Edible Ontario Garden

sunash · 2024-03-17 · wantlist · Public

Edible native plants, to Ontario, that I would like to plant

	Type	Drought resistant	Edible	Edible parts	Edible uses	Family	Flowering	Genus	Growth	Height	Layer	Life cycle	Light requirement	Medicinal	Medicinal parts	Nitrogen Fixing	Nitrogen Usage	Soil pH	Soil type	Water requirement	Width
Allium cernuum Allium cernuum	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves, Root		Alliaceae				0.5	Herbs		Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Allium tricoccum Allium tricoccum	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves, Root		Alliaceae				0.3	Herbs		Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium	Moist
American Beech Fagus grandifolia	Species		✔️	Inner bark, Leaves, Seed	Oil, Coffee	Fagaceae			Slow	10.0	Trees		Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade						Light (sandy), Medium	Dry, Moist
American Plum Prunus americana	Species		✔️	Fruit, Seed		Rosaceae	Pollinator Attractant		Medium	6.0	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade			No	Medium		Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist	8
Beaked Hazel Corylus cornuta	Species		✔️	Seed	Oil	Betulaceae				3	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Black walnut Juglans nigra	Species		✔️	Sap, Seed	Oil, Sweetener	Juglandaceae			Fast	30.0	Tall trees	Perennial	Full sun	True					Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Blackberry Rubus fruticosus	Species		✔️	Fruit, Leaves, Root, Shoots	Tea	Rosaceae		Rubus	Fast	3.0	Shrubs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist	1
Canada Violet Viola canadensis	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves	Tea	Violaceae				0.4		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa	Species		✔️	Fruit	Pectin	Rosaceae			Medium	2.5	Shrubs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade	True					Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana	Species			Fruit, Seed		Rosaceae			Fast	3.6	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade, Full shade					6.8-7.2	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves, Seed, Seedpod, Shoots	Oil, Gum, Sweetener	Asclepiadaceae		Asclepias	Medium	1.0		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium	Dry, Moist
Ground Nut Apios americana	Species		✔️	Root, Seed, Seedpod		Fabaceae or leguminosae				1.2		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium	Moist
Highbush - Cranberry Viburnum trilobum	Species		✔️	Fruit		Adoxaceae			Medium	3.0	Shrubs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Hog Peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata	Species		✔️	Root, Seed		Fabaceae or leguminosae				1.5	Vines	Perennial	Partial sun/shade, Full shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus	Species	True	✔️	Root	Coffee, Sweetener	Asteraceae or Compositae			Fast	1.5-3.0m	Roots	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade					4.5-8.2	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist	1.7
Labrador Rose Rosa blanda	Species		✔️	Flowers, Fruit, Seed		Rosaceae				2.0	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Longleaf groundcherry Physalis longifolia	Species			Fruit		Solanaceae				1.5	Herbs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Low serviceberry Amelanchier humilis	Species		✔️	Fruit		Rosaceae				1.8	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Mountain fly honeysuckle Lonicera villosa	Species		✔️	Fruit		Caprifoliaceae			Slow	1.5	Shrubs		Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Northern Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica	Species		✔️	Fruit	Condiment	Myricaceae				3.0	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Northern Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum	Species		✔️	Fruit, Leaves	Tea	Ericaceae			Medium	2.0	Shrubs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Acidic	Moist	1
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris	Species		✔️	Leaves, Root		Polypodiaceae			Medium	1.0	Herbs	Perennial	Partial sun/shade					6.8-7.2	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist	1.2
Paper Birch Betula papyrifera	Species		✔️	Flowers, Inner bark, Leaves, Sap, Shoots	Sweetener, Tea	Betulaceae			Fast	20.0	Tall trees		Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Pawpaw Asimina triloba	Species		✔️	Fruit		Annonaceae			Slow	4.5	Trees	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Medium	Moist	7
Pigweed Amaranthus retroflexus	Species		✔️	Leaves, Seed		Amaranthaceae				0.9		Annual	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Red raspberry Rubus idaeus	Species		✔️	Fruit, Root, Shoots, Stem	Coffee, Tea	Rosaceae			Medium	2.0	Shrubs	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist	1.5
Redbud Cercis canadensis	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod	Condiment	Fabaceae or leguminosae			Medium	12	Trees	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium	Moist
Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia	Species		✔️	Fruit, Leaves, Sap, Shoots		Vitaceae			Fast	15.0	Vines		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Sambucus nigra spp canadensis Sambucus nigra spp canadensis	Species		✔️	Flowers, Fruit, Shoots	Drink, Tea	Caprifoliaceae			Fast	4.0	Shrubs		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Scarlet Strawberry Fragaria virginiana	Species		✔️	Fruit	Tea	Rosaceae				0.3		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Shagbark hickory Carya ovata	Species		✔️	Sap, Seed, Milk		Juglandaceae			Slow	30.0	Tall trees	Perennial	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Sheepberry Viburnum lentago	Species		✔️	Fruit		Adoxaceae			Medium	9.0	Trees		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa	Species		✔️	Sap, Seed	Sweetener	Juglandaceae			Slow	30.0	Tall trees	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Silphium laciniatum Silphium laciniatum	Species				Gum	Asteraceae or compositae				2.0		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Smilacina racemosa Smilacina racemosa	Species		✔️	Shoots		Convallariaceae				1.0		Perennial	Partial sun/shade, Full shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Snake Root Asarum canadense	Species				Condiment	Aristolochiaceae			Slow	0.1		Perennial	Partial sun/shade, Full shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Spice Bush Lindera benzoin	Species				Condiment, Tea	Lauraceae			Slow	3.0	Shrubs		Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Spreading Orach Atriplex patula	Species		✔️	Leaves, Seed		Chenopodiaceae				0.8		Annual	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium	Moist
Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina	Species		✔️	Fruit	Oil, Drink	Anacardiaceae			Fast	6.0	Trees	Perennial	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Sugar maple Acer saccharum	Species		✔️	Inner bark, Leaves, Sap, Seed	Sweetener	Aceraceae			Slow	30.0	Tall trees	Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum	Species		✔️	Leaves		Hydrophyllaceae				0.6	Herbs	Perennial	Partial sun/shade	True	Roots				Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
White Oak Quercus alba	Species		✔️	Seed	Coffee	Fagaceae			Slow	20.0	Tall trees		Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa	Species		✔️	Flowers, Leaves	Condiment, Tea	Lamiaceae or labiatae			Medium	1.5		Perennial	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Dry, Moist	1
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca	Species		✔️	Fruit, Leaves	Coffee, Tea	Rosaceae				0.3		Perennial	Full sun, Partial sun/shade						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist
Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa	Species		✔️	Root		Dioscoreaceae				3.0	Vines	Perennial	Full sun						Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)	Moist

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