Native range

Native plants of British Columbia

59 wild species and 14 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in British Columbia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 30 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 1 to 60 of 73 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; British Columbia is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the record's areas each plant reaches, then by name, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 73 plants, 70 have been checked against outside sources; 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.

Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Anise Hyssop
Agastache
Full sunZones 5–93 ftLow
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Cascade Oregon Grape
Berberis nervosa
Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Common Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis repens
Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate
Foliage
Deer Fern
Blechnum spicant
Full shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Full sunZones 4–659 ftModerate
Evergreen Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovatum
Part shadeZones 7–107.5 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate
Great Burnet
Sanguisorba officinalis
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa
Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Redflower Currant
Ribes sanguineum
Full sunZones 6–89 ftModerate
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Part shadeZones 7–108 inModerate
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Part shadeZones 5–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Sulfur Flower Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
Full sunZones 4–812 inLow
Tall Oregon Grape
Berberis aquifolium
Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
Part shadeZones 5–712 ftModerate
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Western Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Full sunZones 5–97.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Full sunZones 5–760 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Western Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Full sunZones 2–918 ftModerate
Foliage
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Full shadeZones 6–93.5 ftModerate
Western Wild Ginger
Asarum caudatum
Part shadeZones 7–108 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

Garden forms of British Columbia natives

30 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in British Columbia and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.

Plant groups native to British Columbia

14 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in British Columbia; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the province.

  • Aster

    Symphyotrichum · 16 wild species in British Columbia

  • Penstemon

    15 wild species in British Columbia

  • Goldenrod

    Solidago · 10 wild species in British Columbia

  • Perennial Sunflower

    Helianthus · 3 wild species in British Columbia

  • Trillium

    3 wild species in British Columbia

  • Serviceberry

    Amelanchier · 2 wild species in British Columbia

  • Bee Balm

    Monarda · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Black-Eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Blanket Flower

    Gaillardia · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Coreopsis

    1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Foam Flower

    Tiarella · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Joe Pye Weed

    Eutrochium · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Obedient Plant

    Physostegia · 1 wild species in British Columbia

  • Sneezeweed

    Helenium · 1 wild species in British Columbia

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