Native Plants I’ve Actually Seen Growing Wild in Southern Ontario
Acer saccharinum (silver maple) --along the sides of highways
Acer saccharum (sugar maple) --GTA ravines
Achillea millefolia (yarrow) --GTA ravines
Allium schoenoprasum (wild chives) --GTA ravines, Ridgetown
Allium tricoccum (ramps) --Niagara region escarpments
Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot amaranth) --fallow areas in the GTA
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed) --fallow areas in the GTA
Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) --parks in the GTA
Amelanchier spp. (saskatoon/serviceberry) --GTA ravines
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) --GTA ravines
Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry) --ravines and parks in the GTA
Asarum canadense (Canada ginger) --GTA ravines
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) --fallow areas, ravines, and parks throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort) --Niagara region escarpments
Betula spp. (birch) --ravines and parks throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Bidens spp. (beggar ticks) --GTA ravines
Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) --GTA parks
Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort) --GTA ravines (native in freshwater across the globe anyway)
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter’s nightshade) --fallow areas in the GTA
Commelina spp. (dayflower) --fallow areas in Windsor
Cornus alternifolia (Pagoda dogwood) --GTA wooded areas
Cornus sericea (red osier dogwood) --GTA ravines and in Windsor riverside parks
Crataegus spp. (hawthorn) --GTA ravines and parks
Echinocystis lobata (wild prickly cucumber) --GTA ravines
Elaeagnus commutata (silverberry) --GTA parks and fallow areas
Epilobium ciliatum (fringed willowherb) --fallow areas in the GTA
Equisetum spp. (horsetail/scouring rush) --GTA ravines and fallow areas
Erigeron spp. (fleabane) --GTA parks and fallow areas, Ridgetown
Erythronium americanum (trout lily) --GTA ravines and parks
Eutrochium maculatum (Joe-Pye weed) --GTA parks
Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) --fallow areas in the GTA
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) --Windsor green spaces
Geranium robertianum (herb robert) --Windsor green spaces
Geum aleppicum (yellow avens) --GTA fallow areas
Geum canadense (white avens) --GTA fallow areas
Geum macrophyllum (large-leaved avens) --GTA fallow areas
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffee tree) --GTA ravines
Helianthus spp. (sunflower) --GTA fallow areas and parks
Heracleum maximum (cow parsnip) --GTA ravines
Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley) --GTA fallow areas
Humulus lupulus (hops) --GTA ravines
Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) --GTA ravines
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) --GTA ravines and in Windsor riverside parks
Juglans nigra (black walnut) --GTA ravines
Lactuca canadensis (Canadian lettuce) --GTA fallow areas
Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily) --GTA ravines
Lupinus perennis (sundial lupine) --GTA parks
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) --GTA ravines
Maianthemum racemosum (starry false solomon’s seal) --GTA ravines and parks
Maianthemum stellatum (starry false solomon’s seal) --GTA ravines
Matteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich fern) --GTA ravines
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) --GTA ravines and parks
Morus rubra (red mulberry) --fallow areas in Windsor, GTA parks
Myosotis laxa (smallflower forget-me-not) --GTA fallow areas
Oenothera biennis (evening primrose) --GTA fallow areas
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) --GTA ravines
Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) --fallow areas and ravines throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Parietaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania pellitory) --GTA fallow areas
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) --Windsor fallow areas and GTA ravines and parks
Persicaria lapathifolia (curlytop smartweed) --GTA fallow areas
Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple) --GTA ravines and parks
Portulaca oleracea (purslane) --fallow areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA (native globally anyway)
Potentilla norvejica monspeliensis (ternate-leaved cinquefoil) --GTA fallow areas
Prunella vulgaris (selfheal) --fallow areas and ravines throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) --Windsor fallow areas, GTA ravines and parks, Niagara region escarpments
Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum (western bracken fern) --GTA parks
Quercus spp. (oak) --wooded areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) --parks and fallow areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to Collingwood
Ribes spp. (currants) --GTA ravines and parks
Ribes spp. (gooseberries) --GTA ravines
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) --GTA ravines and parks
Rosa spp. (roses) --GTA ravines, parks, and fallow areas
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) --ravines, parks, and fallow areas in Hamilton and GTA
Rubus odoratus (purple-flowered raspberry) --GTA ravines and parks
Rubus strigosus (American red raspberry) --GTA parks
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed susan) --GTA parks
Salix spp. (willow) --GTA ravines
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry) --Windsor riverside parks, GTA ravines
Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry) --GTA ravines and parks
Smilax spp. (greenbrier) --GTA parks
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) --parks and fallow areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Sorbus spp. (mountain ash) --GTA ravines and parks
Streptopus spp. (twistedstalk) --GTA parks
Symphoricarpos spp. (snowberry) --GTA parks
Symphyotrichum ericoides (heath aster) --fallow areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster) --fallow areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage) --GTA parks
Tilia spp. (linden) --GTA ravines
Trillium grandiflorum (white trillium) --parks throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock) --GTA parks
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) --marshes in Essex county and GTA
Urtica gracilis (slender nettle) --GTA ravines
Uvularia spp. (bellwort) --streams in Windsor green spaces
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) --GTA ravines
Viburnum lentago (nannyberry) --GTA parks and Ridgetown ravine
Viburnum trilobum (highbush cranberry) --Ridgetown
Viola sororia (wood violet) --fallow areas and wooded areas throughout southern Ontario from Windsor to GTA
Vitis riparia (riverbank grape) --GTA fallow areas, ravines, and parks
Waldsteinia fragarioides (barren strawberry) --GTA ravines and parks
Xanthium strumarium canadense (Canada cocklebur) --GTA parks and fallow areas
I’ve likely seen many others and just couldn’t identify them, but there are a lot I’ve never seen growing wild. What I’m hoping is that some of the native species I have in my garden will make their way to the nearby ravine. If I get around to it, though, I might just take a walk with some Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) seeds in the fall. They certainly seem to successfully germinate in my garden whether I want them to or not (don’t have space for them to go crazy). Can’t see why they wouldn’t in a natural swamp area.
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