List of Canadian plants by genus B

Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.

Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.

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Ba

 * Ballota
 * X Ballota nigra
 * Baptisia
 * X Baptisia australis
 * N Baptisia tinctoria — yellow wild-indigo
 * Barbarea
 * N Barbarea orthoceras — erect-fruit wintercress
 * X Barbarea vulgaris — yellow rocket, common wintercress
 * Bartonia
 * N Bartonia paniculata subsp. paniculata — twining screwstem, branched bartonia Threatened
 * N Bartonia virginica — yellow screwstem, yellow bartonia
 * Bartsia
 * N Bartsia alpina — velvetbells, alpine bartsia
 * Bassia
 * X Bassia hyssopifolia

Be

 * Beckmannia
 * N Beckmannia syzigachne — American slough grass
 * Bellis
 * X Bellis perennis — English daisy
 * Berberis
 * X Berberis aquifolium — Oregon grape, Oregon hollygrape, holly barberry
 * X Berberis repens
 * X Berberis thunbergii — Japanese barberry, purple Japanese barberry
 * X Berberis vulgaris — European barberry, common barberry
 * X Berberis × ottawensis (B. thunbergii × B. vulgaris) — Ottawa barberry
 * Berteroa
 * X Berteroa incana — hoary alyssum, hoary false madwort
 * Berula
 * N Berula erecta
 * Betula
 * N Betula alleghaniensis — yellow birch
 * N Betula cordifolia — heartleaf birch, mountain white birch, mountain paper birch
 * N Betula glandulosa — American dwarf birch, glandular birch, scrub birch, dwarf resin birch, resin birch, tundra dwarf birch
 * N Betula lenta — sweet birch, cherry birch
 * N Betula minor — dwarf white birch
 * N Betula neoalaskana — Alaska birch, Alaskan paper birch, Alaska white birch
 * N Betula occidentalis — water birch, western birch, western river birch, spring birch
 * N Betula papyrifera — paper birch, white birch, canoe birch
 * X Betula pendula — European white birch, weeping birch, silver birch
 * N Betula populifolia — grey birch, fire birch, old field birch, poverty birch
 * X Betula pubescens — downy birch, European white birch
 * N Betula pumila — dwarf birch, bog birch, swamp birch
 * N Betula × neoborealis (B. occidentalis × B. pumila)
 * N Betula × purpusii (B. alleghaniensis × B. pumila)
 * N Betula × sandbergii (B. papyrifera × B. pumila) — Sandberg's birch
 * N Betula × sargentii (B. glandulosa × B. pumila) — Sargent's birch

Bi

 * Bidens
 * X Bidens aristosa — tickseed beggarticks
 * X Bidens bipinnata
 * N Bidens cernua — nodding beggarticks, nodding burr marigold
 * N Bidens connata — purplestem beggarticks, purplestem swamp beggarticks, connate beggarticks, southern tickseed
 * N Bidens discoidea — swamp beggarticks, small beggarticks, discoid beggarticks, few-bracted beggarticks
 * N Bidens frondosa — Devil's beggarticks, Devil's pitchfork, stick-tight, largeleaf beggarticks
 * N Bidens hyperborea — estuary beggarticks, coastal beggarticks, northern estuarine beggarticks, seacliff beggarticks
 * N Bidens laevis — smooth bur-marigold
 * X Bidens pilosa — hairy beggarticks
 * X Bidens polylepis — awnless beggarticks
 * N Bidens tripartita — threepart beggarticks, trifid burr-marigold
 * N Bidens vulgata — tall beggarticks, stick-tight, big Devil's beggarticks

Bl

 * Blephilia
 * N Blephilia ciliata — downy woodmint
 * N Blephilia hirsuta — hairy woodmint
 * Blysmus
 * N Blysmus rufus — red bulrush

Bo

 * Boehmeria
 * N Boehmeria cylindrica — false nettle, bog-hemp, smallspike false nettle
 * Bolboschoenus
 * N Bolboschoenus fluviatilis — river bulrush, river clubrush
 * N Bolboschoenus maritimus — saltmarsh bulrush, bayonet grass, saltmarsh clubrush
 * Borago
 * X Borago officinalis — common borage, beeplant, beebread
 * Botrychium
 * N Botrychium acuminatum — pointed moonwort
 * N Botrychium ascendens — upswept moonwort, triangle-lobed moonwort
 * N Botrychium campestre — prairie moonwort, prairie dunewort
 * N Botrychium dissectum — lacyleaf grapefern, cutleaf grapefern, cutleaf moonwort
 * N Botrychium hesperium — western moonwort
 * N Botrychium lanceolatum — lanceleaf grapefern, triangle moonwort
 * N Botrychium lunaria — common moonwort, moonwort grapefern
 * N Botrychium matricariifolium — daisyleaf moonwort, matricary grapefern, matricary moonwort, chamomile grapefern
 * N Botrychium minganense — Mingan's moonwort
 * N Botrychium multifidum — leathery grapefern
 * N Botrychium oneidense — Lake Oneida grapefern, blunt-lobed grapefern
 * N Botrychium pallidum — pale moonwort
 * N Botrychium pseudopinnatum — false northwestern moonwort
 * N Botrychium rugulosum — St. Lawrence grapefern, rugulose grapefern, ternate grapefern
 * N Botrychium simplex — little grapefern, least moonwort
 * N Botrychium spathulatum — spatulate moonwort, spoonleaf moonwort
 * N Botrychium virginianum — rattlesnake fern
 * Bouteloua
 * N Bouteloua curtipendula — sideoats grama

Br

 * Brachyelytrum
 * N Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum — bearded shorthusk
 * N Brachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum — northern shorthusk
 * Brasenia
 * N Brasenia schreberi — watershield, purple wendock
 * Brassica
 * X Brassica juncea — Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, brown mustard, leaf mustard, Sarepta mustard
 * X Brassica napus — rutabaga, canola, Swedish turnip, rapeseed, colza, oilseed rape, annual rape
 * X Brassica nigra — black mustard
 * X Brassica oleracea — cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, chou broccoli
 * Braya
 * N Braya humilis — low northern rockcress, low braya
 * Briza
 * X Briza maxima — big quaking grass, large quaking grass
 * X Briza media — perennial quaking grass
 * Bromus
 * X Bromus aleutensis — Aleut brome
 * X Bromus arvensis — field brome
 * X Bromus briziformis — rattlesnake brome
 * X Bromus carinatus — California brome
 * N Bromus ciliatus — fringed brome
 * X Bromus commutatus — meadow brome, hairy brome
 * X Bromus danthoniae — oat brome
 * X Bromus erectus — erect brome, upright brome, meadow brome
 * X Bromus hordeaceus — soft brome
 * X Bromus inermis subsp. inermis — smooth brome, Hungarian brome, awnless brome
 * N Bromus kalmii — Kalm's brome, prairie brome, wild chess
 * N Bromus latiglumis — broad-glumed brome
 * N Bromus nottowayanus — Nottoway brome grass
 * N Bromus pubescens — hairy woodland brome
 * N Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus — Pumpell's brome
 * X Bromus racemosus — spiked brome
 * X Bromus secalinus — rye brome, cheat, chess
 * X Bromus squarrosus — corn brome
 * X Bromus sterilis — poverty brome
 * X Bromus tectorum — cheat grass
 * X Bromus × pseudothominii (B. hordeaceus × B. lepidus) — soft brome

Bu

 * Buchnera
 * N Buchnera americana — bluehearts Endangered
 * Buddleja
 * X Buddleja davidii — butterfly bush, orange-eye, summer lilac
 * Buglossoides
 * X Buglossoides arvensis — corn gromwell, bastard alkanet
 * Bulbostylis
 * N Bulbostylis capillaris
 * Bupleurum
 * X Bupleurum rotundifolium — roundleaf thorowax
 * Butomus
 * X Butomus umbellatus — flowering rush