy-mustard, green tansy-mustard, shortfruit tansy-mustard Descurainia richardsonii — Richardson's tansy-mustard Desmodium — tick-trefoils Desmodium canadense — Canadian tick-trefoil, showy tick-trefoil Desmodium canescens Desmodium cuspidatum — toothed tick-trefoil Desmodium glutinosum — pointy-leaved tick-trefoil, large tick-trefoil Desmodium illinoense — Illinois tick-trefoil Extirpated Desmodium nudiflorum — bare-stemmed tick-trefoil, naked-flowered tick-trefoil Desmodium paniculatum var. dillenii Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum Desmodium rotundifolium — roundleaf tick-trefoil, prostrate tick-trefoil, dollar leaf

Di

Diarrhena — beak grasses Diarrhena obovata — beak grass Dicentra — dicentras Dicentra canadensis — squirrel corn Dicentra cucullaria — Dutchman's-breeches, soldier's cap Diervilla — bush honeysuckles Diervilla lonicera — northern bush honeysuckle Digitaria — witchgrasses Digitaria cognata — fall witchgrass Dioscorea — Dioscorea quaternata — fourleaf wild-yam Diphasiastrum — clubmosses Diphasiastrum complanatum — trailing clubmoss, northern ground-cedar, northern running-pine, flat-branched clubmoss, trailing evergreen, Christmas green, ground-pine Diphasiastrum digitatum — fan clubmoss, southern running-pine, southern ground-cedar, fan ground-pine, crowfoot clubmoss, trailing ground-pine Diphasiastrum sabinifolium — ground-fir, savinleaf clubmoss, heath-cypress Diphasiastrum sitchense — Sitka clubmoss, tufted ground-cedar, Alaskan clubmoss Diphasiastrum tristachyum — three-spiked clubmoss, blue ground-cedar, northern ground-pine Diplazium — glade ferns Diplazium pycnocarpon — narrowleaf glade fern, narrowleaf spleenwort Dirca — leatherwoods Dirca palustris — leatherwoods, ropebark, moosewood, wicopy

Do

Doellingeria — flattop white aster Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens — hairy flattop white aster Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata — tall flattop white aster, parasol whitetop

Dr

Draba — whitlowgrasses Draba alpina — alpine whitlowgrass Draba arabisans — rock whitlowgrass Draba aurea — golden whitlowgrass, golden draba Draba cana — canescent whitlowgrass, hairyfruit whitlowgrass Draba cinerea — ashy whitlowgrass, greyleaf whitlowgrass Draba glabella — smooth whitlowgrass Draba incana — hoary whitlowgrass Draba lactea — milky whitlowgrass Draba nemorosa — woodland whitlowgrass Draba nivalis — snow whitlowgrass, snow draba, yellow arctic whitlowgrass Draba norvegica — Norwegian whitlowgrass Draba reptans — Carolina whitlowgrass Dracocephalum — dragonheads Dracocephalum parviflorum — American dragonhead, dragonhead mint Drosera — sundews Drosera anglica — English sundew Drosera intermedia — spoonleaf sundew, spatulate-leaf sundew, floating sundew, narrowleaf sundew Drosera linearis — slenderleaf sundew, linear-leaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia — roundleaf sundew, dewplant Dryas — mountain avens Dryas drummondii — yellow mountain avens, Drummond's dryad Dryas integrifolia — white mountain avens Dryopteris — woodferns Dryopteris carthusiana — spinulose woodfern, spinulose shieldfern, toothed woodfern, narrow Buckler fern Dryopteris clintoniana — Clinton's woodfern Dryopteris cristata — crested woodfern Dryopteris expansa — spreading woodfern, northern Buckler fern, northern woodfern Dryopteris filix-mas — male fern, Dryopteris fragrans — fragrant woodfern Dryopteris goldieana — Goldie's woodfern Dryopteris intermedia — evergreen woodfern Dryopteris marginalis — marginal woodfern, leather woodfern

Du

Dulichium — threeway sedges Dulichium arundinaceum — threeway sedge Dupontia — tundra grasses Dupontia fisheri — Fischer's tundra grass, Fischer's dupontia

Dy

Dyssodia — dogweeds Dyssodia papposa — fœtid dogweed

References

See: Flora of Canada#References