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The Canadian flora is depauperate because of the near total glaciation event in the Pleistocene. Due to the vast area of Canada, a tree that is common in one area may be completely absent in another. In particular, many warm-temperate trees can only be grown on the mild Pacific coast (where gardens may contain additional species not listed here).
Species name Range in Canada Global rank Notes YK NT NU LB CA; BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF; Callitropsis nootkatensis Nootka cypress YK NT NU LB CA Secure BC AB
It extends up into Southern Ontario, Canada which is located in the fertile ecozone of the Mixedwood Plains and includes ecodistricts 7E-1 to 7E-6. Trees found here include various species of ash, birch, chestnut, hickory, oak, and walnut; tallest of all is the tulip tree. Fruit trees native to this zone include the pawpaw. [6]
According to environment Canada the nation of Canada hosts approximately 17,000 identified species of trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, mosses and other flora. [1] About 3,322 species of vascular plants are native to Canada, and about 830 additional non-native species are recorded as established outside cultivation there. [2]
N Amelanchier canadensis – Canada serviceberry, swamp shadbush, thicket serviceberry N Amelanchier humilis – low serviceberry , running serviceberry N Amelanchier laevis – smooth juneberry , Allegheny serviceberry, smooth chuckleypear
The eastern forest–boreal transition is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of North America, mostly in eastern Canada. It is a transitional zone or region between the predominantly coniferous Boreal Forest and the mostly deciduous broadleaf forest region further south.
Many of Ottawa's native trees have been displaced by non-native plants and trees introduced by settlers from Europe and Asia from the 18th century to the present. Most of the native trees are found in the Greenbelt, parks, and along the Rideau and Ottawa rivers. The types of trees growing across the city vary based on the soil conditions in the ...
The current Native Trees of Ontario Collection was originally based on a list of some 85 species native to the three forest regions of Ontario; the northern Boreal Forest, the Great lakes - St. Lawrence Forest (in which the Arboretum is found), and the Southern Deciduous Forest. [29]