The following native species are available to members through the NANPS Seed
Exchange. Members can order seeds without having donated to the Seed Exchange.
Information on how to participate in the seed exchange can be found here,
or in your copy of the Blazing Star newsletter.
| * | Quantities are limited | + | Species are not native to Ontario | wis | Plant grown in Caledon with seed from Wisconsin |
| W | Seeds are wild collected | ~ | Older familiar Latin name used |
Grasses & Sedges |
| | species | common name | donor | source |
| Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | Zaugg | Northumberland County |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | side-oats gramma | Segat | Oakville |
| Bromus kalmii | prairie brome | McK | Caledon |
| Bromus kalmii | prairie brome | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Carex grayi | common bur sedge | McK | Caledon |
| Carex grayi | common bur sedge | Segat | Oakville |
| wis | Carex hystericina | porcupine sedge | McK | Caledon |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| wis * | Hierochloe odorata | sweet grass | McK | Caledon |
| Panicum virgatum | switch grass | Dale | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass | Zaugg | Northumberland County |
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Perennial Flowers |
| | species | common name | donor | source |
| wis | Acorus calamus | sweet flag | McK | Caledon |
| Actaea rubra | red baneberry | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Agalinis purpurea | purple gerardia | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| Agastache foeniculum | anise hyssop | McK | Caledon |
| Agastache foeniculum | anise hyssop | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Agrimonia gryposepala | agrimony | Hodg | Greater Toronto Area |
| Allium cernuum | nodding onion | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Allium cernuum | nodding onion | McK | Caledon |
| Allium tricoccum | wild leek | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| + | Amsonia tabernaemontana | willow blue-star | Harris | Mississauga |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | pearly everlasting | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Anemone virginiana | thimbleweed | Hodg | Greater Toronto Area |
| Angelica atropurpurea | great angelica | Harris | Credit River Valley |
| Aquilegia canadensis | wild columbine | Imada | Greater Toronto Area |
| Arisaema atrorubens | jack-in-the-pulpit | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Asclepias incarnata | swamp milkweed | Denton, Edgar | Greater Toronto Area |
| Asclepias tuberosa | butterfly milkweed | Edgar, Smith | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Asclepias tuberosa | butterfly milkweed | Zaugg | Northumberland County |
| Asclepias tuberosa (yellow-orange) | butterfly milkweed | Edgar | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster cordifolius | heart-leaved aster | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster cordifolius | heart-leaved aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster ericoides | heath aster | McK | Caledon |
| ~ | Aster ericoides | heath aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster laevis | smooth aster | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster lateriflorus | calico aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster macrophyllus | large-leaved aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Aster macrophyllus | large-leaved aster | Segat | Oakville |
| ~ | Aster novae angliae | New England aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster novae angliae | New England aster | Segat | Oakville |
| ~ | Aster ptarmicoides | upland white aster | Zaugg | Caledon |
| ~ | Aster sagittifolius | arrow-leaved aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster shortii | Short's aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| ~ | Aster umbellatus | flat-topped aster | McK | Caledon |
| ~ | Aster umbellatus | flat-topped white aster | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Astragalus canadensis | Canadian milk vetch | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Calopogon tuberosus | grass pink | McK | Caledon |
| Campanula americana | tall bellflower | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | blue cohosh | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | blue cohosh | Hodg | Mono Centre, ON |
| Chelone glabra | white turtlehead | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Chelone glabra | white turtlehead | McK | Caledon |
| Chelone lyoni | pink turtlehead | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| + | Chrysopsis villosa | hairy golden aster | McK | Caledon |
| Cirsium muticum | swamp thistle | McK | Caledon |
| Coreopsis tripteris | tall coreopsis | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Echinacea pallida | pale purple coneflower | McK | Caledon |
| + | Echinacea purpurea | purple coneflower | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| + | Echinacea tennesseensis | Tennessee coneflower | McK | Caledon |
| Epilobium angustifolium | fireweed | Hodg | Nippigon |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | rattlesnake master | McK | Caledon |
| W | Eupatorium perfoliatum | boneset | Edgar | Muskoka |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | boneset | McK | Caledon |
| + | Filipendula rubra | queen of the prairie | McK | Caledon |
| Gentiana andrewsii | fringe-tip closed gentian | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Gentianopsis virgata | smaller fringed gentian | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| Gillenia trifoliata | Indian physic | Harris | Mississauga |
| Helianthus strumosus | pale-leaved sunflower | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Heracleum lanatum | woolly cow parsnip | Harris | Credit River Valley |
| W | Heracleum lanatum | woolly cow parsnip | Hodg | Red Lake, ON |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | swamp rose-mallow | McK | Caledon |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | swamp rose-mallow | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Hypericum pyramidatum | great St. John's wort | McK | Caledon |
| + | Iris setosa | arctic blue flag | McK | Caledon |
| Iris versicolor | northern blue flag | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| W | Iris versicolor | northern blue flag | Edgar | Muskoka |
| Iris versicolor | northern blue flag | Harris | Mississauga |
| Iris versicolor | northern blue flag | McK | Caledon |
| Isanthus brachiatus | false pennyroyal | McK | Caledon |
| Lactuca biennis | tall blue lettuce | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| * | Lathyrus japonicus | beach pea | McK | Caledon |
| Lespedeza capitata | round-headed bush clover | McK | Caledon |
| Liatris aspera | button blazing star | McK | Caledon |
| + | Liatris borealis | northern blazing star | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Liatris cylindracea | cylindric blazing star | Zaugg | Caledon |
| Liatris spicata | marsh blazing star | McK | Caledon |
| Liatris spicata | dense blazing star | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Lilium michiganense | Michigan lily | Boles | Mississauga |
| Linum lewisii | wild blue flax | McK | Caledon |
| Lobelia cardinalis | cardinal flower | McK | Caledon |
| Lobelia kalmii | Kalm's lobelia | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| Lobelia siphilitica | great blue lobelia | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Lupinus perennis | wild lupine | Harris | Mississauga |
| W | Monarda fistulosa | wild bergamot | McK | Caledon |
| Monarda punctata | spotted bee balm | McK | Caledon |
| Parnassia glauca | bluegreen grass-of-parnassus | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| Penstemon digitalis | foxglove beardtongue | Dale, Hertl, Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Penstemon digitalis | foxglove beardtongue | Edgar | Greater Toronto Area |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | large-flowered beardtongue | McK | Caledon |
| Penstemon hirsutus | hairy beardtongue | Dale, Meadd, Edgar | Greater Toronto Area |
| + | Penstemon laevigatus | smooth beardtongue | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Pycnanthemum pilosum | hairy mountain mint | McK | Caledon |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint | McK | Caledon |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Ratibida pinnata | gray-headed coneflower | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | green-headed coneflower | Dale | Greater Toronto Area |
| Rudbeckia triloba | branched coneflower | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| wis | Sagittaria latifolia | common arrowhead | McK | Caledon |
| +? | Sanguisorba canadensis | Canadian burnet | Harris | Mississauga |
| Sarracenia purpurea | pitcher plant | Bain | Manitoulin Island |
| Silphium perfoliatum | cup plant | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| Silphium perfoliatum | cup plant | Segat | Oakville |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | pointed blue-eyed grass | Harris | Mississauga |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | montane blue-eyed grass | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Smilacina racemosa | false Solomon's seal | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Solidago caesia | blue-stem goldenrod | Edgar | Greater Toronto Area |
| Solidago flexicaulis | zig-zag goldenrod | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Solidago graminifolia | grass-leaved goldenrod | Edgar | Muskoka |
| Solidago nemoralis | gray goldenrod | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Solidago rigida | stiff golden rod | McK | Caledon |
| Thalictrum dioicum | early meadow-rue | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Tradescantia virginiana | spiderwort | Hertl | Greater Toronto Area |
| Verbena hastata | blue vervain | Denton | Greater Toronto Area |
| W | Verbena hastata | blue vervain | McK | Caledon |
| Verbena hastata | blue vervain | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Verbena hastata | blue vervain | Segat | Oakville |
| Verbena simplex | slender vervain | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Verbena stricta | hoary vervain | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
| Vernonia altissima | tall ironweed | Dale | Greater Toronto Area |
| Vernonia altissima | tall ironweed | Hodg | Greater Toronto Area |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
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Shrubs |
| | species | common name | donor | source |
| Aronia melanocarpa | black chokeberry | Dale | Greater Toronto Area |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | buttonbush | Harris | Mississauga |
| Cornus drummondii | rough-leaved dogwood | Harris | Mississauga |
| Cornus florida | flowering dogwood | Hagan | Elgin County |
| Myrica gale | sweet gale | Harris | Mississauga |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | ninebark | Meadd | Greater Toronto Area |
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Trees |
| | species | common name | donor | source |
| Acer nigrum | black maple | Hodg | Oakville |
| Acer spicatum | mountain maple | Hodg | Nippigon |
| Asimina triloba | pawpaw | Hodg | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Cercis canadensis | redbud | Hodg | Alexandria, Virginia |
| + | Ilex opaca | American holly | Hodg | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Juglans nigra | black walnut | Hodg | Greater Toronto Area |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | tulip tree | Hagan | Elgin County |
| Ostrya virginiana | hop-hornbeam, ironwood | Harris | Mississauga |
| + | Quercus prinus | chestnut oak | Hodg | Sunbury, Pennsylvania |
| Sorbus decora | showy mountain-ash | Hodg | Red Lake, ON |
| Thuja occidentalis | eastern white cedar | Hodg | Nippigon |
| Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock | McK | Caledon |
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Vines |
| | species | common name | donor | source |
| Ipomoea pandurata | wild potato vine | Hodg | Greater Toronto Area |
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