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List of the conifers of Canada

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This is a listing of the conifers of Canada, and includes the cypresses, junipers, firs, pines, spruces, larches, hemlocks and yews.

Legend
Secure Apparently
secure
Vulnerable Imperiled Critically
imperiled
Not
assessed
Historical Extirpated Introduced

EX - Exotic (introduced)


Cupressaceae (cypresses)

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Species name Range in Canada Global
rank
Notes
YK NT NU LB CA
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Callitropsis nootkatensis
Nootka cypress
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Juniperus communis
Common juniper
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping juniper
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mountain juniper
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Juniperus virginiana
Eastern red-cedar
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Thuja occidentalis
Northern white cedar
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Thuja plicata
Western red cedar
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF

Pinaceae (pines)

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Species name Range in Canada Global
rank
Notes
YK NT NU LB CA
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies amabilis
Pacific silver fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies balsamea
Balsam fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies grandis
Grand fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix decidua
European larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (Europe)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix kaempferi
Japanese larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (Japan)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix laricina
Tamarack
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix lyallii
Subalpine larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Larix occidentalis
Western larch
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea abies
Norway spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (N Europe)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea engelmannii
Engelmann's spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea glauca
White spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea mariana
Black spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea pungens
Blue spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (W United States)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea rubens
Red spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Picea sitchensis
Sitka spruce
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus albicaulis
Whitebark pine
YK NT NU LB CA Vulnerable
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus banksiana
Jack pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure Introduced to NL
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus contorta
Lodgepole pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus flexilis
Limber pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus monticola
Western white pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus mugo
Mugo pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (Europe)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus nigra
Black pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (S Europe)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus ponderosa
Ponderosa pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure Introduced to AB
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus resinosa
Red pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus rigida
Pitch pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure Introduced to NS
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus strobus
Eastern white pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus sylvestris
Scots pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (Europe).
Invasive in NS [1]
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pinus virginiana
Virginia pine
YK NT NU LB CA Secure EX (E United States)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas-fir
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga heterophylla
Western hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Tsuga mertensiana
Mountain hemlock
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF

Taxaceae (yews)

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Species name Range in Canada Global
rank
Notes
YK NT NU LB CA
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Taxus baccata
English yew
YK NT NU LB CA Secure Exotic (Eurasia)
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Taxus brevifolia
Pacific yew
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF
Taxus canadensis
Canada yew
YK NT NU LB CA Secure
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NF