Following are records of 130 wild or naturalized plant species and
53 cultivated species seen blooming in April during the last 23 years
in the Hamilton/Brantford areas. There are 10 more cultivated species listed since 2016.
| English Name | Latin Name | French Name |
|---|---|---|
| Alder, European *(S) | Alnus glutinosa | aulne glutineux |
| Alder, Speckled(S) | Alnus incana | aulne blanc |
| Anemone, Rue | Thalictrum thalictroides | pigamon à ombelles |
| Anemone, Wood | Anemone quinquefolia | anémone à cinq folioles |
| Ash, Blue (T) | Fraxinus quadrangulata | frêne anguleux |
| Aspen, Large-Toothed (T) | Populus grandidentata | peuplier à grandes dents |
| Aspen, Trembling (T) | Populus tremuloides | peuplier faux-tremble |
| Avens, Three-flowered | Geum triflorum | benoite à trois fleurs |
| Baneberry, Red | Actaea rubra | actée rouge |
| Barberry, Japanese * (S) | Berberis thunbergii | épine-vinette du japon |
| Beech, American (T) | Fagus grandifolia | hêtre à grandes feuilles |
| Bellwort, Large-Flowered | Uvularia grandiflora | Uvulaire à grandes fleurs |
| Birch, White (T) | Betula papyrifera | bouleau à papier |
| Bittercress, Hairy * | Cardamine hirsuta | cardamine hérissée |
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | sanguinaire du Canada |
| Bluebells, Virginia | Mertensia virginica | mertensia de Virginie |
| Butterbur * | Petasites japonicus | pétasite du japon |
| Buttercup, Hispid | Ranunculus hispidus | renoncule hispide |
| Buttercup, Kidneyleaf | Ranunculus abortivus | renoncule abortive |
| Celandine * | Chelidonium majus | grande chélidoine |
| Celandine, Lesser * | Ranunculus ficaria | renoncule ficaire |
| Celendine-poppy | Stylophorum diphyllum | stylophore à deux feuilles |
| Chickweed, Common * | Stellaria media | stellaire moyenne |
| Chickweed, Jagged * | Holosteum umbellatum | holostée à ombrelle |
| Chickweed, Mouse-Ear * | Cerastium fontanum | céraiste vulgaire |
| Cohosh, Giant Blue | Caulophyllum giganteum | caulophylle géant |
| Coltsfoot * | Tussilago farfara | tussilage pas d'âne |
| Cress, Hairy Rock | Arabis hirsuta ssp pycnocarpa | arabette hirsute |
| Cress, Mouse-Ear * | Arabidopsis thaliana | fausse arabette des dames |
| Cress, Purple (Pink Spring Cress) | Cardamine douglassii | cardamine de douglas |
| Crowfoot, Cursed | Ranunculus sceleratus | renoncule scélérate |
| Crown-vetch, Purple * | Securigera varia | coronille bigarrée |
| Currant, Wild Black (S) | Ribes americanum | gadellier d'Amérique |
| Current, European Red (Garden)(S) | Ribes rubrum | gadellier rouge |
| Dandelion, Common * | Taraxacum officinale | pissenlit officinal |
| Dandelion, Marsh * | Taraxacum palustre | pissenlit palustre |
| Dandelion, Red-Seeded * | Taraxacum erythrospermum | pissenlit à graines rouges |
| Dead-Nettle, Purple * | Lamium purpureum | lamier pourpre |
| Dead-Nettle, Spotted * | Lamium maculatum | lamier maculé |
| Dutchman's Breeches | Dicentra cucullaria | dicentre à capuchon |
| Elderberry, Red | Sambucus rasemosa ssp pubens | sureau rouge |
| Elm, American (T) | Ulmus americana | orme d'Amérique |
| False Mermaid | Floerkea proserpinacoides | floerkée fausse-proserpinie |
| Forget-Me-Not, True * | Myosotis scorpioides | myosotis scorpioïde |
| Geranium, Wild | Geranium maculatum | géranium maculé |
| Gooseberry, Eastern Prickly | Ribes cynosbati | groseiller des chiens |
| Ground Ivy * | Glechoma hederacea | lierre terrestre |
| Groundsel, Common * | Senecio vulgaris | séneçon vulgaire |
| Groundsel, Sticky * (S.Ragwort) | Senecio viscosus | séneçon visqueux |
| Hazel, American (S) | Corylus americana | noisetier d'Amérique |
| Hazel, Beaked (S) | Corylus cornuta | noisetier à long bec |
| Henbit * | Lamium amplexicaule | lamier amplexicaule |
| Hepatica, Round-Lobed | Hepatica americana | hépatique d'Amérique |
| Hepatica, Sharp-Lobed | Hepatica acutiloba | hépatique à lobes aigus |
| Honesty * | Lunaria annua | monnaie du pape |
| Hop-Hornbeam (T) | Ostrya virginiana | ostryer de Virginie |
| Horsetail, Field (Pollen) | Equisetum arvense | prêle des champs |
| Hyacinth, Grape * | Muscari botryoides | muscari botryde |
| Jack-In-The-Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum | petit-prêcheur |
| Johnny Jump-Up * | Viola tricolor | violette tricolore |
| Mallow, Common(Cheeses) * | Malva neglecta | mauve négligée |
| Maple, Manitoba (T) | Acer negundo L. | érable à feuilles composées |
| Maple, Norway * (T) | Acer platanoides | érable de norv ège |
| Maple, Red (T) | Acer rubrum | érable rouge |
| Maple, Silver (T) | Acer saccharinum | érable argenté |
| Maple, Sugar (T) | Acer saccharum | érable à sucre |
| Marigold, Marsh | Caltha palustris | populage des marais |
| Meadow-Rue, Early | Thalictrum dioicum | pigamon dioïque |
| Medick, Black * | Medicago lupulina | luzerne lupuline |
| Miterwort | Mitella diphylla | mitrelle à deux feuilles |
| Mustard, Garlic * | Alliaria petiolata | alliaire officinale |
| Pennycress, Field * | Thlaspi arvense | tabouret des champs |
| Periwinkle * | Vinca minor | petite pervenche |
| Plum, Canada (T) | Prunus nigra | prunier noir |
| Pussytoes, Field | Antennaria neglecta | antennaire négligée |
| Pussytoes, Parlin's | Antennaria parlinii | antennaire de parlin |
| Pussytoes, Smaller Rare In H/W | Antennaria howellii | antennaire de howell |
| Redbud (T) | Cercis canadensis | gainier rouge |
| Redcedar, Eastern (T) | Juniperus virginiana | genévrier de Virginie |
| Rocket, Yellow * | Barbarea vulgaris | barbarée vulgaire |
| Saxifrage, Early | Micranthes virginiensis | saxifrage de Virginie |
| Saxifrage, Golden | Chrysosplenium americanum | dorine d'Amérique |
| Scilla * (Blue) | Scilla siberica | scille de sibérie |
| Scorpion-Grass, Blue * | Myosotis stricta | myosotis à tiges dressées |
| Sedge, Long-stalked | Carex pedunculata | carex pédonculé |
| Sedge, Pennsylvania | Carex pensylvanica | carex de Pennsylvanie |
| Shadbush, Common (T) | Amelanchier arborea | amélanchier arborescent |
| Shadbush, Smooth (T) | Amelanchier laevis | amélanchier glabre |
| Shadush Species (T) | Amelanchier sp. | espèce de amélanchier |
| Shepherd's Purse * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | bourse-à -pasteur |
| Skunk Cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | symplocarpe fétide |
| Speedwell, Corn * | Veronica arvensis | véronique des champs |
| Speedwell, Persian * | Veronica persica | véronique de perse |
| Speedwell, Slender * | Veronica filiformis | véronique filiforme |
| Speedwell, Thyme-Leaved * | Veronica serpyllifolia | véronique à feuilles de serpolet |
| Speedwell, Wayside * | Veronica polita | véronique luisante |
| Spicebush (S) | Lindera benzoin | laurier benzoin |
| Spring Beauty, Carolina | Claytonia caroliniana | claytonie de caroline |
| Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved | Claytonia virginica | claytonie de Virginie |
| Spurge, Cypress * | Euphorbia cyparissias | euphorbe cypr ès |
| Spurge, Petty * | Euphorbia peplus | euphorbe des jardins |
| Squirrel-Corn | Dicentra canadensis | dicentre du Canada |
| Storksbill * | Erodium cicutarium | érodium cicutaire |
| Strawberry, Barren | Geum fragarioides | waldsteinia faux-fraisier |
| Strawberry, Field | Fragaria virginiana | fraisier de Virginie |
| Strawberry, Woodland | Fragaria vesca | fraisier des bois |
| Tamarack (T) | Larix laricina | mél èze laricin |
| Toothwort, Cut-Leaved | Cardamine concatenata | dentaire laciniée |
| Toothwort, Two-leaved (Crinkleroot) | Cardamine diphylla | dentaire à deux feuilles |
| Trillium, Red | Trillium erectum | trille rouge |
| Trillium, White | Trillium grandiflorum | trille blanc |
| Trout-Lily | Erythronium americanum | érythrone d'Amérique |
| Trout-Lily, White | Erythronium albidum | érythrone blanchâtre |
| Twinleaf | Jeffersonia diphylla | jeffersonie à deux feuilles |
| Violet, Canada | Viola canadensis | violette du Canada |
| Violet, Common | Viola sororia | violette parente |
| Violet, Dog | Viola conspersa | violette décombante |
| Violet, Downy Yellow | Viola pubescens | violette pubescente |
| Violet, Leconte's | Viola affinis | violette affine |
| Violet, Long-Spurred | Viola rostrata | violette rostrée |
| Violet, N.Blue | Viola septentrionalis | violette septentrionale |
| Violet, N.White * | Viola odorata | violette odorante |
| Violet, Selkirk's | Viola Selkirkii | violette de selkirk |
| Violet, Sweet White | Viola blanda | violette odorante? |
| Whitlow Grass * | Draba verna | drave printani ère |
| Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense | asaret du Canada |
| Willow, Pussy (S) | Salix discolor | saule discolore |
| Wood Sorrel, Yellow | Oxalis stricta | oxalide d'Europe |
| Woodrush | Luzula multiflora | luzule multiflore |
| Woodrush, Hairy | Luzula acuminata | luzule acuminée | Cultivated Plants |
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| Apricot Tree (Home) | Prunus armeniaca | l’abricotier |
| Blue-eyed Mary * | Omphalodes verna | petite bourrache |
| Christmas Rose * (Red Hellebore) | Helleborus atrorubens | hellebore à fleurs pourpre |
| Cornel, Japanese * | Cornus officinalis | cornouiller officinal |
| Crocus * | Crocus spp | esp èces de crocus |
| Daffodil * | Narcissus ssp | esp èces de narcissus |
| Dogwood, Cornelian Cherry * | Cornus mas | cornouiller mâle |
| Forsythia * | Forsythia spp | forsythia |
| Forsythia, White * | Forsythia blanc | forsythia blanc |
| Ginger, European | Asarum europaeus | asaret d'Europe |
| Hazelnut, Turkish | Corylus colurna | noisetier de byzance |
| Hyacinth * | Hyacinthus spp. | jacinthe |
| Iris, Netted * | Iris reticulata | iris réticulé |
| Lungwort * | Sticta pulmonaria | lichen pulmonaire |
| Magnolia Tree (Home) | ||
| Magnolia, Merril * | Magnolia X loebneri | ( french not found ) |
| Magnolia, Slavin's Snowy * | Magnolia X proctoriana | magnolia hybride |
| Magnolia, Star * | Magnolia stellata | magnolia étoilé |
| Mukdenia, Crimson | Mukdenia rossii | mukdénie de ross |
| Pansy | Viola x wittrockiana | pensée sauvage |
| Puschkinia * | Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica | puschkinia |
| Scilla * (White) | Scilla mischtshenkoana | scille |
| Snowdrops * | Galanthus nivalis | perce-neige |
| Snowflake, Summer * | Leucojum aestivum | nivéole d'été |
| Tulip * | Tulipa spp | tulipe |
| Tulip, Candia * | Tulipa saxatilis | tulipe diverse |
| Viburnum, Dwarf Fragrant * | Viburnum farreri 'Nanum' | viorne odorant naine |
| Viburnum, Fragrant 'Album' * | Viburnum farreri 'Album' | viorne de farrer |
| Viburnum, Fragrant * | Viburnum farreri | viorne odorante |
| Willow, Variegated 'Hakuro-nishiki' | Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki' | saule crevette |
| Winter Aconite * | Eranthis hyemalis | aconit d'hiver |
| Winterhazel * | Corylopsis platypetala | esp èces de corylopsis |
| Witch Hazel, 'Agnes'* | Hamamelis × intermedia 'Agnes' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Agnes' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Arnold's Promice' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold's Promise' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Arnold's promice' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Aurora' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Aurora' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Aurora' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Barmstedt Gold'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Barmstedt Gold' | hamamélis 'Barmstedt gold' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Brandis' * | Hamamelis × intermedia 'Brandis' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Brandis' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Cyrille'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Cyrille' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Cyrille' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Goldcrest' * | Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest' | hamamélis de chine 'Goldcrest' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Heinrich Bruns'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Heinrich Bruns' | hamamélis 'Heinrich Brunss' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Jelena' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Jelena' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Magic Fire' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Magic Fire' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Magic Fire' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Orange Beauty' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Orange Beauty' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Orange Beauty' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Pallida'* | Hamamelis molis 'Pallida' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Pallida' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Primavera' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Primarvera' | hamamelis intermédiaire'Primarva' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Rochester'* | Hamamelis 'Rochester' | hamamélis 'Rochester' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Ruby Glow' * | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Ruby Glow' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Ruby Glow' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Westerstede'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Westerstede' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Westerstede' |
| Witch Hazel, 'Winter Dawn'* | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Winter Dawn' | noisetier de sorci ère 'Winter Dawn' |
| Witch Hazel, Chinese 'Brevipetala'* | Hamamelis 'Brevipetala' | hamamélis de chine 'Brevipetala' |
| Witch Hazel, Chinese 'Wisley Supreme'* | Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme' | hamamélis de chine 'Wisley Supreme' |
| Witch Hazel, Japanese 'Arborea'* | Hamamelis japonica 'Arborea' | hamamélis du japon 'Arborea' |
| Witch Hazel, Vernal 'Sandra'* | Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra' | hamamélis printanier 'Sandra' |
| Witch Hazel, Vernal * (Ozark) | Hamamelis vernalis | hamamélis printanier |
Dean A. Gugler
Amateur Naturalist