List of Canadian plants by genus B

This is a partial list of the plant species considered native to Canada.

Many of the plants seen in Canada were introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. For these plants, see List of introduced species to Canada.

N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.

Due to Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Ba

• Ballota
  • X Ballota nigra — black horehound
• Baptisia
  • X Baptisia australis — blue wild indigo, blue false indigo
  • N Baptisia tinctoria — yellow wild-indigo
• Barbarea
  • N Barbarea orthoceras — erect-fruit wintercress
  • X Barbarea vulgaris — yellow rocket, common wintercress
• Bartonia
  • N Bartonia paniculata subsp. paniculata — twining screwstem, branched bartonia Threatened
  • N Bartonia virginica — yellow screwstem, yellow bartonia
• Bartsia
  • N Bartsia alpina — velvetbells, alpine bartsia
• Bassia
  • X Bassia hyssopifolia — five-horn smotherweed, five-hook bassia, thorn orache

Be

• Beckmannia
  • N Beckmannia syzigachne — American slough grass
• Bellis
  • X Bellis perennis — English daisy
• Berberis
  • X Berberis aquifolium — Oregon grape, Oregon hollygrape, holly barberry
  • X Berberis repens — creeping mahonia, creeping grape holly, creeping barberry
  • X Berberis thunbergii — Japanese barberry, purple Japanese barberry
  • X Berberis vulgaris — European barberry, common barberry
  • X Berberis × ottawensis (B. thunbergii × B. vulgaris) — Ottawa barberry
• Berteroa
  • X Berteroa incana — hoary alyssum, hoary false madwort
• Berula
  • N Berula erecta — lesser water-parsnip
• Betula
  • N Betula alleghaniensis — yellow birch
  • N Betula cordifolia — heartleaf birch, mountain white birch, mountain paper birch
  • N Betula glandulosa — American dwarf birch, glandular birch, scrub birch, dwarf resin birch, resin birch, tundra dwarf birch
  • N Betula lenta — sweet birch, cherry birch
  • N Betula minor — dwarf white birch
  • N Betula neoalaskana — Alaska birch, Alaskan paper birch, Alaska white birch
  • N Betula occidentalis — water birch, western birch, western river birch, spring birch
  • N Betula papyrifera — paper birch, white birch, canoe birch
  • X Betula pendula — European white birch, weeping birch, silver birch
  • N Betula populifolia — grey birch, fire birch, old field birch, poverty birch
  • X Betula pubescens — downy birch, European white birch
  • N Betula pumila — dwarf birch, bog birch, swamp birch
  • N Betula × neoborealis (B. occidentalis × B. pumila)
  • N Betula × purpusii (B. alleghaniensis × B. pumila)
  • N Betula × sandbergii (B. papyrifera × B. pumila) — Sandberg's birch
  • N Betula × sargentii (B. glandulosa × B. pumila) — Sargent's birch

Bi

• Bidens
  • X Bidens aristosa — tickseed beggarticks
  • X Bidens bipinnata — Spanish needles
  • N Bidens cernua — nodding beggarticks, nodding burr marigold
  • N Bidens connata — purplestem beggarticks, purplestem swamp beggarticks, connate beggarticks, southern tickseed
  • N Bidens discoidea — swamp beggarticks, small beggarticks, discoid beggarticks, few-bracted beggarticks
  • N Bidens frondosa — Devil's beggarticks, Devil's pitchfork, stick-tight, largeleaf beggarticks
  • N Bidens hyperborea — estuary beggarticks, coastal beggarticks, northern estuarine beggarticks, seacliff beggarticks
  • N Bidens laevis — smooth bur-marigold
  • X Bidens pilosa — hairy beggarticks
  • X Bidens polylepis — awnless beggarticks
  • N Bidens tripartita — threepart beggarticks, trifid burr-marigold
  • N Bidens vulgata — tall beggarticks, stick-tight, big Devil's beggarticks

Bl

• Blephilia
  • N Blephilia ciliata — downy woodmint
  • N Blephilia hirsuta — hairy woodmint
• Blysmus
  • N Blysmus rufus — red bulrush

Bo

• Boehmeria
  • N Boehmeria cylindrica — false nettle, bog-hemp, smallspike false nettle
• Bolboschoenus
  • N Bolboschoenus fluviatilis — river bulrush, river clubrush
  • N Bolboschoenus maritimus — saltmarsh bulrush, bayonet grass, saltmarsh clubrush
• Borago
  • X Borago officinalis — common borage, beeplant, beebread
• Botrychium
  • N Botrychium acuminatum — pointed moonwort
  • N Botrychium ascendens — upswept moonwort, triangle-lobed moonwort
  • N Botrychium campestre — prairie moonwort, prairie dunewort
  • N Botrychium dissectum — lacyleaf grapefern, cutleaf grapefern, cutleaf moonwort
  • N Botrychium hesperium — western moonwort
  • N Botrychium lanceolatum — lanceleaf grapefern, triangle moonwort
  • N Botrychium lunaria — common moonwort, moonwort grapefern
  • N Botrychium matricariifolium — daisyleaf moonwort, matricary grapefern, matricary moonwort, chamomile grapefern
  • N Botrychium minganense — Mingan's moonwort
  • N Botrychium multifidum — leathery grapefern
  • N Botrychium oneidense — Lake Oneida grapefern, blunt-lobed grapefern
  • N Botrychium pallidum — pale moonwort
  • N Botrychium pseudopinnatum — false northwestern moonwort
  • N Botrychium rugulosum — St. Lawrence grapefern, rugulose grapefern, ternate grapefern
  • N Botrychium simplex — little grapefern, least moonwort
  • N Botrychium spathulatum — spatulate moonwort, spoonleaf moonwort
  • N Botrychium virginianum — rattlesnake fern
• Bouteloua
  • N Bouteloua curtipendula — sideoats grama

Br

• Brachyelytrum
  • N Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum — bearded shorthusk
  • NBrachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum — northern shorthusk
• Brasenia
  • N Brasenia schreberi — watershield, purple wendock
• Brassica
  • X Brassica juncea — Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, brown mustard, leaf mustard, Sarepta mustard
  • X Brassica napus — rutabaga, canola, Swedish turnip, rapeseed, colza, oilseed rape, annual rape
  • X Brassica nigra — black mustard
  • X Brassica oleracea — cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, chou broccoli
• Braya
  • N Braya humilis — low northern rockcress, low braya
• Briza
  • X Briza maxima — big quaking grass, large quaking grass
  • X Briza media — perennial quaking grass
• Bromus
  • X Bromus aleutensis — Aleut brome
  • X Bromus arvensis — field brome
  • X Bromus briziformis — rattlesnake brome
  • X Bromus carinatus — California brome
  • N Bromus ciliatus — fringed brome
  • X Bromus commutatus — meadow brome, hairy brome
  • X Bromus danthoniae — oat brome
  • X Bromus erectus — erect brome, upright brome, meadow brome
  • X Bromus hordeaceus — soft brome
  • X Bromus inermis subsp. inermis — smooth brome, Hungarian brome, awnless brome
  • N Bromus kalmii — Kalm's brome, prairie brome, wild chess
  • N Bromus latiglumis — broad-glumed brome
  • N Bromus nottowayanus — Nottoway brome grass
  • N Bromus pubescens — hairy woodland brome
  • N Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus — Pumpell's brome
  • X Bromus racemosus — spiked brome
  • X Bromus secalinus — rye brome, cheat, chess
  • X Bromus squarrosus — corn brome
  • X Bromus sterilis — poverty brome
  • X Bromus tectorum — cheat grass
  • X Bromus × pseudothominii (B. hordeaceus × B. lepidus ) — soft brome

Bu

• Buchnera
  • N Buchnera americana — bluehearts Endangered
• Buddleja
  • X Buddleja davidii — butterfly bush, orange-eye, summer lilac
• Buglossoides
  • X Buglossoides arvensis — corn gromwell, bastard alkanet
• Bulbostylis
  • N Bulbostylis capillaris — densetuft hairsedge, threadleaf beakseed
• Bupleurum
  • X Bupleurum rotundifolium — roundleaf thorowax
• Butomus
  • X Butomus umbellatus — flowering rush

References

See: Flora of Canada#References