Toronto native plants starting with Z: Zannichellia palustris to Zygodon viridissimus var. rupestris

(Updated August 5, 2009).

It's exciting to see how many possibilities for native plant garderners there are in Toronto (something you'd never guess from the average Toronto plant seller, unfortunately.) I've put a link to the relevant entries in this blog where available. I have tried to be as accurate as possible but I'm no expert so any corrections to this list would be appreciated!

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Z

• Zannichellia palustris (horned pondweed), rare. Banville, LBJ, PLANTS.
• Zanthoxylum americanum (common pricklyash). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG
• Zigadenus elegans (mountain death camas). LBJ, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Zizania aquatica (annual wild rice), rare. Banville, LBJ, NANPS, PLANTS.
• Zizania palustris (northern wild rice). PLANTS.
• Zizia aptera (heartleaf Alexanders, meadow zizia). CC rare, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Zizia aurea (golden Alexanders, golden zizia). LBJ, NANPS, P&M, PLANTS. More info: DG.
• Zygodon viridissimus var. rupestris (zygodon moss). CC rare, PLANTS.

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References

• Me: I've seen it myself, in the wild in Toronto.
• Banville: Banville, Diana. Vascular Plants of Metropolitan Toronto 2nd ed.. Toronto: Toronto Field Naturalists, 1994. (Available by mail order from TFN.)
• CCC: Carolinian Canada Coalition's list of Representative Carolinian Species.
• CC rare: Carolinian Canada Coalitions's list of Carolinian Zone Rare Species
• CC SAR: Carolinian Canada Coalition's list Carolinian Species at Risk
• LBJ: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
• NANPS: North American Native Plant Society
• P&M: Peterson, Roger Tory and Margaret McKenny. A field guide to wildflowers: Northeastern and northcentral North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968.
• PLANTS: United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database

Information

• DG: Dave's Garden