Plants across Canada (and the entire planet) are at risk of disappearing because they have nowhere to live, or the place where they are living is polluted, or they are being crowded out by invasive plants. When you come across a plant you know is at risk, don't pick it from the ground or stomp all over its home. Make a drawing or take a picture instead of picking the plant so it can continue to live.

Click on your province to learn about a

few plants at risk in your neighbourhood...

All photos are reproduced with permission of the Minister of Public Works

and Government Services Canada, 1999