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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 formBroadleaf treeFamilySapindaceae -
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 formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyMyricaceae -
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 formHerbaceous climbing plantFamilyAraceae -
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 formHerbaceous shoreline plantFamilyRanunculaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
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 formBroadleaf treeFamilySalicaceae -
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 formDeciduous treeFamilyUrticaceae -
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 formBroadleaf treeFamilyMeliaceae -
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 formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyEricaceae -
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 formPalmFamilyArecaceae -
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 formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyRosaceae -
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 formHerbaceous aquatic plantFamilyAraceae