List of Canadian plants by genus B

Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.

Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.

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Ba

* "Ballota"
** X "Ballota nigra"

* "Balsamita"
** X "Balsamita major"

* "Baptisia"
** X "Baptisia australis"
** 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"

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"
** 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"

* "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"
** 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
** N "Brachyelytrum 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"

* "Bupleurum"
** X "Bupleurum rotundifolium" — roundleaf thorowax

* "Butomus"
** X "Butomus umbellatus" — flowering rush

References

"See:" Flora of Canada#References