Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Bird foodPollinator plant
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Growing it
| When | Flowers May to June; fruits June to July |
|---|---|
| Type | groundcover |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Low, medium |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–7 |
| Mature height | 0.15 m |
| Mature spread | 0.45 m |
| Spacing | 0.3 m |
| Years to maturity | 1 |
| Bloom | May–Jun |
| Flower colour | White read from a published flora |
| In bloom | May June |
| Fruit | Jun–Jul |
| Native to | AB, SK |
leaves in threes about 4 cm long
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 1019 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 702 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 538 records, high confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 535 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 191 records, high confidence
- Fescue Grassland south AB: 187 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 182 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 120 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 117 records, high confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 110 records, high confidence
- Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 35 records, high confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 21 records, high confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 10 records, medium confidence
- Churchill River Upland north SK: 7 records, low confidence
- Western Boreal central AB: 7 records, low confidence
- Hay River Lowland north AB: 4 records, low confidence
- Mid-Boreal Lowland central SK: 4 records, low confidence
- Tazin Lake Upland north AB / SK: 3 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
108 documented relationships.
nectar for
- American Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Anania funebris Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Anasimyia bilinearis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena carlini Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena crataegi LaManna et al. 2020
- Andrena melanochroa Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Andrena milwaukeensis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena nivalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Andrena salicifloris LaManna et al. 2020
- Andrena topazana LaManna et al. 2020
- Arctic Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Augochlorella aurata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Blera nigra Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bombylius pygmaeus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Calligrapher Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Callophrys eryphon Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Callophrys polios Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Callophrys sheridanii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ceratina calcarata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Chlosyne harrisii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Conophorus columbiensis LaManna et al. 2020
- Conophorus sackenii LaManna et al. 2020
- Eastern Calligrapher Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Pine Elfin Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Tailed-Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eight-spotted Forester Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Epalpus signifer Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eristalis anthophorina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis icelus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Erynnis juvenalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eupeodes latifasciatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eurimyia stipatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Formica fusca Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Greenish Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Half-black Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Halictus confusus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Halictus tripartitus LaManna et al. 2020
- Helophilus fasciatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hobomok Skipper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hoplitis grinnelli LaManna et al. 2020
- Hoplitis robusta LaManna et al. 2020
- Hylaeus mesillae LaManna et al. 2020
- Julia Orangetip Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Large Bee Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Large Marble Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Lasioglossum inconditum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Lasioglossum ruidosense LaManna et al. 2020
- Lasioglossum sandhousiellum Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Lasioglossum semicaeruleum LaManna et al. 2020
- Lasioglossum succinipenne LaManna et al. 2020
- Lygaeus kalmii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Meadow Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Melanostoma mellina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mourning Cloak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mustard White Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Azure Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Olympia Marble Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orthonevra pulchella Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Osmia coloradensis LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia juxta LaManna et al. 2020
- Osmia tersula LaManna et al. 2020
- Panurginus atriceps Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Parhelophilus obsoletus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pearl Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pieris marginalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Pipiza quadrimaculata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pyrgus centaureae Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Silvery Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Stelis foederalis LaManna et al. 2020
- Tapinoma sessile Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tricoloured Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Western Tailed-Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
pollen for
- Adela septentrionella Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena angustitarsata Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena candida Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena lupinorum Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena melanochroa Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena nivalis Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena w-scripta Guzman et al. 2022
- Blue Orchard Mason Bee Guzman et al. 2022
- Bracon atrator Robertson 1929
- Epistrophe emarginata Robertson 1929
- Eumea caesar Robertson 1929
- Eupeodes latifasciatus Guzman et al. 2022
- Eupeodes volucris Guzman et al. 2022
- Halictus confusus Guzman et al. 2022
- Halictus tripartitus Guzman et al. 2022
- Large Bee Fly Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum incompletum Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum knereri Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum nevadense Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum pacatum Guzman et al. 2022
- Limnophora narona Robertson 1929
- Mason Bees Wilson & Carril 2015
- Morellia micans Robertson 1929
- Nysson plagiatus Robertson 1929
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Guzman et al. 2022
- Osmia tristella Guzman et al. 2022
- Sphaerophoria contigua Guzman et al. 2022
- Stelis permaculata Robertson 1929
- Toxomerus occidentalis Guzman et al. 2022
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Guzman et al. 2022
cover for
- Masked Shrew Pattie & Fisher
- Woodland Ground Beetles Acorn
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Edible parts
Fruit, leaves
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually stocked by garden centres. Estimate (groundcover default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate