Native range

Native plants of Arkansas

176 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Arkansas, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 127 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 195 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Arkansas is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 195 plants, 179 have been checked against outside sources (5 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
Full sunZones 4–817 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foxglove Penstemon
Penstemon cobaea
Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Full sunZones 7–920 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Arkansas Bluestar
Amsonia hubrichtii
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Full sunZones 4–88 inModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Full sunZones 2–92.5 ftLow
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate

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