In recent years, much attention has been given to protecting and conserving
Ontario's beautiful, useful, and sometimes rare native plant material.
Southern Ontario is on the northern fringe of the vast Carolinian forest
area of North America which at one time stretched from South Carolina to
Northern Ontario.
Many of the Carolinian plant species are very rare and on the verge of
extinction. Planting of these plants on private lands and the use of
native and Carolinian species in landscaping will help to assure the
continuation of this valuable part of our Canadian heritage for future
generations to enjoy.
NATIVE TREES
| Sugar Maple Hornbeam Hop Hornbeam Green Ash White Ash Paper Birch Pin Oak |
Red Oak Black Walnut Butternut Hickory Hazel Nut Mountain Ash American Elm |
NATIVE EVERGREENS
| White Cedar Larch Balsam Fir Canadian Hemlock |
White Pine White Spruce |
NATIVE PLANTS
| Cranberry Blueberry Wintergreen Trillium Bunchberry |
Mountain Laurel Bog Rosemary Jack-in-the -Pulpit Lady Slipper Pitcher Plant |
CAROLINIAN TREES & SHRUBS
| Tulip Tree (Liriodendron) Red Bud (Cercis Can.) Sweet Gum (Liquidambar) Black Gum (Nyssa) Sour Wood (Oxydendron) Magnolia Virginiana (Sweet Bay) Sycamore (Platinus) Red Maple (Acer Rubrum) Sassafras (Pseudosassafras) Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus) Carolina Silver Bell |
Hackberry (Celtis) Persimmon (Diospyros) Pawpaw (Asimma) Osage Orange (Maclura) Dogwood (Cornus) - Flowering Wild Crab (Malus) Grey Dogwood Winterberry Spice Bush Witch Hazel Red Osier Dogwood Franklinia-Hardy Camelia |