Plant guides
Explore 59 reference profiles used by the UrbanPlantz community map. Each includes identification notes, native range, seasonal context and sources.
The catalogue began with wild-growing finds around Toronto. Its seasonal calendar is a southern Ontario reference; a plant name or calendar does not establish local identification, edibility or current availability.
- American basswood (linden) Tilia americana
- American elderberry Sambucus canadensis
- Anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum
- Apple Malus domestica
- Apricot Prunus armeniaca
- Black cherry Prunus serotina
- Black walnut Juglans nigra
- Blackberry Rubus spp. · Allegheny blackberry reference: Rubus allegheniensis
- Blackcap raspberry Rubus occidentalis
- Blueberry (lowbush or highbush) Vaccinium spp. · V. angustifolium and V. corymbosum references
- Broadleaf plantain Plantago major
- Wild mint (Canada mint) Mentha canadensis
- Canada plum Prunus nigra
- Cherry Prunus spp.
- Chicory Cichorium intybus
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana
- Common blue violet Viola sororia
- Common burdock Arctium minus
- Common chickweed Stellaria media
- Chives (common) Allium schoenoprasum
- Common mallow (cheeseweed) Malva neglecta
- Crab apple Malus spp.
- Wild black currant Ribes americanum
- Dandelion Taraxacum officinale group
- Thyme (garden thyme) Thymus vulgaris
- Garlic chives Allium tuberosum
- Wild gooseberry Ribes cynosbati / Ribes hirtellum
- Grape (wild or cultivated) Vitis spp. · riverbank grape reference: Vitis riparia
- Hazelnut (native hazels) Corylus americana / Corylus cornuta
- Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) Helianthus tuberosus
- Lamb’s quarters (fat hen) Chenopodium album
- Lemon balm Melissa officinalis
- Mulberry Morus spp.
- Nannyberry Viburnum lentago
- Oregano Origanum vulgare
- Ostrich fern (fiddleheads) Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Peach / nectarine Prunus persica
- Pear Pyrus spp. · European pear reference: Pyrus communis
- Pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica
- Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
- Plum Prunus spp. · European plum reference: Prunus domestica
- Common purslane Portulaca oleracea
- Raspberry Rubus spp. · red raspberry reference: Rubus idaeus
- Red clover Trifolium pratense
- Rose hips Rosa spp. · pasture rose reference: Rosa carolina
- Sage? Salvia spp. · garden sage reference: Salvia officinalis
- Serviceberry (Juneberry) Amelanchier spp.
- Shagbark hickory Carya ovata
- Shepherd’s purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
- Mint (spearmint) Mentha spicata
- Stinging nettle Urtica dioica group · native reference: Urtica gracilis
- Strawberry Fragaria spp.
- Sugar maple Acer saccharum
- Sumac Rhus spp. · staghorn reference: Rhus typhina
- Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus / Rubus odoratus
- White clover Trifolium repens
- Wild bergamot (bee balm) Monarda fistulosa
- Wood nettle Laportea canadensis
- Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis stricta
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