List of Canadian plants by genus D facts for kids

Canada is a huge country with many different kinds of plants! This page is like a special list of some of the plants that naturally grow here. These are called native plants. You might also see plants in Canada that were brought here by people, either on purpose or by accident. Those are called introduced species.

This list helps us explore Canada's amazing plant life, organized by the first letter of their scientific names. This part focuses on plants whose scientific names start with 'D'.

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Plants Starting with 'Da'

• Dalea — These plants are often called prairie clovers.
  • Dalea purpurea — Prairie clover
• Dalibarda — These are known as dewdrops.
  • Dalibarda repens — Dewdrop, also called false violet or robin-run-away.
• Danthonia — These plants are types of oatgrasses.
  • Danthonia compressa — Flattened oatgrass
  • Danthonia spicata — Poverty oatgrass

Plants Starting with 'De'

• Decodon — This group includes a type of willowherb.
  • Decodon verticillatus — Swamp willowherb, also known as water willow.
• Dennstaedtia — These are hay-scented ferns.
  • Dennstaedtia punctilobula — Eastern hay-scented fern
• Deparia — These are a type of glade fern.
  • Deparia acrostichoides — Silvery glade fern
• Deschampsia — These plants are known as hairgrasses.
  • Deschampsia atropurpurea — Mountain hairgrass
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa — Tufted hairgrass
  • Deschampsia flexuosa — Wavy hairgrass
• Descurainia — These are called tansy-mustards.
  • Descurainia pinnata — Western tansy-mustard
  • Descurainia richardsonii — Richardson's tansy-mustard
• Desmodium — These plants are known as tick-trefoils.
  • Desmodium canadense — Canadian tick-trefoil
  • Desmodium canescens
  • Desmodium cuspidatum — Toothed tick-trefoil
  • Desmodium glutinosum — Pointy-leaved tick-trefoil
  • Desmodium illinoense — Illinois tick-trefoil Extirpated (This means it no longer grows wild in Canada, but still exists elsewhere.)
  • Desmodium nudiflorum — Bare-stemmed tick-trefoil
  • Desmodium paniculatum var. dillenii
  • Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
  • Desmodium rotundifolium — Roundleaf tick-trefoil

Plants Starting with 'Di'

• Diarrhena — This genus includes beak grasses.
  • Diarrhena obovata — Beak grass
• Dicentra — These are often called dicentras.
  • Dicentra canadensis — Squirrel corn
  • Dicentra cucullaria — Dutchman's-breeches
• Diervilla — These are bush honeysuckles.
  • Diervilla lonicera — Northern bush honeysuckle
• Digitaria — These plants are known as witchgrasses.
  • Digitaria cognata — Fall witchgrass
• Dioscorea — This group includes a type of wild-yam.
  • Dioscorea quaternata — Fourleaf wild-yam
• Diphasiastrum — These are types of clubmosses.
  • Diphasiastrum complanatum — Trailing clubmoss, also called northern ground-cedar.
  • Diphasiastrum digitatum — Fan clubmoss, also known as southern running-pine.
  • Diphasiastrum sabinifolium — Ground-fir
  • Diphasiastrum sitchense — Sitka clubmoss
  • Diphasiastrum tristachyum — Three-spiked clubmoss
• Diplazium — These are another type of glade fern.
  • Diplazium pycnocarpon — Narrowleaf glade fern
• Dirca — This genus includes leatherwoods.
  • Dirca palustris — Leatherwoods, also called ropebark or moosewood.

Plants Starting with 'Do'

• Doellingeria — These plants are types of flattop white aster.
  • Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens — Hairy flattop white aster
  • Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata — Tall flattop white aster

Plants Starting with 'Dr'

• Draba — These are known as whitlowgrasses.
  • Draba alpina — Alpine whitlowgrass
  • Draba arabisans — Rock whitlowgrass
  • Draba aurea — Golden whitlowgrass
  • Draba cana — Canescent whitlowgrass
  • Draba cinerea — Ashy whitlowgrass
  • Draba glabella — Smooth whitlowgrass
  • Draba incana — Hoary whitlowgrass
  • Draba lactea — Milky whitlowgrass
  • Draba nemorosa — Woodland whitlowgrass
  • Draba nivalis — Snow whitlowgrass
  • Draba norvegica — Norwegian whitlowgrass
  • Draba reptans — Carolina whitlowgrass
• Dracocephalum — These are called dragonheads.
  • Dracocephalum parviflorum — American dragonhead
• Drosera — These fascinating plants are sundews, known for their sticky leaves that catch insects.
  • Drosera anglica — English sundew
  • Drosera intermedia — Spoonleaf sundew
  • Drosera linearis — Slenderleaf sundew
  • Drosera rotundifolia — Roundleaf sundew
• Dryas — These are mountain avens.
  • Dryas drummondii — Yellow mountain avens
  • Dryas integrifolia — White mountain avens
• Dryopteris — These are types of woodferns.
  • Dryopteris carthusiana — Spinulose woodfern
  • Dryopteris clintoniana — Clinton's woodfern
  • Dryopteris cristata — Crested woodfern
  • Dryopteris expansa — Spreading woodfern
  • Dryopteris filix-mas — Male fern
  • Dryopteris fragrans — Fragrant woodfern
  • Dryopteris goldieana — Goldie's woodfern
  • Dryopteris intermedia — Evergreen woodfern
  • Dryopteris marginalis — Marginal woodfern

Plants Starting with 'Du'

• Dulichium — This genus includes threeway sedges.
  • Dulichium arundinaceum — Threeway sedge
• Dupontia — These are tundra grasses.
  • Dupontia fisheri — Fischer's tundra grass

Plants Starting with 'Dy'

• Dyssodia — This genus includes dogweeds.
  • Dyssodia papposa — Foetid dogweed