Boreal Forest

Herbs & Wildflowers

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Trees

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Shrubs

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Herbs & Wildflowers

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Graminoids

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Ferns

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Aquatic Plants

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Moss & Lichens

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Mushrooms

This subsection contains a list of Herbs & Wildflowers found within the boreal ecoregions of Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Scandinavia & Iceland.

Herbaceous Species

Perennial herbs & wildflowers species found in the boreal forest

Boreal-Forest-herbs-and-wildflowers

Amaranthaceae - Amaranth Family

Bassia

Bassia prostrata - Forage Kochia

East Siberian Taiga. Okhotsk Manchurian Taiga.

Bassia scoparia - Burning Bush

Copper Platea Taiga.

Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis Family

Allium

Allium canadense - Meadow Garlic

Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga. Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests.

Apiaceae - Umbellifer Family

Carum

Carum carvi - Wild Caraway

Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga. Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian, Muskwa Slave Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests. Scandinavian, Russian, & East Siberian Taiga.

Conium

Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock

Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga. Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Scandinavian, & Siberian Taiga.

Cicuta

Cicuta maculata - Water Hemlock

From Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories, & Interior Alaksa Yukon Lowland Taiga.

Daucus

Daucus carota - European Wild Carrot

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests. Scandinavian, Russian, & Siberian Taiga.

Heracleum

Heracleum maximum - American Cow Parsnip

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories, Interior Alaksa Yukon Lowland, Cook inlet, & Alaksa Penninsula Montane Taiga.

Osmorhiza

Osmorhiza longistylis - Aniseroot

Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, Midwestern, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga.

Pastinaca

Pastinaca sativa - Wild Parsnip

Present in Every Boreal Forest except Northeastern Siberian Taiga, & Kamchatka-Kurile Meadows & Spares Forests.

Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family

Apocynum

Apocynum androsaemifolium - Spreading Dogbane

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie, & Cook inlet Taiga.

Vinca

Vinca minor - Lesser Periwinkle

Scandinavian, & Russian Taiga. Sparsely in Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga.

Araliaceae - Ginseng Family

Aralia

Aralia nudicaulis - Wild Sasparilla

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga.

Aralia hispida - Bristly Sasparilla

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern, Central, Midwestern, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga. Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests.

Asparagaceae - Asparagus Family

Maianthemum

Maianthemum canadense - Canada Mayflower

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga.

Maianthemum stellatum - Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie, & Cook inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Maianthemum racemosum - Solomon's Plume

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie, & Cook inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Maianthemum trifolium - Three-leaved False Solomon's Seal

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga.

Asteraceae - Daisy Family

Achillea

Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Ageratina

Ageratina altissima - White Snakeroot

Acadian, Great Lakes, & Boreal Transition Forests. Sparsely in the Canadian Shield & Scandinavian Taiga.

Anaphalis

Anaphalis margaritacea -Pearly Everlasting

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Ambrosia

Ambrosia artemisiifoli - Common Ragweed

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake up to Northwest Territories, & Cook Inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga, & Sparsely in Siberian Taiga.

Arnica

Arnica cordifolia - Heart-leaved Arnica

From Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Midcontinetal Canadian Forests. Through Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera, up to Northern Canadian Shield Taiga.

Arnica montana - Mountain Arnica

Scandinavian Taiga. East Siberian Taiga.

Arnica mollis - Soft Arnica

Sparsely in the Northern Canadian Shield, & Northwest Territories Taiga. Northern Cordillera, Yukon Interiror Dry Forests, & Cook Inlet Taiga.

Artemisa

Artemisia stelleriana - Dusty Miller

Sparsely in every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Common in the Acadian, Great Lakes, & Eastern Canadian Forests.

Bellis

Bellis perennis - English Daisy

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Bidens

Bidens cernua - Nodding Beggarticks

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Chicorum

Cichorium intybus - Chicory

Present in most Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution) except Northwestern Canadian, & American Boreal Forests, & Northeast Siberian, & Kamchatka-Kurile Taiga.

Cirsium

Cirsium arvense - Creeping Thistle

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Cirsium discolor - Field Thistle

Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, Midwestern, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga.

Conyza

Conyza canadensis - Canadian Fleabane

Present most Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution), except Northeast Siberian Taiga, Kamchatka Kurile, Okhotsk-manchurian, & Sakhalin Island taiga.

Doellingeria

Doellingeria umbellata - Flat-top White Aster

Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Eastern Canadian Shield, Southern Hudson Bay, Midwestern, & Northern-Canadian Shield Taiga.

Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower

Scandinavian Taiga. Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests.

Erigeron

Erigeron canadensis - Canada Fleabane

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Sparsely in the Siberian Taiga.

Erigeron strigosus - Rough Fleabane

From the Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield Taiga west into Muskwa Slave-Lake & the Northern Cordillera Forests. West Russian Taiga.

Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane

From the Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield Taiga west into Muskwa Slave-Lake & the Northern Cordillera Forests. Scandinavian Taiga.

Eupatorium

Eupatorium maculatum - Joe Pye Weed

From the Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield Taiga west into Muskwa Slave-Lake. Scandinavian Taiga.

Eurybia

Eurybia macrophylla - Large-leaved Aster

Acadian, Great Lakes, & Boreal Transition Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Eastern, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Eutrochium

Eutrochium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye Weed

Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Boreal Transition Forests. Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Eastern, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga west into Muskwa Slave-Lake & the Northern Cordillera Forests. Scandinavian Taiga.

Gnaphalium

Gnaphalium uliginosum - Low Cudweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Helenium

Helenium autumnale - Helenium

Acadian, Great Lakes, Boreal Transition, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests Forests. Eastern, Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Muskwa Slave-Lake & the Northern Cordillera Forests. Scandinavian Taiga.

Helianthus

Helianthus annuus - Common Sunflower

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Lactuca

Lactuca biennis - Tall Blue Lettuce

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Lactuca serriola - Prickly Lettuce

Present in most Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution) except Northwestern Canadian, & American Boreal Forests, & Northeast Siberian, & Kamchatka-Kurile Taiga.

Leucanthemum

Leucanthemum vulgare - Oxeye Daisy

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Liatris

Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star

Acadian & Great Lakes Forests.

Matricaria

Matricaria discoidea - Pineappleweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Oclemena

Oclemena nemoralis - Bog Aster

Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Boreal Transition, & Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Packera

Packera aurea - Golden Groundsel

Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Boreal Transition, & Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Petasites

Petasites frigidus var. palmatus - Arctic Coltsfoot

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). One of the most Northern Growing Plant.

Pilosella

Pilosella aurantiaca - Orange Hawkweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Pilosella caespitosa - Meadow Hawkweed

Present in most Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution) except Northwestern Canadian, & American Boreal Forests, & Northeast Siberian, & Kamchatka-Kurile Taiga.

Ratibida

Ratibida columnifera - Prairie Coneflower

Acadian, Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Midcontinetal Canadian Forests.

Rudbeckia

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of Northeast Siberian Taiga, Kamtchakta Kuril, Okhotsk-manchurian, & Sakhalin Island Taiga.

Solidago

Solidago canadensis - Canada Goldenrod

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of Northeast Siberian Taiga, Kamtchakta Kuril, Okhotsk-manchurian, & Sakhalin Island Taiga.

Solidago uliginosa - Bog Goldenrod

Newfoundland Highland, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Eastern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Sonchus

Sonchus oleraceus - Common Sow-thistle

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Symphyotrichum

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum - Lindley's Aster

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga.

Symphyotrichum puniceum - Purple-stemmed Aster

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga.

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum - White Panicled Aster

From Newfoundland Highland, Acadian & Great Lakes Forests through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territorie Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Tanacetum

Tanacetum vulgare - Common Tansy

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Taraxacum

Taraxacum officinale - Common Dandelion

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Tripleurospermum

Tripleurospermum inodorum - Scentless Chamomille

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories, & Interior Alaksa Yukon Lowland Taiga. Okhotsk-manchurian, Sakhalin Island, & Scandinavian Taiga.

Tussilago

Tussilago farfara - Coltsfoot

Scandinavian, Russian, & Siberian Taiga. Sakhalin Island, & Okhotsk Manchurian Taiga. Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Forest-Boreal Transition, Great Lakes, & Acadian Forests. Canadian Shield Taiga.

Balsaminaceae - Balsam Family

Impatiens

Impatiens capensis - Spotted Jewelweed

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories. Scandinavian Taiga.

Berberidaceae - Barberry Family

Caulophyllum

Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Caulophyllum

Podophyllum peltatum - May Apple

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Boraginaceae - Borage Family

Eritrichium

Eritrichium nanum - Alpine Forget-me-not

Northwest Territories Taiga. Northern Cordillera, & Yukon Interior Dry Forests, Copper Plateau, Cook Inlet & Alaska Penninsula Montane Taiga.

Mertensia

Mertensia paniculata - Northern Bluebell

Present in all the North American Boreal Forest.

Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebell

Scandinavian Taiga. Eastern, Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield Taiga. Acadian, Boreal Transition, & Great Lakes Forests.

Myosotis

Myosotis laxa - Small Forget-me-not

Scandinavian Taiga. Sparsely in Siberian Taiga, & Kamtchatka Kurile Meadows. Eastern, Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield Taiga. Acadian, Boreal Transition, & Great Lakes Forests.

Lithospermum

Lithospermum canescens - Hoary Puccoon

Central, Midwestern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Midcontinental Canadian Forests.

Brassicaceae - Mustard Family

Armoracia

Armoracia rusticana - Horseradish

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of Yukon, and Alaskan Taiga.

Barbarea

Barbarea vulgaris - Bitter Wintercress

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Brassica

Brassica campestris - Field Mustard

Scandinavian Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga.

Capsella

Brassica campestris - Common Shepherd's Purse

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Cardamine

Cardamine bulbosa - Spring Cress

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Cardamine hirsuta - Bittercress

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Cardamine diphylla - Two-Leaved Toothwort

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Cardamine pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Bittercress

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Erysimum

Erysimum cheiranthoides - Wormseed Wallflower

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Campanulaceae - Bellflower Family

Campanula

Campanula aparinoides - Marsh Bellflower

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, up to Muskwa Slave-Lake Forests. Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Scandinavian Taiga.

Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Lobelia

Lobelia cadinalis - Red Lobelia

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Lobelia kalmii - Kalm's Lobelia

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family

Valeriana

Valeriana officinalis - Common Valerian

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Caryophyllaceae - Carnation Family

Dianthus

Dianthus armeria - Deptford Pink

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Eastern, Central, Northern Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Silene

Silene acaulis - Moss Campion

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Silene vulgaris - Bladder Campion

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Stellaria

Stellaria graminea - Grass-leaved Starwort

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Stellaria media - Common Chickweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Celastraceae - Spindle-tree Family

Parnassia

Parnassia glauca - Fen Grass-of-Parnassus

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Midcontinental Canadian Forests.

Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory Family

Calystegia

Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Convolvulus

Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of Yukon, & Alaskan Taiga.

Cornaceae - Dogwood Family

Cornus

Cornus canadensis - Bunchberry

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Although sparsely in the Eurasian Taiga.

Ericaceae - Heaths Family

Moneses

Moneses uniflora - One-flowered Wintergreen

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Monotropa

Monotropa uniflora - Indian Pipe

Present in Every North American Boreal Forests.

Orthilia

Orthilia secunda - One-sided Wintergreen

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Pyrola

Pyrola asarifolia - Pink Pyrola

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Pyrola elliptica - Shinleaf

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Midcontinental Canadian Forests.

Pyrola chlorantha - Green Pyrola

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Fabaceae - Bean Family

Lathyrus

Lathyrus ochroleucus - Creamy Peavine

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Lotus

Lotus corniculatus - Garden Bird's-foot Trefoil

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Lupinus

Lupinus polyphyllus - Large-leaved Lupine

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Melilotus

Melilotus albus - White Sweet-clover

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Vicia

Vicia americana - American Vetch

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Vicia cracca - Tufted Vetch

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Trifolium

Trifolium aureum - Yellow Clover

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Trifolium pratense - Red Clover

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Trifolium hybridum - Alsike Clover

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Trifolium repens - White Clover

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Gentianaceae - Gentian Family

Gentiana

Gentiana algida - Arctic Gentian

Northwest Territories, Interior Alaska Yukon Lowland Taiga. Northern Cordillera, Yukon Interior Dry Forests. Cook Inlet, Copper Platea, & Alaska Penninsula Montane Taiga. Kamchatka-kurile Meadows, Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk-manchurian, & Northeast Siberian Taiga.

Gentiana linearis - Narrow-leaved Gentian

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Geraniaceae - Geranium Family

Geranium

Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Geranium robertianum - Herb-robert

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Hypericaceae - St-John's Wort Family

Hypericum

Hypericum ellipticum - Pale St. John's-wort

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Hypericum virginicum - Virginia St. John's-wort

Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests.

Hypericum perforatum - Common St. John's-wort

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Iridaceae - Iris Family

Iris

Iris versicolor - Harlequin Blue Flag

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Sisyrinchium

Sisyrinchium montanum - Strict Blue-eye Grass

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Scandinavian Taiga.

Sisyrinchium mucronatum - Needle-tipped Blue-eyed Grass

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Lamiaceae - Mint Family

Galeopsis

Galeopsis tetrahit - Common Hemp-nettle

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Glechoma

Glechoma hederacea - Ground Ivy

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Lycopus

Lycopus americanus - American Water-horehound

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Lycopus uniflorus - Northern Water-horehound

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Kamchatka-kurile Meadows, Okhotsk-manchurian, & Sakhalin Island Taiga.

Mentha

Mentha arvensis - Wild Mint

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Mentha canadensis - Canada Mint

Present in Every Boreal Forest. Although sparsely in the Eurasian Taiga.

Monarda

Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Prunella

Prunella vulgaris - Common Self-heal

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Scutellaria

Scutellaria galericulata var. pubescens - Marsh Skullcap

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Scutellaria lateriflora - Mad-dog lateriflora

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga.

Liliaceae - Lily Family

Clintonia

Clintonia borealis - Bluebead

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Erythronium

Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Lilium

Lilium canadense - Canada Lily

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Smilacina

Smilacina trifolia - Three-leaved Flase Solomon's Seal

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories Taiga.

Streptopus

Streptopus lanceolatus - Rose Twisted-Stalk

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Northern Cordillera Forests. Cook Inlet Taiga.

Loasaceae - Stickleaf Family

Mentzelia

Mentzelia laevicaulis - Northern Blazing Star

Northern Cordillera Forests.

Lythraceae - Loosestrife Family

Lythrum

Lythrum salicaria - Purple Loosestrife

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Yukon, & Alaskan Taiga, & the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Melanthiaceae - Bunchflower Family

Trillium

Trillium cernuum - Nodding Trillium

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Midcontinental Canadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Montiaceae - Miner's Lettuce Family

Claytonia

Claytonia caroliniana - Spring Beauty

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Claytonia sibirica - Siberian Miner's Lettuce

Copper Plateau, Cook Inlet, Alaska Penninsula Montane Taiga. Okhotsk-machurian, & East Siberian. Scandinavian, & Iceland Taiga.

Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family

Circaea

Circaea alpina - Alpine Enchanter's Nightshade

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Epilobium

Epilobium angustifolium - Fireweed

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Epilobium ciliatum v. glandulosum - Glandular Willowherb

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Although sparsely in Siberian Taiga.

Epilobium coloratum -Purple-veined Willowherb

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Oenothera

Oenothera biennis - Common Evening Primrose

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga and the Yukon, & Alaskan Taiga.

Oenothera pallida - Pale Evening Primrose

Northern Canadian Shield Taiga.

Orchidaceae - Orchid Family

Arethusa

Arethusa bulbosa - Swamp Pink

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Calopogon

Calopogon tuberosus - Tuberous Grass Pink

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Corallorhiza

Corallorhiza maculata - Spotted Coralroot

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Corallorhiza trifida - Yellow Coralroot

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Cypripedium

Cypripedium Acaule - Pink Lady's Slipper

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Cypripedium passerinum - Sparrow's Egg Lady's Slipper

Present in all the North American Boreal Forest.

Cypripedium parviflorum - Yellow Lady's Slipper

Present in all the North American Boreal Forest.

Cypripedium reginae - Pink-and-White Lady's Slipper

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Epipactis

Epipactis helleborine - Broad-leaved Helleborine

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian, & Russian Taiga. West, & East Siberian Taiga.

Goodyera

Goodyera repens - Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Neottia

Neottia cordata - Heart-leaved Twayblade

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Neottia

Platanthera obtusata - Blunt-leaved Orchid

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Scandinavian Taiga.

Platanthera orbiculata - Round-leaved Orchid

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Platanthera

Platanthera clavellata - Club-spur Orchid

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Platanthera leucophaea - Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid

Very sparsely in the Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Platanthera hyperborea - Leafy Northern Green Orchid

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Sparsely in the Siberian Taiga.

Platanthera psycodes - Small Purple Fringed Orchid

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Pogonia

Pogonia ophioglossoides - Rose Pogonia

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Orobanchaceae - Broomrape Family

Euphrasia

Euphrasia nemorosa - Common Eyebright

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests. Cook Inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Melampyrum

Melampyrum lineare - American Cow-wheat

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests.

Rhinanthus

Rhinanthus minor - Little Yellow Rattle

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Oxalidaceae - Wood Sorrel Family

Oxalis

Oxalis acetosella - Wood Sorrel

Scandinavian, Russian, Siberian Taiga.

Oxalis montana - Northern Wood Sorrel

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Papaveraceae - Poppy Family

Corydalis

Corydalis sempervirens - Rock Harlequin

Present in all the North American Boreal Forest. Scandinavian Taiga.

Dicentra

Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family

Erythranthe

Erythranthe glabrata - Round-leaved Monkeyflower

Great Lakes & Central Canadian Shield Forests.

Mimulus

Mimulus ringens - Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family

Chelone

Chelone glabra - White Turtlehead

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Digitalis

Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga. Scandinavian, & Russian Taiga.

Plantago

Plantago major - Common Plantain

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Plantago lanceolata - English Plantain

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian Taiga.

Veronica

Veronica americana - American Speedwell

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Kamtchakta-kurile Meadows, Sakhalin Island, & Okhotsk-manchurian Taiga.

Veronica scutellata - Marsh Speedwell

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Although sparsely in the Siberian Taiga.

Polygalaceae - Milkwort Family

Polygala

Polygala paucifolia - Fringed Polygala

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family

Fallopia

Fallopia cilinodis - Fringed Black Bindweed

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Persicaria

Persicaria hydropiper - Marshpepper Smartweed

Scandinavian, Russian, & West Siberian Taiga. Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Persicaria sagittata - Arrow-leaved Smartweed

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga. Okhotsk-manchurian Taiga.

Persicaria pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Smartweed

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes, & Midcontinental Canadian Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Polygonum

Polygonum articulatum - Northern Jointweed

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, & Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Cook Inlet Taiga. Okhotsk-manchurian Taiga.

Rumex

Rumex acetosella - Sheep Sorrel

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Rumex Crispus - Curled Dock

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Primulaceae - Primrose Family

Lysimachia

Lysimachia terrestris - Swamp Loosestrife

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Trientalis

Trientalis borealis - Northern Starflower

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories, & Yukon Interior Dry Forests. Scandinavian Taiga.

Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family

Anemone

Anemone americana - Round-lobed Hepatica

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Quite rare.

Anemone canadensis - Canada Anemone

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, and up to the Northwest Territories Taiga.

Aquilegia

Aquilegia canadensis - Canada Columbine

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Actaea

Actaea rubra - Red Baneberry

Present in all the North American Boreal Forest. Scandinavian Taiga.

Coptis

Coptis trifolia - Threeleaf Goldthread

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Although scarsely in the Euraisian Taiga.

Ranunculus

Ranunculus abortivus - Kidney-leaved Buttercup

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Ranunculus repens - Creeping Buttercup

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Ranunculus acris - Common Buttercup

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Thalictrum

Thalictrum pubescens - Tall Meadow-rue

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Rosaceae - Rose Family

Comarum

Comarum palustre - Marsh Conquefoil

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Fragaria

Fragaria vesca - Woodland Strawberry

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga, and the Alaskan, & Yukon Taiga.

Fragaria virginiana - Common Strawberry

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Scandinavian Taiga.

Filipendula

Filipendula ulmaria - Queen-of-the-meadow

Scandinavian, Russian, West, & East Siberian Taiga. Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Geum

Geum aleppicum - Yellow avens

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Geum rivale - Water Avens

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution). Although sparsely in Siberian Taiga.

Geum macrophyllum - Large-leaved Avens

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga, and the Alaskan, & Yukon Taiga.

Potentilla

Potentilla norvegica - Rough Cinquefoil

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Sanguisorba

Sanguisorba canadensis - Canadian Burnet

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Northern Cordillera, Copper Plateau, Alaska Penninsula Montane, & Cook Inlet Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Sibbaldia

Sibbaldia tridentata - Three-toothed Cinquefoil

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Rubiaceae - Madder Family

Galium

Galium asprellum - Rough Bedstraw

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Galium mollugo - Smooth Bedstraw

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, Alaskan, & Yukon Taiga.

Galium boreale - Northern Bedstraw

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Galium triflorum - Fragrant Bedstraw

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian Taiga.

Santalaceae - Sandalwood Family

Geocaulon

Geocaulon lividum - Northern Comandra

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage Family

Mitella

Mitella nuda - Naked Mitrewort

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest. Sparsely in the Scandinavian, & Siberian Taiga.

Saxifraga

Saxifraga oppositifolia - Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Scophulariaceae - Figwort Family

Verbascum

Verbascum thapsus - Common Mullein

Present in Every Boreal Forest with the exception of the Eastern Siberian, & Islands Taiga.

Solanaceae - Nightshade Family

Solanum

Solanum carolinense - Horse Nettle

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

Urticaceae - Nettle Family

Urtica

Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle

Present in Every Boreal Forest (Holarctic Distribution).

Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis - Slender Stinging Nettle

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Violaceae - Violet Family

Viola

Viola macloskeyi - Small White Violet

From Newfoundland Highland through the Canadian Shield, Muskwa Slave-Lake, Northern Cordillera Forests up to Northwest Territories Taiga.

Viola renifolia - Kidney-leaved Violet

Present in Every North American Boreal Forest.

Viola pubescens - Downy Yellow Violet

Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga.

Viola septentrionalis - Northern Woodland Violet

Newfoundland Highland, Eastern Canadian, Boreal Transition, Acadian, Great Lakes Forests. Canadian Shield, & Southern Hudson Bay Taiga. Scandinavian Taiga.

The plant distribution data listed see here has been verified through discoverlife.org and has been localized using the boreal ecoregions from World Wildlife Fund.