Welcome to the online guide to the native wildflowers of the Macphail Woods. The following is a preliminary list of the common herbaceous flora that may be seen along the Macphail trails.

• Bristly club-moss - (Lycopodium annotinum)
• Club-moss - (Lycopodium clavatum)
• Ground pine - (Lycopodium obscurum)
• Bluebead lily - (Clinontia borealis)
• False Solomon's seal - (Smilacina racemosa)
• Wild lily of the valley - (Maianthemum canadense)
• Indian cucumber root - (Medeola virginiana)
• Stemless lady's slipper - (Cypripedium acaule)
• Creeping buttercup - (Ranunculus repens)
• Goldthread - (Coptis trifolia)
• Red baneberry - (Actaea rubra)
• Wild strawberry - (Fragaria virginiana)
• Common wood sorrel - (Oxalis montana)
• Spotted touch-me-not - (Impatiens capensis)
• Small enchanter's nightshade - (Circaea alpine)
• Wild sarsparilla - (Aralia nudicaulis)
• Bunchberry - (Cornus canadensis)
• Indian pipe - (Monotropa uniflora)
• Starflower - (Trientalis borealis)
• Twinflower - (Linnaea borealis)
• New York aster - (Aster novi-belgii)
• Dandelion - (Taraxacum officinale)

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

Wildlife enhancement sheets

ECO-PEI - Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project a member of the Island Sustainable Forest Partnership Cooperative with assistance from Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service and the Model Forest Program have put together a series of Wildlife enhancement sheets on Prince Edward Island.

• Three lovely lady's slippers
• Two woodland wildflowers
• Touch Me Not
• Bluebead Lily
• The Trilliums

Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)

Nature Trails

Take a stroll through our Wild Flower Trail, as part of the online version of "The Nature Trails of the Macphail Woods".

Other Resources:

• Andy's Northern Ontario Wildflowers
• Ontario Wildflowers
• Toronto Botanical Garden - Wildflower Gardening

Fireweed (Epilobium augustifolium)