Plants of Lanark County, Ontario (Revised Edition)   by David J. White
New Edition Available! If you are interested in which native and non-native plants grow wild in Lanark County, how common they are, and where they occur, you've come to the right site. As the map on the right shows, Lanark County is found in southeastern Ontario (Canada). The revised edition of the Plants of Lanark County, Ontario is an annotated checklist which presents the 1288 taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, and hybrids) of native and non-native vascular plants known to occur in the county. Vascular plants are those which have vessels or ducts to transport fluids. Included are trees, shrubs, herbaceous flowering plants (annual and perennial), ferns, clubmosses, and horsetails, but not mosses, lichens, or algae. For each species on the list, scientific name, common name, and status within the county are given. Brief habitat notes are given for all rare, sparse, and uncommon plants. Locations are given for all rare and sparse species. For a non-native plant to be included on the list, it must have been found growing in the county without the aid of cultivation. Although there are a number of garden plants and agricultural crops on the list, all were found where they had spread on their own and were surviving untended. Since the complete plant list is rather long (90 pages), I am making it available as a PDF file which you can download from the Download Plant List page and view using Adobe Reader® which most internet users have. If you do not, this software can be downloaded (for free) from the Adobe website. If you're not sure whether an "annotated checklist" might be of interest, look at a Sample Page first. A county checklist can be a useful aid to plant identification when used along with floras and field guides that cover a larger geographical area. By highlighting significant native species (those classed as rare or sparse), the list should be a useful reference for environmental impact studies and natural area evaluations. It is hoped that making this list available will encourage the recording of new species, the reporting of additional records of rare and sparse plants, and the refining of the status designations. Such input and feedback will contribute to the New Records page and, eventually, to an updated version of the checklist. If you think you have a new species to add, an additional record of a rare or sparse plant, or any comments at all on the project, I hope to hear from you! Site last updated 15 March 2008 © David J. White 2008		Home Project Background Sample Page Download Plant List New Records Links About the Author Contact the Author