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  • Acer saccharum.

    Sugar maple

    This tree grows 20 to 30 m and sometimes even 45 m tall.

    Its dark grey bark becomes ridged and scaly with age. Its opposite, hairless leaves have 3 to 5 lobes with long blunt tips.

    Plant form
    Broadleaf tree
    Family
    Sapindaceae
  • Myrica gale L.

    Sweet gale

    This small (1.25 m) perennial shrub gives off a pleasant odour and grows in colonies. Its highly ramified stem is recumbent at the base and upright higher up.

    Plant form
    Broad-leaved shrub
    Family
    Myricaceae
  • Monstera adansonii Schott

    Swiss cheese plant

    The sturdy stem of this plant bears aerial roots that it uses to cling to a support. The leaves are broad, oval and often asymmetrical at the base. They have a long stalk surrounded by a sheath.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous climbing plant
    Family
    Araceae
  • Thalictrum pubescens (syn. Thalictrum polygamum)

    Tall meadow-rue, pubescent meadow-rue

    This plant may grow over 2 m tall. Its large, triangular, deeply divided alternate leaves are held horizontally. The tiny white flowers form an inflorescence that may be more than 30 cm long.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous shoreline plant
    Family
    Ranunculaceae
  • Eupatorium perfoliatum

    Thorough-wort

    This plant grows 1 to 2 m tall and is covered in fine, short, soft hairs. Its leaves are opposite and stalkless. The stem pierces the base of the leaves.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Populus tremuloides

    Trembling aspen

    This tree usually grows 12 to 20 m tall, but sometimes as much as 35 m. Its smooth bark has a waxy appearance. It is pale green or almost white, covered in a whitish powder that stains the hands.

    Plant form
    Broadleaf tree
    Family
    Salicaceae
  • Cecropia peltata L.

    Trumpet tree, shield-leaf pumpwood

    This tree can grow to 15 m. Its leaves have pointed lobes and measure 30 to 50 cm across.

    The upper surface of the leaf is green and rough, while the underside is smooth and whitish.

    Plant form
    Deciduous tree
    Family
    Urticaceae
  • Trichilia havanensis (Jacq.)

    Uruca, siguaraya

    This medium-sized tree grows to 6 to 14 m, and its trunk measures 20 to 30 cm across. The dark green leaves consist of 8 to 18 leaflets. The fruit is a capsule 1 to 1.5 cm long.

    Plant form
    Broadleaf tree
    Family
    Meliaceae
  • Vaccinium myrtilloides (syn. V. angustifolium)

    Velvet-leaved blueberry, Canada blueberry

    This small shrub grows 15 to 60 cm tall. The first-year branches are quite velvety. The leaves are alternate, entire, covered in hairs, oval and pointed. The tubular flowers are white or pink.

    Plant form
    Broad-leaved shrub
    Family
    Ericaceae
  • Chamaedorea warscewiczii H. A. Wendl.

    Warsczewica chamaedorea

    This single-stemmed palm grows 4 to 5 m tall. Its stem ranges from 1.5 to 3.5 cm in diameter. It bears 4 to 8 pinnate leaves. The fruit is black when ripe and 7 mm in diameter.

    Plant form
    Palm
    Family
    Arecaceae
  • Geum rivale

    Water avens

    This plant grows 30 to 60 cm tall. Its leaves are divided into irregular lobes, with those at the top being larger and rounded. The flowers have a purple calyx and cream-coloured petals.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous terrestrial plant
    Family
    Rosaceae
  • Pistia stratiotes L.

    Water lettuce

    This floating plant with no apparent stem has leaves arranged in a dense rosette. The hairy, thick and spongy leaves are 5 to 17 cm long and 2 to 7 cm wide.

    Plant form
    Herbaceous aquatic plant
    Family
    Araceae