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Circumboreal Plants of the Boundary
Waters
Circumboreal species are plants and animals
which are widespread in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere,
occurring in both North America and Eurasia. Sometimes referred to
as circumpolar.
Aquatics
- Acorus americanus,
Sweet Flag
- Alisma plantago-aquatica,
Water Plantain
- Bidens cernua,
Nodding Bur Marigold
- Calla palustris,
Wild Calla Lily
- Caltha palustris,
Marsh Marigold
- Drosera spp, Sundews
- Elodea canadensis,
Common Waterweed
- Lemna spp., Duckweed
- Lobelia dortmanna,
Water Lobelia
- Lysimachia
thyrsiflora, Tufted Loosestrife
- Menyanthes trifoliata,
Bogbean
- Najas flexilis,
Slender Naiad
- Parnassia palustris,
Northern Grass of Parnassus
- Potamogeton spp., Pondweeds
- alpinus, Red Pondweed
- berchtoldii, Small Pondweed
- compressus, Grass Wrack Pondweed
- crispus, Curled Pondweed (exotic?)
- filiformis, Slender-leaved Pondweed
- friesii, Flat-stalked Pondweed
- gramineus, Grass Leaf Pondweed
- natans, Broad Leaf Pondweed
- obtusifolius, Blunt Leaf Pondweed
- pectinatus, Sago or Fennel Pondweed
- perfoliatus, Perfoliate Pondweed
- praelongus, Long-stalked Pondweed
- pusillus, Lesser Pondweed
- vaginatus, Sheathed Pondweed
- Potentilla palustris,
Swamp Cinquefoil
- Sparganium spp., Bur Reeds
- Spirodela polyrhiza,
Greater Duckweed
- Typha spp., Cattails
- Utricularia
vulgaris, Common Bladderwort
Ferns and Fern Allies
- Asplenium trichomanes, Maidenhair Spleenwort
- Athyrium filix-femina,
Lady Fern
- Botrychium, Grape Ferns
- Cystopteris fragilis, Fragile Fern
- Dryopteris, Wood Ferns
- cristata, Crested Shield Fern
- Equisetum spp., Horsetails
- Gymnocarpium, Oak Ferns
- dryopteris,
Oak Fern
- robertianum, Northern Oak Fern
- Isoetes echinospora, Braun's Quillwort
- Lycopodium spp., Clubmosses
- Matteuccia struthiopteris,
Ostrich Fern
- Ophioglossum vulgatum, Adder's Tongue Fern
- Osmunda regalis,
Royal Fern
- Polypodium virginianum,
Common Polypody (as Polypodium vulgare virginianum)
- Polystichum,
- braunii, Braun's Holly Fern
- lonchitis, Northrn Holly Fern
- Pteridium aquilinum,
Bracken Fern
- Selaginella selaginoides, Mountain Moss
- Thelypteris palustris,
Marsh Fern
- Woodsia,
- alpina, Alpine Woodsia
- glabella, Smooth Woodsia
- ilvensis, Rusty Woodsia
Grasses
Herbs
- Calypso bulbosa, Fairy Slipper Orchid
- Campanula rotundifolia, Harebell
- Coeloglossum viride, Long Bracted Orchid
- Corallorrhiza trifida, Early Coralroot
- Cypripedium calceolus, Yellow Ladyslipper
- Epilobium spp., Willowherbs
- adenocaulon, American Willowherb
- angustifolium,
Fireweed
- ciliatum,
- glandulosum, Northern Willowherb
- palustre, Marsh Willowherb
- Fragaria vesca, Woodland Strawberry
- Galium spp.,
Bedstraws
- asparine, Cleavers
- boreale, Northern Bedstraw
- triflorum, Fragrant Bedstraw
- Goodyera repens,
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain
- Liparis loeselii, Loesel's Twayblade Orchid
- Listera cordata, Heart Leaf Twayblade
- Mentha arvensis, Field Mint
- Moneses uniflora,
One Flowered Pyrola
- Oenothera biennis, Common Evening Primrose
- Platanthera obtusata, Blunt Leaf Orchid
- Potentilla norvejica, Rough Cinquefoil
- Prunella vulgaris, Self Heal
- Pyrola spp, Shinleafs
- minor, Lesser Pyrola
- rotundifolia, Round Leaf Pyrola
- Ranunculus spp., Buttercups
- acris, Meadow Buttercup
- flammula, Spearwort
- Stachys palustris, Common Woundwort
Mosses, Lichens, and Liverworts
Shrubs
- Alnus incana,
Speckled Alder
- Arctostaphyllos
uva-ursi, Bearberry
- Chamaedaphne calyculata,
Leatherleaf
- Chimaphila umbellata,
Pipsissewa
- Juniperus communis,
Common Juniper
- Linnaea borealis,
Twinflower
- Myrica gale,
Sweet Gale
- Potentilla fruticosa, Shrubby Cinquefoil
- Rosa acicularis,
Prickly Rose
- Rubus idaeus, Wild Raspberry
- Sambucus pubens,
Red Berry Elder (as Sambucus racemosa)
- Vaccinium oxycoccus,
Small Cranberry
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea,
Mountain Cranberry (as Lingonberry)
Trees
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