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American Ginseng Ginseng is a perennial herb with white flowers and red berries. They can be used to treat headaches, coughs and fevers. American Ginseng prefers deciduous forests, and is usually found near sugar maple (the leaf on the Canadian flag). This plant is threatened by habitat destruction for things like road widening, and harvesting by humans has drastically reduced the native populations. This plant has been designated as endangered by COSEWIC.
Broad Beech Fern This fern grows to 50 cm tall and sometimes has hairy leaf veins. It reproduces by releasing spores in late May. They live in maple-beech forests and grow in moist or wet soil. Broad Beech Fern is not tolerant of changes in its environment and is threatened by human activity in sugar maple forests. COSEWIC has designated the Broad Beech Fern as vulnerable.
Hop Tree When you crush the leaves of this tree, they smell like citrus. Their flowers are pollinated by bees and their seeds (bottom part of picture) are dispersed by wind. The Hop Tree grows on sandy soils. Its native habitat as been lost to invasive plants, cottage development and seawall construction. COSEWIC lists it as Vulnerable.
Provancher's Fleabane Their small white flowers last into late fall and are pollinated by insects. Once the seeds are released, they are dispersed by wind and water. Provancher's Fleabane grow only on certain rocks or gravel along rivers where there are freshwater tides, spray, ice and floods, and where the shore is treeless. It is threatened by landfilling, and construction of ports, docks, railroads and other structures. COSEWIC lists it as Vulnerable.